Proverbs 28:12

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Proverbs 28:10–14 · Berean Standard Bible

10 He who leads the upright along the path of evil will fall into his own pit, but the blameless will inherit what is good.

11 A rich man is wise in his own eyes, but a poor man with discernment sees through him.

12 When the righteous triumph, there is great glory, but when the wicked rise, men hide themselves.

13 He who conceals his sins will not prosper, but whoever confesses and renounces them will find mercy.

14 Blessed is the man who is always reverent, but he who hardens his heart falls into trouble.

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Proverbs 28:28

When the wicked come to power, people hide themselves; but when they perish, the righteous flourish.

Proverbs 11:10

When the righteous thrive, the city rejoices, and when the wicked perish, there are shouts of joy.

Proverbs 29:2

When the righteous flourish, the people rejoice, but when the wicked rule, the people groan.

1 Chronicles 15:25

So David, the elders of Israel, and the commanders of thousands went with rejoicing to bring the ark of the covenant of the LORD from the house of Obed-edom.

1 Chronicles 15:26

And because God helped the Levites who were carrying the ark of the covenant of the LORD, they sacrificed seven bulls and seven rams.

1 Chronicles 15:27

Now David was dressed in a robe of fine linen, as were all the Levites who were carrying the ark, as well as the singers and Chenaniah, the director of music for the singers. David also wore a linen ephod.

1 Chronicles 15:28

So all Israel brought up the ark of the covenant of the LORD with shouting, with the sounding of rams’ horns and trumpets, and with cymbals and the music of harps and lyres.

1 Chronicles 16:7

On that day David first committed to Asaph and his brothers this song of thanksgiving to the LORD:

1 Chronicles 16:8

“Give thanks to the LORD; call upon His name; make known His deeds among the nations.

1 Chronicles 16:9

Sing to Him, sing praises to Him; tell of all His wonders.

1 Chronicles 16:10

Glory in His holy name; let the hearts of those who seek the LORD rejoice.

1 Chronicles 16:11

Seek out the LORD and His strength; seek His face always.

1 Chronicles 16:12

Remember the wonders He has done, His marvels, and the judgments He has pronounced,

1 Chronicles 16:13

O offspring of His servant Israel, O sons of Jacob, His chosen ones.

1 Chronicles 16:14

He is the LORD our God; His judgments carry throughout the earth.

1 Chronicles 16:15

Remember His covenant forever, the word He ordained for a thousand generations—

1 Chronicles 16:16

the covenant He made with Abraham, and the oath He swore to Isaac.

1 Chronicles 16:17

He confirmed it to Jacob as a decree, to Israel as an everlasting covenant:

1 Chronicles 16:18

‘I will give you the land of Canaan as the portion of your inheritance.’

1 Chronicles 16:19

When they were few in number, few indeed, and strangers in the land,

1 Chronicles 16:20

they wandered from nation to nation, from one kingdom to another.

1 Chronicles 16:21

He let no man oppress them; He rebuked kings on their behalf:

1 Chronicles 16:22

‘Do not touch My anointed ones! Do no harm to My prophets!’

1 Chronicles 16:23

Sing to the LORD, all the earth. Proclaim His salvation day after day.

1 Chronicles 16:24

Declare His glory among the nations, His wonderful deeds among all peoples.

1 Chronicles 16:25

For great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised; He is to be feared above all gods.

1 Chronicles 16:26

For all the gods of the nations are idols, but it is the LORD who made the heavens.

1 Chronicles 16:27

Splendor and majesty are before Him; strength and joy fill His dwelling.

1 Chronicles 16:28

Ascribe to the LORD, O families of the nations, ascribe to the LORD glory and strength.

1 Chronicles 16:29

Ascribe to the LORD the glory due His name; bring an offering and come before Him. Worship the LORD in the splendor of His holiness;

1 Chronicles 16:30

tremble before Him, all the earth. The world is firmly established; it cannot be moved.

1 Chronicles 16:31

Let the heavens be glad, and the earth rejoice. Let them say among the nations, ‘The LORD reigns!’

1 Chronicles 16:32

Let the sea resound, and all that fills it; let the fields exult, and all that is in them.

1 Chronicles 16:33

Then the trees of the forest will sing for joy before the LORD, for He is coming to judge the earth.

1 Chronicles 16:34

Give thanks to the LORD, for He is good; His loving devotion endures forever.

1 Chronicles 16:35

Then cry out: ‘Save us, O God of our salvation; gather and deliver us from the nations, that we may give thanks to Your holy name, that we may glory in Your praise.’

1 Chronicles 16:36

Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, from everlasting to everlasting.” Then all the people said, “Amen!” and “Praise the LORD!”

1 Chronicles 29:20

Then David said to the whole assembly, “Blessed be the LORD your God.” So the whole assembly blessed the LORD, the God of their fathers. They bowed down and paid homage to the LORD and to the king.

1 Chronicles 29:21

The next day they offered sacrifices and presented burnt offerings to the LORD: a thousand bulls, a thousand rams, and a thousand lambs, along with their drink offerings, and other sacrifices in abundance for all Israel.

1 Chronicles 29:22

That day they ate and drank with great joy in the presence of the LORD. Then, for a second time, they designated David’s son Solomon as king, anointing him before the LORD as ruler, and Zadok as the priest.

2 Chronicles 7:10

On the twenty-third day of the seventh month, Solomon sent the people away to their homes, joyful and glad of heart for the good things that the LORD had done for David, for Solomon, and for His people Israel.

2 Chronicles 30:22

And Hezekiah encouraged all the Levites who performed skillfully before the LORD. For seven days they ate their assigned portion, sacrificing fellowship offerings and giving thanks to the LORD, the God of their fathers.

2 Chronicles 30:23

The whole assembly agreed to observe seven more days, so they observed seven days with joy.

2 Chronicles 30:24

For Hezekiah king of Judah contributed a thousand bulls and seven thousand sheep for the assembly, and the officials contributed a thousand bulls and ten thousand sheep for the assembly, and a great number of priests consecrated themselves.

2 Chronicles 30:25

Then the whole assembly of Judah rejoiced along with the priests and Levites and the whole assembly that had come from Israel, including the foreigners who had come from Israel and those who lived in Judah.

2 Chronicles 30:26

So there was great rejoicing in Jerusalem, for nothing like this had happened there since the days of Solomon son of David king of Israel.

2 Chronicles 30:27

Then the priests and the Levites stood to bless the people, and God heard their voice, and their prayer came into His holy dwelling place in heaven.

Esther 8:15

Mordecai went out from the presence of the king in royal garments of blue and white, with a large gold crown and a purple robe of fine linen. And the city of Susa shouted and rejoiced.

Esther 8:16

For the Jews it was a time of light and gladness, of joy and honor.

Esther 8:17

In every province and every city, wherever the king’s edict and decree reached, there was joy and gladness among the Jews, with feasting and celebrating. And many of the people of the land themselves became Jews, because the fear of the Jews had fallen upon them.

Job 29:11

For those who heard me called me blessed, and those who saw me commended me,

Job 29:12

because I rescued the poor who cried out and the fatherless who had no helper.

Job 29:13

The dying man blessed me, and I made the widow’s heart sing for joy.

Job 29:14

I put on righteousness, and it clothed me; justice was my robe and my turban.

Job 29:15

I served as eyes to the blind and as feet to the lame.

Job 29:16

I was a father to the needy, and I took up the case of the stranger.

Job 29:17

I shattered the fangs of the unjust and snatched the prey from his teeth.

Job 29:18

So I thought: ‘I will die in my nest and multiply my days as the sand.

Job 29:19

My roots will spread out to the waters, and the dew will rest nightly on my branches.

Job 29:20

My glory is ever new within me, and my bow is renewed in my hand.’

Luke 19:37

And as He approached the descent from the Mount of Olives, the whole multitude of disciples began to praise God joyfully in a loud voice for all the miracles they had seen:

Luke 19:38

“Blessed is the King who comes in the name of the Lord!” “Peace in heaven and glory in the highest!”

1 Samuel 24:11

See, my father, look at the corner of your robe in my hand. For I cut it off, but I did not kill you. See and know that there is no evil or rebellion in my hands. I have not sinned against you, even though you are hunting me down to take my life.

1 Kings 17:3

“Leave here, turn eastward, and hide yourself by the Brook of Cherith, east of the Jordan.

1 Kings 17:4

And you are to drink from the brook, and I have commanded the ravens to feed you there.”

1 Kings 17:5

So Elijah did what the LORD had told him, and he went and lived by the Brook of Cherith, east of the Jordan.

1 Kings 17:6

The ravens would bring him bread and meat in the morning and evening, and he would drink from the brook.

1 Kings 17:7

Some time later, however, the brook dried up because there had been no rain in the land.

1 Kings 17:8

Then the word of the LORD came to Elijah:

1 Kings 17:9

“Get up and go to Zarephath of Sidon, and stay there. Behold, I have commanded a widow there to provide for you.”

1 Kings 17:10

So Elijah got up and went to Zarephath. When he arrived at the city gate, there was a widow gathering sticks. Elijah called to her and said, “Please bring me a little water in a cup, so that I may drink.”

1 Kings 17:11

And as she was going to get it, he called to her and said, “Please bring me a piece of bread.”

1 Kings 17:12

But she replied, “As surely as the LORD your God lives, I have no bread—only a handful of flour in a jar and a little oil in a jug. Look, I am gathering a couple of sticks to take home and prepare a meal for myself and my son, so that we may eat it and die.”

1 Kings 17:13

“Do not be afraid,” Elijah said to her. “Go and do as you have said. But first make me a small cake of bread from what you have, and bring it out to me. Afterward, make some for yourself and your son,

1 Kings 17:14

for this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘The jar of flour will not be exhausted and the jug of oil will not run dry until the day the LORD sends rain upon the face of the earth.’”

1 Kings 17:15

So she went and did according to the word of Elijah, and there was food every day for Elijah and the woman and her household.

1 Kings 17:16

The jar of flour was not exhausted and the jug of oil did not run dry, according to the word that the LORD had spoken through Elijah.

1 Kings 17:17

Later, the son of the woman who owned the house became ill, and his sickness grew worse and worse, until no breath remained in him.

1 Kings 17:18

“O man of God,” said the woman to Elijah, “what have you done to me? Have you come to remind me of my iniquity and cause the death of my son?”

1 Kings 17:19

But Elijah said to her, “Give me your son.” So he took him from her arms, carried him to the upper room where he was staying, and laid him on his own bed.

1 Kings 17:20

Then he cried out to the LORD, “O LORD my God, have You also brought tragedy on this widow who has opened her home to me, by causing her son to die?”

1 Kings 17:21

Then he stretched himself out over the child three times and cried out to the LORD, “O LORD my God, please let this boy’s life return to him!”

1 Kings 17:22

And the LORD listened to the voice of Elijah, and the child’s life returned to him, and he lived.

1 Kings 17:23

Then Elijah took the child, brought him down from the upper room into the house, and gave him to his mother. “Look, your son is alive,” Elijah declared.

1 Kings 17:24

Then the woman said to Elijah, “Now I know that you are a man of God and that the word of the LORD from your mouth is truth.”

1 Kings 18:13

Was it not reported to my lord what I did when Jezebel slaughtered the prophets of the LORD? I hid a hundred prophets of the LORD, fifty men per cave, and I provided them with food and water.

1 Kings 19:3

And Elijah was afraid and ran for his life. When he came to Beersheba in Judah, he left his servant there,

Ecclesiastes 10:6

Folly is appointed to great heights, but the rich sit in lowly positions.

Ecclesiastes 10:16

Woe to you, O land whose king is a youth, and whose princes feast in the morning.

Jeremiah 36:26

Instead, the king commanded Jerahmeel, a son of the king, as well as Seraiah son of Azriel and Shelemiah son of Abdeel, to seize Baruch the scribe and Jeremiah the prophet. But the LORD had hidden them.

Hebrews 11:37

They were stoned, they were sawed in two, they were put to death by the sword. They went around in sheepskins and goatskins, destitute, oppressed, and mistreated.

Hebrews 11:38

The world was not worthy of them. They wandered in deserts and mountains, and hid in caves and holes in the ground.

Jeremiah 5:1

“Go up and down the streets of Jerusalem. Look now and take note; search her squares. If you can find a single person, anyone who acts justly, anyone who seeks the truth, then I will forgive the city.