Psalm 15

New King James Version

The Character of Those Who May Dwell with the Lord

A Psalm of David.

15 Lord, ^(A)who may ^[a]abide in Your tabernacle?
Who may dwell in Your holy hill?

²He who walks uprightly,
And works righteousness,
And speaks the ^(B)truth in his heart;
³He who ^(C)does not backbite with his tongue,
Nor does evil to his neighbor,
^(D)Nor does he ^[b]take up a reproach against his friend;
⁴^(E)In whose eyes a vile person is despised,
But he honors those who fear the Lord;
He who ^(F)swears to his own hurt and does not change;
⁵He who does not put out his money at usury,
Nor does he take a bribe against the innocent.

He who does these things ^(G)shall never be moved.

Footnotes

Psalm 15:1 sojourn
Psalm 15:3 receive

Proverbs 2

New King James Version

The Value of Wisdom

2 My son, if you receive my words,
And ^(A)treasure my commands within you,
²So that you incline your ear to wisdom,
And apply your heart to understanding;
³Yes, if you cry out for discernment,
And lift up your voice for understanding,
⁴^(B)If you seek her as silver,
And search for her as for hidden treasures;
⁵^(C)Then you will understand the fear of the Lord,
And find the knowledge of God.
⁶^(D)For the Lord gives wisdom;
From His mouth come knowledge and understanding;
⁷He stores up sound wisdom for the upright;
^(E)He is a shield to those who walk uprightly;
⁸He guards the paths of justice,
And ^(F)preserves the way of His saints.
⁹Then you will understand righteousness and justice,
Equity and every good path.

¹⁰When wisdom enters your heart,
And knowledge is pleasant to your soul,
¹¹Discretion will preserve you;
^(G)Understanding will keep you,
¹²To deliver you from the way of evil,
From the man who speaks perverse things,
¹³From those who leave the paths of uprightness
To ^(H)walk in the ways of darkness;
¹⁴^(I)Who rejoice in doing evil,
And delight in the perversity of the wicked;
¹⁵^(J)Whose ways are crooked,
And who are devious in their paths;
¹⁶To deliver you from ^(K)the immoral woman,
^(L)From the seductress who flatters with her words,
¹⁷Who forsakes the companion of her youth,
And forgets the covenant of her God.
¹⁸For ^(M)her house ^[a]leads down to death,
And her paths to the dead;
¹⁹None who go to her return,
Nor do they ^[b]regain the paths of life—
²⁰So you may walk in the way of goodness,
And keep to the paths of righteousness.
²¹For the upright will dwell in the ^(N)land,
And the blameless will remain in it;
²²But the wicked will be ^[c]cut off from the ^[d]earth,
And the unfaithful will be uprooted from it.

Footnotes

Proverbs 2:18 sinks
Proverbs 2:19 Lit. reach
Proverbs 2:22 destroyed
Proverbs 2:22 land

2 Peter 1

New King James Version

Greeting the Faithful

1 Simon Peter, a bondservant and ^(A)apostle of Jesus Christ,

To those who have ^[a]obtained ^(B)like^[b] precious faith with us by the righteousness of our God and Savior Jesus Christ:

²^(C)Grace and peace be multiplied to you in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord, ³as His ^(D)divine power has given to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of Him ^(E)who called us by glory and virtue, ⁴^(F)by which have been given to us exceedingly great and precious promises, that through these you may be ^(G)partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the ^[c]corruption that is in the world through lust.

Fruitful Growth in the Faith

⁵But also for this very reason, ^(H)giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue, to virtue ^(I)knowledge, ⁶to knowledge self-control, to self-control ^[d]perseverance, to perseverance godliness, ⁷to godliness brotherly kindness, and ^(J)to brotherly kindness love. ⁸For if these things are yours and abound, you will be neither ^[e]barren ^(K)nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. ⁹For he who lacks these things is ^(L)shortsighted, even to blindness, and has forgotten that he was cleansed from his old sins.

¹⁰Therefore, brethren, be even more diligent ^(M)to make your call and election sure, for if you do these things you will never stumble; ¹¹for so an entrance will be supplied to you abundantly into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.

Peter’s Approaching Death

¹²For this reason ^(N)I will not be negligent to remind you always of these things, ^(O)though you know and are established in the present truth. ¹³Yes, I think it is right, ^(P)as long as I am in this ^[f]tent, ^(Q)to stir you up by reminding you, ¹⁴^(R)knowing that shortly I must ^[g]put off my tent, just as ^(S)our Lord Jesus Christ showed me. ¹⁵Moreover I will be careful to ensure that you always have a reminder of these things after my ^[h]decease.

The Trustworthy Prophetic Word^(T)

¹⁶For we did not follow ^(U)cunningly devised fables when we made known to you the ^(V)power and ^(W)coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but were ^(X)eyewitnesses of His majesty. ¹⁷For He received from God the Father honor and glory when such a voice came to Him from the Excellent Glory: ^(Y)“This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.” ¹⁸And we heard this voice which came from heaven when we were with Him on ^(Z)the holy mountain.

¹⁹^[i]And so we have the prophetic word confirmed, which you do well to heed as a ^(AA)light that shines in a dark place, ^(AB)until ^(AC)the day dawns and the morning star rises in your ^(AD)hearts; ²⁰knowing this first, that ^(AE)no prophecy of Scripture is of any private ^[j]interpretation, ²¹for ^(AF)prophecy never came by the will of man, ^(AG)but ^[k]holy men of God spoke as they were moved by the Holy Spirit.