But you are all bad physicians, and healers of diseases.

Do you not speak before the Lord, and utter deceit before Him?

So I know you, that you presumptuously attack me,

How then do you comfort me in vain? Since I have no rest from your molestation.

And you have taken [the] security of your brethren for nothing, and have taken away the clothing of the naked.

And you have accepted the persons of some; and you have established those [that were already settled] on the earth.

Therefore snares have surrounded you, and disastrous war has troubled you.

Does not He that dwells in the high places observe? And has He not brought down the proud?

A cloud is His hiding place, and He shall not be seen; and He passes through the circle of heaven.

Who were seized before their time- their foundations are as an overflowing stream.

Yet He filled their houses with good things, but the counsel for the wicked is far from Him.

Verily their substance has been utterly destroyed, and the fire shall devour what is left of their [property].

And receive a declaration from His mouth, and lay up His words in your heart.

You shall lay up for yourself [treasure] in a heap on the rock; and Ophir [shall be] as the rock of the torrent.

Then shall you have boldness before the Lord, looking up cheerfully to heaven.

And He shall establish to you again a habitation of righteousness, and there shall be light upon your paths.

He shall deliver the innocent, and do you save yourself by your pure hands.

For my mouth shall meditate truth, and false lips are an abomination before me.

All the words of my mouth are in righteousness; there is nothing in them wrong or perverse.

For we are not as the rest, corrupting the word of God; but as of sincerity, but as from God, we speak in the sight of God in Christ.

And He knows the divisions of the clouds, and the signal overthrows of the ungodly.

it seemed good also to me, having investigated from the first all things carefully, to write to you in orderly fashion, most distinguished Theophilus,

And when he heard these things, Felix adjourned them, knowing more accurately the things concerning the Way, and said, "When Lysias the commander comes down, I will decide your case."

Brothers, do not be children in your understanding; rather, in malice be children, but in understanding be men.

Epaphras greets you, who is one of you, a bondservant of Christ, always struggling for you in his prayers, that you may stand mature and complete in all the will of God.

All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness,

that the man of God may be proficient, having been thoroughly equipped for every good work.

My mouth shall speak of wisdom, and the meditation of my heart shall bring [forth] understanding.

And record them repeatedly for yourself on the table of your heart, for counsel and knowledge.

I therefore teach you truth, and knowledge good to hear, that you may answer words of truth to them that question you.