- The beginning of wisdom is this: Get wisdom,
and whatever else you get, get insight. - Get wisdom; get insight: do not forget, nor turn away
from the words of my mouth. - How much better to get wisdom than gold!
To get understanding is to be chosen rather than silver. - Do not wear yourself out to get rich;
be wise enough to desist. - Wealth is a ransom for a person's life,
but the poor get no threats. - And now why do you delay? Get up, be baptized, and have your sins washed away, calling on his name.
- Happy are those who find wisdom,
and those who get understanding. - The wicked earn no real gain,
but those who sow righteousness get a true reward. - To get wisdom is to love oneself;
to keep understanding is to prosper. - A generous person will be enriched,
and one who gives water will get water. - But now that you have been freed from sin and enslaved to God, the advantage you get is sanctification. The end is eternal life.
- Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over, will be put into your lap; for the measure you give will be the measure you get back.
- So teach us to count our days
that we may gain a wise heart. - Athletes exercise self-control in all things; they do it to receive a perishable wreath, but we an imperishable one.
- You want something and do not have it; so you commit murder. And you covet something and cannot obtain it; so you engage in disputes and conflicts. You do not have, because you do not ask.
- Therefore rid yourselves of all sordidness and rank growth of wickedness, and welcome with meekness the implanted word that has the power to save your souls.
- Keep my steps steady according to your promise,
and never let iniquity have dominion over me. - Do not swerve to the right or to the left;
turn your foot away from evil. - The point is this: the one who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and the one who sows bountifully will also reap bountifully.
- But those who want to be rich fall into temptation and are trapped by many senseless and harmful desires that plunge people into ruin and destruction.
- Speak out, judge righteously,
defend the rights of the poor and needy. - A fool's lips bring strife,
and a fool's mouth invites a flogging. - Whoever walks with the wise becomes wise,
but the companion of fools suffers harm. - Wash yourselves; make yourselves clean;
remove the evil of your doings
from before my eyes;
cease to do evil. - The Lord is merciful and gracious,
slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love.
Give to everyone who begs from you; and if anyone takes away your goods, do not ask for them again.No one who conceals transgressions will prosper,
but one who confesses and forsakes them will obtain mercy. But strive first for the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.Next verse!With image