- A troublemaker plants seeds of strife;
gossip separates the best of friends. - A good person produces good things from the treasury of a good heart, and an evil person produces evil things from the treasury of an evil heart. What you say flows from what is in your heart.
- Fools vent their anger,
but the wise quietly hold it back. - The Lord directs the steps of the godly.
He delights in every detail of their lives. - And what do you benefit if you gain the whole world but lose your own soul?
- Don’t be misled—you cannot mock the justice of God. You will always harvest what you plant.
- And the Lord God made clothing from animal skins for Adam and his wife.
- There is a path before each person that seems right,
but it ends in death. - Haughtiness goes before destruction;
humility precedes honor. - So God created human beings in his own image.
In the image of God he created them;
male and female he created them. - The rich can pay a ransom for their lives,
but the poor won’t even get threatened. - But the Lord said to Samuel, “Don’t judge by his appearance or height, for I have rejected him. The Lord doesn’t see things the way you see them. People judge by outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart.”
- It is better to take refuge in the Lord
than to trust in people. - 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.’
- Everyone enjoys a fitting reply;
it is wonderful to say the right thing at the right time! - Never let loyalty and kindness leave you!
Tie them around your neck as a reminder.
Write them deep within your heart.
Then you will find favor with both God and people,
and you will earn a good reputation. - Praise the Lord!
How joyful are those who fear the Lord
and delight in obeying his commands. - No one can know a person’s thoughts except that person’s own spirit, and no one can know God’s thoughts except God’s own Spirit.
- He replied, “What is impossible for people is possible with God.”
- And how much more valuable is a person than a sheep! Yes, the law permits a person to do good on the Sabbath.
- Then the Lord God said, “Look, the human beings have become like us, knowing both good and evil. What if they reach out, take fruit from the tree of life, and eat it? Then they will live forever!” So the Lord God banished them from the Garden of Eden, and he sent Adam out to cultivate the ground from which he had been made.
- Can he walk on hot coals
and not blister his feet? - People may be right in their own eyes,
but the Lord examines their heart. - Avoiding a fight is a mark of honor;
only fools insist on quarreling. - Indeed, we all make many mistakes. For if we could control our tongues, we would be perfect and could also control ourselves in every other way.
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