Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful.

Oh give thanks to the Lord; call upon his name; make known his deeds among the peoples!

The Lord is good, a stronghold in the day of trouble; he knows those who take refuge in him.

The Lord will fulfill his purpose for me; your steadfast love, O Lord, endures forever. Do not forsake the work of your hands.

Therefore do not throw away your confidence, which has a great reward. For you have need of endurance, so that when you have done the will of God you may receive what is promised.

Do not be conformed to this world, 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 perfect.

Who is like you, O Lord, among the gods? Who is like you, majestic in holiness, awesome in glorious deeds, doing wonders?

Fear not, little flock, for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom.

The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, and the knowledge of the Holy One is insight.

Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth.

Have you not known? Have you not heard? The Lord is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He does not faint or grow weary; his understanding is unsearchable.

The one who offers thanksgiving as his sacrifice glorifies me; to one who orders his way rightly I will show the salvation of God!

Better is open rebuke than hidden love. Faithful are the wounds of a friend; profuse are the kisses of an enemy.

“Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord, whose trust is the Lord. He is like a tree planted by water, that sends out its roots by the stream, and does not fear when heat comes, for its leaves remain green, and is not anxious in the year of drought, for it does not cease to bear fruit.”

But whoever drinks of the water that I will give him will never be thirsty again. The water that I will give him will become in him a spring of water welling up to eternal life.

As for you, always be sober-minded, endure suffering, do the work of an evangelist, fulfill your ministry.

I cry out to God Most High, to God who fulfills his purpose for me.

But 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 abuse you.

I will give them one heart and one way, that they may fear me forever, for their own good and the good of their children after them.

I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Wonderful are your works; my soul knows it very well.

Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and will not be afraid; for the Lord God is my strength and my song, and he has become my salvation.

And let us consider how to stir up one another to love and good works, not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another, and all the more as

I cry to you, O Lord; I say, “You are my refuge, my portion in the land of the living.”

For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope.

What is man that you are mindful of him the son of man that you for him? Yet you have made him a little lower than the heavenly beings and crowned him with glory and honor.
 

But let him who boasts boast in this, that he understands and knows me, that I am the Lord who practices steadfast love, justice, and righteousness in the earth.

Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit by itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in me.

For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.

Seek the Lord and his strength; seek his presence continually!

The end of the matter; all has been heard. Fear God and keep his commandments, for this is the whole duty of man.