טְאֵב

Though while he lived he blessed his soul— and men praise you when you do well for yourself—

Do well in your good pleasure to Zion. Build the walls of Jerusalem.

It will please Yahweh better than an ox, or a bull that has horns and hoofs.

You are good, and do good. Teach me your statutes.

Do good, Yahweh, to those who are good, to those who are upright in their hearts.

The tongue of the wise commends knowledge, but the mouth of fools gush out folly.

A glad heart makes a cheerful face, but an aching heart breaks the spirit.

A cheerful heart makes good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones.

“There are three things which are stately in their march, four which are stately in going:

“There are three things which are stately in their march, four which are stately in going:

Sorrow is better than laughter; for by the sadness of the face the heart is made good.

Rejoice, young man, in your youth, and let your heart cheer you in the days of your youth, and walk in the ways of your heart, and in the sight of your eyes; but know that for all these things God will bring you into judgment.

Learn to do well. Seek justice. Relieve the oppressed. Defend the fatherless. Plead for the widow.”

Take a harp; go about the city, you prostitute that has been forgotten. Make sweet melody. Sing many songs, that you may be remembered.

The thing pleased me well. I took twelve of your men, one man for every tribe.

You shall keep his statutes and his commandments which I command you today, that it may go well with you and with your children after you, and that you may prolong your days in the land which Yahweh your God gives you for all time.

Declare the things that are to come hereafter, that we may know that you are gods. Yes, do good, or do evil, that we may be dismayed, and see it together.

but this thing I commanded them, saying, ‘Listen to my voice, and I will be your God, and you shall be my people. Walk in all the way that I command you, that it may be well with you.’

Then Yahweh said to me, “You have seen well; for I watch over my word to perform it.”

How well you prepare your way to seek love! Therefore you have even taught the wicked women your ways.

“For my people are foolish. They don’t know me. They are foolish children, and they have no understanding. They are skillful in doing evil, but they don’t know how to do good.”

Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel says, “Amend your ways and your doings, and I will cause you to dwell in this place.

For if you thoroughly amend your ways and your doings, if you thoroughly execute justice between a man and his neighbor;

For if you thoroughly amend your ways and your doings, if you thoroughly execute justice between a man and his neighbor;

They are like a palm tree, of turned work, and don’t speak. They must be carried, because they can’t move. Don’t be afraid of them; for they can’t do evil, neither is it in them to do good.”

Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? Then may you also do good, who are accustomed to do evil.

if they do that which is evil in my sight, that they not obey my voice, then I will repent of the good with which I said I would benefit them.

“Now therefore, speak to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying, ‘Yahweh says: “Behold, I frame evil against you, and devise a plan against you. Everyone return from his evil way now, and amend your ways and your doings.” ’

Whether it is good, or whether it is bad, we will obey the voice of Yahweh our God, to whom we send you; that it may be well with us, when we obey the voice of Yahweh our God.”

Now therefore amend your ways and your doings, and obey Yahweh your God’s voice; then Yahweh will relent from the evil that he has pronounced against you.

I will make an everlasting covenant with them, that I will not turn away from following them, to do them good. I will put my fear in their hearts, that they may not depart from me.

Yes, I will rejoice over them to do them good, and I will plant them in this land assuredly with my whole heart and with my whole soul.”

I have sent also to you all my servants the prophets, rising up early and sending them, saying, ‘Every one of you must return now from his evil way, amend your doings, and don’t go after other gods to serve them, then you will dwell in the land which I have given to you and to your fathers:’ but you have not inclined your ear, nor listened to me.

But Jeremiah said, “They won’t deliver you. Obey, I beg you, Yahweh’s voice, in that which I speak to you; so it will be well with you, and your soul will live.

Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan swore to them and to their men, saying, “Don’t be afraid to serve the Chaldeans. Dwell in the land, and serve the king of Babylon, and it will be well with you.

Behold, you are to them as a very lovely song of one who has a pleasant voice, and can play well on an instrument; for they hear your words, but they don’t do them.

I will multiply man and animal on you. They will increase and be fruitful. I will cause you to be inhabited as you were before, and you will do better than at your beginnings. Then you will know that I am Yahweh.

Israel is a luxuriant vine that produces his fruit. According to the abundance of his fruit he has multiplied his altars. As their land has prospered, they have adorned their sacred stones.

Yahweh said, “Is it right for you to be angry?”

God said to Jonah, “Is it right for you to be angry about the vine?” He said, “I am right to be angry, even to death.”