- God detests the prayers
of a person who ignores the law. - Fear of the Lord is the foundation of true wisdom.
All who obey his commandments will grow in wisdom.
Praise him forever! - But he knows where I am going.
And when he tests me, I will come out as pure as gold.
For I have stayed on God’s paths;
I have followed his ways and not turned aside. - I pray that your hearts will be flooded with light so that you can understand the confident hope he has given to those he called—his holy people who are his rich and glorious inheritance.
- Or have you forgotten that when we were joined with Christ Jesus in baptism, we joined him in his death?
- The rich think of their wealth as a strong defense;
they imagine it to be a high wall of safety. - Understand, therefore, that the Lord your God is indeed God. He is the faithful God who keeps his covenant for a thousand generations and lavishes his unfailing love on those who love him and obey his commands.
- Then, calling the crowd to join his disciples, he said, “If any of you wants to be my follower, you must give up your own way, take up your cross, and follow me.”
- The Son radiates God’s own glory and expresses the very character of God, and he sustains everything by the mighty power of his command. When he had cleansed us from our sins, he sat down in the place of honor at the right hand of the majestic God in heaven.
- So the Word became human and made his home among us. He was full of unfailing love and faithfulness. And we have seen his glory, the glory of the Father’s one and only Son.
- Don’t envy violent people
or copy their ways.
Such wicked people are detestable to the Lord,
but he offers his friendship to the godly. - For even the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve others and to give his life as a ransom for many.
- We all come to the end of our lives as naked and empty-handed as on the day we were born. We can’t take our riches with us.
- So obey the commands of the Lord your God by walking in his ways and fearing him.
- For in him we live and move and exist. As some of your own poets have said, ‘We are his offspring.’
- If you try to hang on to your life, you will lose it. But if you give up your life for my sake, you will save it.
- The eyes of the Lord watch over those who do right,
and his ears are open to their prayers.
But the Lord turns his face
against those who do evil. - And he went to the place of the dead. There, in torment, he saw Abraham in the far distance with Lazarus at his side. The rich man shouted, ‘Father Abraham, have some pity! Send Lazarus over here to dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue. I am in anguish in these flames.’
- And this same God who takes care of me will supply all your needs from his glorious riches, which have been given to us in Christ Jesus.
- So God created human beings in his own image.
In the image of God he created them;
male and female he created them. - For even the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve others and to give his life as a ransom for many.
- A wise child brings joy to a father;
a foolish child brings grief to a mother. - No one has ever seen God. But if we love each other, God lives in us, and his love is brought to full expression in us.
- And the Lord will be king over all the earth. On that day there will be one Lord—his name alone will be worshiped.
- If you try to hang on to your life, you will lose it. But if you give up your life for my sake, you will save it.
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