Children like olive branches (3/4)

The whispers of a gossiper are tasty morsels that corrode one’s inner being. Proverbs 18:8

The whispers of a gossiper are tasty morsels
that corrode one’s inner being.
Proverbs 18:8 gossip speaking
Keep alert; stand firm in the faith; be courageous; be strong.
1 Corinthians 16:13 faith strength courage

The father of a good man will rejoice;
he who begets a wise son will delight in him.
Proverbs 23:24 joy wisdom family
Like newborn infants, long for pure spiritual milk, so that by it you may advance on the path to salvation.
1 Peter 2:2 salvation food Word of God
The wealth of a rich man is his stronghold;
he regards it as a high wall that cannot be scaled.
Proverbs 18:11 money materialism
I, I alone, am the one who comforts you.
Why then do you fear mortal men who must die,
human beings who must perish like grass?
Isaiah 51:12 comforter fear encouragement
What god can compare with you,
the God who takes away guilt
and forgives the transgressions
of the remnant of your people?
You will not allow your anger to fester forever,
for your delight is in bestowing mercy.
Micah 7:18 sin mercy forgiveness
A cheerful heart is excellent medicine,
but a crushed spirit dries up the bones.
Proverbs 17:22 healing heart sickness
The tongue of the just man is like pure silver;
the heart of the wicked is without worth.
Proverbs 10:20 valuable righteousness speaking
Everyone who hears these words of mine and acts in accordance with them will be like a wise man who constructed his house on a rock foundation.
Matthew 7:24 Word of God wisdom listening
The second is this: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no other commandment greater than these.
Mark 12:31 law love neighbor
After John had baptized all the people, and while Jesus was engaged in prayer after also having been baptized, heaven opened and the Holy Spirit descended on him in bodily form like a dove. And a voice came from heaven: “You are my beloved Son; in you I am well pleased.”
Luke 3:21-22 baptism prayer Spirit
The brother who is in modest circumstances should take pride in being raised up. Likewise, the one who is rich should glory in being brought low, for he will disappear like a flower of the field.
James 1:9-10 pride humility money
Do not be like your ancestors, to whom the prophets of that time proclaimed. Thus says the Lord of hosts: Forsake your evil ways and your evil deeds. But they refused to listen or to pay attention to me, says the Lord.
Zechariah 1:4 conversion evil listening
Those who place their hope in the Lord
will regain their strength.
They will soar as with eagles’ wings,
they will run and not grow weary,
they will walk and not become faint.
Isaiah 40:31 hope encouragement strength
However, the gift is not like the transgression. For if the transgression of one man led to the death of the many, how much greater was the overflowing effect of the grace of God and the gift of the one man Jesus Christ that has abounded for the many.
Romans 5:15 sin grace Jesus
Whenever you fast, do not assume a gloomy expression like the hypocrites who contort their faces so that others may realize that they are fasting. Amen, I say to you, they have received their reward.
Matthew 6:16 fasting humility reward
Now the works of the flesh are obvious: fornication, impurity, licentiousness, idolatry, sorcery, enmities, strife, jealousy, anger, quarrels, dissensions, factions, envy, drunkenness, carousing, and the like. I warn you, as I warned you previously, that no one who does such things will inherit the kingdom of God.
Galatians 5:19-21 body sin sexuality
For you are aware that you were ransomed from your futile way of life inherited from your ancestors not with perishable things like silver or gold, but with the precious blood of Christ, a lamb without blemish or defect.
1 Peter 1:18-19 Savior Jesus life
Hear my prayer, O Lord;
do not be deaf to my cry
or ignore my weeping.
For I am a wayfarer before you,
a nomad like all my ancestors.
Psalm 39:13 prayer sadness humility
For if we have been united with him in a death like his, we shall also be united with him in his resurrection. We know that our old self was crucified with him, so that our sinful body might be destroyed and we might no longer be enslaved to sin.
Romans 6:5-6 sin resurrection addiction
It is the will of God that you should lead a life of sanctity. You must refrain from sexual immorality. Each of you must learn to acquire a wife from pure and honorable motives, not to gratify passion like the Gentiles who do not know God.
1 Thessalonians 4:3-5 holiness sexuality body
I am the true vine,
and my Father is the vinegrower.
He removes every branch
that does not bear fruit,
and every branch that does
he prunes to make it bear even more.
John 15:1-2 fruitfulness sin obedience
The Lord God said, “Behold, man has become like one of us, for he has knowledge of that which is good and that which is evil. Now, we must prevent him from reaching out and taking the fruit of the tree of life lest he eat it and live forever.” The Lord God cast him out of the Garden of Eden; henceforth he was to labor tilling the soil from which he had come.
Genesis 3:22-23 eternal life sin life
In everything, deal with others as you would like them to deal with you. This is the Law and the Prophets.
Matthew 7:12 law neighbor relationships

For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but one who has been tested in every respect as we are, but without sinning.