The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life, and whoever captures souls is wise.

Jesus answered him, "If anyone loves me, he will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our home with him."

But now thus says the Lord, he who created you, O Jacob, he who formed you, O Israel: “Fear not, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by name, you are mine.”

Be gracious to me, O Lord, for I am languishing; heal me, O Lord, for my bones are troubled.

Show yourself in all respects to be a model of good works, and in your teaching show integrity, dignity, and sound speech that cannot be condemned, so that an opponent may be put to shame, having nothing evil to say about us.

And let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we will reap, if we do not give up.

Rejoice not over me, O my enemy; when I fall, I shall rise; when I sit in darkness, the Lord will be a light to me.

And I said, “O Lord God of heaven, the great and awesome God who keeps covenant and steadfast love with those who love him and keep his commandments, let your ear be attentive and your eyes open, to hear the prayer of your servant that I now pray before you day and night for the people of Israel your servants, confessing the sins of the people of Israel, which we have sinned against you. Even I and my father’s house have sinned.”

May all who seek you rejoice and be glad in you! May those who love your salvation say evermore, “God is great!”

But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh.

He determines the number of the stars; he gives to all of them their names.

And we desire each one of you to show the same earnestness to have the full assurance of hope until the end, so that you may not be sluggish, but imitators of those who through faith and patience inherit the promises.

We exhorted each one of you and encouraged you and charged you to walk in a manner worthy of God, who calls you into his own kingdom and glory.

All the ways of a man are pure in his own eyes, but the Lord weighs the spirit.

As a father shows compassion to his children, so the Lord shows compassion to those who fear him.

Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds, for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness.

Do nothing from selfish ambition or conceit, but in humility count others more significant than yourselves.

“And whatever you ask in prayer, you will receive, if you have faith.”

All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, equipped for every good work.

Put on then, as God's chosen ones, holy and beloved, compassionate hearts, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience, bearing with one another and, if one has a complaint against another, forgiving each other; as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also must forgive.

For as the body apart from the spirit is dead, so also faith apart from works is dead.

For the whole law is fulfilled in one word: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”

Humble yourselves, therefore, under the mighty hand of God so that at the proper time he may exalt you, casting all your anxieties on him, because he cares for you.

If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God, who gives generously to all without reproach, and it will be given him.

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.

The Lord is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer, my God, my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold and my refuge, my savior; you save me from violence.

Let love be genuine. Abhor what is evil; hold fast to what is good.

Let not your heart envy sinners, but continue in the fear of the Lord all the day. Surely there is a future, and your hope will not be cut off.

Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits, who forgives all your iniquity, who heals all your diseases.