- Thou, O Lord, remainest for ever;
thy throne from generation to generation. - Without counsel purposes are disappointed:
but in the multitude of counsellors they are established. - With the merciful thou wilt shew thyself merciful;
with an upright man thou wilt shew thyself upright. - Surely he hath borne our griefs,
and carried our sorrows:
yet we did esteem him stricken,
smitten of God, and afflicted. - Iron sharpeneth iron;
so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend. - And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation worketh patience; And patience, experience; and experience, hope.
- Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners.
- The Lord maketh poor, and maketh rich:
he bringeth low, and lifteth up. - Honour widows that are widows indeed.
- A fool's wrath is presently known:
but a prudent man covereth shame. - Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal: But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal.
- Repent, and turn yourselves from all your transgressions; so iniquity shall not be your ruin.
- Now no chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous, but grievous: nevertheless afterward it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of righteousness unto them which are exercised thereby.
- Who can find a virtuous woman?
for her price is far above rubies. - Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.
- Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints.
- Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies, Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.
- I ate no pleasant bread, neither came flesh nor wine in my mouth, neither did I anoint myself at all, till three whole weeks were fulfilled.
- But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not be once named among you, as becometh saints.
- Defend the poor and fatherless:
do justice to the afflicted and needy. - As sorrowful, yet alway rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things.
- O Lord, thou hast searched me, and known me.
Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising,
thou understandest my thought afar off. - Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out devils: freely ye have received, freely give.
- Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath.
- Nevertheless for thy great mercies' sake thou didst not utterly consume them, nor forsake them; for thou art a gracious and merciful God.
God is our refuge and strength,
a very present help in trouble.Whither shall I go from thy spirit?
or whither shall I flee from thy presence?
If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there:
if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou art there. He giveth power to the faint;
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