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Honesty guides good people; dishonesty destroys treacherous people. Proverbs 11:3

Honesty guides good people;
dishonesty destroys treacherous people.
Proverbs 11:3 reliability honesty
Above all, clothe yourselves with love, which binds us all together in perfect harmony.
Colossians 3:14 love community blameless

The Sovereign Lord is my strength!
He makes me as surefooted as a deer,
able to tread upon the heights.
Habakkuk 3:19 blessing strength equipment
Instead, I want to see a mighty flood of justice,
an endless river of righteous living.
Amos 5:24 law righteousness
We can rejoice, too, when we run into problems and trials, for we know that they help us develop endurance. And endurance develops strength of character, and character strengthens our confident hope of salvation.
Romans 5:3-4 suffering hope joy
Since God chose you to be the holy people he loves, you must clothe yourselves with tenderhearted mercy, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience.
Colossians 3:12 humility gentleness patience
Stay alert! Watch out for your great enemy, the devil. He prowls around like a roaring lion, looking for someone to devour.
1 Peter 5:8 desires persecution overcoming
A second is equally important: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’
Matthew 22:39 law neighbor love
Devote yourselves to prayer with an alert mind and a thankful heart.
Colossians 4:2 gratitude prayer
The husband should fulfill his wife’s sexual needs, and the wife should fulfill her husband’s needs. The wife gives authority over her body to her husband, and the husband gives authority over his body to his wife.
1 Corinthians 7:3-4 marriage body sexuality
For the word of God is alive and powerful. It is sharper than the sharpest two-edged sword, cutting between soul and spirit, between joint and marrow. It exposes our innermost thoughts and desires.
Hebrews 4:12 Word of God strength thoughts
Avoid all perverse talk;
stay away from corrupt speech.
Proverbs 4:24 speaking truth lying
Rejoice, O people of Zion!
Shout in triumph, O people of Jerusalem!
Look, your king is coming to you.
He is righteous and victorious,
yet he is humble, riding on a donkey—
riding on a donkey’s colt.
Zechariah 9:9 prophecy easter humility
Work brings profit,
but mere talk leads to poverty!
Proverbs 14:23 reliability speaking encouragement
He heals the brokenhearted
and bandages their wounds.
Psalm 147:3 healing heart sickness
But Lord, you remain the same forever!
Your throne continues from generation to generation.
Lamentations 5:19 reliability God kingdom
He proclaimed his covenant—the Ten Commandments—which he commanded you to keep, and which he wrote on two stone tablets.
Deuteronomy 4:13 covenant law following
The second is equally important: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ No other commandment is greater than these.
Mark 12:31 law love neighbor
Hiding hatred makes you a liar;
slandering others makes you a fool.
Proverbs 10:18 speaking gossip lying
Love prospers when a fault is forgiven,
but dwelling on it separates close friends.
Proverbs 17:9 forgiveness friendship
Let my teaching fall on you like rain;
let my speech settle like dew.
Let my words fall like rain on tender grass,
like gentle showers on young plants.
Deuteronomy 32:2 Word of God learning
You must not covet your neighbor’s house. You must not covet your neighbor’s wife, male or female servant, ox or donkey, or anything else that belongs to your neighbor.
Exodus 20:17 greed materialism law
For the kind of sorrow God wants us to experience leads us away from sin and results in salvation. There’s no regret for that kind of sorrow. But worldly sorrow, which lacks repentance, results in spiritual death.
2 Corinthians 7:10 worrying sadness repentance
Plans go wrong for lack of advice;
many advisers bring success.
Proverbs 15:22 speaking planning
How wonderful and pleasant it is
when brothers live together in harmony!
Psalm 133:1 friendship community family