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5 Now if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask for it from God, who gives to all without reservation and not reproaching, and it will be given to him.

14 And this is the confidence that we have before him: that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us.

9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just, so that he will forgive us our* sins and will cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

5 Trust Yahweh* with all your heart;

do not lean toward your own understanding.

6 In all your ways acknowledge him,

and he will straighten your paths.

6 In all your ways acknowledge him,

and he will straighten your paths.

11 For I know the plans that I am planning concerning you,’ declares* Yahweh, ‘plans for prosperity and not for harm, to give to you a future and a hope.

14 Where there is no guidance, a nation* shall fall,

but there is safety in an abundance of counsel.

33 The lot will be cast into the lap,

but all of its decisions are from Yahweh.

1 He who is selfish seeks a craving;*

against all sound judgment he shows contempt.

2 A fool will not take pleasure in understanding,

but in expressing his heart.*

3 With the coming of wickedness comes contempt also,

and with dishonor, disgrace.

4 Deep waters are words of the mouth of a man;

a gushing stream is a fountain of wisdom.

5 Being partial to faces of evil is not good,

nor to subvert the righteous at the judgment.

6 The lips of a fool will bring strife,

and his mouth calls out for a flogging.

7 The mouth of a fool is ruin to him,

and his lips are a snare to his soul.*

8 The words of a whisper are like delicious morsels,

and they themselves go down to inner parts of the body.

9 Even he who is slack in his work,

he is brother to a master* of destruction.

10 A tower of strength is the name of Yahweh;

into him* the righteous will run and be safe.

11 The wealth of the rich is his strong city,*

and like a wall, it is high in his imagination.

12 In the presence of destruction, the heart* of a man will be haughty,

but in the presence of honor, humble.

13 He who returns a word before he will hear,

folly itself belongs to him as well as* shame.

14 The spirit of a man will endure his sickness,

but a broken spirit, who may bear it?

16 All scripture is inspired by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for training in righteousness,

17 in order that the person of God may be competent, equipped for every good work.

7 And when they* came to Mysia, they attempted to go into Bithynia, and the Spirit of Jesus did not permit them.

Barnabas and Saul Sent Out from Antioch

1 Now there were prophets and teachers in Antioch in the church that was there: Barnabas, and Simeon (who was called Niger), and Lucius the Cyrenian, and Manaen (a close friend of Herod the tetrarch), and Saul. 2 And while* they were serving the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, "Set apart now for me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them." 3 Then, after they* had fasted and prayed and placed their* hands on them, they sent them* away.

31 Therefore, whether you eat or you drink or whatever you do, do all things for the glory of God.

The Example of Jesus’ Suffering

1 Therefore, since* we also have such a great cloud of witnesses surrounding us, putting aside every weight and the sin that so easily ensnares us*, let us run with patient endurance the race that has been set before us,

Solomon’s Request for Wisdom

5 Yahweh appeared to Solomon at Gibeon in a dream at night, and God said, "Ask what I should give to you." 6 Then Solomon said, "You have shown great loyal love with your servant David my father, as he walked before you in faithfulness and in righteousness and in uprightness of heart with you. You have shown for him this great loyal love, and you have given a son to him who is sitting on his throne as it is this day. 7 So then, O Yahweh, you are my God. You have made your servant king in place of David my father though I am a young boy. I do not know going out or coming in. 8 Your servant is in the middle of your people whom you have chosen; a great people who cannot be counted or numbered because of abundance. 9 Give to your servant a listening heart to judge your people, to discern between good and bad, because who is able to judge this, your difficult people?"

10 The word was good in the eyes of the Lord that Solomon had asked this thing. 11 And God said to him, "Because you have asked this thing and you did not ask for yourself a long life* and you did not ask riches for yourself and you did not ask for the life of your enemies, but you have asked for yourself the ability to make wise judgments;*12 behold, I do hereby do according to your word. I hereby give you a wise and discerning heart; there was no one like you before you, nor afterwards will one like you arise.

9 Then* his wife said to him, "Are you still persisting in your blamelessness? Curse* God and die."

10 So* he said to her, "You speak like one of the foolish women speaks. Indeed, should we receive the good from God, but* not receive the evil?" In all this, Job did not sin with his lips.