Proverbs 27:23-27

Proverbs 27:23-27 (MSG)
Know your sheep by name; carefully attend to your flocks; (Don't take them for granted; possessions don't last forever, you know.) And then, when the crops are in and the harvest is stored in the barns, You can knit sweaters from lambs' wool, and sell your goats for a profit; There will be plenty of milk and meat to last your family through the winter.

Proverbs 27:6

Proverbs 27:6 (MSG)
The wounds from a lover are worth it; kisses from an enemy do you in.

Philippians 4:6-7

Philippians 4:6-7 (MSG)
Don't fret or worry. Instead of worrying, pray. Let petitions and praises shape your worries into prayers, letting God know your concerns. Before you know it, a sense of God's wholeness, everything coming together for good, will come and settle you down. It's wonderful what happens when Christ displaces worry at the center of your life.

2 Kings 2:23-25

2 Kings 2:23-25 (MSG)
Another time, Elisha was on his way to Bethel and some little kids came out from the town and taunted him, "What's up, old baldhead! Out of our way, skinhead!"

Philippians 4:4-7

Philippians 4:4-7 (MSG)
Celebrate God all day, every day. I mean, revel in him! Make it as clear as you can to all you meet that you're on their side, working with them and not against them. Help them see that the Master is about to arrive. He could show up any minute!

Philippians 4:4-7

Philippians 4:4-7 (NLT)
Always be full of joy in the Lord. I say it again—rejoice!

Philippians 4:4-7

Philippians 4:4-7 (HCSB)
Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice!

Philippians 4:4-6

Philippians 4:4-6 (NLT)
Always be full of joy in the Lord. I say it again—rejoice!

Philippians 4:6-7

Philippians 4:6-7 (MSG)
Don't fret or worry. Instead of worrying, pray. Let petitions and praises shape your worries into prayers, letting God know your concerns. Before you know it, a sense of God's wholeness, everything coming together for good, will come and settle you down. It's wonderful what happens when Christ displaces worry at the center of your life.

Philippians 2:13

Philippians 2:13 (NIV)
for it is God who works in you to will and to act in order to fulfill his good purpose.

1 Corinthians 6:16-20

1 Corinthians 6:16-20 (MSG)
There's more to sex than mere skin on skin. Sex is as much spiritual mystery as physical fact. As written in Scripture, "The two become one." Since we want to become spiritually one with the Master, we must not pursue the kind of sex that avoids commitment and intimacy, leaving us more lonely than ever—the kind of sex that can never "become one." There is a sense in which sexual sins are different from all others. In sexual sin we violate the sacredness of our own bodies, these bodies that were made for God-given and God-modeled love, for "becoming one" with another. Or didn't you realize that your body is a sacred place, the place of the Holy Spirit? Don't you see that you can't live however you please, squandering what God paid such a high price for? The physical part of you is not some piece of property belonging to the spiritual part of you. God owns the whole works. So let people see God in and through your body.

Ecclesiastes 11:9

Ecclesiastes 11:9 (MSG)
You who are young, make the most of your youth. Relish your youthful vigor. Follow the impulses of your heart. If something looks good to you, pursue it. But know also that not just anything goes; You have to answer to God for every last bit of it.

Ecclesiastes 11:2

Ecclesiastes 11:2 (MSG)
Don't hoard your goods; spread them around. Be a blessing to others. This could be your last night.

Ecclesiastes 10:2

Ecclesiastes 10:2 (MSG)
Wise thinking leads to right living; Stupid thinking leads to wrong living.

Ecclesiastes 6:11-12

Ecclesiastes 6:11-12 (MSG)
The more words that are spoken, the more smoke there is in the air. And who is any better off? And who knows what's best for us as we live out our meager smoke-and-shadow lives? And who can tell any of us the next chapter of our lives?

Ecclesiastes 6:10

Ecclesiastes 6:10 (MSG)
Whatever happens, happens. Its destiny is fixed. You can't argue with fate.

Proverbs 30:7-9

Proverbs 30:7-9 (MSG)
And then he prayed, "God, I'm asking for two things before I die; don't refuse me— Banish lies from my lips and liars from my presence. Give me enough food to live on, neither too much nor too little. If I'm too full, I might get independent, saying, 'God? Who needs him?' If I'm poor, I might steal and dishonor the name of my God."

Proverbs 29:21

Proverbs 29:21 (MSG)
If you let people treat you like a doormat, you'll be quite forgotten in the end.

Proverbs 29:18

Proverbs 29:18 (MSG)
If people can't see what God is doing, they stumble all over themselves; But when they attend to what he reveals, they are most blessed.

Proverbs 29:9

Proverbs 29:9 (MSG)
A sage trying to work things out with a fool gets only scorn and sarcasm for his trouble.

Proverbs 27:6

Proverbs 27:6 (MSG)
The wounds from a lover are worth it; kisses from an enemy do you in.

Proverbs 27:1-2

Proverbs 27:1-2 (MSG)
Don't brashly announce what you're going to do tomorrow; you don't know the first thing about tomorrow.

Proverbs 25:26

Proverbs 25:26 (MSG)
A good person who gives in to a bad person is a muddied spring, a polluted well.

Proverbs 25:21-22

Proverbs 25:21-22 (MSG)
If you see your enemy hungry, go buy him lunch; if he's thirsty, bring him a drink. Your generosity will surprise him with goodness, and god will look after you.

Proverbs 25:15

Proverbs 25:15 (MSG)
Patient persistence pierces through indifference; gentle speech breaks down rigid defenses.