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Gracious words are a honeycomb,
    sweet to the soul and healing to the bones.

So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen, since what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.

Surely God is my salvation;
I will trust and not be afraid.
The LORD, the LORD himself, is my strength and my defense;
he has become my salvation.

Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man.

See, I am doing a new thing!
    Now it springs up; do you not perceive it?
I am making a way in the wilderness
    and streams in the wasteland.

Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things.

 In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us through wordless groans.

 

Jesus said to them, “Truly I tell you, at the renewal of all things, when the Son of Man sits on his glorious throne, you who have followed me will also sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.

He was despised and rejected by mankind,
    a man of suffering, and familiar with pain.
Like one from whom people hide their faces
    he was despised, and we held him in low esteem.

A man who has friends must himself be friendly,
But there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.

Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,

But the eyes of the Lord are on those who fear him,
    on those whose hope is in his unfailing love,

Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe stands condemned already because they have not believed in the name of God’s one and only Son.

Blessed is the one who does not walk in step with the wicked or stand in the way that sinners take or sit in the company of mockers,

Above all else, guard your heart,
    for everything you do flows from it.

Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.

For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms.

“I the Lord search the heart
    and examine the mind,
to reward each person according to their conduct,
    according to what their deeds deserve.”

But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.

In the same way, let your light shine before others, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven.