- There is a way that seems right to a man,
but the end of it leads to death. - The lips of the righteous utter words of kindness,
but the mouth of the wicked knows only how to pervert. - Preferable is the little that the righteous possess
than the great wealth of the wicked.
For the power of the wicked will be overcome,
but the Lord protects the righteous. - For God would not be so unjust as to ignore your work and the love that you have shown for his name by the services you have rendered to the saints and still continue to render.
- I rejoice in the Lord with all my heart;
my soul exults in my God.
For he has clothed me in garments of salvation
and wrapped me in a robe of saving justice,
like a bridegroom adorned with a garland
or a bride bedecked with her jewels. - He himself bore our sins in his body on the cross, so that we might die to sin and live in righteousness. By his wounds you have been healed.
- Go and learn what this text means: ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice.’ I have come to call not the righteous but sinners.
- Do not envy a violent man
or choose to emulate any of his ways.
For the perverse man is an abomination to the Lord
whose friendship is bestowed only upon the upright. - Thus says the Lord of hosts: Render fair judgments, and show kindness and compassion to one another. Do not oppress the widow, the orphan, the alien, or the poor. Do not plot evil in your heart against one another.
- “All things are lawful for me,” but not all things are beneficial. “All things are lawful for me,” but I will not allow myself to be dominated by anything.
- You are the light of the world. A city built upon a mountain cannot be hidden.
- The Lord is righteous in all his ways
and merciful in everything he does. - Therefore, now that we have been justified by faith, we are at peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.
- For just as through the disobedience of one man the many were made sinners, so by the obedience of one man the many will be made righteous.
- O Lord, hear my prayer,
incline your ear to my supplications.
In your faithfulness respond to me
with your righteousness. - Grant justice to the weak and the orphan;
defend the rights of the lowly and the poor. - But the one who did not know those wishes, and who acted in such a manner as to deserve a beating, will be beaten less severely. Much will be demanded of a person to whom much has been given, and even more will be asked of a person to whom more has been entrusted.
- But even so the Lord is waiting to be gracious to you,
and he will rise up to grant you his compassion.
For the Lord is a God of justice;
blessed are all those who wait for him. - Blessings are showered on the head of the righteous,
but sorrow will cover the face of the wicked. - Everyone who sins breaks the law,
for sin is lawlessness. - He reserves his wisdom for the upright
and is a shield to those who lead blameless lives. - Blessed are those whose way is blameless,
who walk in accord with the law of the Lord. - I do not set aside the grace of God, for if justification comes through the Law, then Christ died for nothing.
- We ourselves are Jews by birth and not Gentile sinners, yet we know that a man is justified not by the works of the Law but through faith in Jesus Christ. So we too came to believe in Christ Jesus so that we might be justified by faith in him and not by the works of the Law, for no one will be justified by the works of the Law.
- The tongue of the just man is like pure silver;
the heart of the wicked is without worth.
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