For Ezra had determined in his heart to seek the law, and to do and teach the ordinances and judgments in Israel.

Blessed [be] the Lord God of our fathers, who has put it thus into the heart of the king, to glorify the house of the Lord which is in Jerusalem;

And I rose up by night, I and a few men with me; and I told no man what God put into my heart to do with Israel; and there was no beast with me, except the beast which I rode upon.

Do not be deceived, my beloved brothers.

Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and comes down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow of turning.

And I have appointed with him Aholiab the [son] of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan, and to everyone understanding in heart I have given understanding; and they shall make all things, as many as I have commanded you,

(his mother [was] of the daughters of Dan, and his father [was] a Tyrian), skilled to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass, and in iron, and in stones and wood; and to weave with purple, and blue, and fine linen, and scarlet; and to engrave, and to understand every device, whatsoever you shalt give him [to do] with your craftsmen, and the craftsmen of my lord David your father.

Will the plowman plow all the day? Or will he prepare the seed beforehand, before he tills the ground?

So you shall be chastened by the judgment of your God, and shall rejoice.

for I will not be angry with you forever, neither shall the voice of My anger crush you.

that in everything you were enriched by Him in all utterance and all knowledge,

so that you come short in no gift, eagerly awaiting the revelation of our Lord Jesus Christ,

But to each [one] the manifestation of the Spirit is given for the profit [of all).