- He replied, “Have you not read that from the beginning the Creator ‘made them male and female’ and said: ‘That is why a man leaves his father and mother and is joined to his wife, and the two become one flesh’? And so they are no longer two but one flesh. Therefore, what God has joined together, let no one separate.”
- The fear of others will prove to be a snare,
but whoever trusts in the Lord is secure. - A fool is quick to show his anger,
but a prudent man ignores an insult. - He brought you low, allowing you to suffer from hunger. He then fed you with manna, something with which your fathers were not familiar, so that you might come to know that man does not live by bread alone, but man lives by every word that comes forth from the mouth of the Lord.
- Behold, we are now going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be handed over to the chief priests and the scribes, and they will condemn him to death. Then they will hand him over to the Gentiles to be mocked and scourged and crucified, and on the third day he will be raised to life.
- Blessed is the man whom God reproves.
Therefore, do not reject the discipline of the Almighty. - The father of a good man will rejoice;
he who begets a wise son will delight in him. - The prudent man perceives danger and seeks shelter,
while the simple continue forward and pay the penalty. - The words of a wise man win favor,
but a fool’s tongue is his undoing. - One day, as Jesus was passing through a field of grain on the Sabbath, his disciples began to pick some heads of grain as they walked along. The Pharisees said to him, “Behold, why are your disciples doing what is forbidden on the Sabbath?”
He answered, “Have you never read what David did when he and his companions were hungry and in need of food? He entered the house of God when Abiathar was high priest and ate the sacred bread that only the priests were permitted to eat, and he shared it with his companions.” Then he said to them, “The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath. That is why the Son of Man is Lord even of the Sabbath.” - Like a city that has been breached and made defenseless
is the man devoid of self-control. - Do not be deceived; God cannot be mocked. A person will reap only what he sows.
- In the same way, husbands should love their wives as they do their own bodies. The man who loves his wife loves himself.
- You must understand, brethren, that it is through him that forgiveness of sins is being proclaimed to you. All those who believe are justified from all the things from which they could not be justified by the Law of Moses.
- Thus you could understand that the Lord, your God, was disciplining you, just like a father disciplines his son.
- Do not envy a violent man
or choose to emulate any of his ways.
For the perverse man is an abomination to the Lord
whose friendship is bestowed only upon the upright. - 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? - Blessed is the man
who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked,
nor stand in the way of sinners,
nor sit in the company of scoffers. - With the Lord to protect me I am not afraid.
What can mortals do to me? - Wait quietly for the Lord
and be patient until he comes.
Do not fret over the man who prospers
because of his evil schemes. - The wealth of a rich man is his stronghold;
he regards it as a high wall that cannot be scaled. - It is better to take refuge in the Lord
than to place your trust in mortals. - Do not let kindness and fidelity leave you;
fasten them around your neck
and inscribe them on the tablet of your heart.
Then you will gain favor and a good name
in the sight of God and man. - With his mouth the godless man seeks to ruin his neighbor,
but knowledge enables the righteous to be delivered. - The Lord has told you, O man, what is good.
And what does the Lord require of you?
Only this: to do what is right, to show mercy,
and to walk humbly with your God.
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