 | For the Lord gives wisdom; from his mouth come knowledge and understanding. |
 | Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her to make her holy, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word. |
 | Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock. |
 | Listen, my son, accept what I say, and the years of your life will be many. |
 | For no word from God will ever fail. |
 | I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; no one will snatch them out of my hand. My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all; no one can snatch them out of my Father’s hand. I and the Father are one. |
 | Do not wear yourself out to get rich; do not trust your own cleverness. |
 | Make sure that nobody pays back wrong for wrong, but always strive to do what is good for each other and for everyone else. |
 | For just as we share abundantly in the sufferings of Christ, so also our comfort abounds through Christ. |
 | In God, whose word I praise— in God I trust and am not afraid. What can mere mortals do to me? |
 | Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love. |
 | Do not be like your ancestors, to whom the earlier prophets proclaimed: This is what the Lord Almighty says: ‘Turn from your evil ways and your evil practices.’ But they would not listen or pay attention to me, declares the Lord. |
 | A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for a time of adversity. |
 | Therefore, my friends, I want you to know that through Jesus the forgiveness of sins is proclaimed to you. Through him everyone who believes is set free from every sin, a justification you were not able to obtain under the law of Moses. |
 | Then Peter came to Jesus and asked, “Lord, how many times shall I forgive my brother or sister who sins against me? Up to seven times?” Jesus answered, “I tell you, not seven times, but seventy-seven times.” |
 | Since you are my rock and my fortress, for the sake of your name lead and guide me. |
 | The Lord sends poverty and wealth; he humbles and he exalts. |
 | Above all, love each other deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins. |
 | God sets the lonely in families, he leads out the prisoners with singing; but the rebellious live in a sun-scorched land. |
 | Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things. |
 | If your brother or sister sins, go and point out their fault, just between the two of you. If they listen to you, you have won them over. |
 | Taste and see that the Lord is good; blessed is the one who takes refuge in him. |
 | How great you are, Sovereign Lord! There is no one like you, and there is no God but you, as we have heard with our own ears. |
 | If anyone has material possessions and sees a brother or sister in need but has no pity on them, how can the love of God be in that person? |
 | The Lord is near to all who call on him, to all who call on him in truth. |
 | But if a wicked person turns away from all the sins they have committed and keeps all my decrees and does what is just and right, that person will surely live; they will not die. |
 | May the Lord make your love increase and overflow for each other and for everyone else, just as ours does for you. |
 | A person’s riches may ransom their life, but the poor cannot respond to threatening rebukes. |
 | Each of us should please our neighbors for their good, to build them up. |
 | For I command you today to love the Lord your God, to walk in obedience to him, and to keep his commands, decrees and laws; then you will live and increase, and the Lord your God will bless you in the land you are entering to possess. |
