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He is the head of the body, the assembly, who is the… Colossians 1:18

He is the head of the body, the assembly, who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in all things he might have the preeminence.
Colossians 1:18 church Jesus resurrection
The memory of the righteous is blessed,
but the name of the wicked will rot.
Proverbs 10:7 sin righteousness blessing

The prospect of the righteous is joy,
but the hope of the wicked will perish.
Proverbs 10:28 righteousness hope patience
In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. The earth was formless and empty. Darkness was on the surface of the deep and God’s Spirit was hovering over the surface of the waters.
Genesis 1:1-2 creation Spirit heaven
The fear of Yahweh is the beginning of wisdom.
The knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.
Proverbs 9:10 awe wisdom holiness
Yahweh opens the eyes of the blind.
Yahweh raises up those who are bowed down.
Yahweh loves the righteous.
Psalm 146:8 sickness healing righteousness
Yahweh preserves the foreigners.
He upholds the fatherless and widow,
but he turns the way of the wicked upside down.
Psalm 146:9 protection orphans widows
Yahweh’s law is perfect, restoring the soul.
Yahweh’s covenant is sure, making wise the simple.
Psalm 19:7 law soul wisdom
And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.
Ephesians 6:17 salvation Spirit Word of God
Wives, be subject to your own husbands, as to the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife, as Christ also is the head of the assembly, being himself the savior of the body.
Ephesians 5:22-23 marriage Jesus salvation
Now the Lord is the Spirit; and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.
2 Corinthians 3:17 freedom Spirit Holy Spirit
Blessings are on the head of the righteous,
but violence covers the mouth of the wicked.
Proverbs 10:6 righteousness speaking blessing
Whoever denies the Son doesn’t have the Father. He who confesses the Son has the Father also.
1 John 2:23 Jesus Father acknowledging
The tongue of the righteous is like choice silver.
The heart of the wicked is of little worth.
Proverbs 10:20 valuable righteousness speaking
“I am the Alpha and the Omega,” says the Lord God, “who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty.”
Revelation 1:8 eternal life reliability God
Yahweh’s precepts are right, rejoicing the heart.
Yahweh’s commandment is pure, enlightening the eyes.
Psalm 19:8 law joy heart
The vine has dried up, and the fig tree withered—
the pomegranate tree, the palm tree also, and the apple tree,
even all of the trees of the field are withered;
for joy has withered away from the sons of men.
Joel 1:12 joy sadness food
The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law.
1 Corinthians 15:56 sin law idols
The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable,
but the mouth of the wicked is perverse.
Proverbs 10:32 truth righteousness speaking
Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father, except through me.”
John 14:6 truth Father life
The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, God’s love, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all. Amen.
2 Corinthians 13:14 grace blessing Holy Spirit
The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness hasn’t overcome it.
John 1:5 evil overcoming light
I came from the Father and have come into the world. Again, I leave the world and go to the Father.
John 16:28 Father world ascension
But the free gift isn’t like the trespass. For if by the trespass of the one the many died, much more did the grace of God and the gift by the grace of the one man, Jesus Christ, abound to the many.
Romans 5:15 sin grace Jesus
I am still confident of this:
I will see the goodness of Yahweh in the land of the living.
Psalm 27:13 goodness trust