- For as the heavens are higher than the earth,
so are my ways higher than your ways
and my thoughts than your thoughts. - Trust in the Lord with all your heart,
and do not lean on your own understanding.
In all your ways acknowledge him,
and he will make straight your paths. - My son, keep your father's commandment,
and forsake not your mother's teaching. - For your steadfast love is great to the heavens,
your faithfulness to the clouds. - Casting all your anxieties on him, because he cares for you.
- Honor the Lord with your wealth
and with the firstfruits of all your produce. - But when you fast, anoint your head and wash your face, that your fasting may not be seen by others but by your Father who is in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will reward you.
- Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God? You are not your own, for you were bought with a price. So glorify God in your body.
- Be not wise in your own eyes;
fear the Lord, and turn away from evil.
It will be healing to your flesh
and refreshment to your bones. - Wives, submit to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord. Husbands, love your wives, and do not be harsh with them.
- For you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness.
- Pray then like this:
“Our Father in heaven,
hallowed be your name.
Your kingdom come,
your will be done,
on earth as it is in heaven.” - The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit.
- But when you give to the needy, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, so that your giving may be in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will reward you.
- The sum of your word is truth,
and every one of your righteous rules endures forever. - Let not your hearts be troubled. Believe in God; believe also in me.
- But from there you will seek the Lord your God and you will find him, if you search after him with all your heart and with all your soul.
- In the path of your judgments,
O Lord, we wait for you;
your name and remembrance
are the desire of our soul. - Do not be like your fathers, to whom the former prophets cried out, ‘Thus says the Lord of hosts, Return from your evil ways and from your evil deeds.’ But they did not hear or pay attention to me, declares the Lord.
- Teach me to do your will,
for you are my God!
Let your good Spirit lead me
on level ground! - And whenever you stand praying, forgive, if you have anything against anyone, so that your Father also who is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses.
- And now, Israel, what does the Lord your God require of you, but to fear the Lord your God, to walk in all his ways, to love him, to serve the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul, and to keep the commandments and statutes of the Lord, which I am commanding you today for your good?
- But when you pray, go into your room and shut the door and pray to your Father who is in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will reward you.
- Do not forsake your friend and your father's friend,
and do not go to your brother's house in the day of your calamity.
Better is a neighbor who is near
than a brother who is far away. - Go, eat your bread with joy, and drink your wine with a merry heart, for God has already approved what you do.
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