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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.

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, — read the full passage →

No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.

He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the Lord require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?

And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.

Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.

Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity, than he that is perverse in his lips, and is a fool.

Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. — read the full passage →

Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering; — read the full passage →

But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves. — read the full passage →

And as ye would that men should do to you, do ye also to them likewise.

Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal: — read the full passage →

For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.

For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.

And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge; — read the full passage →

A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches, and loving favour rather than silver and gold.

Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone.

Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, — read the full passage →

Lord, who shall abide in thy tabernacle? who shall dwell in thy holy hill? — read the full passage →

Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.

Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets.

I have shewed you all things, how that so labouring ye ought to support the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he said, It is more blessed to give than to receive.

All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: — read the full passage →

Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.

And if it seem evil unto you to serve the Lord, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.

But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be intreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.

A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another. — read the full passage →

He that walketh uprightly walketh surely: but he that perverteth his ways shall be known.

If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God. — read the full passage →

What doth it profit, my brethren, though a man say he hath faith, and have not works? can faith save him? — read the full passage →

Lying lips are abomination to the Lord: but they that deal truly are his delight.

And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge; — read the full passage →

Pray for us: for we trust we have a good conscience, in all things willing to live honestly.

For if ye love them which love you, what thank have ye? for sinners also love those that love them. — read the full passage →

Having your conversation honest among the Gentiles: that, whereas they speak against you as evildoers, they may by your good works, which they shall behold, glorify God in the day of visitation.

For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.

Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God.

This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success.

In all things shewing thyself a pattern of good works: in doctrine shewing uncorruptness, gravity, sincerity, — read the full passage →

And when ye stand praying, forgive, if ye have ought against any: that your Father also which is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses.

Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. — read the full passage →

Judge not, that ye be not judged. — read the full passage →

Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap. — read the full passage →

Either what woman having ten pieces of silver, if she lose one piece, doth not light a candle, and sweep the house, and seek diligently till she find it?

Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath: — read the full passage →

Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal. — read the full passage →

Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. — read the full passage →

Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they?

If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God.

And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ’s sake hath forgiven you.

No servant can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.

We love him, because he first loved us.

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 if any provide not for his own, and specially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel.

Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering;

Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God.

But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.

But even the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not therefore: ye are of more value than many sparrows.

For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?

For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast covered me in my mother’s womb. — read the full passage →

And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might.

Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.

From whence come wars and fightings among you? come they not hence, even of your lusts that war in your members?

Let no man despise thy youth; but be thou an example of the believers, in word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit, in faith, in purity.

Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry: — read the full passage →

Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.

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.

And he said unto them, Take heed, and beware of covetousness: for a man’s life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth.

But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.

A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish man despiseth his mother.

Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth understanding. — read the full passage →

And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.

Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right. — read the full passage →

For this ye know, that no whoremonger, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, hath any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God.

Take heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be seen of them: otherwise ye have no reward of your Father which is in heaven. — read the full passage →

Give to him that asketh thee, and from him that would borrow of thee turn not thou away.

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.

She openeth her mouth with wisdom; and in her tongue is the law of kindness.

Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies.

Buy the truth, and sell it not; also wisdom, and instruction, and understanding.

How much better is it to get wisdom than gold! and to get understanding rather to be chosen than silver!

He that is greedy of gain troubleth his own house; but he that hateth gifts shall live.

My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother:

The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel; — read the full passage →

Lo, children are an heritage of the Lord: and the fruit of the womb is his reward. — read the full passage →

Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers; — read the full passage →

But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves. — read the full passage →

For bodily exercise profiteth little: but godliness is profitable unto all things, having promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come.

And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity.

A devout man, and one that feared God with all his house, which gave much alms to the people, and prayed to God alway.

Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.

But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name:

And the second is like, namely this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these.

And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this is the first commandment. — read the full passage →

Fear ye not therefore, ye are of more value than many sparrows.

And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. — read the full passage →

Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye.

Henceforth I call you not servants; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I have called you friends; for all things that I have heard of my Father I have made known unto you.

Strength and honour are her clothing; and she shall rejoice in time to come.

For the froward is abomination to the Lord: but his secret is with the righteous.