Proverbs 3:6 - Easy To Read Version Think about God in all that you do. Then he will help you. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 In all thy ways acknowledge him, And he shall direct thy paths. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition In all your ways know, recognize, and acknowledge Him, and He will direct and make straight and plain your paths. American Standard Version (1901) In all thy ways acknowledge him, And he will direct thy paths. Common English Bible Know him in all your paths, and he will keep your ways straight. Catholic Public Domain Version In all your ways, consider him, and he himself will direct your steps. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version In all thy ways think on him, and he will direct thy steps. |
“And you, my son Solomon, know the God of your father. Serve God with a pure heart. Be happy in your heart (mind) to serve God. Why? Because the Lord knows what is in every person’s heart (mind). The Lord understands everything you think. If you go to the Lord for help, you will get an answer. But if you turn away from the Lord, he will leave you forever.
{\cf2\super [52]} Blessed is the Lord,\par the God of our ancestors.\par God put the idea into the king’s heart\par to honor the Lord’s temple in Jerusalem.\par
So Lord, please listen to my prayer. I am your servant. And please listen to the prayers of your servants that want to show respect for your name. Lord, you know I am the king’s wine servant. {\cf2\super [3]} So please help me today. Help me as I ask the king for help. Give me success and help me to be pleasing to the king.
So my God put it in my heart to have all the people meet together. I called together all the important people, the officials, and the common people. I did this so I could make a list of all the families. I found the family lists {\cf2\super [22]} of the people that had been the first to return from captivity. This is what I found written there:
\{The Lord says,\}\par “I will teach you and guide you\par on the way you should live.\par I will protect you and be your guide.\par
If a good person is honest, then his life will be easy. But an evil person is destroyed by the bad things he does.
Always turn to the Lord for help in everything you do, and you will be successful.
A person can make plans about the things that he wants to do. But it is the Lord who decides what will happen.
Don’t be jealous of evil people. But always try as hard as you can to respect the Lord.
Honesty is the way of living for good people.\par Good people follow the way\par that is straight and true.\par And God, you make that way smooth\par and easy to follow.\par
Then, if you do wrong and go (live) the wrong way (to the right or to the left), you will hear a voice behind you saying, “This is the right way. You should go this way!”
I gave Cyrus his power\par so he would do good things. {\cf2\super [406]} \par And I will make his work easy.\par Cyrus will build my city again.\par And he will make my people free.\par Cyrus will not sell my people to me.\par I will not have to pay him\par to do these things.\par The people will be freed,\par and the cost to me will be nothing.”\par The Lord, All-Powerful, said these things.\par
Lord, I know that a person does not really own his life.\par People don’t really know the right way to live.\par
Jeremiah, pray that the Lord your God will tell us where we should go and what we should do.”
Sometimes the cloud was over the Holy Tent for only a few days. So the people obeyed the Lord’s command—they followed the cloud when it moved.
Don’t worry about anything. But pray and ask God for everything you need. And when you pray, always give thanks.
Everything you say and everything you do should all be done for Jesus your Lord (Master). And in all you do, give thanks to God the Father through Jesus.
But if any of you needs wisdom, then you should ask God for it. God is generous. He enjoys giving to all people. So God will give you wisdom.
Then David prayed to the Lord. “Should I chase the people who took our families? Will I catch them?”