- I have made a covenant with my eyes
not to look with desire upon a virgin. - If you would seriously consider my reproof,
I would pour out my thoughts to you
and make my precepts known to you. - I refrained from eating any choice food, abstaining from consuming meat or wine, and I did not anoint myself until those three weeks had passed.
- You will show me the path to life;
you will fill me with joy in your presence
and everlasting delights at your right hand. - If a man has recently been married, he is not to go off to battle nor have any other duty laid on him. He will be free to stay at home for one year so that he can bring happiness to the wife whom he has married.
- With our eyes fixed on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith. For the sake of the joy that lay before him, he endured the cross, ignoring its shame, and is now seated at the right hand of the throne of God.
- But what I tell you is this: Do not swear at all, either by heaven, since it is God’s throne, or by earth, since that is his footstool, or by Jerusalem, since that is the city of the great King.
- Because of this, God greatly exalted him
and bestowed on him the name
that is above all other names,
so that at the name of Jesus
every knee should bend
of those in heaven and on earth and under the earth. - You have heard that it was said of old: ‘You shall not commit adultery.’ But I say to you that anyone who looks with lust at a woman has already committed adultery with her in his heart.
- O Lord, at daybreak you hear my voice;
at daybreak I bring my petition before you
and await your reply. - And every day, both in the temple and at home, they never stopped teaching and proclaiming Jesus as the Christ.
- Therefore, humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God, so that at the proper time he may exalt you.
- During the day the Lord grants his kindness,
and at night his praise is with me,
a prayer to the living God. - Hear my prayer, O Lord;
do not be deaf to my cry
or ignore my weeping.
For I am a wayfarer before you,
a nomad like all my ancestors. - The end of all things is near. Therefore, lead disciplined lives and be watchful in prayer.
- No one has ever seen God,
but if we love one another,
God abides in us,
and his love is made complete in us. - As much as possible, and to the extent of your ability, live in peace with everyone.
- Do you suppose that I cannot appeal to my Father for help and he will not immediately send me more than twelve legions of angels?
- Exalted at God’s right hand, he received from the Father the promise of the Holy Spirit and has poured out what you now see and hear.
- He is the reflection of God’s glory
and the perfect expression of his very being,
sustaining all things by his powerful word.
Achieving purification from sins,
he took his seat at the right hand of the Majesty on high. - In God alone be at rest, O my soul;
it is from him that my hope comes. - Gaze upon the birds in the sky. They do not sow or reap or store in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of far greater value than they?
- In God alone is my soul at rest;
it is from him that my salvation comes. - In all of your prayers and entreaties, pray always in the Spirit. To that end, keep alert and always persevere in supplication for all the saints.
- Seek the Lord while he still may be found;
call to him when he is close at hand.
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However, the Advocate, the Holy Spirit,whom the Father will send in my name,
will teach you everything
and remind you of all
that I have said to you.