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Pursue peace with everyone, and the holiness without which no one will… Hebrews 12:14

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Pursue peace with everyone, and the holiness without which no one will see the Lord.
Hebrews 12:14 holiness peace reconciliation
Who is wise and understanding among you? Show by your good life that your works are done with gentleness born of wisdom.
James 3:13 humility wisdom mind

So do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will bring worries of its own. Today's trouble is enough for today.
Matthew 6:34 worrying dependence
To get wisdom is to love oneself;
to keep understanding is to prosper.
Proverbs 19:8 wisdom mind
For those who want to save their life will lose it, and those who lose their life for my sake will find it.
Matthew 16:25 salvation death
Let no one despise your youth, but set the believers an example in speech and conduct, in love, in faith, in purity.
1 Timothy 4:12 faith love
Do all things without murmuring and arguing, so that you may be blameless and innocent, children of God without blemish in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, in which you shine like stars in the world. It is by your holding fast to the word of life.
Philippians 2:14-16a holiness Word of God blameless
This is the day that the Lord has made;
let us rejoice and be glad in it.
Psalm 118:24 creation joy
But surely, God is my helper;
the Lord is the upholder of my life.
Psalm 54:4 dependence equipment
Those who find their life will lose it, and those who lose their life for my sake will find it.
Matthew 10:39 eternal life suffering
For we know that if the earthly tent we live in is destroyed, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.
2 Corinthians 5:1 body death heaven
The heart is devious above all else;
it is perverse—
who can understand it?
I the Lord test the mind
and search the heart,
to give to all according to their ways,
according to the fruit of their doings.
Jeremiah 17:9-10 reward heart
My child, do not forget my teaching,
but let your heart keep my commandments;
for length of days and years of life
and abundant welfare they will give you.
Proverbs 3:1-2 law heart peace
He has made everything suitable for its time; moreover he has put a sense of past and future into their minds, yet they cannot find out what God has done from the beginning to the end.
Ecclesiastes 3:11 creation understanding dependence
“All things are lawful for me,” but not all things are beneficial. “All things are lawful for me,” but I will not be dominated by anything.
1 Corinthians 6:12 addiction desires righteousness
For to me, living is Christ and dying is gain.
Philippians 1:21 Jesus death
God's love was revealed among us in this way: God sent his only Son into the world so that we might live through him.
1 John 4:9 love Jesus world
Because your steadfast love is better than life,
my lips will praise you.
So I will bless you as long as I live;
I will lift up my hands and call on your name.
Psalm 63:3-4 love worship praise
Keep straight the path of your feet,
and all your ways will be sure.
Proverbs 4:26 thoughts
Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.”
John 14:6 truth Father mediator
If we live by the Spirit, let us also be guided by the Spirit.
Galatians 5:25 Spirit following
Hope deferred makes the heart sick,
but a desire fulfilled is a tree of life.
Proverbs 13:12 hope heart sickness
You show me the path of life.
In your presence there is fullness of joy;
in your right hand are pleasures forevermore.
Psalm 16:11 joy nearness
Blessed is anyone who endures temptation. Such a one has stood the test and will receive the crown of life that the Lord has promised to those who love him.
James 1:12 reward temptation
But he said, “Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and obey it!”
Luke 11:28 Word of God listening