- A fool gives full vent to anger,
but the wise quietly holds it back. - No one after lighting a lamp puts it under the bushel basket, but on the lampstand, and it gives light to all in the house. In the same way, let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father in heaven.
- Then the Lord God said, “It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a helper as his partner.”
- Thus says the Lord:
Stand at the crossroads, and look,
and ask for the ancient paths,
where the good way lies; and walk in it,
and find rest for your souls.
But they said, “We will not walk in it.” - How much more valuable is a human being than a sheep! So it is lawful to do good on the sabbath.
- Do not be afraid, little flock, for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom.
- For the customs of the peoples are false:
a tree from the forest is cut down,
and worked with an ax by the hands of an artisan;
people deck it with silver and gold;
they fasten it with hammer and nails
so that it cannot move.
Their idols are like scarecrows in a cucumber field,
and they cannot speak;
they have to be carried,
for they cannot walk.
Do not be afraid of them,
for they cannot do evil,
nor is it in them to do good. - If any of you is lacking in wisdom, ask God, who gives to all generously and ungrudgingly, and it will be given you.
- For by grace you have been saved through faith, and this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God— not the result of works, so that no one may boast.
- 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.
- But when they saw him walking on the sea, they thought it was a ghost and cried out; for they all saw him and were terrified. But immediately he spoke to them and said, “Take heart, it is I; do not be afraid.”
- But I punish my body and enslave it, so that after proclaiming to others I myself should not be disqualified.
- Devote yourselves to prayer, keeping alert in it with thanksgiving.
- Unless the Lord builds the house,
those who build it labor in vain.
Unless the Lord guards the city,
the guard keeps watch in vain. - Jesus looked at them and said, “For mortals it is impossible, but not for God; for God all things are possible.”
- Enter through the narrow gate; for the gate is wide and the road is easy that leads to destruction, and there are many who take it. For the gate is narrow and the road is hard that leads to life, and there are few who find it.
- Know that wisdom is such to your soul;
if you find it, you will find a future,
and your hope will not be cut off. - For it is written,
“As I live, says the Lord, every knee shall bow to me,
and every tongue shall give praise to God.” - To make an apt answer is a joy to anyone,
and a word in season, how good it is! - Athletes exercise self-control in all things; they do it to receive a perishable wreath, but we an imperishable one.
- When you make a vow to God, do not delay fulfilling it; for he has no pleasure in fools. Fulfill what you vow.
- The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have life, and have it abundantly.
- I am confident of this, that the one who began a good work among you will bring it to completion by the day of Jesus Christ.
- Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over, will be put into your lap; for the measure you give will be the measure you get back.
- And I tell you, you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of Hades will not prevail against it.
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