- Produce fruit in keeping with repentance.
- He must become greater; I must become less.
- Moses was there with the Lord forty days and forty nights without eating bread or drinking water. And he wrote on the tablets the words of the covenant—the Ten Commandments.
- They devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer.
- Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer.
- The unfolding of your words gives light;
it gives understanding to the simple. - Be alert and of sober mind. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour.
- Whoever loves money never has enough;
whoever loves wealth is never satisfied with their income.
This too is meaningless. - Diligent hands will rule,
but laziness ends in forced labor. - How much better to get wisdom than gold,
to get insight rather than silver! - It is a trap to dedicate something rashly
and only later to consider one’s vows. - Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things.
- Those who consider themselves religious and yet do not keep a tight rein on their tongues deceive themselves, and their religion is worthless.
- A person’s riches may ransom their life,
but the poor cannot respond to threatening rebukes. - Fools find no pleasure in understanding
but delight in airing their own opinions. - Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.
- Whoever would foster love covers over an offense,
but whoever repeats the matter separates close friends. - Keep on loving one another as brothers and sisters. Do not forget to show hospitality to strangers, for by so doing some people have shown hospitality to angels without knowing it.
- I will refresh the weary and satisfy the faint.
- Believers in humble circumstances ought to take pride in their high position. But the rich should take pride in their humiliation—since they will pass away like a wild flower.
- Anyone who withholds kindness from a friend
forsakes the fear of the Almighty. - Fools show their annoyance at once,
but the prudent overlook an insult. - Turn my heart toward your statutes
and not toward selfish gain. - John’s clothes were made of camel’s hair, and he had a leather belt around his waist. His food was locusts and wild honey.
- And I saw that all toil and all achievement spring from one person’s envy of another. This too is meaningless, a chasing after the wind.
Bible verse of the day
Where can I go from your Spirit?Where can I flee from your presence?
If I go up to the heavens, you are there;
if I make my bed in the depths, you are there.