I say to you who hear, love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you. Whoever hits you on the cheek, offer him the other also; and whoever takes away your coat, do not withhold your shirt from him either. Give to everyone…
This is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers. (1 John 3:16, NIV). Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God; and everyone who loves is born of God and knows God. The one who…
I want women to adorn themselves with proper clothing, modestly and discreetly, not with braided hair and gold or pearls or costly garments; but rather by means of good works, as befits women making a claim to godliness. (1 Timothy 2:9-10). [You wives], let not your adornment be merely external—braiding the hair, and wearing gold jewelry,…
How blessed is the man who finds wisdom, and the man who gains understanding. For its profit is better than the profit of silver, and its gain than fine gold. She is more precious than jewels; and nothing you desire compares with her. Long life is in her right hand; in her left hand are…
He who makes haste to be rich will not go unpunished...A man with an evil eye hastens after wealth, and does not know that want will come upon him. (Proverbs 28:20,22). The borrower becomes the lender’s slave. (Proverbs 22:7). The wicked borrows and does not pay back. (Psalm 37:21). Better is the poor who walks…
The land of a certain rich man was very productive. And he began reasoning to himself, saying, “What shall I do, since I have no place to store my crops?” And he said, “This is what I will do: I will tear down my barns and build larger ones, and there I will store all…
Do not love the world, nor the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh and the lust of the eyes and the boastful pride of life, is not from the Father, but…
Now when [Hannah] had weaned [Samuel], she took him up with her...and brought him to the house of the LORD in Shiloh, although the child was young...And she said, “...For this boy I prayed, and the LORD has given me my petition which I asked of Him. So I have also dedicated him to the…
Fathers, do not exasperate your children, that they may not lose heart....Do not provoke your children to anger; but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord. (Col 3:21, Eph 6:4). [For] he who spares his rod hates his son, but he who loves him disciplines him diligently....Do not hold back discipline…
He who spares his rod hates his son, but he who loves him disciplines him diligently. (Proverbs 13:24). Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child; the rod of discipline will remove it far from him. (Proverbs 22:15). Discipline your son while there is hope, and do not desire his death. (Proverbs 19:18).…