Judaism

Commit thy way unto the LORD; trust also in Him, and He will bring it to pass.

Wait on the LORD; Be strong, and let thy heart take courage; Yea, wait thou for the LORD.

I have set the LORD always before me; Surely He is at my right hand, I shall not be moved.

And thou shalt love the LORD thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might.

Enter into His gates with thanksgiving, and into His courts with praise; give thanks unto Him, and bless His name.

Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable before Thee, O LORD, my Rock, and my Redeemer.

Resign thyself unto the LORD, and wait patiently for Him; fret not thyself because of him who prospereth in his way, because of the man who bringeth wicked devices to pass.

Shime'on ha-Çaddiq was of the remnants of the Great Synagogue. He used to say, On three things the world is stayed; on the Thorah, and on the Worship, and on the bestowal of Kindnesses.

And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be upon thy heart; and thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thy house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.

Shammai said, Make thy Thorah an ordinance; say little and do much; and receive every man with a pleasant expression of countenance.

Thou shalt not take vengeance, nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people, but thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself: I am the LORD.

Have we not all one father? Hath not one God created us? Why do we deal treacherously every man against his brother, Profaning the covenant of our fathers?

Hillel and Shammai received from them. Hillel said, Be of the disciples of Aharon; loving peace, and pursuing peace; loving mankind, and bringing them nigh to the Thorah.

He doth execute justice for the fatherless and widow, and loveth the stranger, in giving him food and raiment. Love ye therefore the stranger; for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.

Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry, And that thou bring the poor that are cast out to thy house? When thou seest the naked, that thou cover him, And that thou hide not thyself from thine own flesh?

And if a stranger sojourn with thee in your land, ye shall not do him wrong. The stranger that sojourneth with you shall be unto you as the home-born among you, and thou shalt love him as thyself; for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt: I am the LORD your God.

Learn to do well; Seek justice, relieve the oppressed, Judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.

And a stranger shalt thou not oppress; for ye know the heart of a stranger, seeing ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.

The LORD is gracious, and full of compassion; Slow to anger, and of great mercy. The LORD is good to all; And His tender mercies are over all His works.

For the poor shall never cease out of the land; therefore I command thee, saying: ‘Thou shalt surely open thy hand unto thy poor and needy brother, in thy land.’

He doth execute justice for the fatherless and widow, and loveth the stranger, in giving him food and raiment. Love ye therefore the stranger; for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.

Let the wicked forsake his way, And the man of iniquity his thoughts; And let him return unto the LORD, and He will have compassion upon him, And to our God, for He will abundantly pardon

He that covereth his transgressions shall not prosper; But whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall obtain mercy.

Thou shalt not take vengeance, nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people, but thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself: I am the LORD.

Let the wicked forsake his way, And the man of iniquity his thoughts; And let him return unto the LORD, and He will have compassion upon him, And to our God, for He will abundantly pardon

And Joseph said unto his brethren: ‘Come near to me, I pray you.’ And they came near. And he said: ‘I am Joseph your brother, whom ye sold into Egypt. And now be not grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that ye sold me hither; for God did send me before you to preserve life.

Keep thy tongue from evil, And thy lips from speaking guile.

Learn to do well; Seek justice, relieve the oppressed, Judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.

Rabban Shime'on ben Gamliel said, On three things the world stands; on Judgment, and on Truth, and on Peace.

Justice, justice shalt thou follow, that thou mayest live, and inherit the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.

These are the things that ye shall do: Speak ye every man the truth with his neighbour; execute the judgment of truth and peace in your gates;

It hath been told thee, O man, what is good, And what the LORD doth require of thee: Only to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God.

When a man voweth a vow unto the LORD, or sweareth an oath to bind his soul with a bond, he shall not break his word; he shall do according to all that proceedeth out of his mouth.

Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in meteyard, in weight, or in measure. Just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin, shall ye have: I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt.

When pride cometh, then cometh shame; But with the lowly is wisdom.

Pride goeth before destruction, And a haughty spirit before a fall.

R. Levitas of Jabneh said, Be exceeding lowly of spirit, for the hope of man is the worm. …

Better is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof; And the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.

The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom; A good understanding have all they that do thereafter; His praise endureth for ever.

It hath been told thee, O man, what is good, And what the LORD doth require of thee: Only to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God.

He that hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed; For he giveth of his bread to the poor.

If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat, And if he be thirsty, give him water to drink;

He that is gracious unto the poor lendeth unto the LORD; And his good deed will He repay unto him.

For the poor shall never cease out of the land; therefore I command thee, saying: ‘Thou shalt surely open thy hand unto thy poor and needy brother, in thy land.’

Shime'on ha-Çaddiq was of the remnants of the Great Synagogue. He used to say, On three things the world is stayed; on the Thorah, and on the Worship, and on the bestowal of Kindnesses.

Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry, And that thou bring the poor that are cast out to thy house? When thou seest the naked, that thou cover him, And that thou hide not thyself from thine own flesh?

Depart from evil, and do good; Seek peace, and pursue it.

A soft answer turneth away wrath; But a grievous word stirreth up anger.

If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat, And if he be thirsty, give him water to drink;

Rabban Shime'on ben Gamliel said, On three things the world stands; on Judgment, and on Truth, and on Peace.

He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; And he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city.

Hillel and Shammai received from them. Hillel said, Be of the disciples of Aharon; loving peace, and pursuing peace; loving mankind, and bringing them nigh to the Thorah.

And He shall judge between the nations, And shall decide for many peoples; And they shall beat their swords into plowshares, And their spears into pruninghooks; Nation shall not lift up sword against nation, Neither shall they learn war any more.

And the LORD God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it.

A righteous man regardeth the life of his beast; But the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel.

A Psalm of David. The earth is the LORD’S, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein.

And God saw every thing that He had made, and, behold, it was very good. And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day.

When thou shalt besiege a city a long time, in making war against it to take it, thou shalt not destroy the trees thereof by wielding an axe against them; for thou mayest eat of them, but thou shalt not cut them down; for is the tree of the field man, that it should be besieged of thee?

If a bird’s nest chance to be before thee in the way, in any tree or on the ground, with young ones or eggs, and the dam sitting upon the young, or upon the eggs, thou shalt not take the dam with the young; thou shalt in any wise let the dam go, but the young thou mayest take unto thyself; that it may be well with thee, and that thou mayest prolong thy days.

Wait on the LORD; Be strong, and let thy heart take courage; Yea, wait thou for the LORD.

I have set the LORD always before me; Surely He is at my right hand, I shall not be moved.

He used to say, If I am not for myself who is for me? and being for my own self what am I? If not now when?

Better is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof; And the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.

But they that wait for the LORD shall renew their strength; They shall mount up with wings as eagles; They shall run, and not be weary; They shall walk, and not faint.

Resign thyself unto the LORD, and wait patiently for Him; fret not thyself because of him who prospereth in his way, because of the man who bringeth wicked devices to pass.

Jehoshua' ben Perachia and Matthai the Arbelite received from them. Jehoshua' ben Perachiah said, Make unto thyself a master; and possess thyself of an associate; and judge every man in the scale of merit.

He said, It is not for thee to finish the work, nor art thou free to desist therefrom; if thou hast learned much Thorah, they give thee much reward; and faithful is the Master of thy work, who will pay thee the reward of thy work, and know that the recompence of the reward of the righteous is for the time to come.

Keep thy tongue from evil, And thy lips from speaking guile.

A soft answer turneth away wrath; But a grievous word stirreth up anger.

Better is little with the fear of the LORD, Than great treasure and turmoil therewith.

He used to say, If I am not for myself who is for me? and being for my own self what am I? If not now when?

He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; And he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city.

Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable before Thee, O LORD, my Rock, and my Redeemer.

Shammai said, Make thy Thorah an ordinance; say little and do much; and receive every man with a pleasant expression of countenance.

Ben Zoma said, Who is wise? He that learns from every man; … Who is mighty? He that subdues his nature; … Who is rich? He that is contented with his lot; …

The beginning of wisdom is: Get wisdom; Yea, with all thy getting get understanding.

The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom; A good understanding have all they that do thereafter; His praise endureth for ever.

Ben Zoma said, Who is wise? He that learns from every man; … Who is mighty? He that subdues his nature; … Who is rich? He that is contented with his lot; …

Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, And the man that obtaineth understanding. For the merchandise of it is better than the merchandise of silver, And the gain thereof than fine gold.

Jehoshua' ben Perachia and Matthai the Arbelite received from them. Jehoshua' ben Perachiah said, Make unto thyself a master; and possess thyself of an associate; and judge every man in the scale of merit.

And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be upon thy heart; and thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thy house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.

Hearken unto thy father that begot thee, And despise not thy mother when she is old.

Honour thy father and thy mother, that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.

Thou shalt rise up before the hoary head, and honour the face of the old man, and thou shalt fear thy God: I am the LORD.

And Ruth said: ‘Entreat me not to leave thee, and to return from following after thee; for whither thou goest, I will go; and where thou lodgest, I will lodge; thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God; …

So teach us to number our days, That we may get us a heart of wisdom.

Whatsoever thy hand attaineth to do by thy strength, that do; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest.

And he said; Naked came I out of my mother’s womb, And naked shall I return thither; The LORD gave, and the LORD hath taken away; Blessed be the name of the LORD.

As for man, his days are as grass; As a flower of the field, so he flourisheth. For the wind passeth over it, and it is gone; And the place thereof knoweth it no more.

Shema'iah and Abtalion received from them. Shema'iah said, Love work; and hate lordship; and make not thyself known to the government.

Whatsoever thy hand attaineth to do by thy strength, that do; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest.

Go to the ant, thou sluggard; Consider her ways, and be wise; Which having no chief, Overseer, or ruler, Provideth her bread in the summer, And gatherest her food in the harvest.

Antigonus of Soko received from Shime'on ha-Çaddiq. He used to say, Be not as slaves that minister to the lord with a view to receive recompense; but be as slaves that minister to the lord without a view to receives recompense; and let the fear of Heaven be upon you.

He said, It is not for thee to finish the work, nor art thou free to desist therefrom; if thou hast learned much Thorah, they give thee much reward; and faithful is the Master of thy work, who will pay thee the reward of thy work, and know that the recompence of the reward of the righteous is for the time to come.