The righteous will flourish like the date palm [long-lived, upright and useful]; They will grow like a cedar in Lebanon [majestic and...

I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will counsel you [who are willing to learn] with My eye upon you. (Psalm...

At the name of Jesus EVERY KNEE SHALL BOW [in submission], of those who are in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and that every...

Loving the Lord your God with all your passion, prayer and intelligence. This kind of love requires a commitment to align our entire...

I am giving you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, so you too are to love one another. By this...

Just as He says in [the writings of the prophet] Hosea: I WILL CALL THOSE WHO WERE NOT MY PEOPLE, ‘MY PEOPLE,’ AND [I will call] HER WHO...

There is a way which seems right to a man and appears straight before him, But its end is the way of death. ( Proverbs 14:12) Enter...

You will show me the path of life; In Your presence is fullness of joy; In Your right hand there are pleasures forevermore. (Psalm 16:11)...

Ascribe to the LORD, O sons of the mighty, Ascribe to the LORD glory and strength. Ascribe to the LORD the glory due His name; Worship...

For just as through one man’s disobedience [his failure to hear, his carelessness] the many were made sinners, so through the obedience...

Now brothers and sisters, let me remind you [once again] of the good news [of salvation] which I preached to you, which you welcomed and...

Do not store up for yourselves [material] treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. But...

Rejoice in the LORD, you righteous ones; Praise is becoming and appropriate for those who are upright [in heart--those with moral...

A soothing tongue [speaking words that build up and encourage] is a tree of life, But a perversive tongue [speaking words that overwhelm...

My little children (believers, dear ones), I am writing you these things so that you will not sin and violate God’s law. And if anyone...

Therefore if there is any encouragement and comfort in Christ [as there certainly is in abundance], if there is any consolation of love,...

But God clearly shows and proves His own love for us, by the fact that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. Therefore, since...

Even though I walk through the [sunless] valley of the shadow of death, I fear no evil, for You are with me; Your rod [to protect] and...

Blessed [fortunate, prosperous, and favored by God] is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked [following their advice and...

Thus says the LORD, “Cursed is the man who trusts in and relies on mankind, Making [weak, faulty human] flesh his strength, And whose...