In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths.
Commit your work to the Lord, and your plans will be established.
I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will counsel you with my eye upon you.
do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God.
The heart of man plans his way, but the Lord establishes his steps.
I know, O Lord, that the way of man is not in himself, that it is not in man who walks to direct his steps.
And your ears shall hear a word behind you, saying, “This is the way, walk in it,” when you turn to the right or when you turn to the left.
If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God, who gives generously to all without reproach, and it will be given him.
Thus says the Lord, your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: “I am the Lord your God, who teaches you to profit, who leads you in the way you should go.
Good and upright is the Lord; therefore he instructs sinners in the way. He leads the humble in what is right, and teaches the humble his way.
Whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord and not for men,
And whatever you do, in word or deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.
Let not your heart envy sinners, but continue in the fear of the Lord all the day.
So, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.
“And you, Solomon my son, know the God of your father and serve him with a whole heart and with a willing mind, for the Lord searches all hearts and understands every plan and thought. If you seek him, he will be found by you, but if you forsake him, he will cast you off forever.
And David inquired of the Lord, “Shall I pursue after this band? Shall I overtake them?” He answered him, “Pursue, for you shall surely overtake and shall surely rescue.”
I have stirred him up in righteousness, and I will make all his ways level; he shall build my city and set my exiles free, not for price or reward,” says the Lord of hosts.
O Lord, let your ear be attentive to the prayer of your servant, and to the prayer of your servants who delight to fear your name, and give success to your servant today, and grant him mercy in the sight of this man.” Now I was cupbearer to the king.
For I was ashamed to ask the king for a band of soldiers and horsemen to protect us against the enemy on our way, since we had told the king, “The hand of our God is for good on all who seek him, and the power of his wrath is against all who forsake him.” So we fasted and implored our God for this, and he listened to our entreaty.
Then the king said to me, “What are you requesting?” So I prayed to the God of heaven.
Blessed be the Lord, the God of our fathers, who put such a thing as this into the heart of the king, to beautify the house of the Lord that is in Jerusalem,
But thanks be to God, who put into the heart of Titus the same earnest care I have for you.
And the ark of God was captured, and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, died. A man of Benjamin ran from the battle line and came to Shiloh the same day, with his clothes torn and with dirt on his head.
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