1516 verses about Dependence

Happy is he who has the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in Yahweh, his God:

Yahweh preserves the foreigners. He upholds the fatherless and widow, but the way of the wicked he turns upside down.

He provides food for the livestock, and for the young ravens when they call.

He doesn’t delight in the strength of the horse. He takes no pleasure in the legs of a man.

Yahweh takes pleasure in those who fear him, in those who hope in his loving kindness.

My son, if sinners entice you, don’t consent.

Trust in Yahweh with all your heart, and don’t lean on your own understanding.

In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight.

for Yahweh will be your confidence, and will keep your foot from being taken.

Do this now, my son, and deliver yourself, since you have come into the hand of your neighbor. Go, humble yourself. Press your plea with your neighbor.

which having no chief, overseer, or ruler,

He who trusts in his riches will fall, but the righteous shall flourish as the green leaf.

In the fear of Yahweh is a secure fortress, and he will be a refuge for his children.

Better is little, with the fear of Yahweh, than great treasure with trouble.

The plans of the heart belong to man, but the answer of the tongue is from Yahweh.

Commit your deeds to Yahweh, and your plans shall succeed.

A man’s heart plans his course, but Yahweh directs his steps.

The lot is cast into the lap, but its every decision is from Yahweh.

Yahweh’s name is a strong tower: the righteous run to him, and are safe.

A hot-tempered man must pay the penalty, for if you rescue him, you must do it again.

A man’s steps are from Yahweh; how then can man understand his way?

The king’s heart is in Yahweh’s hand like the watercourses. He turns it wherever he desires.

The horse is prepared for the day of battle; but victory is with Yahweh.

The rich and the poor have this in common: Yahweh is the maker of them all.

I teach you today, even you, So that your trust may be in Yahweh.

for the drunkard and the glutton shall become poor; and drowsiness clothes them in rags.

Yes, you will be as he who lies down in the middle of the sea, or as he who lies on top of the rigging:

If you falter in the time of trouble, your strength is small.

for a righteous man falls seven times, and rises up again; but the wicked are overthrown by calamity.

a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep;

As the door turns on its hinges, so does the sluggard on his bed.

Don’t boast about tomorrow; for you don’t know what a day may bring.

One who is greedy stirs up strife; but one who trusts in Yahweh will prosper.

One who trusts in himself is a fool; but one who walks in wisdom is kept safe.

“Two things I have asked of you; don’t deny me before I die:

Remove far from me falsehood and lies. Give me neither poverty nor riches. Feed me with the food that is needful for me;

lest I be full, deny you, and say, ‘Who is Yahweh?’ or lest I be poor, and steal, and so dishonor the name of my God.

the ants are not a strong people, yet they provide their food in the summer.

The conies are but a feeble folk, yet make they their houses in the rocks.

All the rivers run into the sea, yet the sea is not full. To the place where the rivers flow, there they flow again.

The fool folds his hands together and ruins himself.

Better is a handful, with quietness, than two handfuls with labor and chasing after wind.

For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow; but woe to him who is alone when he falls, and doesn’t have another to lift him up.

Again, if two lie together, then they have warmth; but how can one keep warm alone?

Moreover the profit of the earth is for all. The king profits from the field.

The sleep of a laboring man is sweet, whether he eats little or much; but the abundance of the rich will not allow him to sleep.

For what advantage has the wise more than the fool? What has the poor man, that knows how to walk before the living?

Whatever has been, its name was given long ago; and it is known what man is; neither can he contend with him who is mightier than he.

For who knows what is good for man in life, all the days of his vain life which he spends like a shadow? For who can tell a man what will be after him under the sun?

Consider the work of God, for who can make that straight, which he has made crooked?

For there is a time and procedure for every purpose, although the misery of man is heavy on him.

Whoever carves out stones may be injured by them. Whoever splits wood may be endangered thereby.

If the clouds are full of rain, they empty themselves on the earth; and if a tree falls toward the south, or toward the north, in the place where the tree falls, there shall it be.

He who observes the wind won’t sow; and he who regards the clouds won’t reap.

As you don’t know what is the way of the wind, nor how the bones grow in the womb of her who is with child; even so you don’t know the work of God who does all.

Stop trusting in man, whose breath is in his nostrils; for of what account is he?

For, behold, the Lord, Yahweh of Armies, takes away from Jerusalem and from Judah supply and support, the whole supply of bread, and the whole supply of water;

But Ahaz said, “I will not ask, neither will I tempt Yahweh.”

It will come to pass in that day that the remnant of Israel, and those who have escaped from the house of Jacob will no more again lean on him who struck them, but shall lean on Yahweh, the Holy One of Israel, in truth.

They will be dismayed and confounded, because of Ethiopia their expectation, and of Egypt their glory.

Yahweh, you will ordain peace for us, for you have also done all our work for us.

Whom will he teach knowledge? To whom will he explain the message? Those who are weaned from the milk, and drawn from the breasts?

For the bed is too short to stretch out on, and the blanket is too narrow to wrap oneself in.

who set out to go down into Egypt, and have not asked my advice; to strengthen themselves in the strength of Pharaoh, and to take refuge in the shadow of Egypt!

Therefore the strength of Pharaoh will be your shame, and the refuge in the shadow of Egypt your confusion.

They shall all be ashamed because of a people that can’t profit them, that are not a help nor profit, but a shame, and also a reproach.”

For thus said the Lord Yahweh, the Holy One of Israel, “You will be saved in returning and rest. Your strength will be in quietness and in confidence.” You refused,

Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help, and rely on horses, and trust in chariots because they are many, and in horsemen because they are very strong, but they don’t look to the Holy One of Israel, and they don’t seek Yahweh!

Now the Egyptians are men, and not God; and their horses flesh, and not spirit. When Yahweh stretches out his hand, both he who helps shall stumble, and he who is helped shall fall, and they all shall be consumed together.

Yahweh, be gracious to us. We have waited for you. Be our strength every morning, our salvation also in the time of trouble.

he will dwell on high. His place of defense will be the fortress of rocks. His bread will be supplied. His waters will be sure.

Behold, you trust in the staff of this bruised reed, even in Egypt, which if a man leans on it, it will go into his hand and pierce it. So is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all who trust in him.

How then can you turn away the face of one captain of the least of my master’s servants, and put your trust on Egypt for chariots and for horsemen?

Hezekiah received the letter from the hand of the messengers and read it. Then Hezekiah went up to Yahweh’s house, and spread it before Yahweh.

I chattered like a swallow or a crane. I moaned like a dove. My eyes weaken looking upward. Lord, I am oppressed. Be my security.”

What will I say? He has both spoken to me, and himself has done it. I will walk carefully all my years because of the anguish of my soul.

The grass withers, the flower fades, because Yahweh’s breath blows on it. Surely the people are like grass.

Haven’t you known? Haven’t you heard? The everlasting God, Yahweh, The Creator of the ends of the earth, doesn’t faint. He isn’t weary. His understanding is unsearchable.

He gives power to the weak. He increases the strength of him who has no might.

Even the youths faint and get weary, and the young men utterly fall;

But those who wait for Yahweh will renew their strength. They will mount up with wings like eagles. They will run, and not be weary. They will walk, and not faint.

“But you, Israel, my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the offspring of Abraham my friend,

For I, Yahweh your God, will hold your right hand, saying to you, ‘Don’t be afraid. I will help you.’

Don’t be afraid, you worm Jacob, and you men of Israel. I will help you,” says Yahweh, “and your Redeemer is the Holy One of Israel.

The poor and needy seek water, and there is none. Their tongue fails for thirst. I, Yahweh, will answer them. I, the God of Israel, will not forsake them.

I will bring the blind by a way that they don’t know. I will lead them in paths that they don’t know. I will make darkness light before them, and crooked places straight. I will do these things, and I will not forsake them.

When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and through the rivers, they will not overflow you. When you walk through the fire, you will not be burned, and flame will not scorch you.

Yet you have not called on me, Jacob; but you have been weary of me, Israel.

For I will pour water on him who is thirsty, and streams on the dry ground. I will pour my Spirit on your descendants, and my blessing on your offspring:

Don’t fear, neither be afraid. Haven’t I declared it to you long ago, and shown it? You are my witnesses. Is there a God besides me? Indeed, there is not. I don’t know any other Rock.”

He cuts down cedars for himself, and takes the cypress and the oak, and strengthens for himself one among the trees of the forest. He plants a cypress tree, and the rain nourishes it.

Remember these things, Jacob and Israel; for you are my servant. I have formed you. You are my servant. Israel, you will not be forgotten by me.

“I will go before you, and make the rough places smooth. I will break the doors of brass in pieces, and cut apart the bars of iron.

“Listen to me, house of Jacob, and all the remnant of the house of Israel, that have been carried from their birth, that have been carried from the womb.

Even to old age I am he, and even to gray hairs I will carry you. I have made, and I will bear. Yes, I will carry, and will deliver.

They bear it on their shoulder. They carry it, and set it in its place, and it stands there. It cannot move from its place. Yes, one may cry to it, yet it can not answer. It cannot save him out of his trouble.

Behold, I have refined you, but not as silver. I have chosen you in the furnace of affliction.

They didn’t thirst when he led them through the deserts. He caused the waters to flow out of the rock for them. He split the rock also, and the waters gushed out.

For the Lord Yahweh will help me. Therefore I have not been confounded. Therefore I have set my face like a flint, and I know that I shall not be disappointed.

There is no one to guide her among all the sons to whom she has given birth; and there is no one who takes her by the hand among all the sons who she has brought up.