Bible verses about "motivation" | Rotherham

¹ My son, mine instruction, do not thou forget, and, my commandment, let thy heart observe; ² For, length of days and years of life, and blessedness, shall they add to thee. ³ Lovingkindness and faithfulness, let them not forsake thee,––bind them, upon thy neck, write them upon the tablet of thy heart: ⁴ So find thou favour and good repute, in the eyes of God and man. ⁵ Trust thou in Yahweh, with all thy heart, and, unto thine own understanding, do not lean: ⁶ In all thy ways, acknowledge him, and, he, will make straight thy paths.
⁷ Do not become wise in thine own eyes, revere Yahweh, and avoid evil: ⁸ Healing, shall it be to thy body, and refreshing, to thy bones. ⁹ Honour thou Yahweh, with thy substance, and with the firstfruit of all thine increase; ¹⁰ So shall thy storehouses be filled with plenty, and, with new wine, shall thy vats overflow. ¹¹ The, chastening of Yahweh, my son, do not reject, nor loathe his rebuke; ¹² For, whom Yahweh loveth, he correcteth, he causeth pain to the son in whom he delighteth.
¹³ How happy the man who hath found wisdom, and the man who draweth forth understanding, ¹⁴ For better is her merchandise, than the merchandise of silver, yea, than gold, her increase; ¹⁵ More precious, is she, than corals, yea, none of thy delightful things, doth equal her: ¹⁶ Length of days, is in her right hand, in her left, are riches and honour; ¹⁷ Her ways, are ways of pleasantness, and, all her paths, are peace; ¹⁸ A tree of life, is she, to them who secure her,––and, they who hold her fast, are every one to be pronounced happy. ¹⁹ Yahweh, in wisdom, founded the earth, establishing the heavens with understanding; ²⁰ By his knowledge, the resounding deeps were burst open, and, the skies, drop down dew.
²¹ My son, let them not depart from thine eyes, guard thou counsel, and purpose: ²² So shall they become life to thy soul, and an adorning to thy neck; ²³ Then, shalt thou walk securely in thy way, and, thy foot, shall not stumble; ²⁴ When thou sittest down, thou shalt have no dread, yea thou shalt lie down, and sweet shall be thy sleep. ²⁵ Be not thou afraid of sudden dread, nor of the desolation of the lawless, when it cometh. ²⁶ For, Yahweh, will be in all thy ways, and will keep thy foot from the snare.
²⁷ Withhold not good from them who ask it, when it is in power of thy hand to do it: ²⁸ Do not say to thy neighbour, Go and come again, and tomorrow I will give, when thou hast it by thee. ²⁹ Devise not against thy neighbour an injury, seeing that, he, dwelleth securely by thee. ³⁰ Contend not with a man without cause, if he hath dealt thee no wrong. ³¹ Do not thou envy the man of violence, neither choose thou any of his ways; ³² For, an abomination to Yahweh, is the tortuous man, but, with the upright, he is intimate. ³³ The curse of Yahweh, is in the house of the lawless one, but, the home of the righteous, he blesseth. ³⁴ Though at scoffers he scoffeth, yet, to the humbled, he granteth favour. ³⁵ Honour, shall the wise inherit,––but, as for dullards, shame shall carry them away.

²⁸ Hast thou not known, Hast thou not heard, That, The God of age–past time––Yahweh, The Creator of the ends of the earth, Fainteth not, neither groweth weary––There is no, searching of his understanding: ²⁹ Giving, to him that fainteth, strength, And, to him that hath no, vigour, he causeth, power, to abound? ³⁰ Youths, both faint and grow weary, And, young warriors––they fall, they fall; ³¹ But, they who wait for Yahweh, shall renew their strength, They shall mount on strong pinion, like eagles,––They shall run, and not grow weary, They shall walk, and not faint.

⁷ I say unto you––Thus, joy in heaven, will there be, over one sinner repenting, rather than over ninety–nine righteous persons, who indeed have, no need, of repentance.

¹⁹ Or know ye not that, your body, is, a shrine of the Holy Spirit that is within you, which ye have from God? And ye are not your own; –– ²⁰ For ye have been bought with a price! Therefore glorify God in your body.

¹⁹ And, my God, will fill up your every need, according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus.

¹² Oh! that they would even leave off in dismay, who are unsettling you!

⁷ Be not deceiving yourselves! God, is not to be mocked; for, whatsoever a man soweth, the same, shall he also reap,–– ⁸ Because, he that soweth into his own flesh, out of the flesh, shall reap corruption, whereas, he that soweth into the Spirit, out of the Spirit, shall reap age–abiding life.

⁷ Each one, according as he hath purposed in his heart, not sorrowfully, nor of necessity,––for, a cheerful giver, God, loveth.

¹ [But] take heed, that ye do not, your righteousness, before men, to be gazed at by them,––otherwise at least, reward, have ye none, with your Father who is in the heavens. ² When, therefore, thou mayest be doing an alms, do not sound a trumpet before thee, just as, the hypocrites, do in the synagogues and in the streets––that they may be glorified by men,––Verily, I say unto you, they are getting back their reward. ³ But, thou, when doing an alms, let not, thy left hand, know what thy right hand is doing; ⁴ that thine alms may be in secret,––and, thy Father, who seeth in secret, will give it back to thee.

¹¹ In business, not slothful, in spirit, fervent, to the Lord, doing service,

⁹ And at once he said unto me––Sufficient for thee, is my favour, for, my power, in weakness, is made complete. Most gladly, therefore, will I rather boast in my weaknesses, that the power of Christ may spread a tent over me.

¹⁷ They made outcry, and Yahweh heard, And, out of all their straits, hath he rescued them. ¹⁸ Near is Yahweh, to the broken in heart, And, the crushed in spirit, will he save. ¹⁹ Many are the misfortunes of the righteous, But, out of them all, doth Yahweh rescue him. ²⁰ Keeping all his bones, Not, one from among them, is broken.

²⁶ And, looking intently, Jesus said unto them––With men, this is, impossible, but, with God, all things are possible.

⁵ Trust thou in Yahweh, with all thy heart, and, unto thine own understanding, do not lean:

⁵⁸ So, then, my beloved brethren,––become ye, steadfast, immovable, superabounding in the work of the Lord, at all times; knowing that, your toil, is not in vain in the Lord.

²³ Whatsoever ye may be doing, from the soul, be working at it, as unto the Lord, and not unto men,––