Proverbs 20:3 (NKJV): It is honorable for a man to stop striving,Since any fool can start a quarrel. This is so difficult for us to do. We would much rather bicker, fuss, fight and feud than live in peace. There are are several things that we must...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Proverbs 18:2 (NKJV): .A fool has no delight in understanding,But in expressing his own heart. This obvious display of human arrogance is evident in us... all too often, our ONLY desire is to yell loud enough that no one else can be heard. We are...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Micah 6:8 (NKJV) 8 He has shown you, O man, what is good; And what does the LORD require of you But to do justly, To love mercy, And to walk humbly with your God? There are several things to note here… first and foremost is the fact that...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Hosea 14:9 (NKJV): Who is wise?Let him understand these things.Who is prudent?Let him know them.For the ways of the Lord are right;The righteous walk in them,But transgressors stumble in them. The fundamental distinction between the righteous and...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Hosea 14:2–3 (NKJV): Take words with you,And return to the Lord.Say to Him,“Take away all iniquity;Receive us graciously,For we will offer the sacrifices of our lips.3 Assyria shall not save us,We will not ride on horses,Nor will we...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Isaiah 32:16–17 (NKJV): Then justice will dwell in the wilderness,And righteousness remain in the fruitful field.17 The work of righteousness will be peace,And the effect of righteousness, quietness and assurance forever. Do you want to see...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
2 Peter 2:19 (NKJV): While they promise them liberty, they themselves are slaves of corruption; for by whom a person is overcome, by him also he is brought into bondage. Here is the truth of our problem with sin. We are overcome, and we are thus...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Psalm 5:4–7 (NKJV): For You are not a God who takes pleasure in wickedness,Nor shall evil dwell with You.5 The boastful shall not stand in Your sight;You hate all workers of iniquity.6 You shall destroy those who speak falsehood;The Lord...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Galatians 6:4–5 (NKJV): But let each one examine his own work, and then he will have rejoicing in himself alone, and not in another. 5 For each one shall bear his own load. The load is not the same thing as the burden. Where the burden...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Galatians 6:2–3 (NKJV): Bear one another’s burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ. 3 For if anyone thinks himself to be something, when he is nothing, he deceives himself. The sharing and bearing of one another's burdens is the most...[ abbreviated | read entire ]