Now I rejoice, not because you were made sorry, but because your sorrow led to repentance; for you were made sorry in a godly manner, that you might suffer loss from us in nothing.

For all these things are Mine, says the Lord; and to whom will I have respect, but to the humble and meek, and the [man] that trembles [at] My words?

And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the Spirit of grace and compassion: and they shall look upon Me, because they have mocked Me, and they shall make lamentation for Him, as for a beloved [friend], and they shall grieve intensely, as for a firstborn son.

And the land shall lament in separate families, the family of the house of David by itself, and their wives by themselves; the family of the house of Nathan by itself, and their wives by themselves;

all the families that are left, each family by itself, and their wives by themselves.

And you are puffed up, and have not rather grieved, so that he who did this deed would be removed from your midst.

and not only by his coming, but also by the consolation with which he was comforted over you, as he reported to us your earnest longing, your mourning, your zeal for me, so that I rejoiced even more.

lest there be divisions in the body, but the parts care the same for one another.

Faithful is this word, and concerning these things I want you to strongly affirm, so that those who have believed in God may take thought to maintain good works. These things are good and profitable to men.

And he found them, and spoke to them according to these words.

And they said to him, Why does our lord speak according to these words? Far be it from your servants to do according to this word!

But those who are outside God will judge. Therefore "put away from yourselves the evil person."

And have no partnership with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather expose [them].

I charge you before God and the Lord Jesus Christ and the elect angels that you observe these things without prejudice, doing nothing according to partiality.

Lay hands on no one hastily, nor share in [the] sins of others; keep yourself pure.

And David was greatly moved with anger against the man; and David said to Nathan, [As] the Lord lives, the man that did this thing shall surely die.

And Nathan said to David, You are the man that has done this! Thus says the Lord God of Israel: I anointed you to be king over Israel, and I rescued you out the hand of Saul;

And I was very angry as I heard their cry and these words.

and I said to them, We of our free will have redeemed our brothers the Jews that were sold to the Gentiles; and do you sell your brothers? And shall they be delivered to us? And they were silent, and found no answer.

Both my brothers, and my acquaintances, and I, have lent them money and grain. Let us now leave off this usury!

And they said, We will restore, and we will not exact of them; we will do thus as you say. Then I called the priests, and bound them by oath to do according to this word.

And I strove with them and cursed them; and I struck some of them, and plucked off their hair, and made them swear by God, [saying,] You shall not give your daughters to their sons, and you shall not take of their daughters to your sons.

Therefore I have counted myself vile, and have fainted: and I esteem myself dust and ashes.

I have heard the sound of Ephraim lamenting, [and saying], You have chastened me, and I was chastened; I as a calf was not [willingly] taught: turn me, and I shall turn; for You [are] the Lord my God.

Ephraim is a beloved son, a pleasing child to Me: for because My words are in him, I will surely remember him. Therefore I made haste [to help] him. I will surely have mercy upon him, says the Lord.

Then the king, when he heard the saying, was greatly grieved for Daniel, and he set his heart on Daniel to deliver him: and he exerted himself till evening to deliver him.

And looking around at them with anger, being grieved at the hardness of their hearts, He said to the man, "Stretch out your hand." And he stretched it out, and his hand was restored as whole as the other.

"Be angry, and do not sin": do not let the sun set on your anger,

Therefore, having these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.

Serve the Lord with fear, and rejoice in Him with trembling.

A wise man fears, and departs from evil, but the fool trusts in himself, and joins himself with the transgressor.

Blessed is the man who religiously fears always, but the hard of heart shall fall into mischief.

Well [said]. By unbelief they were broken off, but you stand by faith. Do not be arrogant, but fear.

So then, my beloved, just as you have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling;

Therefore let us fear, lest while the promise remains to enter into His rest, anyone of you seems to have fallen short.

looking diligently lest anyone fall from the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness growing up cause trouble, and through this many be defiled;

lest there be any fornicator or profane [person] like Esau, who in exchange for one meal gave up his birthright.

And if you call on the Father, who without partiality judges according to each one's work, pass the time of your sojourning [here] in fear;

but others save with fear, snatching them out of the fire, hating even the garment having been stained by the flesh.

But all my desire is before You; and my groaning is not hidden from You.

For the end, [A Psalm] of instruction, for the sons of Korah. As the deer earnestly desires the fountains of water, so my soul earnestly longs for You, O God.

My soul has hoped in the Lord; from the morning watch till night.

He will perform the desire of them that fear Him: and He will hear their supplication, and save them.

Set me as a seal upon your heart, as a seal upon your arm; for love is strong as death; jealousy is cruel as the grave, her shafts are shafts of fire, [even] the flames thereof.

For the way of the Lord is judgment; we have hoped in Your name, and on the remembrance [of You],

as newborn babes, desire the genuine milk of the word, that by it you may grow,

for I know your readiness, about which I boast concerning you to the Macedonians, that Achaia has been prepared since last year, and your zeal has provoked the majority.

For the zeal of Your house has eaten me up; and the reproaches of them that reproached You have fallen upon me.

Your zeal has quite wasted me; because my enemies have forgotten Your words.

Then His disciples remembered that it was written, "The zeal for Your house will consume Me."

And in Athens, while Paul waited for them, his spirit was provoked within him when he saw that the city was full of idols.

But I, when they troubled me, put on sackcloth, and humbled my soul with fasting; and my prayer shall return to my [own] bosom.

If your right eye causes you to stumble, pluck it out and cast it from you; for it is better for you that one of your members be lost, than for your whole body to be cast into hell.

And if your right hand causes you to stumble, cut it off and cast it from you; for it is better for you that one of your members be lost, than for your whole body to be cast into hell.

If your hand causes you to stumble, cut it off. It would be better for you to enter into life maimed, than to enter having two hands, to go into hell, into the fire that shall never be quenched--

"And if your foot causes you to stumble, cut it off. It would be better for you to enter into life lame, than having two feet to be cast into hell, into the fire that shall never be quenched--

"And if your eye causes you to stumble, cast it out. It would be better for you to enter into the kingdom of God with one eye, than having two eyes to be cast into the fiery hell,

As many as I love, I rebuke and discipline. Be zealous therefore, and repent.

but in everything commending ourselves as ministers of God: in much endurance, in tribulations, in hardships, in distresses,

Now I pray to God that you do no evil, not that we may appear approved, but that you may do what is honorable, though we may be as reprobates.

For he that serves Christ in these things is well pleasing to God and approved by men.

Be diligent to show yourself approved unto God, a worker unashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.