Christopher Krause

Proverbs 1:8

Proverbs 1:8 (MSG)
Pay close attention, friend, to what your father tells you; never forget what you learned at your mother's knee. Wear their counsel like flowers in your hair, like rings on your fingers. Dear friend, if bad companions tempt you, don't go along with them. If they say—"Let's go out and raise some hell. Let's beat up some old man, mug some old woman. Let's pick them clean and get them ready for their funerals. We'll load up on top-quality loot. We'll haul it home by the truckload. Join us for the time of your life! With us, it's share and share alike!"— Oh, friend, don't give them a second look; don't listen to them for a minute. They're racing to a very bad end, hurrying to ruin everything they lay hands on. Nobody robs a bank with everyone watching, Yet that's what these people are doing— they're doing themselves in. When you grab all you can get, that's what happens: the more you get, the less you are.

Proverbs 24:28

Proverbs 24:28 (MSG)
Don't talk about your neighbors behind their backs— no slander or gossip, please. Don't say to anyone, "I'll get back at you for what you did to me. I'll make you pay for what you did!"

Proverbs 24:26

Proverbs 24:26 (MSG)
An honest answer is like a warm hug.

Proverbs 24:10

Proverbs 24:10 (MSG)
24 If you fall to pieces in a crisis, there wasn't much to you in the first place.

Proverbs 23:29-35

Proverbs 23:29-35 (MSG)
Who are the people who are always crying the blues? Who do you know who reeks of self-pity? Who keeps getting beat up for no reason at all? Whose eyes are bleary and bloodshot? It's those who spend the night with a bottle, for whom drinking is serious business. Don't judge wine by its label, or its bouquet, or its full-bodied flavor. Judge it rather by the hangover it leaves you with— the splitting headache, the queasy stomach. Do you really prefer seeing double, with your speech all slurred, Reeling and seasick, drunk as a sailor? "They hit me," you'll say, "but it didn't hurt; they beat on me, but I didn't feel a thing. When I'm sober enough to manage it, bring me another drink!"

Proverbs 23:27-28

Proverbs 23:27-28 (MSG)
A whore is a bottomless pit; a loose woman can get you in deep trouble fast. She'll take you for all you've got; she's worse than a pack of thieves.

Proverbs 23:20-21

Proverbs 23:20-21 (MSG)
Don't drink too much wine and get drunk; don't eat too much food and get fat.

Proverbs 23:13-14

Proverbs 23:13-14 (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.

Proverbs 22:14

Proverbs 22:14 (MSG)
The mouth of a whore is a bottomless pit; you'll fall in that pit if you're on the outs with God.

Proverbs 22:7

Proverbs 22:7 (MSG)
The poor are always ruled over by the rich, so don't borrow and put yourself under their power.

Proverbs 21:27

Proverbs 21:27 (MSG)
Religious performance by the wicked stinks; it's even worse when they use it to get ahead.

Proverbs 21:25

Proverbs 21:25 (MSG)
Lazy people finally die of hunger because they won't get up and go to work.

Proverbs 21:26

Proverbs 21:26 (MSG)
Sinners are always wanting what they don't have; the God-loyal are always giving what they do have.

Proverbs 21:23

Proverbs 21:23 (MSG)
Watch your words and hold your tongue; you'll save yourself a lot of grief.

Proverbs 21:19

Proverbs 21:19 (MSG)
Better to live in a tent in the wild than with a cross and petulant spouse.

Proverbs 21:18

Proverbs 21:18 (MSG)
What a bad person plots against the good, boomerangs; the plotter gets it in the end.

Proverbs 21:17

Proverbs 21:17 (MSG)
You're addicted to thrills? What an empty life! The pursuit of pleasure is never satisfied.

Proverbs 21:11

Proverbs 21:11 (MSG)
Simpletons only learn the hard way, but the wise learn by listening.

Proverbs 21:9

Proverbs 21:9 (MSG)
Better to live alone in a tumbledown shack than share a mansion with a nagging spouse.

Matthew 10:41

Matthew 10:41 (MSG)
Accepting a messenger of God is as good as being God's messenger. Accepting someone's help is as good as giving someone help. This is a large work I've called you into, but don't be overwhelmed by it. It's best to start small.

Matthew 10:39

Matthew 10:39 (MSG)
If your first concern is to look after yourself, you'll never find yourself. But if you forget about yourself and look to me, you'll find both yourself and me.

Matthew 10:22

Matthew 10:22 (MSG)
There is a great irony here: proclaiming so much love, experiencing so much hate! But don't quit. Don't cave in. It is all well worth it in the end.

Matthew 9:12-13

Matthew 9:12-13 (MSG)
Jesus, overhearing, shot back, "Who needs a doctor: the healthy or the sick? Go figure out what this Scripture means: 'I'm after mercy, not religion.' I'm here to invite outsiders, not coddle insiders."

Matthew 8:34

Matthew 8:34 (MSG)
Those who heard about it were angry about the drowned pigs. A mob formed and demanded that Jesus get out and not come back.

Matthew 6:31

Matthew 6:31 (MSG)
What I'm trying to do here is to get you to relax, to not be so preoccupied with getting, so you can respond to God's giving.