- Those who accepted his message were baptized, and about three thousand were added to their number that day.
- Every word of God is flawless;
he is a shield to those who take refuge in him. - No one should seek their own good, but the good of others.
- The Lord said to Moses, “Come up to me on the mountain and stay here, and I will give you the tablets of stone with the law and commandments I have written for their instruction.”
- Words from the mouth of the wise are gracious,
but fools are consumed by their own lips. - A person’s riches may ransom their life,
but the poor cannot respond to threatening rebukes. - For, “Whoever would love life
and see good days
must keep their tongue from evil
and their lips from deceitful speech.
They must turn from evil and do good;
they must seek peace and pursue it.” - Then the eyes of both of them were opened, and they realized they were naked; so they sewed fig leaves together and made coverings for themselves.
- Each of us should please our neighbors for their good, to build them up.
- The lips of fools bring them strife,
and their mouths invite a beating. - For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. Some people, eager for money, have wandered from the faith and pierced themselves with many griefs.
- Whoever does not take up their cross and follow me is not worthy of me.
- And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne, and books were opened. Another book was opened, which is the book of life. The dead were judged according to what they had done as recorded in the books. The sea gave up the dead that were in it, and death and Hades gave up the dead that were in them, and each person was judged according to what they had done.
- Sin is not ended by multiplying words,
but the prudent hold their tongues. - I will make them and the places surrounding my hill a blessing. I will send down showers in season; there will be showers of blessing.
- This is what I have observed to be good: that it is appropriate for a person to eat, to drink and to find satisfaction in their toilsome labor under the sun during the few days of life God has given them—for this is their lot.
- He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the human heart; yet no one can fathom what God has done from beginning to end.
- Whoever conceals their sins does not prosper,
but the one who confesses and renounces them finds mercy. - If anyone turns a deaf ear to my instruction,
even their prayers are detestable. - Do not envy the violent
or choose any of their ways.
For the Lord detests the perverse
but takes the upright into his confidence. - Believers in humble circumstances ought to take pride in their high position. But the rich should take pride in their humiliation—since they will pass away like a wild flower.
- I know that there is nothing better for people than to be happy and to do good while they live. That each of them may eat and drink, and find satisfaction in all their toil—this is the gift of God.
- Surely no one can stand in the way of their being baptized with water. They have received the Holy Spirit just as we have.
- See, the enemy is puffed up;
his desires are not upright—
but the righteous person will live by his faithfulness. - Then he said to them all: “Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross daily and follow me.”
Let us then approach God’s throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need. That is why, for Christ’s sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong.Next verse!With image 
