- For the Lord gives wisdom;
from his mouth come knowledge and understanding. - The Lord is near to all who call on him,
to all who call on him in truth. - Then the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from trial, and to keep the unrighteous under punishment until the day of judgment.
- He said to them, “Then do you also fail to understand? Do you not see that whatever goes into a person from outside cannot defile,
since it enters, not the heart but the stomach, and goes out into the sewer?” (Thus he declared all foods clean.) - Wash yourselves; make yourselves clean;
remove the evil of your doings
from before my eyes;
cease to do evil. - Blessed are you when people hate you, and when they exclude you, revile you, and defame you on account of the Son of Man.
- In Hades, where he was being tormented, he looked up and saw Abraham far away with Lazarus by his side. He called out, ‘Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue; for I am in agony in these flames.’
- Come now, let us argue it out,
says the Lord:
though your sins are like scarlet,
they shall be like snow;
though they are red like crimson,
they shall become like wool. - I was ready to be sought out by those who did not ask,
to be found by those who did not seek me.
I said, “Here I am, here I am,”
to a nation that did not call on my name. - Bring the full tithe into the storehouse, so that there may be food in my house, and thus put me to the test, says the Lord of hosts; see if I will not open the windows of heaven for you and pour down for you an overflowing blessing.
- Be on your guard, so that you do not lose what we have worked for, but may receive a full reward.
- Do nothing from selfish ambition or conceit, but in humility regard others as better than yourselves.
- But God, who is rich in mercy, out of the great love with which he loved us even when we were dead through our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ —by grace you have been saved—.
- This book of the law shall not depart out of your mouth; you shall meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to act in accordance with all that is written in it. For then you shall make your way prosperous, and then you shall be successful.
- While he was still speaking, suddenly a bright cloud overshadowed them, and from the cloud a voice said, “This is my Son, the Beloved; with him I am well pleased; listen to him!”
- Because sentence against an evil deed is not executed speedily, the human heart is fully set to do evil.
- Though an army encamp against me,
my heart shall not fear;
though war rise up against me,
yet I will be confident. - But he answered, “It is written,
‘One does not live by bread alone,
but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.’ ” - And hope does not disappoint us, because God's love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit that has been given to us.
- For you did not receive a spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you have received a spirit of adoption. When we cry, “Abba! Father!”
- Keep straight the path of your feet,
and all your ways will be sure. - Make me to know your ways, O Lord;
teach me your paths. - I shall walk at liberty,
for I have sought your precepts. - The heavens are telling the glory of God;
and the firmament proclaims his handiwork.
Day to day pours forth speech,
and night to night declares knowledge. - When I thought, “My foot is slipping,”
your steadfast love, O Lord, held me up.
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