The God of Yisra'el said, the Rock of Yisra'el spoke to me, one who rules over men righteously, who rules in the fear of God,
Acts 24:25 - Hebrew Names version (HNV) As he reasoned about righteousness, self-control, and the judgment to come, Felix was terrified, and answered, *Go your way for this time, and when it is convenient for me, I will summon you.* Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And as he reasoned of righteousness, temperance, and judgment to come, Felix trembled, and answered, Go thy way for this time; when I have a convenient season, I will call for thee. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition But as he continued to argue about uprightness, purity of life (the control of the passions), and the judgment to come, Felix became alarmed and terrified and said, Go away for the present; when I have a convenient opportunity, I will send for you. American Standard Version (1901) And as he reasoned of righteousness, and self-control, and the judgment to come, Felix was terrified, and answered, Go thy way for this time; and when I have a convenient season, I will call thee unto me. Common English Bible When he spoke about upright behavior, self-control, and the coming judgment, Felix became fearful and said, “Go away for now! When I have time, I’ll send for you.” Catholic Public Domain Version And after he discoursed about justice and chastity, and about the future judgment, Felix was trembling, and he responded: "For now, go, but remain under guard. Then, at an opportune time, I will summon you." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And as he treated of justice, and chastity, and of the judgment to come, Felix being terrified, answered: For this time, go thy way: but when I have a convenient time, I will send for thee. |
The God of Yisra'el said, the Rock of Yisra'el spoke to me, one who rules over men righteously, who rules in the fear of God,
It happened, when Ach'av heard those words, that he tore his clothes, and put sackcloth on his flesh, and fasted, and lay in sackcloth, and went softly.
because your heart was tender, and you did humble yourself before the LORD, when you heard what I spoke against this place, and against the inhabitants of it, that they should become a desolation and a curse, and have torn your clothes, and wept before me; I also have heard you, says the LORD.
Now therefore let us make a covenant with our God to put away all the wives, and such as are born of them, according to the counsel of my lord, and of those who tremble at the mitzvah of our God; and let it be done according to the law.
Then all the men of Yehudah and Binyamin gathered themselves together to Yerushalayim within the three days; it was the ninth month, on the twentieth [day] of the month: and all the people sat in the broad place before the house of God, trembling because of this matter, and for the great rain.
I put on righteousness, and it clothed me. My justice was as a robe and a diadem.
For the LORD is righteous. He loves righteousness. The upright shall see his face.
You have loved righteousness, and hated wickedness. Therefore God, your God, has anointed you with the oil of gladness above your fellows.
He will judge your people with righteousness, and your poor with justice.
The LORD reigns! Let the peoples tremble. He sits enthroned among the Keruvim. Let the earth be moved.
It is an abomination for kings to do wrong, for the throne is established by righteousness.
Rejoice, young man, in your youth, and let your heart cheer you in the days of your youth, and walk in the ways of your heart, and in the sight of your eyes; but know that for all these things God will bring you into judgment.
For God will bring every work into judgment, with every hidden thing, whether it is good, or whether it is evil.
If you see the oppression of the poor, and the violent taking away of justice and righteousness in a district, don't marvel at the matter: for one official is eyed by a higher one; and there are officials over them.
*Come now, and let us reason together,* says the LORD: *Though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow. Though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.
How the faithful city has become a prostitute! She was full of justice; righteousness lodged in her, but now murderers.
A throne will be established in loving kindness. One will sit on it in truth, in the tent of David, judging, seeking justice, and swift to do righteousness.
Tremble, you women who are at ease! Be troubled, you careless ones! Strip yourselves, make yourselves naked, and put sackcloth on your waist.
Produce your cause,* says the LORD. *Bring forth your strong reasons,* says the King of Ya`akov.
Seek you the LORD while he may be found; call you on him while he is near:
For I, the LORD, love justice, I hate robbery with iniquity; and I will give them their recompense in truth, and I will make an everlasting covenant with them.
For all these things has my hand made, and [so] all these things came to be, says the LORD: but to this man will I look, even to him who is poor and of a contrite spirit, and who trembles at my word.
Thus says the LORD: Execute you justice and righteousness, and deliver him who is robbed out of the hand of the oppressor: and do no wrong, do no violence, to the foreigner, the fatherless, nor the widow; neither shed innocent blood in this place.
Isn't my word like fire? says the LORD; and like a hammer that breaks the rock in pieces?
Now it happened, when they had heard all the words, they turned in fear one toward another, and said to Barukh, We will surely tell the king of all these words.
Thus says the Lord GOD: Let it suffice you, princes of Yisra'el: remove violence and spoil, and execute justice and righteousness; dispossessing my people, says the Lord GOD.
Many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt.
Therefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable to you, and break off your sins by righteousness, and your iniquities by showing mercy to the poor; if there may be a lengthening of your tranquillity.
Sow to yourselves in righteousness, reap according to kindness. Break up your fallow ground; for it is time to seek the LORD, until he comes and rains righteousness on you.
They make promises, swearing falsely in making covenants. Therefore judgment springs up like poisonous weeds in the furrows of the field.
On the day of our king, the princes made themselves sick with the heat of wine. He joined his hand with mockers.
But let justice roll on like rivers, and righteousness like a mighty stream.
Do horses run on the rocky crags? Does one plow there with oxen? But you have turned justice into poison, and the fruit of righteousness into bitterness;
I heard, and my body trembled. My lips quivered at the voice. Rottenness enters into my bones, and I tremble in my place, because I must wait quietly for the day of trouble, for the coming up of the people who invade us.
*This is what the LORD of Armies says: These people say, 'The time hasn't yet come, the time for the LORD's house to be built.'*
But they made light of it, and went their ways, one to his own farm, another to his merchandise,
When he has come, he will convict the world about sin, about righteousness, and about judgment;
He charged us to preach to the people and to testify that this is he who is appointed by God as the Judge of the living and the dead.
But when the Jews of Thessalonica had knowledge that the word of God was proclaimed by Sha'ul at Beroea also, they came there likewise, agitating the multitudes.
Sha'ul, as was his custom, went in to them, and for three Shabbat days reasoned with them from the Scriptures,
Now when they heard of the resurrection of the dead, some mocked; but others said, *We want to hear you again concerning this.*
Now when they heard this, they were cut to the heart, and said to Kefa and the rest of the emissaries, *Brothers, what shall we do?*
having hope toward God, which these also themselves look for, that there will be a resurrection of the dead, both of the just and unjust.
Meanwhile, he also hoped that money would be given to him by Sha'ul, that he might release him. Therefore also he sent for him more often, and talked with him.
Agrippa said to Sha'ul, *With a little persuasion are you trying to make me a Messianic?*
But rise up, and enter into the city, and you will be told what you must do.*
Therefore I urge you, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service.
in the day when God will judge the secrets of men, according to my Good News, by Yeshua the Messiah.
Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord comes, who will both bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and reveal the counsels of the hearts. Then each man will get his praise from God.
For we must all be revealed before the judgment seat of Messiah; that each one may receive the things in the body, according to what he has done, whether good or bad.
for he says, *At an acceptable time I listened to you, in a day of salvation I helped you.* Behold, now is the acceptable time. Behold, now is the day of salvation.
But the Scriptures imprisoned all things under sin, that the promise by faith in Yeshua the Messiah might be given to those who believe.
I charge you therefore before God and the Lord Yeshua the Messiah, who will judge the living and the dead at his appearing and his Kingdom:
but given to hospitality, as a lover of good, sober minded, fair, holy, self-controlled;
and so fearful was the appearance, that Moshe said, *I am terrified and trembling.*
but exhort one another day by day, so long as it is called *today;* lest any one of you be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin.
Let us fear therefore, lest perhaps anyone of you should seem to have come short of a promise of entering into his rest.
of the teaching of baptisms, of laying on of hands, of resurrection of the dead, and of eternal judgment.
Inasmuch as it is appointed for men to die once, and after this, judgment,
You believe that God is one. You do well. The demons also believe, and shudder.
But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts; and always be ready to give an answer to everyone who asks you a reason concerning the hope that is in you, with humility and fear:
and in knowledge, self-control; and in self-control patience; and in patience godliness;
In this the children of God are revealed, and the children of the devil. Whoever doesn't do righteousness is not of God, neither is he who doesn't love his brother.
Little children, let no one lead you astray. He who does righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous.
Now therefore stand still, that I may plead with you before the LORD concerning all the righteous acts of the LORD, which he did to you and to your fathers.