When pride comes, then comes disgrace, but with humility comes wisdom.
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Proverbs 11:2
Trust in the Lord with all your heart,
And lean not on your own understanding,
In all your ways submit to him,
And he will make your paths straight.
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Proverbs 3:5-6
But they set an ambush for themselves; they attack their own lives. Such are the paths of all who profit dishonestly; it takes the lives of those who receive it.
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Proverbs 1:18
Put God in charge of your work, then what you’ve planned will take place.
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Proverbs 16:3 MSG
You will know the truth and the truth will set you free.
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John 8:32
Surely, the practice of extortion turns a wise person into a fool, and a bribe destroys the mind.
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Ecclesiastes 7:7
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 and sisters.
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1 John 3:16
If anyone wants to come with Me, he must deny himself take up his cross, and follow Me. For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life because of Me will find it.
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Matthew 16:25
Better a poor man who lives with integrity than someone who has deceitful lips and is a fool.
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Proverbs 19:1
Bless your enemies; no cursing under your breath. Laugh with your happy friends when they’re happy, share tears when they’re down. Get along with each other; don’t be stuck-up. Make friends with nobodies; don’t be the great somebody.
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Romans 12:15 MSG
So let God work his will in you. Yell a loud no to the Devil and watch him scamper. Say a quiet yes to God and he’ll be there in no time. Quit dabbling in sin. Purify your inner life. Quit playing the field. Hit bottom, and cry your eyes out. The fun and games are over. Get serious, really serious. Get down on your knees before the Master; it’s the only way you’ll get on your feet.
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James 4:9 MSG
Take a good look, friends, at who you were when you got called into this life. I don’t see many of “the brightest and the best” among you, not many influential, not many from high-society families. Isn’t it obvious that God deliberately chose men and women that the culture overlooks and exploits and abuses, chose these “nobodies” to expose the hollow pretensions of the “somebodies”? That makes it quite clear that none of you can get by with blowing your own horn before God. Everything that we have—right thinking and right living, a clean slate and a fresh start—comes from God by way of Jesus Christ. That’s why we have the saying, “If you’re going to blow a horn, blow a trumpet for God.
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1 Corinthians 1:28 MSG
Those who pay regard to vain idols forsake their hope in steadfast love.
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Jonah 2:8
For it is God’s will that by doing good you should silence the ignorant talk of foolish people.
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1 Peter 2:15
Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.
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1 Corinthians 13:4-7
You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies, you anoint my head with oil, my cup overflows.
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Psalm 23:5
If you love me you will keep my commandments.
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John 14:15
Pure and undefiled religion before our God and Father is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself unstained by the world.
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James 1:27
If you disregard this advice, you’re not offending your neighbors; you’re rejecting God, who is making you a gift of his Holy Spirit
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1 Thessalonians 4:8 MSG
Be prepared. You’re up against far more than you can handle on your own. Take all the help you can get, every weapon God has issued, so that when it’s all over but the shouting you’ll still be on your feet. Truth, righteousness, peace, faith, and salvation are more than words. Learn how to apply them. You’ll need them throughout your life. God’s Word is an indispensable weapon. In the same way, prayer is essential in this ongoing warfare. Pray hard and long. Pray for your brothers and sisters. Keep your eyes open. Keep each other’s spirits up so that no one falls behind or drops out.
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Ephesians 6:13-18