139 Bible verses to find direction in life

Trust in Hashem with all thine lev, and lean not unto thine own binah (understanding).In all thy drakhim acknowledge Him, and He shall make yosher thy orkhot (paths).

[Dalet] Show me Thy ways, Hashem; teach me Thy paths.[Heh Vav] Lead me in Thy emes, and teach me; for Thou art the Elohei of my Salvation; on Thee do I wait kol hayom.

Thy word is a ner unto my feet, ohr unto my path.

And thine oznayim shall hear a davar behind thee, saying, This is the derech (road), walk ye on it, when ye turn to the right hand, and when ye turn to the left.

The steps of a gever (man) konanu (are ordered, made firm) by Hashem and He delighteth in his derech.Though he stumble, he shall not utterly fall; for Hashem upholdeth him with His yad (hand, power).

I will instruct thee and teach thee in the Derech which thou shalt go; I will counsel thee with Mine eye.

For I know the machshavot (thoughts, plans) that I think toward you, saith Hashem, machshavot shalom, and not of ra'ah, to give you an acharit (future) and a tikvah (hope).

Stop allowing yourself to be conformed to the Olam Hazeh, but be transformed by your hitkhadshut (regeneration, renewal) of your mind, so that you may ascertain what is the ratzon Hashem (the will of G-d), what is the good, acceptable, and perfect will of G-d.

The lev adam plans his derech, but Hashem directeth his steps.

Order my footsteps in Thy imrah; and let not any iniquity have dominion over me.

And Hashem shall guide thee tamid, and satisfy thy nefesh in drought, and strengthen thy atzmot; and thou shalt be like a gan raveh (well-watered garden), and like a motzah mayim (spring of water), whose mayim fail not.

Thou shalt guide me with Thy etzah (counsel), and afterward take me to kavod (glory).

If we live by the Ruach HaKodesh, we should stay in line with the Derech HaYashar (Straight Way) of the Ruach HaKodesh.

Now Emunah is the substance of things for which we have tikvah. Emunah is the conviction of things not seen.

Commit thy derech (road, way) unto Hashem; trust also in Him; and He shall bring it to pass.

But if any one of you is lacking chochmah (wisdom), let him direct tefillah (prayer) and techinot (petitions) to Hashem, the One whose matanot (gifts) are given generously and without grudging, and chochmah will be given to him.

Its going forth is from the end of HaShomayim, and its circuit unto the ends of it; and there is nothing hid from the heat thereof.The torah of Hashem is temimah, converting the nefesh, the edut of Hashem is ne'emanah, making wise the simple.

Keep asking and it shall be given to you; keep searching and you shall find; keep knocking and the delet shall be opened to you.For everyone asking receives, and the one searching finds, and to the one knocking the delet will be opened.

For Hashem giveth chochmah; out of His Peh (mouth) cometh da'as (knowledge) and tevunah (understanding).

Be anxious in nothing, but in everything by tefillah and by techinnah (supplication) with hodayah (thanksgiving), let your requests be made known before Hashem,And the shalom Hashem, surpassing all binah (understanding), will guard your levavot and your machshavot (thoughts) in Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach Yehoshua.

Mark ye well her ramparts, consider her citadels; that ye may tell it to the dor acharon.

Fear thou not; for I am with thee; be not dismayed; for I am Eloheicha; I will strengthen thee; indeed, I will help thee; indeed, I will uphold thee with My yamin tzedek.

For as many as are led by the Ruach HaElohim, they are bnei HaElohim.

Where no strategic policy is, the nation falls, but in the multitude of yoetz (counsellors, advisors) there is teshu'ah (victory, safety).

For Hashem is no Elohei HaMevucha (the G-d of Confusion, Tohu); He is Elohei HaShalom, and this is so in all the kehillot of the Kedoshim.

Search me, O El, and know my levav; test me, and know my thoughts;And see if there be any derech otzev (torturous crooked road) in me, and lead me in the Derech Olam.

And He said, My Presence shall go with thee, and I will give thee rest.

Thou wilt show me the Orach Chayyim (the path of life); in Thy presence is fulness of joy, at Thy right hand there are pleasures netzach (for evermore).

When thou passest through the mayim, I will be with thee; and through the neharot, they shall not overflow thee: when thou walkest through the eish, thou shalt not be burned; neither shall the flame kindle upon thee.

Fier zich (comport oneself) in your derech free of chamdanut (covetousness), being content with what you have, for He Himself has said, LO ARPECHA V'LO E'EZVECHA (I will never desert you, nor will I ever forsake you),So that we say with bitachon, HASHEM LI my helper, LO IRA MAH YA'ASEH LI ADAM? (The L-rd is my helper, I will not be afraid. What shall man do to me?)

The steps of a gever are from Hashem; how can an adam then understand his own derech (way, lifeʼs course)?

The mouth of the tzaddik speaketh chochmah, and his leshon uttereth mishpat.The torat Elohav is in his lev; no steps of his shall slip.

In view of these things, what therefore shall we say? If Hashem is for us, who is against us?

Place your machshavot (thoughts) above (in Shomayim), not on the things of the Olam Hazeh.

(Shir HaMa'alot) 1 I will lift up mine eyes unto the harim (hills), from whence cometh ezri (my help).Ezri (my help) cometh from Hashem, Oseh Shomayim va'Aretz.

For we walk by emunah (faith), not by sight;

The Ruach of Adonoi Hashem is upon me, because Hashem mashach (hath anointed) me to preach besurah (good news, glad tidings) unto the anavim (meek, poor, oppressed); He hath sent me to bind up the nishberei lev (the brokenhearted), to proclaim deror (freedom, liberty) for the shevuyim ([Golus] captives), and the opening of the prison to them that are bound;

Achim b'Moshiach, I do not consider myself to have laid hold; but one zach (thing) I do, forgetting the things behind, and stretching forward to the things ahead,According to the tachlis I pursue the prize of the Shomayim Aliyah ascent of Hashem, the upward k'riah (call) of HaShem b'Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach Yehoshua.

(Shir HaMa'alot) 1 Ashrei kol yerei (fearers of) Hashem; that walketh in His drakhim.

But seek first the Malchut Hashem and the Tzidkat Hashem, and all these things will be added to you.

Be not chacham in thine own eyes; fear Hashem, and depart from rah.

But the anavim (meek ones) shall inherit Eretz; and shall delight themselves in rov shalom (great peace).

Thou wilt keep him in shalom shalom, whose yetzer (mind-set) is stayed on Thee; because he trusteth in Thee.

In the multitude of my anxieties within me Thy comforts delight my nefesh.

Chochmah is the principal thing; therefore get chochmah, and with all thy getting get binah (understanding).

May the Elohei HaTikvah (the G-d of hope) fill you with simcha and shalom in believing, that you may overflow in tikvah (hope), in the ko'ach (power) of the Ruach Hakodesh.

HASHLECH AL ADONOI Y'HAVECHA V'HU Y'CHALKELECHA (Cast your care on Hashem and He will sustain you), because Hashem cares and is concerned about you.

(Mizmor of Dovid) 1 Hashem is my Ro'eh (Shepherd); I shall not lack.He maketh me to lie down in green pastures; He leadeth me beside the mei menuchot (tranquil waters).

Let us, without wavering, hold firmly to the hoda'ah of Tikveteinu, for Ne'eman is the One having given the havtachah (promise).

Ponder the ma'agal (path) of thy raglayim, and let all thy drakhim be firm.Turn not to the right hand nor to the left; remove thy regel from rah.

Then said I, Hinei, I come; in the megillat sefer it is written of me,

How shall a na'ar cleanse his way? By being shomer thereto according to Thy Davar (Word).

For thus saith Adonoi Hashem Kadosh Yisroel; In shuvah (returning) and rest shall ye be saved; in quietness and in confidence shall be your gevurah (strength); but ye would not.

Come to me, all you who are burden-weary and heavy laden, and I will give you Shabbos menuchah.Take my ol (yoke) upon you and learn from me, for I am anav (humble) and have shiflut (lowliness) in lev (heart), and you will find menuchah (rest, security) for your nefashot (souls).They asked him, Tell us. Are you Hu Habah (He who comes) or is our chikiah (wait) to be for the Bias (Coming) of another?For my ol (yoke) is easy and my burden is light.

Thou hast ascended on marom (high), Thou hast led captivity captive; Thou hast received mattanot among adam; yes, even from the sorerim (the rebellious) also, that Hashem Elohim might dwell.

Ne'eman (Faithful) is the One who summons you to your kri'ah (calling). He will do it.

There are many plans in a lev ish; nevertheless it is the etzah of Hashem that shall stand.

Ashrei (blessed) is the gever whom Thou chastenest, Hashem, and teachest him out of Thy torah;That Thou mayest grant him relief from the days of rah, until a shachat (pit) is dug for the rasha.

But the noble maketh plans that are noble; and by noble things shall he stand.

I appeal to you, therefore, Achim b'Moshiach, through the rachamei Hashem (mercies of G-d), to present your geviyah, all of your being, as a korban chai (living sacrifice), kadosh (holy) and acceptable to Hashem, which is your spiritual avodas kodesh service.Show mishpochah (family) affection to one another in ahavah shel achvah (brotherly love). Be first in esteeming one another, in showing mutual respect.Be zealous without negligence; with bren (fervor, hitlahavut) be burning with the Ruach Hakodesh. With avodas kodesh serve Hashem.Have simcha in tikvah. Have savlanut in tzoros. Keep davening tefillos.With a spirit of koinonia, keep the pushke full for the needs of the Kedoshim. Aspire to hachnosas orchim.Say a bracha on those who bring redifah (persecution) on you, let it be a bracha and not a kelalah (curse).Join in simcha with those who rejoice, weep with those who weep.Think with a (spiritual) consensus in achdus harmony among yourselves. Do not cherish the thoughts of the ba'al gaavah (haughty person), but associate with the anaviyim (humble), with the lowly am ha'aretz; do not be chachamim (wise ones) in your own estimation.Repay no one ra'a (evil) for ra'a (evil). Take into consideration what is haTov in the sight of everyone and do that.If possible, so far as it depends on you, live in shalom with everyone.Do not take your own revenge, beloved, but give opportunity for G-dʼs Charon Af (burning wrath), for it is written, LI NAKAM V'SHILEM (Vengeance is mine and recompense, repayment) — I am He who will repay, says Hashem.Stop allowing yourself to be conformed to the Olam Hazeh, but be transformed by your hitkhadshut (regeneration, renewal) of your mind, so that you may ascertain what is the ratzon Hashem (the will of G-d), what is the good, acceptable, and perfect will of G-d.

Commit thy ma'asim (works) unto Hashem, and thy plans shall be established.

(For the one directing. According to Yedutun. Mizmor of Dovid)Truly Bnei Adam (those of low estate) are hevel (vanity), and Bnei Ish (those who are highborn) are kazav (a lie); they go up in the balances; they are altogether lighter than hevel (vanity).Trust not in oshek (oppression, extortion) and become not vain in gazel (the thing taken as plunder); if riches increase, set not your lev upon them.Elohim hath spoken once; twice have I heard this; that oz (strength) belongeth unto Elohim.Also unto Thee, Adonoi, belongeth chesed; for Thou renderest to ish (every man) according to his ma'asim (deeds).Truly my nefesh waiteth silently upon Elohim; from Him cometh my Yeshu'ah (salvation).

I called upon Hashem in distress; Hashem answered me, and set me in a broad place.

No nissayon (temptation) has overtaken you, except that which is common to Bnei Adam, but, Hashem is ne'eman (faithful), who will not let you to be brought into nissayon beyond what you are able, but will make with the nissayon also the derech [Tzaddikim] as a way out for you to be able to endure.

And my G-d will fill every machsor (shortage, want) of yours according to his osher (riches) in Kavod in Moshiach Yehoshua.

Not only so, but we also glory in tzoros (troubles, afflictions), knowing that tzarah (trouble) produces savlanut (patience),Savlanut produces tested character and midos, and tested character and midos produce tikvah.

There is a derech (road) which seemeth yashar (right) unto an ish, but the acharit (latter end, future) thereof are the drakhim of mavet.

[Mem] What man is he that feareth Hashem? Him shall He teach in the Derech that he shall choose.[Nun] His nefesh (soul) shall dwell in prosperity; and his zera shall inherit the earth.

For My machshevot are not your machshevot, neither are the darkhei (ways) of you the darkhei of Me, saith Hashem.For as Shomayim is higher than ha'aretz, so are the darkhei of Me higher than the darkhei of you, and My machshevot than your machshevot.

Commit thy derech (road, way) unto Hashem; trust also in Him; and He shall bring it to pass.And He shall bring forth thy tzedakah (righteousness) as the ohr (light), and thy mishpat (justice) as the tzohorayim (noonday).

To whom Hashem wanted to make hisgalus of what is the spiritual osher of the kavod of this raz among the non-Jews: Moshiach in you, the tikvah of kavod.

Therefore, let us approach with bitachon the Kisse of Chesed, that we may receive rachamim and may find chesed for timely ezrah (aid).

Teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And hinei! I am with you always, even unto the Ketz HaOlam Hazeh.

Thou art my seter (hiding place) and my mogen: I hope in Thy Devar.

For the loin (wages) that Chet (Sin) pays out of its own payroll is mavet (death); however, the gracious matnat hachesed Hashem (the gift of the grace of G-d) is Chayyei Olam b'Moshiach Yehoshua Adoneinu.

Train up a na'ar in the derech (road) he should go, and when he is old, he will not depart from it.

Turn away mine eyes from beholding shav (vanity); and revive Thou me in Thy derech.

Enter into His she'arim (gates) with todah, and into His khatzerot (courts) with tehillah; be thankful unto Him, and bless Shmo.

Then shalt thou call, and Hashem shall answer; thou shalt cry for help, and He shall say: Hineni! If thou remove from the midst of thee the motah (yoke), the pointing of the etzba (finger [of contempt]) and speaking aven (evil, lashon hora);

For Hashem is the one working in you, both to will and to work according to His chafetz (good pleasure of His will).

Mine adversaries kol hayom trample me; for they be rabbim that fight against me, Marom (Most High).What time I am afraid, I will trust in Thee.

And Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach says, Come, follow me, and I will make you daiyagei adam (fishers of men).

[Ayin] Mine eyes are ever toward Hashem; for He shall pluck my feet out of the reshet (net).

Hashem openeth the eyes of the ivrim: Hashem raiseth them that are bowed down: Hashem loveth the tzaddikim:

For I Hashem Eloheicha will take hold of thy yamin (right hand), saying unto thee: Fear not; I will help thee.

And this is the bitachon which we have with Him, that if we daven and request anything according to His ratzon (will), He hears us.And if we have da'as that He hears us, whatever we ask, we have da'as that we have the requests which we asked from Him.

Truly they consult to bring down a person of prominence; they delight in kazav (lie, falsehood, deceptive thing); they make a brocha with their mouth, but they curse inwardly. Selah

Whatever you do, be po'alim (workers) who with their neshamah work facing Adoneinu and not Bnei Adam,Having da'as that from Adoneinu you will receive the sachar of the nachalah (alloted inheritance). Serve Adoneinu Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach.

[Koph] Karov (near) is Hashem unto all them that call upon Him, to all that call upon Him in emes.

The Yirat Hashem is the reshit da'as, but fools despise chochmah and musar.

[Peh] Thou openest Thine Yad, and satisfiest the ratzon of kol chai.

They shall not hunger nor thirst; neither shall the sharav nor shemesh beat on them; for He that hath rachamim on them shall guide them, even by the springs of mayim shall He lead them.

In the same way, the Ruach Hakodesh helps us in our weakness. For as we daven, we do not know as we should for what to make tefillos (prayers), but the Ruach HaKodesh Himself intercedes on our behalf with labor pang groans not intelligibly uttered.

He maketh milchamot to cease unto the end of ha'aretz; He breaketh the keshet (bow), and cutteth the khanit (spear); He burneth the chariots in the eish.

Therefore, everyone who hears these devarim (words) of mine and does them, is like a chacham (wise man) who built his bais (house) upon the Tzur (Rock).And the geshem (rain) came down, the floods arrived, and the winds blew and beat against that bais, and it did not fall, for it had been founded upon the Tzur (Rock).

O send out Thy Ohr and Thy Emes; let them guide me; let them bring me unto Thy Har Kodesh, and to Thy Mishkan.

Great shalom have they which love Thy torah; nothing shall cause them to stumble.

So, therefore, als (since) we have surrounding us so great an Anan Edim (Cloud of Witnesses), let us also lay aside every weighty impediment and easily ensnaring averos, and let us run with endurance and savlanut the race set before us,For they disciplined us for a short time, as seemed tov to them, but Hashem disciplines us for tov lanu in order that we might share in his kedushah.All musar for the moment seems not to be na'im (pleasant), but seems to bring agmat nefesh; yet afterwards to those who have been taught by musar, it yields the p'ri haShalom and the p'ri haTzedek.Therefore, “Bring chizzuk to the weak hands and the feeble knees;”And make the drakhim straight for your feet, so that the ever (limb, member) which is lame may not be dislocated, but rather have refu'ah (healing).Pursue shalom with kol Bnei Adam, and the kedushah without which no one will see Hashem.See to it that no one fall short of the Chen v'Chesed Hashem; that no SHORESH of merirut (bitterness) sprouting up may cause tzoros, and by it many be made teme'ot;Lest someone guilty of gilui arayot (sexual immorality) or some person who is mitnaged ladat (irreligious, opponent of religion) like Esav, who in exchange for one meal sold HaBechorah belonging to him.For you have da'as that even afterwards, when he desired to receive the nachalah of the bracha, he was rejected, for he found no place for teshuva, though he sought for it with tears.For you have not come to a Har that can be touched and to a blazing Eish and to choshech and gloom and storm,And to the blast of a shofar and the sound of devarim, which sound was such that the ones having heard begged that no further dvar be spoken to them.Fixing our gaze on the Mekhonen (Founder) of our faith, and the One who makes it Shleimut — Yehoshua, who because of the simcha set before him, endured HaEtz HaMoshiach, disregarding its bushah (shame), and “sat down at the right hand of the throne of G-d.”

How therefore shall they call on him in whom they have not believed? And how shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard? And how shall they hear without someone doing the hatafah (preaching)?

Watch, stand firm in the emunah (faith), be men, be strong.

For whosoever findeth me findeth Chayyim, and shall obtain ratzon Hashem.

Delight thyself also in Hashem, and He shall give thee the desires of thine lev.

As to the rest, Achim b'Moshiach, whatever things are emes (truth), nichbad (noble), yashar (straight), tahor (clean), male No'am (full of pleasantness) and tiferet (beauty), whatever things are commendable, if there is any virtue, if any praise, think about these things.

The plans of the lev belong to adam, and the answer of the lashon is from Hashem.

The petach (entrance, doorway) of Thy words giveth light; it giveth understanding unto the simple.

Remember ye not the rishonot (former things) neither consider kadmoniyyot (the things of old).Hineni, I am doing a chadashah (new thing); now titzmach (it shall spring forth; Tzemach); shall ye not perceive it? I will even make a derech in the midbar, and neharot in the desert.

This is the yom which Hashem hath made; let us rejoice and be glad in it.

Do your best to shtel zich (apply yourself), to present yourself to Hashem as one approved, a po'el (workman) without bushah (shame), keeping on a derech yashar the Dvar HaEmes.

If we make vidduy (confession of sin) of chattoteinu (our sins), he is ne'eman (faithful) and tzaddik to grant selicha (forgiveness) of chattoteinu (our sins) and give us tohorah (purification, cleansing) from kol avon.

You are the Ohr HaOlam (the Light of the World). A city lying on a mountaintop cannot be nistar (hidden).No one, after lighting a menorah, places it under a measuring basket, but on the shulchan (table), and it gives ohr (light) to kol anshei habais (all in the house).In like manner, let your light so shine before Bnei Adam, that they may see your ma'asim tovim (good works) and give kavod (glory) to your Av sh'ba'Shomayim (Father in Heaven).

So teach us to number yameinu, that we may apply levav unto chochmah.

Ashrei are they that keep His edot (testimonies), and that seek Him with kol lev.

Without counsel, plans go amiss, but in the multitude of yo'atzim (counsellors) they are established.

Be anxious in nothing, but in everything by tefillah and by techinnah (supplication) with hodayah (thanksgiving), let your requests be made known before Hashem,

Therefore, I say to you, Do not have a LEV ROGEZ (anxious heart) about your life, what you might wear or what you might drink, nor for your basar, what you might put on. Is not life more than okhel (food) and basar more than malbush (clothing)?

But you are an AM NIVCHAR (a chosen people ), a MAMLECHET KOHANIM (a kingdom of priests, royal priests), a GOY KADOSH (a holy nation), an AM SEGULLAH (a people of treasured possession), for this purpose: that you may declare the wondrous deeds of the One who gave you the kri'ah (calling) and summoned you out of choshech into his marvelous ohr.

And he said unto me, Hashem, before Whom I walk, will send His Malach with thee, and prosper thy derech; and thou shalt take an isha for beni of my mishpokhot, and of my bais avi;

O fear Hashem, ye His Kedoshim; for there is no lack to them that fear Him.

Hashem is on my side; I will not fear; what can adam do unto me?Hashem taketh my part through them that help me; therefore shall I see my desire upon them that hate me.

May the G-d of savlanut and of nechamah give you to live in harmony among yourselves in accordance with Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach Yehoshua,

The resha'im have drawn out the cherev, and have bent their keshet, to cast down the oni (poor) and evyon (needy), and to slay such as be yishrei derech (upright ones on the road, that walk uprightly).

And even to your ziknah (old age) I am He; and even to gray hair will I carry you; I have made, and I will carry; even I will carry, and will deliver you.

And they rose early in the boker, and went forth into the Midbar Tekoa; and as they went forth, Yehoshaphat stood and said, Hear me, O Yehudah, and ye inhabitants of Yerushalayim. Ha'aminu BaHashem Eloheichem (Believe in Hashem Eloheichem), so shall ye be established; have faith in His Nevi'im, so shall ye be victorious.

Thy word have I hid in my lev, lema'an (so that) I might not sin against Thee.

Do not store up for yourselves otzarot (treasures) on haaretz, where moth and rust destroy and where ganavim (thieves) break in and steal.Therefore, whenever you contribute tzedakah, don't blow the shofar before you, as the tzevuim (hypocrites) do in the shuls and in the streets, in order that they may receive kavod (glory) from Bnei Adam. Omein, truly I say to you, they have their sachar (reward).But zahmlet aich (collect for yourselves) otzarot (treasures) in Shomayim, where neither moth nor rust destroys; neither do ganavim break in and steal.For where your otzar is, there also will be your lev.

Hashem, Thou wilt ordain shalom for us; for Thou also hast wrought all our ma'asim (works, deeds) in us.

Only one thing: conduct in practice your torat haEzrakhut (citizenship) worthily of the Besuras HaGeulah of Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach. Then, whether I come and see you or am absent, I may hear concerning you that you are standing like a ma'oz (fortress, bastion) in one ruach, with one neshamah, contending for the Emunah of the Besuras HaGeulah.

O magnify Hashem with me, and let us exalt Shmo together.

To grant unto Avelei Tziyon (Mourners of Zion), giving unto them a flower wreath instead of ashes, the shemen sasson (oil of joy) instead of avel (mourning), the garment of tehillah (praise) for the ruach of keheh (fainting, a heavy spirit); that they might be called Eilei HaTzedek (Oaks of Righteousness), the planting of Hashem, that He might be glorified.

[Tet] Tov is Hashem to all; and His rachamim is over all His ma'asim.

I know, Hashem, Thy mishpatim are tzedek, and Thou in emunah (faithfulness) hast afflicted me.

He that trusteth in his own lev is a kesil (fool), but he who walketh in chochmah, he shall be delivered.

Therefore, do not have a LEV ROGEZ for tomorrow, for makhar (tomorrow) will care for itself. Each day has enough tzoros of its own.

And let us consider how to meorer (stimulate, motivate, shtarken) one another to ahavah and mitzvos,And let us not turn away and defect from our noiheg (habitually) conducted daily minyan, as some are doing; let us impart chizzuk (strengthening, encouragement) to one another, and by so much the more as you see the Yom approaching.

But it is no longer Anochi (I) who lives, but Moshiach who lives in me, and the Chayyim I now live in the basar, I live by emunah, emunah in the Zun fun der Oybershter, the one having ahavah (agape) for me and having given himself over, on my behalf.

For Hashem is good; His chesed is l'olam; and His emunah (faithfulness) endureth dor vador.

But in all these things we prevail bichlal (entirely) through Him who had ahavah for us.

[Yod] The meek will He guide in mishpat; and the aniyim will He teach His way.