Topic
Compliments
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Let every one of us please his neighbour for his good to edification.
A lying tongue hateth those that are afflicted by it; and a flattering mouth worketh ruin.
He that rebuketh a man afterwards shall find more favour than he that flattereth with the tongue.
Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain: but a woman that feareth the Lord, she shall be praised.
Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth; a stranger, and not thine own lips.
For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.
And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ’s sake hath forgiven you.
Be not thou envious against evil men, neither desire to be with them. — read the full passage →
For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day.
Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.
But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.
For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.
For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the Lord, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.
Whose adorning let it not be that outward adorning of plaiting the hair, and of wearing of gold, or of putting on of apparel; — read the full passage →
Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children; — read the full passage →
Wherefore comfort yourselves together, and edify one another, even as also ye do.
For neither at any time used we flattering words, as ye know, nor a cloke of covetousness; God is witness:
A man that hath friends must shew himself friendly: and there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.
Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.
Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light.
Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost.
The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: but the word of our God shall stand for ever.
Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.
Know ye that the Lord he is God: it is he that hath made us, and not we ourselves; we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.
And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.
Thou art all fair, my love; there is no spot in thee.
Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.
She is more precious than rubies: and all the things thou canst desire are not to be compared unto her.
All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:
But I trust in the Lord Jesus to send Timotheus shortly unto you, that I also may be of good comfort, when I know your state. — read the full passage →
For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh: — read the full passage →
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: but whosoever will lose his life for my sake, the same shall save it.
The song of songs, which is Solomon’s. — read the full passage →
He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the Lord; and that which he hath given will he pay him again.
Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: the sceptre of thy kingdom is a right sceptre.
So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.
Now I praise you, brethren, that ye remember me in all things, and keep the ordinances, as I delivered them to you.
But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.
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