Wise Decisions

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

The way of a fool is right in his own eyes: but he that hearkeneth unto counsel is wise.

If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.

A wise man will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels:

A man’s heart deviseth his way: but the Lord directeth his steps.

Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.

Without counsel purposes are disappointed: but in the multitude of counsellors they are established.

Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and hope to the end for the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ; — read the full passage →

Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:

My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee; — read the full passage →

Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the Lord thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest.

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.

Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.

But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed. — 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.

Where no counsel is, the people fall: but in the multitude of counsellors there is safety.

Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished: but he that gathereth by labour shall increase.

For the Lord giveth wisdom: out of his mouth cometh knowledge and understanding.

Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? by taking heed thereto according to thy word.

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.

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.

Blessed are the undefiled in the way, who walk in the law of the Lord.

Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.

He that walketh with wise men shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed.

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

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.

Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that entereth not by the door into the sheepfold, but climbeth up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber. — read the full passage →

Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.

What man is he that feareth the Lord? him shall he teach in the way that he shall choose.

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.

The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John: — read the full passage →

I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.

A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself: but the simple pass on, and are punished.

Whoso findeth a wife findeth a good thing, and obtaineth favour of the Lord.

The statutes of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart: the commandment of the Lord is pure, enlightening the eyes.

Seek the Lord and his strength, seek his face continually.

Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

And whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by him.

And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.

The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.

Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.

Rest in the Lord, and wait patiently for him: fret not thyself because of him who prospereth in his way, because of the man who bringeth wicked devices to pass.

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.

Then Joseph could not refrain himself before all them that stood by him; and he cried, Cause every man to go out from me. And there stood no man with him, while Joseph made himself known unto his brethren. — read the full passage →

Hear counsel, and receive instruction, that thou mayest be wise in thy latter end.

But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.

All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:

Pray without ceasing.

There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.

With the ancient is wisdom; and in length of days understanding.

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. — read the full passage →

Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools, — read the full passage →

The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.

I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live:

For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he: Eat and drink, saith he to thee; but his heart is not with thee.

Forsake her not, and she shall preserve thee: love her, and she shall keep thee. — read the full passage →

And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea. — read the full passage →

For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin.

What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own? — read the full passage →

Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men; and the weakness of God is stronger than men.

How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and with power: who went about doing good, and healing all that were oppressed of the devil; for God was with him.

For God giveth to a man that is good in his sight wisdom, and knowledge, and joy: but to the sinner he giveth travail, to gather and to heap up, that he may give to him that is good before God. This also is vanity and vexation of spirit.

Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth understanding.

I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live: — read the full passage →

I say therefore to the unmarried and widows, It is good for them if they abide even as I.

But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who of God is made unto us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption:

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.

He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance with increase: this is also vanity.

Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding.

Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding. — read the full passage →

My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee; — read the full passage →

Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me.

And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us:

For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.

Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? for riches certainly make themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle toward heaven.

The lot is cast into the lap; but the whole disposing thereof is of the Lord.

Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature: — read the full passage →

Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, to the saints which are at Ephesus, and to the faithful in Christ Jesus: — read the full passage →

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.

All that the Father giveth me shall come to me; and him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out. — read the full passage →

And when he had called unto him his twelve disciples, he gave them power against unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal all manner of sickness and all manner of disease. — read the full passage →

Do they not err that devise evil? but mercy and truth shall be to them that devise good. — read the full passage →

Rejoice evermore. — read the full passage →

For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure.

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ: — read the full passage →

For with God nothing shall be impossible.

And the Lord shall guide thee continually, and satisfy thy soul in drought, and make fat thy bones: and thou shalt be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water, whose waters fail not.

By long forbearing is a prince persuaded, and a soft tongue breaketh the bone.

Blessed are the undefiled in the way, who walk in the law of the Lord. — read the full passage →

Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth.

Then we turned, and took our journey into the wilderness by the way of the Red sea, as the Lord spake unto me: and we compassed mount Seir many days. — read the full passage →

For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also.

These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.

And it came to pass, when Jesus had finished all these sayings, he said unto his disciples, — read the full passage →

Thou art of purer eyes than to behold evil, and canst not look on iniquity: wherefore lookest thou upon them that deal treacherously, and holdest thy tongue when the wicked devoureth the man that is more righteous than he?

Counsel in the heart of man is like deep water; but a man of understanding will draw it out.

Cease, my son, to hear the instruction that causeth to err from the words of knowledge.

A man of great wrath shall suffer punishment: for if thou deliver him, yet thou must do it again.

He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the just, even they both are abomination to the Lord.

Commit thy works unto the Lord, and thy thoughts shall be established.