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9Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be frightened, and do not be dismayed, for the LORD your God is with you wherever you go.”
JOB 14 “Man who is born of a woman is few of days and full of trouble.
3Shall windy words have an end?
2“How long will you torment me and break me in pieces with words?
10For a day in your courts is better than a thousand elsewhere. I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God than dwell in the tents of wickedness.
5Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. 6In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths.
23In all toil there is profit, but mere talk tends only to poverty.
29Whoever is slow to anger has great understanding,
30A tranquil [59] heart gives life to the flesh, but envy [60] makes the bones rot.
19The way of a sluggard is like a hedge of thorns, but the path of the upright is a level highway.
humility comes before honor.
15When justice is done, it is a joy to the righteous but terror to evildoers.
25The desire of the sluggard
kills him, for his
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9Do not speak in the hearing of a fool, for he will despise the good sense of your words.
Something to think about.
15My son, if your heart is wise, my heart too will be glad.
2Let another praise you, and not your own mouth; a stranger, and not your own lips.
A fool multiplies words,
Through sloth the roof sinks in, and through indolence the house leaks.
4“Behold, his soul is puffed up; it is not upright within him, but the righteous shall live by his faith. [2] 5“Moreover, wine [3] is a traitor, an arrogant man who is never at rest. [4] His greed is as wide as
Sheol;
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But while he was still a long way off, his father saw him and felt compassion, and ran and embraced him and kissed him.
3For this is the will of God, your sanctification: [11]
16For where jealousy and selfish ambition exist, there will be disorder and every vile practice. 17But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, open to reason, full of mercy and good fruits, impartial and sincere. 18And a harvest of righteousness is sown in peace by those who make peace.
