Children in whom was no blemish, but well favoured, and skilful in all wisdom, and cunning in knowledge, and understanding science, and such as had ability in them to stand in the king's palace, and whom they might teach the learning and the tongue of the Chaldeans.
Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ.
Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts: and in the hidden part thou shalt make me to know wisdom.
Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser: teach a just man, and he will increase in learning.The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy is understanding.
Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thine heart:
Pray without ceasing.
But his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth he meditate day and night.
Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:
Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching.
Thou therefore, my son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus.
I am crucified with Christ: neverthless 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.
But as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation;
Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.
These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so.
But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.
For no man ever yet hated his own flesh; but nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as the Lord the church:
Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God.
And he said unto them, Come ye yourselves apart into a desert place, and rest a while: for there were many coming and going, and they had no leisure so much as to eat.
Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.
Desiring to be teachers of the law; understanding neither what they say, nor whereof they affirm.
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,
Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thine heart:
Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit yourselves: for they watch for your souls, as they that must give account, that they may do it with joy, and not with grief: for that is unprofitable for you.
Then Peter and the other apostles answered and said, We ought to obey God rather than men.
Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.
And the second is like, namely this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these.
Let no man seek his own, but every man another's wealth.
Fulfil ye my joy, that ye be likeminded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind.
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.
Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.
That thou mayest walk in the way of good men, and keep the paths of the righteous.
And David spake unto the LORD when he saw the angel that smote the people, and said, Lo, I have sinned, and I have done wickedly: but these sheep, what have they done? let thine hand, I pray thee, be against me, and against my father's house.
Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.