- When you set your eyes on it, it is gone.
For wealth certainly makes itself wings
Like an eagle that flies toward the heavens. - For this reason you must be ready as well; for the Son of Man is coming at an hour when you do not think He will.
- If an army encamps against me,
My heart will not fear;
If war arises against me,
In spite of this I am confident. - But let justice roll out like waters,
And righteousness like an ever-flowing stream. - One who turns his ear away from listening to the Law,
Even his prayer is an abomination. - Let no one look down on your youthfulness, but rather in speech, conduct, love, faith, and purity, show yourself an example of those who believe.
- A person has joy in an apt answer,
And how delightful is a timely word! - Avoiding strife is an honor for a person,
But any fool will quarrel. - For you have been called for this purpose, because Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example, so that you would follow in His steps.
- Lying lips are an abomination to the Lord,
But those who deal faithfully are His delight. - Take care, brothers and sisters, that there will not be in any one of you an evil, unbelieving heart that falls away from the living God.
- House and wealth are an inheritance from fathers,
But a prudent wife is from the Lord. - One who conceals an offense seeks love,
But one who repeats a matter separates close friends. - But if anyone does not provide for his own, and especially for those of his household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.
- For our momentary, light affliction is producing for us an eternal weight of glory far beyond all comparison.
- Everyone who competes in the games exercises self-control in all things. So they do it to obtain a perishable wreath, but we an imperishable.
- You adulteresses, do you not know that friendship with the world is hostility toward God? Therefore whoever wants to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God.
- Because the sentence against an evil deed is not executed quickly, therefore the hearts of the sons of mankind among them are fully given to do evil.
- For you were called to freedom, brothers and sisters; only do not turn your freedom into an opportunity for the flesh, but serve one another through love.
- A fool’s anger is known at once,
But a prudent person conceals dishonor. - An excellent wife, who can find her?
For her worth is far above jewels. - Therefore, concerning the eating of food sacrificed to idols, we know that an idol is nothing at all in the world, and that there is no God but one.
- But I tell you that for every careless word that people speak, they will give an account of it on the day of judgment.
- Do not envy a violent person,
And do not choose any of his ways.
For the devious are an abomination to the Lord;
But He is intimate with the upright. - Devote yourselves to prayer, keeping alert in it with an attitude of thanksgiving.
Nevertheless, in Your great compassion You did not make an end of them or abandon them,
For You are a gracious and compassionate God.Pursue peace with all people, and the holiness without which no one will see the Lord. Since you are precious in My sight,
Since you are honored and I love you,
I will give other people in your place and other nations in exchange for your life.Next verse!With image