Bible Study

23 Thus says the LORD: "Let not the wise man boast in his wisdom, let not the mighty man boast in his might, let not the rich man boast in his riches,

24 but let him who boasts boast in this, that he understands and knows me, that I am the LORD who practices steadfast love, justice, and righteousness in the earth. For in these things I delight, declares the LORD." - Jeremiah 9:23-24

God is not man, that he should lie, or a son of man, that he should change his mind. Has he said, and will he not do it? Or has he spoken, and will he not fulfill it?  - Numbers 23:19

9 "For my name's sake I defer my anger; for the sake of my praise I restrain it for you, that I may not cut you off. 

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

11 For my own sake, for my own sake, I do it, for how should my name be profaned? My glory I will not give to another.  - Isaiah 48:9-11

20 My soul continually remembers it and is bowed down within me. 

21 But this I call to mind, and therefore I have hope: 

22 The steadfast love of the LORD never ceases; his mercies never come to an end; 

23 they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness. 

24 "The LORD is my portion," says my soul, "therefore I will hope in him." 

25 The LORD is good to those who wait for him, to the soul who seeks him. 

26 It is good that one should wait quietly for the salvation of the LORD. 

27 It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth. 

28 Let him sit alone in silence when it is laid on him; 

29 let him put his mouth in the dust- there may yet be hope; 

30 let him give his cheek to the one who strikes, and let him be filled with insults. 

31 For the Lord will not cast off forever, 

32 but, though he cause grief, he will have compassion according to the abundance of his steadfast love; 

33 for he does not afflict from his heart or grieve the children of men. 

34 To crush underfoot all the prisoners of the earth, 

35 to deny a man justice in the presence of the Most High, 

36 to subvert a man in his lawsuit, the Lord does not approve. 

37 Who has spoken and it came to pass, unless the Lord has commanded it? 

38 Is it not from the mouth of the Most High that good and bad come? 

39 Why should a living man complain, a man, about the punishment of his sins? 

40 Let us test and examine our ways, and return to the LORD! 

41 Let us lift up our hearts and hands to God in heaven: 

42 "We have transgressed and rebelled, and you have not forgiven. 

43 "You have wrapped yourself with anger and pursued us, killing without pity; 

44 you have wrapped yourself with a cloud so that no prayer can pass through. 

45 You have made us scum and garbage among the peoples.  - Lamentations 3:20-45