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• Proverbs 25:17

  Withdraw thy foot from thy neighbour's house; lest he be weary of thee, and so hate thee.

• Galatians 6:5

  For every man shall bear his own burden.

• 2 Corinthians 6:14

  Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?

• Colossians 4:6

  Let your speech be alway with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer every man.

• Psalms 16:5–9

  The LORD is the portion of mine inheritance and of my cup: thou maintainest my lot. The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant places; yea, I have a goodly heritage. I will bless the LORD, who hath given me counsel: my reins also instruct me in the night seasons. …

• Proverbs 15:1

  A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger.

• Acts 17:26

  And hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth, and hath determined the times before appointed, and the bounds of their habitation;

• Proverbs 22:24

  Make no friendship with an angry man; and with a furious man thou shalt not go:

• Philippians 4:8

  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.

• Proverbs 19:19

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

• Psalms 147:14

  He maketh peace in thy borders, and filleth thee with the finest of the wheat.

• Galatians 6:2

  Bear ye one another's burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ.

• Matthew 5:37

  But let your communication be, Yea, yea; Nay, nay: for whatsoever is more than these cometh of evil.

• Ephesians 5:1–4

  Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children; And walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweetsmelling savour. But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not be once named among you, as becometh saints; …

• Psalms 16:5–8

  The LORD is the portion of mine inheritance and of my cup: thou maintainest my lot. The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant places; yea, I have a goodly heritage. I will bless the LORD, who hath given me counsel: my reins also instruct me in the night seasons. …

• Proverbs 21:19

  It is better to dwell in the wilderness, than with a contentious and an angry woman.

• Matthew 5:28

  But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.

• Psalms 19:7–11

  The law of the LORD is perfect, converting the soul: the testimony of the LORD is sure, making wise the simple. The statutes of the LORD are right, rejoicing the heart: the commandment of the LORD is pure, enlightening the eyes. The fear of the LORD is clean, enduring for ever: the judgments of the LORD are true and righteous altogether. …

• Mark 9:49–50

  For every one shall be salted with fire, and every sacrifice shall be salted with salt. Salt is good: but if the salt have lost his saltness, wherewith will ye season it? Have salt in yourselves, and have peace one with another.

• Proverbs 15:25

  The LORD will destroy the house of the proud: but he will establish the border of the widow.

• Mark 9:42–50

  And whosoever shall offend one of these little ones that believe in me, it is better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and he were cast into the sea. And if thy hand offend thee, cut it off: it is better for thee to enter into life maimed, than having two hands to go into hell, into the fire that never shall be quenched: Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched. …

• Matthew 5:13

  Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be salted? it is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot of men.

• Titus 3:10

  A man that is an heretick after the first and second admonition reject;

• Proverbs 23:14

  Thou shalt beat him with the rod, and shalt deliver his soul from hell.

• 1 Timothy 4:12

  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.

• Mark 9:50

  Salt is good: but if the salt have lost his saltness, wherewith will ye season it? Have salt in yourselves, and have peace one with another.

• Proverbs 26:5

  Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own conceit.

• Proverbs 24:11

  If thou forbear to deliver them that are drawn unto death, and those that are ready to be slain;

• Joshua 1:8

  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.

• Proverbs 22:28

  Remove not the ancient landmark, which thy fathers have set.

• Proverbs 27:6

  Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.

• Proverbs 27:5

  Open rebuke is better than secret love.

• Psalms 34:18

  The LORD is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit.

• Micah 7:11

  In the day that thy walls are to be built, in that day shall the decree be far removed.

• Luke 14:34

  Salt is good: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be seasoned?

• Galatians 2:20

  I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.

• 1 Corinthians 15:33

  Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners.

• Psalms 16:6

  The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant places; yea, I have a goodly heritage.

• Proverbs 17:22

  A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones.

• Psalms 16:1–11

  Michtam of David. Preserve me, O God: for in thee do I put my trust. O my soul, thou hast said unto the LORD, Thou art my Lord: my goodness extendeth not to thee; But to the saints that are in the earth, and to the excellent, in whom is all my delight. …