“This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘Like these good figs, so I regard as good the exiles from Judah, whom I have sent away from this place to the land of the Chaldeans.
This third I will bring through the fire; I will refine them like silver and test them like gold. They will call on My n
The LORD is good, a stronghold in the day of distress; He cares for those who trust in Him.
Before I was afflicted, I went astray; but now I keep Your word.
But the one who loves God is known by God.
Those I love I rebuke and discipline. Therefore be earnest and repent.
He fed you in the wilderness with manna that your fathers had not known, in order to humble you and test you, so that in
It was good for me to be afflicted, that I might learn Your statutes.
My sheep listen to My voice; I know them, and they follow Me.
Blessed is the man You discipline, O LORD, and teach from Your law,
And we know that God works all things together for the good of those who love Him, who are called according to His purpo
And you have forgotten the exhortation that addresses you as sons: “My son, do not take lightly the discipline of the Lo
But he replied, ‘Truly I tell you, I do not know you.’
Nevertheless, God’s firm foundation stands, bearing this seal: “The Lord knows those who are His,” and, “Everyone who ca
But now that you know God, or rather are known by God, how is it that you are turning back to those weak and worthless p