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Proverbs 23:19

Proverbs 23:19 (MSG)
Oh listen, dear child—become wise; point your life in the right direction. Don't drink too much wine and get drunk; don't eat too much food and get fat. Drunks and gluttons will end up on skid row, in a stupor and dressed in rags.

Proverbs 18:20-21

Proverbs 18:20-21 (MSG)
Words satisfy the mind as much as fruit does the stomach; good talk is as gratifying as a good harvest.

Proverbs 18:22

Proverbs 18:22 (MSG)
Find a good spouse, you find a good life— and even more: the favor of god!

Proverbs 18:22

Proverbs 18:22 (MSG)
Find a good spouse, you find a good life— and even more: the favor of god!

Proverbs 18:9-10, Proverbs 18:15, Proverbs 18:20-22, Proverbs 18:24

Proverbs 18:9-10 (MSG)
Slack habits and sloppy work are as bad as vandalism.

Proverbs 18:15 (MSG)
Wise men and women are always learning, always listening for fresh insights.

Proverbs 18:20-22 (MSG)
Words satisfy the mind as much as fruit does the stomach; good talk is as gratifying as a good harvest.

Proverbs 18:24 (MSG)
Friends come and friends go, but a true friend sticks by you like family.

Psalm 128:2-3

Psalm 128:2-3 (MSG)
You worked hard and deserve all you've got coming. Enjoy the blessing! Revel in the goodness!

Psalm 128:2

Psalm 128:2 (MSG)
You worked hard and deserve all you've got coming. Enjoy the blessing! Revel in the goodness!

Psalm 127:3-4

Psalm 127:3-4 (MSG)
Don't you see that children are god's best gift? the fruit of the womb his generous legacy? Like a warrior's fistful of arrows are the children of a vigorous youth. Oh, how blessed are you parents, with your quivers full of children! Your enemies don't stand a chance against you; you'll sweep them right off your doorstep.

Psalm 37:5-6, Psalm 37:13, Psalm 37:22, Psalm 37:26

Psalm 37:5-6 (MSG)
Open up before god, keep nothing back; he'll do whatever needs to be done: He'll validate your life in the clear light of day and stamp you with approval at high noon.

Psalm 37:13 (MSG)
But God isn't losing any sleep; to him they're a joke with no punch line.

Psalm 37:22 (MSG)
Generous gets it all in the end; Stingy is cut off at the pass.

Psalm 37:26 (MSG)
Every day he's out giving and lending, his children making him proud.

judge in the courtroom

Psalm 7:8 (MSG)
Take your place on the bench, reach for your gavel, throw out the false charges against me. I'm ready, confident in your verdict: "Innocent."

debt n procrastination

Proverbs 6:3-4 (MSG)
Friend, don't waste a minute, get yourself out of that mess. You're in that man's clutches! Go, put on a long face; act desperate.

Proverbs 6:10 (MSG)
A nap here, a nap there, a day off here, a day off there, sit back, take it easy-do you know what comes next?

Psalm 126:3

Psalm 126:3 (MSG)
God was wonderful to us; we are one happy people.

Psalm 96:6, Psalm 96:10

Psalm 96:6 (MSG)
god made the heavens— Royal splendor radiates from him, A powerful beauty sets him apart.

Psalm 96:10 (MSG)
Get out the message—God Rules! He put the world on a firm foundation; He treats everyone fair and square.

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.

Romans 1:20

Romans 1:20 (MSG)
By taking a long and thoughtful look at what God has created, people have always been able to see what their eyes as such can't see: eternal power, for instance, and the mystery of his divine being. So nobody has a good excuse.

Psalm 36:5-6, Psalm 36:10

Psalm 36:5-6 (MSG)
God's love is meteoric, his loyalty astronomic, His purpose titanic, his verdicts oceanic. Yet in his largeness nothing gets lost; Not a man, not a mouse, slips through the cracks.

Psalm 36:10 (MSG)
Keep on loving your friends; do your work in welcoming hearts. Don't let the bullies kick me around, the moral midgets slap me down. Send the upstarts sprawling flat on their faces in the mud.

Romans 12:9-12

Romans 12:9-12 (MSG)
Love from the center of who you are; don't fake it. Run for dear life from evil; hold on for dear life to good. Be good friends who love deeply; practice playing second fiddle.

Proverbs 5:17-19

Proverbs 5:17-19 (MSG)
Your spring water is for you and you only, not to be passed around among strangers. Bless your fresh-flowing fountain! Enjoy the wife you married as a young man! Lovely as an angel, beautiful as a rose— don't ever quit taking delight in her body. Never take her love for granted! Why would you trade enduring intimacies for cheap thrills with a whore? for dalliance with a promiscuous stranger?

Psalm 65:1, Psalm 65:4

Psalm 65:1 (MSG)
Silence is praise to you, Zion-dwelling God, And also obedience. You hear the prayer in it all.

Psalm 65:4 (MSG)
Blessed are the chosen! Blessed the guest at home in your place! We expect our fill of good things in your house, your heavenly manse.

Psalm 35:4, Psalm 35:9-10, Psalm 35:18, Psalm 35:27-28

Psalm 35:4 (MSG)
When those thugs try to knife me in the back, make them look foolish. Frustrate all those who are plotting my downfall. Make them like cinders in a high wind, with god's angel working the bellows. Make their road lightless and mud-slick, with god's angel on their tails. Out of sheer cussedness they set a trap to catch me; for no good reason they dug a ditch to stop me. Surprise them with your ambush— catch them in the very trap they set, the disaster they planned for me.

Psalm 35:9-10 (MSG)
But let me run loose and free, celebrating god's great work, Every bone in my body laughing, singing, "God, there's no one like you. You put the down-and-out on their feet and protect the unprotected from bullies!"

Psalm 35:18 (MSG)
I will give you full credit when everyone gathers for worship; When the people turn out in force I will say my Hallelujahs.

Psalm 35:27-28 (MSG)
But those who want the best for me, Let them have the last word—a glad shout!— and say, over and over and over, "god is great—everything works together for good for his servant." I'll tell the world how great and good you are, I'll shout Hallelujah all day, every day.

Psalm 5:3, Psalm 5:7-8, Psalm 5:11

Psalm 5:3 (MSG)
Every morning you'll hear me at it again. Every morning I lay out the pieces of my life on your altar and watch for fire to descend.

Psalm 5:7-8 (MSG)
And here I am, your invited guest— it's incredible! I enter your house; here I am, prostrate in your inner sanctum, Waiting for directions to get me safely through enemy lines.

Psalm 5:11 (MSG)
But you'll welcome us with open arms when we run for cover to you. Let the party last all night! Stand guard over our celebration. You are famous, God, for welcoming God-seekers, for decking us out in delight.

1 Corinthians 10:13

1 Corinthians 10:13 (MSG)
No test or temptation that comes your way is beyond the course of what others have had to face. All you need to remember is that God will never let you down; he'll never let you be pushed past your limit; he'll always be there to help you come through it.

Matthew 26:41

Matthew 26:41 (MSG)
Stay alert; be in prayer so you don't wander into temptation without even knowing you're in danger. There is a part of you that is eager, ready for anything in God. But there's another part that's as lazy as an old dog sleeping by the fire."

Psalm 34:2-3, Psalm 34:9, Psalm 34:13-14, Psalm 34:18, Psalm 34:20, Psalm 34:22

Psalm 34:2-3 (MSG)
I live and breathe god; if things aren't going well, hear this and be happy:

Psalm 34:9 (MSG)
Worship god if you want the best; worship opens doors to all his goodness.

Psalm 34:13-14 (MSG)
Guard your tongue from profanity, and no more lying through your teeth.

Psalm 34:18 (MSG)
If your heart is broken, you'll find god right there; if you're kicked in the gut, he'll help you catch your breath.

Psalm 34:20 (MSG)
He's your bodyguard, shielding every bone; not even a finger gets broken.

Psalm 34:22 (MSG)
god pays for each slave's freedom; no one who runs to him loses out.

Psalm 4:4-5, Psalm 4:8

Psalm 4:4-5 (MSG)
Complain if you must, but don't lash out. Keep your mouth shut, and let your heart do the talking. Build your case before God and wait for his verdict.

Psalm 4:8 (MSG)
Than they get in all their shopping sprees. At day's end I'm ready for sound sleep, For you, God, have put my life back together.