Bible verses about "moving" | NSB

¹ Guard your step when you go to the house of God. It is better to go there and listen than to bring the sacrifices fools bring. Fools are not aware that they do evil. ² Do not be in a hurry to talk. Do not be eager to speak in the presence of God. Since God is in heaven and you are on earth, limit the number of your words. ³ Dreams come with many efforts, trials and concerns. Fools speak with too many words. ⁴ Do not be late in paying a vow you make to God. He takes no delight in fools. Pay what you vow! ⁵ It is better that you should not vow than that you should vow and not pay. ⁶ Do not let your speech cause you to sin. Do not say to the messenger of God that it was a mistake. Why should God be angry because of what you say and destroy the work of your hands? ⁷ There is futility and emptiness in many dreams and in many words. Reverence God. ⁸ If you see oppression of the poor and denial of justice and righteousness in the country, do not be shocked at the sight. One official watches over another official and there are higher officials over them. ⁹ A king who cultivates the field is an advantage to the land. ¹⁰ He who loves money will not be satisfied with money, nor he who loves wealth, with gain. This too is vanity. ¹¹ When good things increase, those who consume them increase. So what is the advantage to their owners except to see them? ¹² The sleep of the workingman is pleasant, whether he eats little or much. However the full stomach of the rich man does not allow him to sleep. ¹³ I have seen a grievous evil under the sun. I have seen riches being hoarded by their owner to his downfall (distress). ¹⁴ When those riches were lost through a bad investment and he fathered a son, then there was no support for him. ¹⁵ We entered this world with nothing and naked and we will leave this world with nothing and naked. ¹⁶ This also is a serious evil. Just as we came we will go. Whatever profit or gain we earned we loose as if we labored for the wind. ¹⁷ All his days he eats in darkness. He has much sorrow and anger with his sickness. ¹⁸ This is what I have seen. It is good and fitting for one to eat and drink and enjoy the good of his labor. He labors under the sun all the days of his life. For God gives this to him as his allotment (inheritance). ¹⁹ For every man to whom God has given riches and wealth, He has empowered him to eat because of them. He should receive his reward and rejoice in his labor. This is the gift of God. ²⁰ He will not often remember the years of his life. This is because God keeps him occupied with the gladness (pleasure) of his heart.

¹ ([Psalm of David]) Do not be bothered by evildoers. Do not envy those who do wicked things. ² They will quickly dry up like grass and whither away like green plants. ³ Trust Jehovah and do good things. Live in the land, and practice being faithful. ⁴ Be happy with Jehovah and he will provide you with the desires of your heart. ⁵ Dedicate your life to Jehovah. Trust him, and he will act on your behalf. ⁶ He will cause your righteousness to shine like a light, your just cause like the noonday sun. ⁷ Surrender to Jehovah and wait patiently for him. Do not be preoccupied with an evildoer who succeeds in his way when he carries out his schemes. ⁸ Let go of anger, and leave rage behind. Do not be agitated with anger and jealousy. It only leads to evil. ⁹ For evildoers will be destroyed, but those who wait for Jehovah will inherit the land. ¹⁰ A short time from now the wicked man will be no more. You will look carefully for his place and he will not be there. ¹¹ The meek (gentle) (mild) (humble) will inherit the earth and will delight in the abundance 0f peace. ¹² The wicked plots against the righteous and grinds at him with his teeth. ¹³ Jehovah laughs at him, for he sees that his day will come. ¹⁴ The wicked have drawn the sword and bent their bow to throw down the afflicted and the needy, to slay those who are upright in conduct. ¹⁵ Their sword will enter their own heart. Their bows will be broken. ¹⁶ Better is the little of the righteous than the abundance of many wicked. ¹⁷ The arms of the wicked will be broken, but Jehovah sustains the righteous. ¹⁸ Jehovah knows the days of the blameless. Their inheritance will be forever. ¹⁹ They will not be ashamed in the time of evil. In the days of famine they will have abundance. ²⁰ But the wicked will perish! The enemies of Jehovah will be like the glory of the pastures. They vanish, like smoke they vanish away. ²¹ The wicked borrows and does not pay back. But the righteous is gracious and gives. ²² Those blessed by him will inherit the land. But those cursed by him will be destroyed. ²³ Jehovah directs a person's steps and Jehovah delights in his way. ²⁴ When he falls, he will not be thrown down headfirst because Jehovah holds on to his hand. ²⁵ I have been young, and now I am old, but I have never seen a righteous person abandoned or his descendants begging for food. ²⁶ He is always generous and lends freely. His descendants are a blessing. ²⁷ Turn away from evil, do good, and live forever. ²⁸ Jehovah loves justice, and he will not abandon his godly ones. They will be kept safe forever, but the descendants of the wicked will be destroyed. ²⁹ The righteous will inherit (seize) (take possession of) the earth, and dwell on it forever (in perpetuity). ³⁰ The mouth of the righteous reflects on wisdom. His tongue speaks what is fair. ³¹ The law of his God is in his heart. His steps do not waver (slip). ³² The wicked spies upon the righteous and seeks to kill him. ³³ Jehovah will not leave him in his hand or let him be condemned when he is judged. ³⁴ Wait for Jehovah and keep his way and he will exalt you to inherit the earth. You will see it when the wicked are destroyed. ³⁵ I have seen a wicked, violent man spreading himself like a luxuriant tree in its native soil. ³⁶ Then he passed away, and lo, he was no more. I searched for him, but he could not be found. ³⁷ Mark the blameless man, and behold the upright. His future will be filled with peace. ³⁸ But transgressors will be altogether destroyed. The posterity of the wicked will be destroyed. ³⁹ But the salvation of the righteous is from Jehovah. He is their strength in time of trouble. ⁴⁰ Jehovah helps them and delivers them. He delivers them from the wicked and saves them, because they take put their trust in Him.

³³ »Seek (desire) (require) (serve) first the kingdom of God and his righteousness [continuously] and all these things will be added to you.

²⁵ »I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink. And do not worry about your body, what you will wear. Is life worth more than food? And is the body worth more than clothes? ²⁶ »Look at the birds of the sky, they do not sow, nor reap, nor gather into barns. Your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you worth more than they? ²⁷ »Can you live longer by worrying about it? ²⁸ »Why are you worried about clothing? Look at how the lilies of the field grow. They do not toil. They do not spin. ²⁹ »I tell you that not even Solomon in all his glory was dressed like these. ³⁰ »If God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today, and tomorrow is thrown into the furnace, won’t he care for you even more? You of little faith! ³¹ »Do not worry! Do not say: ‘What shall we eat?’ or, ‘What shall we drink?’ or, ‘What shall we wear?’ ³² »All people go in search of these things. Your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things. ³³ »Seek (desire) (require) (serve) first the kingdom of God and his righteousness [continuously] and all these things will be added to you. ³⁴ »Do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will have its own worries. Sufficient for each day is its own badness.