Children like olive branches (3/4)

The whispers of a gossiper are tasty morsels that corrode one’s inner being. Proverbs 18:8

The whispers of a gossiper are tasty morsels that corrode one’s inner being. Proverbs 18:8	The words of a gossip are like dainty morsels: they go down into a person’s innermost parts. gossip speaking
Keep alert; stand firm in the faith; be courageous; be strong. 1 Corinthians 16:13	Watch! Stand firm in the faith! Be courageous! Be strong! faith strength courage

The father of a good man will rejoice; he who begets a wise son will delight in him. Proverbs 23:24	The father of the righteous has great joy. Whoever fathers a wise child delights in him. joy wisdom family
Like newborn infants, long for pure spiritual milk, so that by it you may advance on the path to salvation. 1 Peter 2:2	As newborn babies, long for the pure spiritual milk, that with it you may grow. salvation food Word of God
The wealth of a rich man is his stronghold; he regards it as a high wall that cannot be scaled. Proverbs 18:11	The rich man’s wealth is his strong city, like an unscalable wall in his own imagination. money materialism
I, I alone, am the one who comforts you. Why then do you fear mortal men who must die, human beings who must perish like grass? Isaiah 51:12	I, even I, am he who comforts you. Who are you, that you are afraid of man who shall die, and of the son of man who will be made as grass? comforter fear encouragement
What god can compare with you, the God who takes away guilt and forgives the transgressions of the remnant of your people? You will not allow your anger to fester forever, for your delight is in bestowing mercy. Micah 7:18	Who is a God like you, who pardons iniquity, and passes over the disobedience of the remnant of his heritage? He doesn’t retain his anger forever, because he delights in loving kindness. sin mercy forgiveness
A cheerful heart is excellent medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones. Proverbs 17:22	A cheerful heart makes good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones. healing heart sickness
The tongue of the just man is like pure silver; the heart of the wicked is without worth. Proverbs 10:20	The tongue of the righteous is like choice silver. The heart of the wicked is of little worth. valuable righteousness speaking
Everyone who hears these words of mine and acts in accordance with them will be like a wise man who constructed his house on a rock foundation. Matthew 7:24	Everyone therefore who hears these words of mine and does them, I will liken him to a wise man who built his house on a rock. Word of God wisdom listening
The second is this: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no other commandment greater than these. Mark 12:31	The second is like this: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no other commandment greater than these. law love neighbor
After John had baptized all the people, and while Jesus was engaged in prayer after also having been baptized, heaven opened and the Holy Spirit descended on him in bodily form like a dove. And a voice came from heaven: “You are my beloved Son; in you I am well pleased.” Luke 3:21-22	Now when all the people were baptized, Jesus also had been baptized and was praying. The sky was opened, and the Holy Spirit descended in a bodily form like a dove on him; and a voice came out of the sky, saying “You are my beloved Son. In you I am well pleased.” baptism prayer Spirit
The brother who is in modest circumstances should take pride in being raised up. Likewise, the one who is rich should glory in being brought low, for he will disappear like a flower of the field. James 1:9-10	Let the brother in humble circumstances glory in his high position; and the rich, in that he is made humble, because like the flower in the grass, he will pass away. pride humility money
Do not be like your ancestors, to whom the prophets of that time proclaimed. Thus says the Lord of hosts: Forsake your evil ways and your evil deeds. But they refused to listen or to pay attention to me, says the Lord. Zechariah 1:4	Don’t you be like your fathers, to whom the former prophets proclaimed, saying: Yahweh of Armies says, ‘Return now from your evil ways and from your evil doings;’ but they didn’t hear nor listen to me, says Yahweh. conversion evil listening
Those who place their hope in the Lord will regain their strength. They will soar as with eagles’ wings, they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not become faint. Isaiah 40:31	But those who wait for Yahweh will renew their strength. They will mount up with wings like eagles. They will run, and not be weary. They will walk, and not faint. hope encouragement strength
However, the gift is not like the transgression. For if the transgression of one man led to the death of the many, how much greater was the overflowing effect of the grace of God and the gift of the one man Jesus Christ that has abounded for the many. Romans 5:15	But the free gift isn’t like the trespass. For if by the trespass of the one the many died, much more did the grace of God and the gift by the grace of the one man, Jesus Christ, abound to the many. sin grace Jesus
Whenever you fast, do not assume a gloomy expression like the hypocrites who contort their faces so that others may realize that they are fasting. Amen, I say to you, they have received their reward. Matthew 6:16	Moreover when you fast, don’t be like the hypocrites, with sad faces. For they disfigure their faces that they may be seen by men to be fasting. Most certainly I tell you, they have received their reward. fasting humility reward
Now the works of the flesh are obvious: fornication, impurity, licentiousness, idolatry, sorcery, enmities, strife, jealousy, anger, quarrels, dissensions, factions, envy, drunkenness, carousing, and the like. I warn you, as I warned you previously, that no one who does such things will inherit the kingdom of God. Galatians 5:19-21	Now the deeds of the flesh are obvious, which are: adultery, sexual immorality, uncleanness, lustfulness, idolatry, sorcery, hatred, strife, jealousies, outbursts of anger, rivalries, divisions, heresies, envy, murders, drunkenness, orgies, and things like these; of which I forewarn you, even as I also forewarned you, that those who practice such things will not inherit God’s Kingdom. body sin sexuality
For you are aware that you were ransomed from your futile way of life inherited from your ancestors not with perishable things like silver or gold, but with the precious blood of Christ, a lamb without blemish or defect. 1 Peter 1:18-19	Knowing that you were redeemed, not with corruptible things like silver or gold, from the useless way of life handed down from your fathers, but with precious blood, as of a lamb without blemish or spot, the blood of Christ. Savior Jesus life
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. Psalm 39:13	Hear my prayer, Yahweh, and give ear to my cry. Don’t be silent at my tears. For I am a stranger with you, a foreigner, as all my fathers were. prayer sadness humility
For if we have been united with him in a death like his, we shall also be united with him in his resurrection. We know that our old self was crucified with him, so that our sinful body might be destroyed and we might no longer be enslaved to sin. Romans 6:5-6	For if we have become united with him in the likeness of his death, we will also be part of his resurrection; knowing this, that our old man was crucified with him, that the body of sin might be done away with, so that we would no longer be in bondage to sin. sin resurrection addiction
It is the will of God that you should lead a life of sanctity. You must refrain from sexual immorality. Each of you must learn to acquire a wife from pure and honorable motives, not to gratify passion like the Gentiles who do not know God. 1 Thessalonians 4:3-5	For this is the will of God: your sanctification, that you abstain from sexual immorality, that each one of you know how to control his own body in sanctification and honor, not in the passion of lust, even as the Gentiles who don’t know God. holiness sexuality body
I am the true vine, and my Father is the vinegrower. He removes every branch that does not bear fruit, and every branch that does he prunes to make it bear even more. John 15:1-2	I am the true vine, and my Father is the farmer. Every branch in me that doesn’t bear fruit, he takes away. Every branch that bears fruit, he prunes, that it may bear more fruit. fruitfulness sin obedience
The Lord God said, “Behold, man has become like one of us, for he has knowledge of that which is good and that which is evil. Now, we must prevent him from reaching out and taking the fruit of the tree of life lest he eat it and live forever.” The Lord God cast him out of the Garden of Eden; henceforth he was to labor tilling the soil from which he had come. Genesis 3:22-23	Yahweh God said, “Behold, the man has become like one of us, knowing good and evil. Now, lest he reach out his hand, and also take of the tree of life, and eat, and live forever—” Therefore Yahweh God sent him out from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from which he was taken. eternal life sin life
In everything, deal with others as you would like them to deal with you. This is the Law and the Prophets. Matthew 7:12	Therefore, whatever you desire for men to do to you, you shall also do to them; for this is the law and the prophets. law neighbor relationships

For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but one who has been tested in every respect as we are, but without sinning.

For we don’t have a high priest who can’t be touched with the feeling of our infirmities, but one who has been in all points tempted like we are, yet without sin.