(83) For-Truth

“Even so the tongue is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how great a matter a little fire kindleth!” ( James 3:5 )

“For every beast of the forest is mine, and the cattle upon a thousand hills” (Psalm 50:10).

 “Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they?” (Matthew 6:26)

“I will set no wicked thing before mine eyes: I hate the work of them that turn aside; it shall not cleave to me” (Psalm 101:3).

“I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil. They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world. Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth” ( John 17:15–17 )

“Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding” (Proverbs 4:1)

“My son, keep thy father’s commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother” ( Proverbs 6:20 )

“What will ye? shall I come unto you with a rod, or in love, and in the spirit of meekness?” (1 Corinthians 4:21)

“For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts” (Isaiah 55:9)

“And whosoever shall give to drink unto one of these little ones a cup of cold water only in the name of a disciple, verily I say unto you, he shall in no wise lose his reward” (Matthew 10:42)

“Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in honour preferring one another” (Romans 12:10)

“For if the blood of bulls and of goats, and the ashes of an heifer sprinkling the unclean, sanctifieth to the purifying of the flesh: how much more shall the blood of Christ . . . purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God” (Hebrews 9:13–14)?

“Only by pride cometh contention: but with the well advised is wisdom” (Proverbs 13:10)

“Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water” (Hebrews 10:22)

“And the things that thou hast heard of me among many witnesses, the same commit thou to faithful men, who shall be able to teach others also” (2 Timothy 2:2)

“Some men’s sins are open beforehand, going before to judgment; and some men they follow after” (1 Timothy 5:24)

“Wherefore comfort yourselves together, and edify one another, even as also ye do” (1 Thessalonians 5:11)

“And the servant of the Lord must not strive; but be gentle unto all men, apt to teach, patient” (2 Timothy 2:24)

“Dead flies cause the ointment of the apothecary to send forth a stinking savour: so doth a little folly him that is in reputation for wisdom and honour” (Ecclesiastes 10:1).

“Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath” (James 1:19)

“In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth” (Genesis 1:1)

“Hear counsel, and receive instruction, that thou mayest be wise in thy latter end” (Proverbs 19:20)

“Behold, the judge standeth before the door” (James 5:9)

“Therefore thou art inexcusable, O man, whosoever thou art that judgest: for wherein thou judgest another, thou condemnest thyself; for thou that judgest doest the same things” ( Romans 2:1 )

“The liberal soul shall be made fat: and he that watereth shall be watered also himself” (Proverbs 11:25)