- Do not swerve either to the right or to the left;
keep your foot far from evil. - Acquire wisdom and gain understanding;
never forget or turn aside from my words. - For the Lord, your God, is gracious and compassionate, and he will not turn his face away from you if you return to him.
- Repent and renounce all your transgressions. Otherwise your iniquity will prove to be your downfall.
- Do I derive any pleasure from the death of the wicked? asks the Lord God. Would I not rather rejoice to see them turn away from their wickedness and live?
- Do not judge, so that you in turn may not be judged.
- I take no pleasure in the death of anyone, says the Lord God. Repent and live!
- Shun evil and do good;
seek peace and pursue it. - For I know that through your prayers and with the help of the Spirit of Jesus Christ this will result in deliverance for me.
- And if then my people who bear my name humble themselves and pray to me and seek my presence as they turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear them from heaven and forgive their sins and restore their land.
- Repent, therefore, and be converted so that your sins may be wiped away.
- For:
“If anyone wishes to love life
and to experience good days,
he must restrain his tongue from evil
and his lips from deceitful speech.
He must turn away from evil and do good,
seek peace and pursue it.” - If you would seriously consider my reproof,
I would pour out my thoughts to you
and make my precepts known to you. - Let us examine and test our ways
and return to the Lord. - Do not pride yourself on your own wisdom;
fear the Lord and turn your back on evil.
This will provide healing for your flesh
and restore strength to your body. - Dispose my heart to follow your statutes
and to flee selfish gain. - You, O Lord, are light for my lamp;
O my God, you make my darkness turn to light. - Turn away from the mouth that deceives
and keep your distance from lips that mislead. - Entrust everything that you do to the Lord,
and your plans will turn out to be successful. - Yet even now, says the Lord,
return to me with all your heart,
with fasting, with weeping, and with mourning. - Rend your hearts and not your garments,
and turn back to the Lord, your God.
For he is gracious and merciful,
slow to anger, rich in kindness,
and always prepared to relent from punishing. - Restore us, O Lord of hosts;
let your face shine upon us,
and we will be saved. - This is how we know what love is:
he laid down his life for us,
and we in turn must be prepared
to lay down our lives for our brethren. - Turn away from youthful passions and pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace, together with those who call on the Lord with a pure heart.
- Observe the ordinances of the Lord, your God, walking in his ways and keeping his statutes, his commandments, his ordinances, and what he witnessed in writing in the law of Moses. In this way you will prosper in whatever you do and wherever you go.
Return to me, says the Lord of hosts, and I will return to you, says the Lord of hosts.The way of God is blameless,
and the Lord’s promise proves true;
he is a shield to all
who flee to him for safety. Everyone who hears these words of mine and acts in accordance with them will be like a wise man who constructed his house on a rock foundation.Next verse!With image