But you smear lies; you are all worthless physicians.

Will you speak unjustly for the Mighty God, and talk deceitfully for Him?

Behold, I know your thoughts, and the plots with which you would do me wrong.

How then do you comfort me with vanity, since treachery remains in your answers?

For you have taken a pledge from your brother for no reason, and stripped the naked of their clothing.

But the man of strength possesses the land, and the honorable man dwells in it.

Therefore snares are all around you, and sudden dread terrifies you;

Is not God in the height of the heavens? And see the highest stars, how lofty they are!

Thick clouds cover Him, so that He cannot see, and He walks above the circle of the heavens.

who were snatched away before their time, whose foundations were poured out by the flood?

Yet He filled their houses with good things. But the counsel of the wicked is far from me.

Surely, are not our adversaries cut down; and the fire consumes their remnant.

Receive, now, the Law from His mouth, and lay up His Words in your heart.

Then you shall lay up your gold as the dust, and the gold of Ophir as the stones of the brooks.

for then you shall have your delight in the Almighty, and lift up your face unto God.

You shall also decree a thing, and it shall be confirmed for you; and light shall shine on your ways.

He will deliver one who is not innocent; yea, he will deliver by the purity of your hands.

For my mouth shall utter truth, and wickedness is an abomination to my lips.

All the words of my mouth are in righteousness; nothing crooked or perverse is in them;

For we are not, as so many, peddling the Word of God; but as of sincerity, but as from God, we speak in Christ, in the sight of God.

Do you know how the clouds are balanced, those wondrous works of Him who is perfect in knowledge?

it seemed good to me also, having closely followed all things from the very first, to write it to you in orderly fashion, most excellent Theophilus,

And when Felix heard these things, having more accurate knowledge of the Way, he postponed judgment and said, When Lysias the commander comes down, I will examine your case.

Brethren, do not be children in understanding; however, in malice be infants, but in understanding be mature.

Epaphras, who is one of you, a bondservant of Christ, greets you, always laboring fervently for you in prayers, that you may stand complete and full-grown in all the will of God;

All Scripture is breathed by God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness,

that the man of God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work.

My mouth shall speak of wisdom; and the meditation of my heart shall be of understanding.

Have I not written to you excellent things in counsels and knowledge,

that I might make you know the verity of the words of truth; that you may answer words of truth to those who send to you?