- If possible, so far as it depends on you, be at peace with all people.
- But the Lord said to Samuel, “Do not look at his appearance or at the height of his stature, because I have rejected him; for God does not see as man sees, since man looks at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart.”
- For if you forgive other people for their offenses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.
- One who walks with wise people will be wise,
But a companion of fools will suffer harm. - Grandchildren are the crown of the old,
And the glory of sons is their fathers. - I, I Myself, am He who comforts you.
Who are you that you are afraid of mortal man,
And of a son of man who is made like grass. - But if you do not forgive other people, then your Father will not forgive your offenses.
- But I tell you that for every careless word that people speak, they will give an account of it on the day of judgment.
- While they were serving the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, “Set Barnabas and Saul apart for Me for the work to which I have called them.”
- In everything, therefore, treat people the same way you want them to treat you, for this is the Law and the Prophets.
- For by one Spirit we were all baptized into one body, whether Jews or Greeks, whether slaves or free, and we were all made to drink of one Spirit.
- Pursue peace with all people, and the holiness without which no one will see the Lord.
- Blessed are you when the people hate you, and when they exclude you, and insult you, and scorn your name as evil, on account of the Son of Man.
- Because the sentence against an evil deed is not executed quickly, therefore the hearts of the sons of mankind among them are fully given to do evil.
- He has made everything appropriate in its time. He has also set eternity in their heart, without the possibility that mankind will find out the work which God has done from the beginning even to the end.
- So having overlooked the times of ignorance, God is now proclaiming to mankind that all people everywhere are to repent.
- But those who want to get rich fall into temptation and a trap, and many foolish and harmful desires which plunge people into ruin and destruction.
- How great is Your goodness,
Which You have stored up for those who fear You,
Which You have performed for those who take refuge in You,
Before the sons of mankind! - Nor do people light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on the lampstand, and it gives light to all who are in the house. Your light must shine before people in such a way that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven.
- You are the salt of the earth; but if the salt has become tasteless, how can it be made salty again? It is no longer good for anything, except to be thrown out and trampled underfoot by people.
- Now whenever you fast, do not make a gloomy face as the hypocrites do, for they distort their faces so that they will be noticed by people when they are fasting. Truly I say to you, they have their reward in full.
- For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation to all people, instructing us to deny ungodliness and worldly desires and to live sensibly, righteously, and in a godly manner in the present age.
- So then, while we have opportunity, let’s do good to all people, and especially to those who are of the household of the faith.
- And may the Lord cause you to increase and overflow in love for one another, and for all people, just as we also do for you.
- The vine has dried up
And the fig tree has withered;
The pomegranate, the palm also, and the apple tree,
All the trees of the field have dried up.
Indeed, joy has dried up
From the sons of mankind.
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A prudent person sees evil and hides himself;But the naive proceed, and pay the penalty.