The elders of the Jews built and prospered, through the prophesying of Haggai the prophet and Zechariah the son of Iddo. They built and finished it, according to the commandment of the God of Israel, and according to the decree of Cyrus, and Darius, and Artaxerxes king of Persia.
Now therefore don't give your daughters to their sons, neither take their daughters to your sons, nor seek their peace or their prosperity forever; that you may be strong, and eat the good of the land, and leave it for an inheritance to your children forever.'
The man looked steadfastly at her, remaining silent, to know whether the LORD had made his journey prosperous or not.
He said to me, 'the LORD, before whom I walk, will send his angel with you, and prosper your way. You shall take a wife for my son of my relatives, and of my father's house.
I came this day to the spring, and said, 'the LORD, the God of my master Abraham, if now you do prosper my way which I go--
He said to them, "Don't hinder me, since the LORD has prospered my way. Send me away that I may go to my master."
the LORD was with Joseph, and he was a prosperous man. He was in the house of his master the Egyptian.
His master saw that the LORD was with him, and that the LORD made all that he did prosper in his hand.
The keeper of the prison didn't look after anything that was under his hand, because the LORD was with him; and that which he did, the LORD made it prosper.
Israel is a luxuriant vine that puts forth his fruit. According to the abundance of his fruit he has multiplied his altars. As their land has prospered, they have adorned their sacred stones.
I, even I, have spoken; yes, I have called him; I have brought him, and he shall make his way prosperous.
Yet it pleased the LORD to bruise him. He has caused him to suffer. When you make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed. He shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of the LORD shall prosper in his hand.
so shall my word be that goes forth out of my mouth: it shall not return to me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing I sent it to do.
From there also you shall go forth, with your hands on your head; for the LORD has rejected those in whom you trust, and you shall not prosper with them.
They have grown fat. They shine; yes, they excell in deeds of wickedness. They don't plead the cause, the cause of the fatherless, that they may prosper; and they don't judge the right of the needy.
For the shepherds are become brutish, and have not inquired of the LORD: therefore they have not prospered, and all their flocks are scattered.
You are righteous, the LORD, when I contend with you; yet I would reason the cause with you: why does the way of the wicked prosper? why are all they at ease who deal very treacherously?
I spoke to you in your prosperity; but you said, I will not hear. This has been your way from your youth, that you didn't obey my voice.
Thus says the LORD, Write you this man childless, a man who shall not prosper in his days; for no more shall a man of his seed prosper, sitting on the throne of David, and ruling in Judah.
and he shall bring Zedekiah to Babylon, and he shall be there until I visit him, says the LORD: though you fight with the Chaldeans, you shall not prosper?
If you were pure and upright, surely now he would awaken for you, and make the habitation of your righteousness prosperous.
God who is wise in heart, and mighty in strength: who has hardened himself against him, and prospered?
The tents of robbers prosper. Those who provoke God are secure, who carry their God in their hands.
A sound of terrors is in his ears. In prosperity the destroyer shall come on him.
There was nothing left that he didn't devour, therefore his prosperity shall not endure.
They spend their days in prosperity. In an instant they go down to Sheol.
Behold, their prosperity is not in their hand. The counsel of the wicked is far from me.
If they listen and serve him, they shall spend their days in prosperity, and their years in pleasures.
Beloved, I pray that you may prosper in all things and be healthy, even as your soul prospers.
This book of the law shall not depart out of your mouth, but you shall meditate on it day and night, that you may observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then you shall make your way prosperous, and then you shall have good success.
They said to him, "Please ask counsel of God, that we may know whether our way which we go shall be prosperous."
Her adversaries are become the head, her enemies prosper; for the LORD has afflicted her for the multitude of her transgressions: her young children are gone into captivity before the adversary.
You have removed my soul far off from peace; I forgot prosperity.
If a man has no one to redeem it, and he becomes prosperous and finds sufficient means to redeem it;
Lord, I beg you, let your ear be attentive now to the prayer of your servant, and to the prayer of your servants, who delight to fear your name; and please prosper your servant this day, and grant him mercy in the sight of this man." Now I was cup bearer to the king.
Then answered I them, and said to them, "The God of heaven will prosper us. Therefore we, his servants, will arise and build; but you have no portion, nor right, nor memorial, in Jerusalem."
Moses said, "Why now do you disobey the commandment of the LORD, since it shall not prosper?
With me are riches, honor, enduring wealth, and prosperity.
Misfortune pursues sinners, but prosperity rewards the righteous.
He who heeds the Word finds prosperity. Whoever trusts in the LORD is blessed.
A bribe is a precious stone in the eyes of him who gives it; wherever he turns, he prospers.
One who has a perverse heart doesn't find prosperity, and one who has a deceitful tongue falls into trouble.
He who conceals his sins doesn't prosper, but whoever confesses and renounces them finds mercy.
One who is greedy stirs up strife; but one who trusts in the LORD will prosper.
He will be like a tree planted by the streams of water, that brings forth its fruit in its season, whose leaf also does not wither. Whatever he does shall prosper.
His ways are prosperous at all times. He is haughty, and your laws are far from his sight. As for all his adversaries, he sneers at them.
As for me, I said in my prosperity, "I shall never be moved."
Let them shout for joy and be glad, who favor my righteous cause. Yes, let them say continually, "the LORD be magnified, who has pleasure in the prosperity of his servant!"
Rest in the LORD, and wait patiently for him. Don't fret because of him who prospers in his way, because of the man who makes wicked plots happen.
The mountains shall bring prosperity to the people. The hills bring the fruit of righteousness.
For I was envious of the arrogant, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.
that I may see the prosperity of your chosen, that I may rejoice in the gladness of your nation, that I may glory with your inheritance.
Save us now, we beg you, the LORD! the LORD, we beg you, send prosperity now.
Pray for the peace of Jerusalem. Those who love you will prosper.
Peace be within your walls, and prosperity within your palaces.
requesting, if by any means now at last I may be prospered by the will of God to come to you.
"Proclaim further, saying, 'Thus says the LORD of Armies: "My cities will again overflow with prosperity, and the LORD will again comfort Zion, and will again choose Jerusalem."'"
Aren't these the words which the LORD proclaimed by the former prophets, when Jerusalem was inhabited and in prosperity, and its cities around her, and the South and the lowland were inhabited?'"
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And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this [is] the first commandment.
And the second Mark 12:31 [is] like, [namely] this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these.
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The First Book of Adam and Eve. Books 1 begins immediately after the expulsion from the Garden of Eden. We learn about the fall but also of the promise to save Adam and his decendents. The story depicts mans struggle against evil, the devil and sin.
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