Let all bitterness and wrath and anger and clamor and slander be put away from you, along with all malice.

There is none like you among the gods, O Lord, nor are there any works like yours.

And hope does not put us to shame, because God's love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us.

Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God, and whoever loves has been born of God and knows God.

The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me, because the Lord has anointed me to bring good news to the poor; he has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to those who are bound.

O Lord, you have searched me and known me! You know when I sit down and when I rise up; you discern my thoughts from afar.

They will be my people, and I will be their God.

My brothers, show no partiality as you hold the faith in our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory.

Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children. And walk in love, as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us, a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.

I make a decree, that in all my royal dominion people are to tremble and fear before the God of Daniel, for he is the living God, enduring forever; his kingdom shall never be destroyed, and his dominion shall be to the end. He delivers and rescues; he works signs and wonders in heaven and on earth, he who has saved Daniel from the power of the lions.”

Oh, the depth of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgments and how inscrutable his ways!

Because your steadfast love is better than life, my lips will praise you.

Blessed is the man who remains steadfast under trial, for when he has stood the test he will receive the crown of life, which God has promised to those who love him.

Thus says the Lord, your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: “I am the Lord your God, who teaches you to profit, who leads you in the way you should go.”

And because you are sons, God has sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, crying, “Abba! Father!”

“And he said to man, ‘Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom, and to turn away from evil is understanding.’”

He who planted the ear, does he not hear? He who formed the eye, does he not see?

And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose.

"In that day," says the Lord, "I will assemble the lame, I will gather the outcast And those whom I have afflicted; I will make the lame a remnant, And the outcast a strong nation; So the Lord will reign over them in Mount Zion From now on, even forever.

When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have set in place, what is mankind that you are mindful of them, human beings that you care for them?

Therefore, having put away falsehood, let each one of you speak the truth with his neighbor, for we are members one of another.

If your enemy is hungry, give him food to eat; if he is thirsty, give him water to drink. In doing this, you will heap burning coals on his head, and the Lord will reward you.

And you, who were dead in your trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh, God made alive together with him, having forgiven us all our trespasses, by canceling the record of debt that stood against us with its legal demands. This he set aside, nailing it to the cross.

The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom; all those who practice it have a good understanding. His praise endures forever!

Let there be no filthiness nor foolish talk nor crude joking, which are out of place, but instead let there be thanksgiving.

Live as people who are free, not using your freedom as a cover-up for evil, but living as servants of God.

Commit your work to the Lord, and your plans will be established.

For thus says the One who is high and lifted up, who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: “I dwell in the high and holy place, and also with him who is of a contrite and lowly spirit, to revive the spirit of the lowly, and to revive the heart of the contrite.

And when Jesus heard it, he said to them, “Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick. I came not to call the righteous, but sinners.”

Look carefully then how you walk, not as unwise but as wise, making the best use of the time, because the days are evil.