They have all turned aside.They have together become unprofitable.There is no one who does good,no, not so much as one."Psalms 14:1-3; 53:1-3; Ecclesiastes 7:20

But this happened so that the word may be fulfilled which was written in their law, 'They hated me without a cause.'Psalms 35:19; 69:4

He said to them,"This is what I told you, while I was still with you, that all things which are written in the law of Moses, the prophets, and the psalms, concerning me must be fulfilled."

speaking to one another in psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs; singing, and making melody in your heart to the Lord;

Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly; in all wisdom teaching and admonishing one another with psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your heart to the Lord.

who "will pay back to everyone according to their works:"Psalm 62:12; Proverbs 24:12

The proverbs of Solomon, the son of David, king of Israel:

"'"Behold, everyone who uses proverbs will use this proverb against you, saying, 'As is the mother, so is her daughter.'

For it is written in the book of Psalms,'Let his habitation be made desolate.Let no one dwell therein;'Psalm 69:25and,'Let another take his office.'Psalm 109:8

David himself says in the book of Psalms,'The Lord said to my Lord,"Sit at my right hand,

For whom the Lord loves, he chastens,and scourges every son whom he receives."Proverbs 3:11-12

These also are proverbs of Solomon, which the men of Hezekiah king of Judah copied out.

We know that God doesn't listen to sinners, but if anyone is a worshiper of God, and does his will, he listens to him.Psalm 66:18, Proverbs 15:29; 28:9

"If it is hard for the righteous to be saved, what will happen to the ungodly and the sinner?"Proverbs 11:31

Therefore those who speak in proverbs say,"Come to Heshbon.Let the city of Sihon be built and established;

Therefore it also was "credited to him for righteousness."Genesis 15:6

and make straight paths for your feet, so what is lame may not be dislocated, but rather be healed.Proverbs 4:26

it was said to her, "The elder will serve the younger."Genesis 25:23

to whom it was said, "your offspring will be accounted as from Isaac";Genesis 21:12

Further, because the Preacher was wise, he still taught the people knowledge. Yes, he pondered, sought out, and set in order many proverbs.

But it has happened to them according to the true proverb, "The dog turns to his own vomit again," and "the sow that has washed to wallowing in the mire."Proverbs 26:11

Or don't you know that he who is joined to a prostitute is one body? For, "The two", he says, "will become one flesh."Genesis 2:24

The proverbs of Solomon.A wise son makes a glad father;but a foolish son brings grief to his mother.

For what does the Scripture say? "Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness."Genesis 15:6

saying, "Surely blessing I will bless you, and multiplying I will multiply you."Genesis 22:17

But from the beginning of the creation, God made them male and female.Genesis 1:27

For this is a word of promise, "At the appointed time I will come, and Sarah will have a son."Genesis 18:10,14

'I will judge the nation to which they will be in bondage,' said God, 'and after that will they come out, and serve me in this place.'Genesis 15:13-14

Therefore"If your enemy is hungry, feed him.If he is thirsty, give him a drink;for in doing so, you will heap coals of fire on his head."Proverbs 25:21-22

"For this cause a man will leave his father and mother, and will be joined to his wife. The two will become one flesh."Genesis 2:24

and said, 'For this cause a man shall leave his father and mother, and shall join to his wife; and the two shall become one flesh?'Genesis 2:24

and the Scripture was fulfilled which says, "Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him as righteousness"; and he was called the friend of God.Genesis 15:6

Who can find a worthy woman?Proverbs 31:10-31 form an acrostic, with each verse starting with each letter of the Hebrew alphabet, in order.For her price is far above rubies.

As it is written, "I have made you a father of many nations." This is in the presence of him whom he believed: God, who gives life to the dead, and calls the things that are not, as though they were.Genesis 17:5

The Scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, preached the Good News beforehand to Abraham, saying, "In you all the nations will be blessed."Genesis 12:3; 18:18; 22:18

Your memorable sayings are proverbs of ashes,Your defenses are defenses of clay.

Likewise, you younger ones, be subject to the elder. Yes, all of you clothe yourselves with humility, to subject yourselves to one another; for "God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble."Proverbs 3:34

But he gives more grace. Therefore it says, "God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble."Proverbs 3:34

He spoke three thousand proverbs; and his songs numbered one thousand five.

So also it is written, "The first man, Adam, became a living soul." The last Adam became a life-giving spirit.Genesis 2:7

He answered,"Haven't you read that he who made them from the beginning made them male and female,Genesis 1:27

Besides hope, Abraham in hope believed, to the end that he might become a father of many nations, according to that which had been spoken, "So will your offspring be."Genesis 15:5

However what does the Scripture say? "Throw out the servant and her son, for the son of the servant will not inherit with the son of the free woman."Genesis 21:10

Neither, because they are Abraham's offspring, are they all children. But, "your offspring will be accounted as from Isaac."Genesis 21:12

seeing it is God who said, "Light will shine out of darkness," who has shone in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.Genesis 1:3

You are the children of the prophets, and of the covenant which God made with our fathers, saying to Abraham, 'In your offspring will all the families of the earth be blessed.'Genesis 22:18; 26:4

and said to him, 'Get out of your land, and from your relatives, and come into a land which I will show you.'Genesis 12:1

For he has said this somewhere about the seventh day, "God rested on the seventh day from all his works";Genesis 2:2

and the two will become one flesh,Genesis 2:24so that they are no longer two, but one flesh.

Now the promises were spoken to Abraham and to his offspring. He doesn't say, "To descendants", as of many, but as of one, "To your offspring", which is Christ.Genesis 12:7; 13:15; 24:7