- A faithful witness does not lie,
but a false witness breathes out lies. - But sexual immorality and all impurity or covetousness must not even be named among you, as is proper among saints.
- About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were listening to them.
- Walk in wisdom toward outsiders, making the best use of the time. Let your speech always be gracious, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how you ought to answer each person.
- May my teaching drop as the rain,
my speech distill as the dew,
like gentle rain upon the tender grass,
and like showers upon the herb. - Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing but inwardly are ravenous wolves.
- How much better to get wisdom than gold!
To get understanding is to be chosen rather than silver. - God is our refuge and strength,
a very present help in trouble. - But you, O Lord, reign forever;
your throne endures to all generations. - We have sinned and done wrong and acted wickedly and rebelled, turning aside from your commandments and rules.
- He who withholds kindness from a friend
forsakes the fear of the Almighty. - Seek the Lord and his strength;
seek his presence continually! - Brothers, if anyone is caught in any transgression, you who are spiritual should restore him in a spirit of gentleness. Keep watch on yourself, lest you too be tempted.
- The wicked earns deceptive wages,
but one who sows righteousness gets a sure reward. - He heals the brokenhearted
and binds up their wounds. - Flee from sexual immorality. Every other sin a person commits is outside the body, but the sexually immoral person sins against his own body.
- Know this, my beloved brothers: let every person be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger.
- Until the Spirit is poured upon us from on high,
and the wilderness becomes a fruitful field,
and the fruitful field is deemed a forest. - The heavens declare the glory of God,
and the sky above proclaims his handiwork.
Day to day pours out speech,
and night to night reveals knowledge. - Indeed, under the law almost everything is purified with blood, and without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness of sins.
- But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law.
- And he said, “What comes out of a person is what defiles him. For from within, out of the heart of man, come evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery, coveting, wickedness, deceit, sensuality, envy, slander, pride, foolishness. All these evil things come from within, and they defile a person.”
- But those who desire to be rich fall into temptation, into a snare, into many senseless and harmful desires that plunge people into ruin and destruction.
- Every athlete exercises self-control in all things. They do it to receive a perishable wreath, but we an imperishable.
- A soft answer turns away wrath,
but a harsh word stirs up anger.
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