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Proverbs 30:8–9 ( Listen ) 8    Remove far from me falsehood and lying;     give me neither poverty nor riches;     feed me with the food that is needful for me, 9    lest I be full and deny you     and say, “Who is the LORD?”   or lest I be poor and steal     and profane the name of my God. ( ESV )

Proverbs 5:1–5 ( Listen ) Warning Against Adultery 5:1    My son, be attentive to my wisdom;     incline your ear to my understanding, 2    that you may keep discretion,     and your lips may guard knowledge. 3    For the lips of a forbidden 1 woman drip honey,     and her speech 2 is smoother than oil, 4    but in the end she is bitter as wormwood,     sharp as a two-edged sword. 5    Her feet go...

Proverbs 18:1 ( Listen ) 18:1    Whoever isolates himself seeks his own desire;     he breaks out against all sound judgment. ( ESV ) Proverbs 14:13 ( Listen ) 13    Even in laughter the heart may ache,     and the end of joy may be grief. ( ESV ) Proverbs 17:17 ( Listen ) 17    A friend loves at all times,     and a brother is born for adversity. ( ESV ) Proverbs 18:24 ( Listen ) 24    A man of m...

Proverbs 10:19 ( Listen ) 19    When words are many, transgression is not lacking,     but whoever restrains his lips is prudent. ( ESV ) Proverbs 13:3 ( Listen ) 3    Whoever guards his mouth preserves his life;     he who opens wide his lips comes to ruin. ( ESV ) Proverbs 15:28 ( Listen ) 28    The heart of the righteous ponders how to answer,     but the mouth of the wicked pours out evil thin...

Proverbs 6:6-11, 10:4-5, 10:26, 12:11, 13:4, 15:19, 19:15, 26:13-16, 24:30-34

Proverbs 15:1 ( Listen ) 15:1    A soft answer turns away wrath,     but a harsh word stirs up anger. ( ESV ) Proverbs 15:28 ( Listen ) 28    The heart of the righteous ponders how to answer,     but the mouth of the wicked pours out evil things. ( ESV ) Proverbs 17:14 ( Listen ) 14    The beginning of strife is like letting out water,     so quit before the quarrel breaks out. ( ESV ) Proverbs 14...

Proverbs 12:25 ( Listen ) 25    Anxiety in a man’s heart weighs him down,     but a good word makes him glad. ( ESV )

Proverbs 1:1–7 ( Listen ) The Beginning of Knowledge 1:1  The proverbs of Solomon, son of David, king of Israel: 2    To know wisdom and instruction,     to understand words of insight, 3    to receive instruction in wise dealing,     in righteousness, justice, and equity; 4    to give prudence to the simple,     knowledge and discretion to the youth— 5    Let the wise hear and increase in learnin...

Romans 16 ( Listen ) Personal Greetings 16:1  I commend to you our sister Phoebe, a servant 1 of the church at Cenchreae, 2  that you may welcome her in the Lord in a way worthy of the saints, and help her in whatever she may need from you, for she has been a patron of many and of myself as well. 3  Greet Prisca and Aquila, my fellow workers in Christ Jesus, 4  who risked their necks for my life,...

Romans 15:14–32 ( Listen ) Paul the Minister to the Gentiles 14  I myself am satisfied about you, my brothers, 1 that you yourselves are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge and able to instruct one another. 15  But on some points I have written to you very boldly by way of reminder, because of the grace given me by God 16  to be a minister of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles in the priestly se...

Romans 15:1–13 ( Listen ) The Example of Christ 15:1  We who are strong have an obligation to bear with the failings of the weak, and not to please ourselves. 2  Let each of us please his neighbor for his good, to build him up. 3  For Christ did not please himself, but as it is written, “The reproaches of those who reproached you fell on me.” 4  For whatever was written in former days was written...

Romans 14 ( Listen ) Do Not Pass Judgment on One Another 14:1  As for the one who is weak in faith, welcome him, but not to quarrel over opinions. 2  One person believes he may eat anything, while the weak person eats only vegetables. 3  Let not the one who eats despise the one who abstains, and let not the one who abstains pass judgment on the one who eats, for God has welcomed him. 4  Who are yo...

Romans 13:8–14 ( Listen ) Fulfilling the Law Through Love 8  Owe no one anything, except to love each other, for the one who loves another has fulfilled the law. 9  For the commandments, “You shall not commit adultery, You shall not murder, You shall not steal, You shall not covet,” and any other commandment, are summed up in this word: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” 10  Love does no...

Romans 12:18–13:7 ( Listen ) 18  If possible, so far as it depends on you, live peaceably with all. 19  Beloved, never avenge yourselves, but leave it 1 to the wrath of God, for it is written, “Vengeance is mine, I will repay, says the Lord.” 20  To the contrary, “if your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him something to drink; for by so doing you will heap burning coals on his he...

Romans 12:9–21 ( Listen ) Marks of the True Christian 9  Let love be genuine. Abhor what is evil; hold fast to what is good. 10  Love one another with brotherly affection. Outdo one another in showing honor. 11  Do not be slothful in zeal, be fervent in spirit, 1 serve the Lord. 12  Rejoice in hope, be patient in tribulation, be constant in prayer. 13  Contribute to the needs of the saints and see...

Luke 24:13–35 ( Listen ) On the Road to Emmaus 13  That very day two of them were going to a village named Emmaus, about seven miles 1 from Jerusalem, 14  and they were talking with each other about all these things that had happened. 15  While they were talking and discussing together, Jesus himself drew near and went with them. 16  But their eyes were kept from recognizing him. 17  And he said t...

Romans 12:3–8 ( Listen ) Gifts of Grace 3  For by the grace given to me I say to everyone among you not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think, but to think with sober judgment, each according to the measure of faith that God has assigned. 4  For as in one body we have many members, 1 and the members do not all have the same function, 5  so we, though many, are one body in Christ,...

Romans 12:1–2 ( Listen ) A Living Sacrifice 12:1  I appeal to you therefore, brothers, 1 by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship. 2 2  Do not be conformed to this world, 3 but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and pe...

Romans 11:1–12 ( Listen ) The Remnant of Israel 11:1  I ask, then, has God rejected his people? By no means! For I myself am an Israelite, a descendant of Abraham, 1 a member of the tribe of Benjamin. 2  God has not rejected his people whom he foreknew. Do you not know what the Scripture says of Elijah, how he appeals to God against Israel? 3  “Lord, they have killed your prophets, they have demol...

Romans 10:13–21 ( Listen ) 13  For “everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.” 14  How then will they call on him in whom they have not believed? And how are they to believe in him of whom they have never heard? 1 And how are they to hear without someone preaching? 15  And how are they to preach unless they are sent? As it is written, “How beautiful are the feet of those who preach...

Romans 9:30–10:13 ( Listen ) Israel’s Unbelief 30  What shall we say, then? That Gentiles who did not pursue righteousness have attained it, that is, a righteousness that is by faith; 31  but that Israel who pursued a law that would lead to righteousness 1 did not succeed in reaching that law. 32  Why? Because they did not pursue it by faith, but as if it were based on works. They have stumbled ov...

Psalm 51 ( Listen ) Create in Me a Clean Heart, O God To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David, when Nathan the prophet went to him, after he had gone in to Bathsheba. 51:1    Have mercy on me, 1 O God,     according to your steadfast love;   according to your abundant mercy     blot out my transgressions. 2    Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity,     and cleanse me from my sin! 3    For I know my tra...

Romans 9:16–29 ( Listen ) 16  So then it depends not on human will or exertion, 1 but on God, who has mercy. 17  For the Scripture says to Pharaoh, “For this very purpose I have raised you up, that I might show my power in you, and that my name might be proclaimed in all the earth.” 18  So then he has mercy on whomever he wills, and he hardens whomever he wills. 19  You will say to me then, “Why d...

Romans 9:1–13 ( Listen ) God’s Sovereign Choice 9:1 I am speaking the truth in Christ—I am not lying; my conscience bears me witness in the Holy Spirit— 2 that I have great sorrow and unceasing anguish in my heart. 3 For I could wish that I myself were accursed and cut off from Christ for the sake of my brothers, 1 my kinsmen according to the flesh. 4 They are Israelites, and to them belong the ad...

Romans 8:31–39 ( Listen ) God’s Everlasting Love 31  What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be 1 against us? 32  He who did not spare his own Son but gave him up for us all, how will he not also with him graciously give us all things? 33  Who shall bring any charge against God’s elect? It is God who justifies. 34  Who is to condemn? Christ Jesus is the one who died—more...