He was with God in the beginning. Through him all things were made: without him nothing was made that has been made. In him was life, and that life was the light of men.

I have hidden your word in my heart that I might not sin against you. Praise be to you, O Lord; teach me your decrees."

Clearly no one is justified before God by the law, because, The righteous will live by faith

For if you remain silent at this time, relief and deliverance for the Jews will arise from another place, but you and your father's family will perish. And who knows b ut that you have come to royal position for such a time as this?

"This is what the LORD says: 'Cursed is the one who trusts in man, who depends on flesh for his strength and hose heart turns away from the Lord

Blessed is the one who does not walk in step with the wicked or stand in the way that sinners or sit in the seat of mockers. But his delight is in the law of the Lord, and on his law he meditates day and night. He is like a tree planted by streams of water, which yields its fruit in season and whose leaf does not wither. Whatever he does prospers. Not so the wicked! They are like chaff that the wind blows away. Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the assembly of the righteous. For the Lord watches over the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked will perish.

There is a way that appears to be right, but in the end, it leads to death. Even in laughter, the heart may ache, and rejoicing may end in grief.

"Therefore this is what I will do to you, Israel, and because I will do this to you, prepare to meet your God O Israel.' He who forms the mountains, creates the wind, and reveals his thoughts to man, he who turns dawn to darkness, and treads the high places of the earth--the Lord God Almighty is his name."