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Ecclesiastes 7:12

Ecclesiastes 7:12 (NIV)
Wisdom is a shelter as money is a shelter, but the advantage of knowledge is this: Wisdom preserves those who have it.

Proverbs 4:6

Proverbs 4:6 (NIV)
Do not forsake wisdom, and she will protect you; love her, and she will watch over you.

Matthew 6:34

Matthew 6:34 (NIV)
Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.

Hebrews 13:4

Hebrews 13:4 (MSG)
Honor marriage, and guard the sacredness of sexual intimacy between wife and husband. God draws a firm line against casual and illicit sex.

Hebrews 13:15

Hebrews 13:15 (MSG)
Let's take our place outside with Jesus, no longer pouring out the sacrificial blood of animals but pouring out sacrificial praises from our lips to God in Jesus' name.

Psalm 27:14

Psalm 27:14 (NIV)
Wait for the lord; be strong and take heart and wait for the lord.

Matthew 7:12

Matthew 7:12 (MSG)
"Here is a simple, rule-of-thumb guide for behavior: Ask yourself what you want people to do for you, then grab the initiative and do it for them. Add up God's Law and Prophets and this is what you get.

Jeremiah 50:34

Jeremiah 50:34 (MSG)
But the Rescuer is strong: God-of-the-Angel-Armies. Yes, I will take their side, I'll come to their rescue. I'll soothe their land, but rough up the people of Babylon.

Jeremiah 50:33

Jeremiah 50:33 (MSG)
And here's more from God-of-the-Angel-Armies: "The people of Israel are beaten down, the people of Judah along with them. Their oppressors have them in a grip of steel. They won't let go. But the Rescuer is strong: God-of-the-Angel-Armies. Yes, I will take their side, I'll come to their rescue. I'll soothe their land, but rough up the people of Babylon.

Galatians 3:9

Galatians 3:9 (NIV)
So those who rely on faith are blessed along with Abraham, the man of faith.

Proverbs 23:13

Proverbs 23:13 (MSG)
Don't be afraid to correct your young ones; a spanking won't kill them. A good spanking, in fact, might save them from something worse than death.

Ezekiel 33:2

Ezekiel 33:2 (MSG)
"Son of man, speak to your people. Tell them: 'If I bring war on this land and the people take one of their citizens and make him their watchman,

Colossians 1:5

Colossians 1:5 (MSG)
The lines of purpose in your lives never grow slack, tightly tied as they are to your future in heaven, kept taut by hope.

Colossians 1:23

Colossians 1:23 (MSG)
You don't walk away from a gift like that! You stay grounded and steady in that bond of trust, constantly tuned in to the Message, careful not to be distracted or diverted. There is no other Message-just this one. Every creature under heaven gets this same Message. I, Paul, am a messenger of this Message.

Colossians 1:27

Colossians 1:27 (MSG)
God wanted everyone, not just Jews, to know this rich and glorious secret inside and out, regardless of their background, regardless of their religious standing. The mystery in a nutshell is just this: Christ is in you, therefore you can look forward to sharing in God's glory. It's that simple. That is the substance of our Message.

Hebrews 13:1

Hebrews 13:1 (MSG)
Stay on good terms with each other, held together by love. Be ready with a meal or a bed when it's needed. Why, some have extended hospitality to angels without ever knowing it! Regard prisoners as if you were in prison with them. Look on victims of abuse as if what happened to them had happened to you. Honor marriage, and guard the sacredness of sexual intimacy between wife and husband. God draws a firm line against casual and illicit sex.

Psalm 66:20

Psalm 66:20 (MSG)
Blessed be God: he didn't turn a deaf ear, he stayed with me, loyal in his love.

Psalm 66:8

Psalm 66:8 (MSG)
Bless our God, O peoples! Give him a thunderous welcome! Didn't he set us on the road to life? Didn't he keep us out of the ditch? He trained us first, passed us like silver through refining fires, Brought us into hardscrabble country, pushed us to our very limit, Road-tested us inside and out, took us to hell and back; Finally he brought us to this well-watered place.

Philippians 1:3

Philippians 1:3 (MSG)
Every time you cross my mind, I break out in exclamations of thanks to God. Each exclamation is a trigger to prayer. I find myself praying for you with a glad heart. I am so pleased that you have continued on in this with us, believing and proclaiming God's Message, from the day you heard it right up to the present. There has never been the slightest doubt in my mind that the God who started this great work in you would keep at it and bring it to a flourishing finish on the very day Christ Jesus appears.

Ephesians 6:3

Ephesians 6:3 (MSG)
"so you will live well and have a long life."

Ephesians 6:2

Ephesians 6:2 (MSG)
"Honor your father and mother" is the first commandment that has a promise attached to it, namely,

Ecclesiastes 2:26

Ecclesiastes 2:26 (NIV)
To the person who pleases him, God gives wisdom, knowledge and happiness, but to the sinner he gives the task of gathering and storing up wealth to hand it over to the one who pleases God. This too is meaningless, a chasing after the wind.

1 Corinthians 10:12

1 Corinthians 10:12 (MSG)
Don't be so naive and self-confident. You're not exempt. You could fall flat on your face as easily as anyone else. Forget about self-confidence; it's useless. Cultivate God-confidence.

2 Peter 2:19

2 Peter 2:19 (MSG)
They promise these newcomers freedom, but they themselves are slaves of corruption, for if they're addicted to corruption-and they are-they're enslaved.

Colossians 3:2

Colossians 3:2 (MSG)
Don't shuffle along, eyes to the ground, absorbed with the things right in front of you. Look up, and be alert to what is going on around Christ-that's where the action is. See things from his perspective.