Morning Meditations 11-22-2011

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Psa 6:1  To the choirmaster: with stringed instruments; according to The Sheminith. A Psalm of David. O LORD, rebuke me not in your anger, nor discipline me in your wrath. 
Psa 6:2  Be gracious to me, O LORD, for I am languishing; heal me, O LORD, for my bones are troubled. 
Psa 6:3  My soul also is greatly troubled. But you, O LORD--how long? 
Psa 6:4  Turn, O LORD, deliver my life; save me for the sake of your steadfast love. 
Psa 6:5  For in death there is no remembrance of you; in Sheol who will give you praise? 
Psa 6:6  I am weary with my moaning; every night I flood my bed with tears; I drench my couch with my weeping. 
Psa 6:7  My eye wastes away because of grief; it grows weak because of all my foes. 
Psa 6:8  Depart from me, all you workers of evil, for the LORD has heard the sound of my weeping. 
Psa 6:9  The LORD has heard my plea; the LORD accepts my prayer. 
Psa 6:10  All my enemies shall be ashamed and greatly troubled; they shall turn back and be put to shame in a moment. 









Pro 27:1  Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what a day may bring. 
Pro 27:2  Let another praise you, and not your own mouth; a stranger, and not your own lips. 
Pro 27:3  A stone is heavy, and sand is weighty, but a fool's provocation is heavier than both. 
Pro 27:4  Wrath is cruel, anger is overwhelming, but who can stand before jealousy? 
Pro 27:5  Better is open rebuke than hidden love. 
Pro 27:6  Faithful are the wounds of a friend; profuse are the kisses of an enemy. 
Pro 27:7  One who is full loathes honey, but to one who is hungry everything bitter is sweet. 
Pro 27:8  Like a bird that strays from its nest is a man who strays from his home. 
Pro 27:9  Oil and perfume make the heart glad, and the sweetness of a friend comes from his earnest counsel. 
Pro 27:10  Do not forsake your friend and your father's friend, and do not go to your brother's house in the day of your calamity. Better is a neighbor who is near than a brother who is far away. 
Pro 27:11  Be wise, my son, and make my heart glad, that I may answer him who reproaches me. 
Pro 27:12  The prudent sees danger and hides himself, but the simple go on and suffer for it. 
Pro 27:13  Take a man's garment when he has put up security for a stranger, and hold it in pledge when he puts up security for an adulteress. 
Pro 27:14  Whoever blesses his neighbor with a loud voice, rising early in the morning, will be counted as cursing. 
Pro 27:15  A continual dripping on a rainy day and a quarrelsome wife are alike; 
Pro 27:16  to restrain her is to restrain the wind or to grasp oil in one's right hand. 
Pro 27:17  Iron sharpens iron, and one man sharpens another. 
Pro 27:18  Whoever tends a fig tree will eat its fruit, and he who guards his master will be honored. 
Pro 27:19  As in water face reflects face, so the heart of man reflects the man. 
Pro 27:20  Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied, and never satisfied are the eyes of man. 
Pro 27:21  The crucible is for silver, and the furnace is for gold, and a man is tested by his praise. 
Pro 27:22  Crush a fool in a mortar with a pestle along with crushed grain, yet his folly will not depart from him. 
Pro 27:23  Know well the condition of your flocks, and give attention to your herds, 
Pro 27:24  for riches do not last forever; and does a crown endure to all generations? 
Pro 27:25  When the grass is gone and the new growth appears and the vegetation of the mountains is gathered, 
Pro 27:26  the lambs will provide your clothing, and the goats the price of a field. 
Pro 27:27  There will be enough goats' milk for your food, for the food of your household and maintenance for your girls. 









Joel 2:1  Blow a trumpet in Zion; sound an alarm on my holy mountain! Let all the inhabitants of the land tremble, for the day of the LORD is coming; it is near, 
Joe 2:2  a day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and thick darkness! Like blackness there is spread upon the mountains a great and powerful people; their like has never been before, nor will be again after them through the years of all generations. 
Joe 2:3  Fire devours before them, and behind them a flame burns. The land is like the garden of Eden before them, but behind them a desolate wilderness, and nothing escapes them. 
Joe 2:4  Their appearance is like the appearance of horses, and like war horses they run. 
Joe 2:5  As with the rumbling of chariots, they leap on the tops of the mountains, like the crackling of a flame of fire devouring the stubble, like a powerful army drawn up for battle. 
Joe 2:6  Before them peoples are in anguish; all faces grow pale. 
Joe 2:7  Like warriors they charge; like soldiers they scale the wall. They march each on his way; they do not swerve from their paths. 
Joe 2:8  They do not jostle one another; each marches in his path; they burst through the weapons and are not halted. 
Joe 2:9  They leap upon the city, they run upon the walls, they climb up into the houses, they enter through the windows like a thief. 
Joe 2:10  The earth quakes before them; the heavens tremble. The sun and the moon are darkened, and the stars withdraw their shining. 
Joe 2:11  The LORD utters his voice before his army, for his camp is exceedingly great; he who executes his word is powerful. For the day of the LORD is great and very awesome; who can endure it? 
Joe 2:12  "Yet even now," declares the LORD, "return to me with all your heart, with fasting, with weeping, and with mourning; 
Joe 2:13  and rend your hearts and not your garments." Return to the LORD your God, for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love; and he relents over disaster. 
Joe 2:14  Who knows whether he will not turn and relent, and leave a blessing behind him, a grain offering and a drink offering for the LORD your God? 
Joe 2:15  Blow the trumpet in Zion; consecrate a fast; call a solemn assembly; 
Joe 2:16  gather the people. Consecrate the congregation; assemble the elders; gather the children, even nursing infants. Let the bridegroom leave his room, and the bride her chamber. 
Joe 2:17  Between the vestibule and the altar let the priests, the ministers of the LORD, weep and say, "Spare your people, O LORD, and make not your heritage a reproach, a byword among the nations. Why should they say among the peoples, 'Where is their God?'" 
Joe 2:18  Then the LORD became jealous for his land and had pity on his people. 
Joe 2:19  The LORD answered and said to his people, "Behold, I am sending to you grain, wine, and oil, and you will be satisfied; and I will no more make you a reproach among the nations. 
Joe 2:20  "I will remove the northerner far from you, and drive him into a parched and desolate land, his vanguard into the eastern sea, and his rear guard into the western sea; the stench and foul smell of him will rise, for he has done great things. 
Joe 2:21  "Fear not, O land; be glad and rejoice, for the LORD has done great things! 
Joe 2:22  Fear not, you beasts of the field, for the pastures of the wilderness are green; the tree bears its fruit; the fig tree and vine give their full yield. 
Joe 2:23  "Be glad, O children of Zion, and rejoice in the LORD your God, for he has given the early rain for your vindication; he has poured down for you abundant rain, the early and the latter rain, as before. 
Joe 2:24  "The threshing floors shall be full of grain; the vats shall overflow with wine and oil. 
Joe 2:25  I will restore to you the years that the swarming locust has eaten, the hopper, the destroyer, and the cutter, my great army, which I sent among you. 
Joe 2:26  "You shall eat in plenty and be satisfied, and praise the name of the LORD your God, who has dealt wondrously with you. And my people shall never again be put to shame. 
Joe 2:27  You shall know that I am in the midst of Israel, and that I am the LORD your God and there is none else. And my people shall never again be put to shame. 
Joe 2:28  "And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out my Spirit on all flesh; your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, and your young men shall see visions. 
Joe 2:29  Even on the male and female servants in those days I will pour out my Spirit. 
Joe 2:30  "And I will show wonders in the heavens and on the earth, blood and fire and columns of smoke. 
Joe 2:31  The sun shall be turned to darkness, and the moon to blood, before the great and awesome day of the LORD comes. 
Joe 2:32  And it shall come to pass that everyone who calls on the name of the LORD shall be saved. For in Mount Zion and in Jerusalem there shall be those who escape, as the LORD has said, and among the survivors shall be those whom the LORD calls. 









Mat 5:1  Seeing the crowds, he went up on the mountain, and when he sat down, his disciples came to him. 
Mat 5:2  And he opened his mouth and taught them, saying: 
Mat 5:3  "Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. 
Mat 5:4  "Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted. 
Mat 5:5  "Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth. 
Mat 5:6  "Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied. 
Mat 5:7  "Blessed are the merciful, for they shall receive mercy. 
Mat 5:8  "Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God. 
Mat 5:9  "Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God. 
Mat 5:10  "Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness' sake, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. 
Mat 5:11  "Blessed are you when others revile you and persecute you and utter all kinds of evil against you falsely on my account. 
Mat 5:12  Rejoice and be glad, for your reward is great in heaven, for so they persecuted the prophets who were before you. 
Mat 5:13  "You are the salt of the earth, but if salt has lost its taste, how shall its saltiness be restored? It is no longer good for anything except to be thrown out and trampled under people's feet. 
Mat 5:14  "You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden. 
Mat 5:15  Nor do people light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on a stand, and it gives light to all in the house. 
Mat 5:16  In the same way, let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven. 
Mat 5:17  "Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them. 
Mat 5:18  For truly, I say to you, until heaven and earth pass away, not an iota, not a dot, will pass from the Law until all is accomplished. 
Mat 5:19  Therefore whoever relaxes one of the least of these commandments and teaches others to do the same will be called least in the kingdom of heaven, but whoever does them and teaches them will be called great in the kingdom of heaven. 
Mat 5:20  For I tell you, unless your righteousness exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven. 
Mat 5:21  "You have heard that it was said to those of old, 'You shall not murder; and whoever murders will be liable to judgment.' 
Mat 5:22  But I say to you that everyone who is angry with his brother will be liable to judgment; whoever insults his brother will be liable to the council; and whoever says, 'You fool!' will be liable to the hell of fire. 
Mat 5:23  So if you are offering your gift at the altar and there remember that your brother has something against you, 
Mat 5:24  leave your gift there before the altar and go. First be reconciled to your brother, and then come and offer your gift. 
Mat 5:25  Come to terms quickly with your accuser while you are going with him to court, lest your accuser hand you over to the judge, and the judge to the guard, and you be put in prison. 
Mat 5:26  Truly, I say to you, you will never get out until you have paid the last penny. 
Mat 5:27  "You have heard that it was said, 'You shall not commit adultery.' 
Mat 5:28  But I say to you that everyone who looks at a woman with lustful intent has already committed adultery with her in his heart. 
Mat 5:29  If your right eye causes you to sin, tear it out and throw it away. For it is better that you lose one of your members than that your whole body be thrown into hell. 
Mat 5:30  And if your right hand causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away. For it is better that you lose one of your members than that your whole body go into hell. 
Mat 5:31  "It was also said, 'Whoever divorces his wife, let him give her a certificate of divorce.' 
Mat 5:32  But I say to you that everyone who divorces his wife, except on the ground of sexual immorality, makes her commit adultery, and whoever marries a divorced woman commits adultery. 
Mat 5:33  "Again you have heard that it was said to those of old, 'You shall not swear falsely, but shall perform to the Lord what you have sworn.' 
Mat 5:34  But I say to you, Do not take an oath at all, either by heaven, for it is the throne of God, 
Mat 5:35  or by the earth, for it is his footstool, or by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the great King. 
Mat 5:36  And do not take an oath by your head, for you cannot make one hair white or black. 
Mat 5:37  Let what you say be simply 'Yes' or 'No'; anything more than this comes from evil. 
Mat 5:38  "You have heard that it was said, 'An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.' 
Mat 5:39  But I say to you, Do not resist the one who is evil. But if anyone slaps you on the right cheek, turn to him the other also. 
Mat 5:40  And if anyone would sue you and take your tunic, let him have your cloak as well. 
Mat 5:41  And if anyone forces you to go one mile, go with him two miles. 
Mat 5:42  Give to the one who begs from you, and do not refuse the one who would borrow from you. 
Mat 5:43  "You have heard that it was said, 'You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.' 
Mat 5:44  But I say to you, Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, 
Mat 5:45  so that you may be sons of your Father who is in heaven. For he makes his sun rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust. 
Mat 5:46  For if you love those who love you, what reward do you have? Do not even the tax collectors do the same? 
Mat 5:47  And if you greet only your brothers, what more are you doing than others? Do not even the Gentiles do the same? 
Mat 5:48  You therefore must be perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect. 

Evening Meditations 2011-5-12

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Psa 18:1  To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David, the servant of the LORD, who addressed the words of this song to the LORD on the day when the LORD rescued him from the hand of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul. He said: I love you, O LORD, my strength.
Psa 18:2  The LORD is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer, my God, my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.
Psa 18:3  I call upon the LORD, who is worthy to be praised, and I am saved from my enemies.
Psa 18:4  The cords of death encompassed me; the torrents of destruction assailed me;
Psa 18:5  the cords of Sheol entangled me; the snares of death confronted me.
Psa 18:6  In my distress I called upon the LORD; to my God I cried for help. From his temple he heard my voice, and my cry to him reached his ears.
Psa 18:7  Then the earth reeled and rocked; the foundations also of the mountains trembled and quaked, because he was angry.
Psa 18:8  Smoke went up from his nostrils, and devouring fire from his mouth; glowing coals flamed forth from him.
Psa 18:9  He bowed the heavens and came down; thick darkness was under his feet.
Psa 18:10  He rode on a cherub and flew; he came swiftly on the wings of the wind.
Psa 18:11  He made darkness his covering, his canopy around him, thick clouds dark with water.
Psa 18:12  Out of the brightness before him hailstones and coals of fire broke through his clouds.
Psa 18:13  The LORD also thundered in the heavens, and the Most High uttered his voice, hailstones and coals of fire.
Psa 18:14  And he sent out his arrows and scattered them; he flashed forth lightnings and routed them.
Psa 18:15  Then the channels of the sea were seen, and the foundations of the world were laid bare at your rebuke, O LORD, at the blast of the breath of your nostrils.
Psa 18:16  He sent from on high, he took me; he drew me out of many waters.
Psa 18:17  He rescued me from my strong enemy and from those who hated me, for they were too mighty for me.
Psa 18:18  They confronted me in the day of my calamity, but the LORD was my support.
Psa 18:19  He brought me out into a broad place; he rescued me, because he delighted in me.
Psa 18:20  The LORD dealt with me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands he rewarded me.
Psa 18:21  For I have kept the ways of the LORD, and have not wickedly departed from my God.
Psa 18:22  For all his rules were before me, and his statutes I did not put away from me.
Psa 18:23  I was blameless before him, and I kept myself from my guilt.
Psa 18:24  So the LORD has rewarded me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in his sight.
Psa 18:25  With the merciful you show yourself merciful; with the blameless man you show yourself blameless;
Psa 18:26  with the purified you show yourself pure; and with the crooked you make yourself seem tortuous.
Psa 18:27  For you save a humble people, but the haughty eyes you bring down.
Psa 18:28  For it is you who light my lamp; the LORD my God lightens my darkness.
Psa 18:29  For by you I can run against a troop, and by my God I can leap over a wall.
Psa 18:30  This God--his way is perfect; the word of the LORD proves true; he is a shield for all those who take refuge in him.
Psa 18:31  For who is God, but the LORD? And who is a rock, except our God?--
Psa 18:32  the God who equipped me with strength and made my way blameless.
Psa 18:33  He made my feet like the feet of a deer and set me secure on the heights.
Psa 18:34  He trains my hands for war, so that my arms can bend a bow of bronze.
Psa 18:35  You have given me the shield of your salvation, and your right hand supported me, and your gentleness made me great.
Psa 18:36  You gave a wide place for my steps under me, and my feet did not slip.
Psa 18:37  I pursued my enemies and overtook them, and did not turn back till they were consumed.
Psa 18:38  I thrust them through, so that they were not able to rise; they fell under my feet.
Psa 18:39  For you equipped me with strength for the battle; you made those who rise against me sink under me.
Psa 18:40  You made my enemies turn their backs to me, and those who hated me I destroyed.
Psa 18:41  They cried for help, but there was none to save; they cried to the LORD, but he did not answer them.
Psa 18:42  I beat them fine as dust before the wind; I cast them out like the mire of the streets.
Psa 18:43  You delivered me from strife with the people; you made me the head of the nations; people whom I had not known served me.
Psa 18:44  As soon as they heard of me they obeyed me; foreigners came cringing to me.
Psa 18:45  Foreigners lost heart and came trembling out of their fortresses.
Psa 18:46  The LORD lives, and blessed be my rock, and exalted be the God of my salvation--
Psa 18:47  the God who gave me vengeance and subdued peoples under me,
Psa 18:48  who delivered me from my enemies; yes, you exalted me above those who rose against me; you rescued me from the man of violence.
Psa 18:49  For this I will praise you, O LORD, among the nations, and sing to your name.
Psa 18:50  Great salvation he brings to his king, and shows steadfast love to his anointed, to David and his offspring forever.  

Pro 24:1  Be not envious of evil men, nor desire to be with them,
Pro 24:2  for their hearts devise violence, and their lips talk of trouble.
Pro 24:3  By wisdom a house is built, and by understanding it is established;
Pro 24:4  by knowledge the rooms are filled with all precious and pleasant riches.
Pro 24:5  A wise man is full of strength, and a man of knowledge enhances his might,
Pro 24:6  for by wise guidance you can wage your war, and in abundance of counselors there is victory.
Pro 24:7  Wisdom is too high for a fool; in the gate he does not open his mouth.
Pro 24:8  Whoever plans to do evil will be called a schemer.
Pro 24:9  The devising of folly is sin, and the scoffer is an abomination to mankind.
Pro 24:10  If you faint in the day of adversity, your strength is small.
Pro 24:11  Rescue those who are being taken away to death; hold back those who are stumbling to the slaughter.
Pro 24:12  If you say, "Behold, we did not know this," does not he who weighs the heart perceive it? Does not he who keeps watch over your soul know it, and will he not repay man according to his work?
Pro 24:13  My son, eat honey, for it is good, and the drippings of the honeycomb are sweet to your taste.
Pro 24:14  Know that wisdom is such to your soul; if you find it, there will be a future, and your hope will not be cut off.
Pro 24:15  Lie not in wait as a wicked man against the dwelling of the righteous; do no violence to his home;
Pro 24:16  for the righteous falls seven times and rises again, but the wicked stumble in times of calamity.
Pro 24:17  Do not rejoice when your enemy falls, and let not your heart be glad when he stumbles,
Pro 24:18  lest the LORD see it and be displeased, and turn away his anger from him.
Pro 24:19  Fret not yourself because of evildoers, and be not envious of the wicked,
Pro 24:20  for the evil man has no future; the lamp of the wicked will be put out.
Pro 24:21  My son, fear the LORD and the king, and do not join with those who do otherwise,
Pro 24:22  for disaster will arise suddenly from them, and who knows the ruin that will come from them both?
Pro 24:23  These also are sayings of the wise. Partiality in judging is not good.
Pro 24:24  Whoever says to the wicked, "You are in the right," will be cursed by peoples, abhorred by nations,
Pro 24:25  but those who rebuke the wicked will have delight, and a good blessing will come upon them.
Pro 24:26  Whoever gives an honest answer kisses the lips.
Pro 24:27  Prepare your work outside; get everything ready for yourself in the field, and after that build your house.
Pro 24:28  Be not a witness against your neighbor without cause, and do not deceive with your lips.
Pro 24:29  Do not say, "I will do to him as he has done to me; I will pay the man back for what he has done."
Pro 24:30  I passed by the field of a sluggard, by the vineyard of a man lacking sense,
Pro 24:31  and behold, it was all overgrown with thorns; the ground was covered with nettles, and its stone wall was broken down.
Pro 24:32  Then I saw and considered it; I looked and received instruction.
Pro 24:33  A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest,
Pro 24:34  and poverty will come upon you like a robber, and want like an armed man.  

Mat 16:1  And the Pharisees and Sadducees came, and to test him they asked him to show them a sign from heaven.
Mat 16:2  He answered them, "When it is evening, you say, 'It will be fair weather, for the sky is red.'
Mat 16:3  And in the morning, 'It will be stormy today, for the sky is red and threatening.' You know how to interpret the appearance of the sky, but you cannot interpret the signs of the times.
Mat 16:4  An evil and adulterous generation seeks for a sign, but no sign will be given to it except the sign of Jonah." So he left them and departed.
Mat 16:5  When the disciples reached the other side, they had forgotten to bring any bread.
Mat 16:6  Jesus said to them, "Watch and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees."
Mat 16:7  And they began discussing it among themselves, saying, "We brought no bread."
Mat 16:8  But Jesus, aware of this, said, "O you of little faith, why are you discussing among yourselves the fact that you have no bread?
Mat 16:9  Do you not yet perceive? Do you not remember the five loaves for the five thousand, and how many baskets you gathered?
Mat 16:10  Or the seven loaves for the four thousand, and how many baskets you gathered?
Mat 16:11  How is it that you fail to understand that I did not speak about bread? Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees."
Mat 16:12  Then they understood that he did not tell them to beware of the leaven of bread, but of the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees.
Mat 16:13  Now when Jesus came into the district of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, "Who do people say that the Son of Man is?"
Mat 16:14  And they said, "Some say John the Baptist, others say Elijah, and others Jeremiah or one of the prophets."
Mat 16:15  He said to them, "But who do you say that I am?"
Mat 16:16  Simon Peter replied, "You are the Christ, the Son of the living God."
Mat 16:17  And Jesus answered him, "Blessed are you, Simon Bar-Jonah! For flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but my Father who is in heaven.
Mat 16:18  And I tell you, you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.
Mat 16:19  I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven."
Mat 16:20  Then he strictly charged the disciples to tell no one that he was the Christ.
Mat 16:21  From that time Jesus began to show his disciples that he must go to Jerusalem and suffer many things from the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and on the third day be raised.
Mat 16:22  And Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him, saying, "Far be it from you, Lord! This shall never happen to you."
Mat 16:23  But he turned and said to Peter, "Get behind me, Satan! You are a hindrance to me. For you are not setting your mind on the things of God, but on the things of man."
Mat 16:24  Then Jesus told his disciples, "If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me.
Mat 16:25  For whoever would save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will find it.
Mat 16:26  For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world and forfeits his soul? Or what shall a man give in return for his soul?
Mat 16:27  For the Son of Man is going to come with his angels in the glory of his Father, and then he will repay each person according to what he has done.
Mat 16:28  Truly, I say to you, there are some standing here who will not taste death until they see the Son of Man coming in his kingdom."  

Morning Meditations 2011-5-7

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Psa 9:1  To the choirmaster: according to Muth-labben. A Psalm of David. I will give thanks to the LORD with my whole heart; I will recount all of your wonderful deeds.
Psa 9:2  I will be glad and exult in you; I will sing praise to your name, O Most High.
Psa 9:3  When my enemies turn back, they stumble and perish before your presence.
Psa 9:4  For you have maintained my just cause; you have sat on the throne, giving righteous judgment.
Psa 9:5  You have rebuked the nations; you have made the wicked perish; you have blotted out their name forever and ever.
Psa 9:6  The enemy came to an end in everlasting ruins; their cities you rooted out; the very memory of them has perished.
Psa 9:7  But the LORD sits enthroned forever; he has established his throne for justice,
Psa 9:8  and he judges the world with righteousness; he judges the peoples with uprightness.
Psa 9:9  The LORD is a stronghold for the oppressed, a stronghold in times of trouble.
Psa 9:10  And those who know your name put their trust in you, for you, O LORD, have not forsaken those who seek you.
Psa 9:11  Sing praises to the LORD, who sits enthroned in Zion! Tell among the peoples his deeds!
Psa 9:12  For he who avenges blood is mindful of them; he does not forget the cry of the afflicted.
Psa 9:13  Be gracious to me, O LORD! See my affliction from those who hate me, O you who lift me up from the gates of death,
Psa 9:14  that I may recount all your praises, that in the gates of the daughter of Zion I may rejoice in your salvation.
Psa 9:15  The nations have sunk in the pit that they made; in the net that they hid, their own foot has been caught.
Psa 9:16  The LORD has made himself known; he has executed judgment; the wicked are snared in the work of their own hands. Higgaion. Selah
Psa 9:17  The wicked shall return to Sheol, all the nations that forget God.
Psa 9:18  For the needy shall not always be forgotten, and the hope of the poor shall not perish forever.
Psa 9:19  Arise, O LORD! Let not man prevail; let the nations be judged before you!
Psa 9:20  Put them in fear, O LORD! Let the nations know that they are but men! Selah




Pro 19:1  Better is a poor person who walks in his integrity than one who is crooked in speech and is a fool.
Pro 19:2  Desire without knowledge is not good, and whoever makes haste with his feet misses his way.
Pro 19:3  When a man's folly brings his way to ruin, his heart rages against the LORD.
Pro 19:4  Wealth brings many new friends, but a poor man is deserted by his friend.
Pro 19:5  A false witness will not go unpunished, and he who breathes out lies will not escape.
Pro 19:6  Many seek the favor of a generous man, and everyone is a friend to a man who gives gifts.
Pro 19:7  All a poor man's brothers hate him; how much more do his friends go far from him! He pursues them with words, but does not have them.
Pro 19:8  Whoever gets sense loves his own soul; he who keeps understanding will discover good.
Pro 19:9  A false witness will not go unpunished, and he who breathes out lies will perish.
Pro 19:10  It is not fitting for a fool to live in luxury, much less for a slave to rule over princes.
Pro 19:11  Good sense makes one slow to anger, and it is his glory to overlook an offense.
Pro 19:12  A king's wrath is like the growling of a lion, but his favor is like dew on the grass.
Pro 19:13  A foolish son is ruin to his father, and a wife's quarreling is a continual dripping of rain.
Pro 19:14  House and wealth are inherited from fathers, but a prudent wife is from the LORD.
Pro 19:15  Slothfulness casts into a deep sleep, and an idle person will suffer hunger.
Pro 19:16  Whoever keeps the commandment keeps his life; he who despises his ways will die.
Pro 19:17  Whoever is generous to the poor lends to the LORD, and he will repay him for his deed.
Pro 19:18  Discipline your son, for there is hope; do not set your heart on putting him to death.
Pro 19:19  A man of great wrath will pay the penalty, for if you deliver him, you will only have to do it again.
Pro 19:20  Listen to advice and accept instruction, that you may gain wisdom in the future.
Pro 19:21  Many are the plans in the mind of a man, but it is the purpose of the LORD that will stand.
Pro 19:22  What is desired in a man is steadfast love, and a poor man is better than a liar.
Pro 19:23  The fear of the LORD leads to life, and whoever has it rests satisfied; he will not be visited by harm.
Pro 19:24  The sluggard buries his hand in the dish and will not even bring it back to his mouth.
Pro 19:25  Strike a scoffer, and the simple will learn prudence; reprove a man of understanding, and he will gain knowledge.
Pro 19:26  He who does violence to his father and chases away his mother is a son who brings shame and reproach.
Pro 19:27  Cease to hear instruction, my son, and you will stray from the words of knowledge.
Pro 19:28  A worthless witness mocks at justice, and the mouth of the wicked devours iniquity.
Pro 19:29  Condemnation is ready for scoffers, and beating for the backs of fools.




Hos 14:1  Return, O Israel, to the LORD your God, for you have stumbled because of your iniquity.
Hos 14:2  Take with you words and return to the LORD; say to him, "Take away all iniquity; accept what is good, and we will pay with bulls the vows of our lips.
Hos 14:3  Assyria shall not save us; we will not ride on horses; and we will say no more, 'Our God,' to the work of our hands. In you the orphan finds mercy."
Hos 14:4  I will heal their apostasy; I will love them freely, for my anger has turned from them.
Hos 14:5  I will be like the dew to Israel; he shall blossom like the lily; he shall take root like the trees of Lebanon;
Hos 14:6  his shoots shall spread out; his beauty shall be like the olive, and his fragrance like Lebanon.
Hos 14:7  They shall return and dwell beneath my shadow; they shall flourish like the grain; they shall blossom like the vine; their fame shall be like the wine of Lebanon.
Hos 14:8  O Ephraim, what have I to do with idols? It is I who answer and look after you. I am like an evergreen cypress; from me comes your fruit.
Hos 14:9  Whoever is wise, let him understand these things; whoever is discerning, let him know them; for the ways of the LORD are right, and the upright walk in them, but transgressors stumble in them. 


  

Evening Meditations 5-6-2011

ESV

Luk 18:1  And he told them a parable to the effect that they ought always to pray and not lose heart.
Luk 18:2  He said, "In a certain city there was a judge who neither feared God nor respected man.
Luk 18:3  And there was a widow in that city who kept coming to him and saying, 'Give me justice against my adversary.'
Luk 18:4  For a while he refused, but afterward he said to himself, 'Though I neither fear God nor respect man,
Luk 18:5  yet because this widow keeps bothering me, I will give her justice, so that she will not beat me down by her continual coming.'"
Luk 18:6  And the Lord said, "Hear what the unrighteous judge says.
Luk 18:7  And will not God give justice to his elect, who cry to him day and night? Will he delay long over them?
Luk 18:8  I tell you, he will give justice to them speedily. Nevertheless, when the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on earth?"
Luk 18:9  He also told this parable to some who trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and treated others with contempt:
Luk 18:10  "Two men went up into the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector.
Luk 18:11  The Pharisee, standing by himself, prayed thus: 'God, I thank you that I am not like other men, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even like this tax collector.
Luk 18:12  I fast twice a week; I give tithes of all that I get.'
Luk 18:13  But the tax collector, standing far off, would not even lift up his eyes to heaven, but beat his breast, saying, 'God, be merciful to me, a sinner!'
Luk 18:14  I tell you, this man went down to his house justified, rather than the other. For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but the one who humbles himself will be exalted."
Luk 18:15  Now they were bringing even infants to him that he might touch them. And when the disciples saw it, they rebuked them.
Luk 18:16  But Jesus called them to him, saying, "Let the children come to me, and do not hinder them, for to such belongs the kingdom of God.
Luk 18:17  Truly, I say to you, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God like a child shall not enter it."
Luk 18:18  And a ruler asked him, "Good Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?"
Luk 18:19  And Jesus said to him, "Why do you call me good? No one is good except God alone.
Luk 18:20  You know the commandments: 'Do not commit adultery, Do not murder, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Honor your father and mother.'"
Luk 18:21  And he said, "All these I have kept from my youth."
Luk 18:22  When Jesus heard this, he said to him, "One thing you still lack. Sell all that you have and distribute to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me."
Luk 18:23  But when he heard these things, he became very sad, for he was extremely rich.
Luk 18:24  Jesus, seeing that he had become sad, said, "How difficult it is for those who have wealth to enter the kingdom of God!
Luk 18:25  For it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter the kingdom of God."
Luk 18:26  Those who heard it said, "Then who can be saved?"
Luk 18:27  But he said, "What is impossible with men is possible with God."
Luk 18:28  And Peter said, "See, we have left our homes and followed you."
Luk 18:29  And he said to them, "Truly, I say to you, there is no one who has left house or wife or brothers or parents or children, for the sake of the kingdom of God,
Luk 18:30  who will not receive many times more in this time, and in the age to come eternal life."
Luk 18:31  And taking the twelve, he said to them, "See, we are going up to Jerusalem, and everything that is written about the Son of Man by the prophets will be accomplished.
Luk 18:32  For he will be delivered over to the Gentiles and will be mocked and shamefully treated and spit upon.
Luk 18:33  And after flogging him, they will kill him, and on the third day he will rise."
Luk 18:34  But they understood none of these things. This saying was hidden from them, and they did not grasp what was said.
Luk 18:35  As he drew near to Jericho, a blind man was sitting by the roadside begging.
Luk 18:36  And hearing a crowd going by, he inquired what this meant.
Luk 18:37  They told him, "Jesus of Nazareth is passing by."
Luk 18:38  And he cried out, "Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!"
Luk 18:39  And those who were in front rebuked him, telling him to be silent. But he cried out all the more, "Son of David, have mercy on me!"
Luk 18:40  And Jesus stopped and commanded him to be brought to him. And when he came near, he asked him,
Luk 18:41  "What do you want me to do for you?" He said, "Lord, let me recover my sight."
Luk 18:42  And Jesus said to him, "Recover your sight; your faith has made you well."
Luk 18:43  And immediately he recovered his sight and followed him, glorifying God. And all the people, when they saw it, gave praise to God.  

 

Morning Meditations 2011-5-6

ESV

Psa 7:1  A Shiggaion of David, which he sang to the LORD concerning the words of Cush, a Benjaminite. O LORD my God, in you do I take refuge; save me from all my pursuers and deliver me,
Psa 7:2  lest like a lion they tear my soul apart, rending it in pieces, with none to deliver.
Psa 7:3  O LORD my God, if I have done this, if there is wrong in my hands,
Psa 7:4  if I have repaid my friend with evil or plundered my enemy without cause,
Psa 7:5  let the enemy pursue my soul and overtake it, and let him trample my life to the ground and lay my glory in the dust. Selah
Psa 7:6  Arise, O LORD, in your anger; lift yourself up against the fury of my enemies; awake for me; you have appointed a judgment.
Psa 7:7  Let the assembly of the peoples be gathered about you; over it return on high.
Psa 7:8  The LORD judges the peoples; judge me, O LORD, according to my righteousness and according to the integrity that is in me.
Psa 7:9  Oh, let the evil of the wicked come to an end, and may you establish the righteous-- you who test the minds and hearts, O righteous God!
Psa 7:10  My shield is with God, who saves the upright in heart.
Psa 7:11  God is a righteous judge, and a God who feels indignation every day.
Psa 7:12  If a man does not repent, God will whet his sword; he has bent and readied his bow;
Psa 7:13  he has prepared for him his deadly weapons, making his arrows fiery shafts.
Psa 7:14  Behold, the wicked man conceives evil and is pregnant with mischief and gives birth to lies.
Psa 7:15  He makes a pit, digging it out, and falls into the hole that he has made.
Psa 7:16  His mischief returns upon his own head, and on his own skull his violence descends.
Psa 7:17  I will give to the LORD the thanks due to his righteousness, and I will sing praise to the name of the LORD, the Most High.

Pro 17:1  Better is a dry morsel with quiet than a house full of feasting with strife.
Pro 17:2  A servant who deals wisely will rule over a son who acts shamefully and will share the inheritance as one of the brothers.
Pro 17:3  The crucible is for silver, and the furnace is for gold, and the LORD tests hearts.
Pro 17:4  An evildoer listens to wicked lips, and a liar gives ear to a mischievous tongue.
Pro 17:5  Whoever mocks the poor insults his Maker; he who is glad at calamity will not go unpunished.
Pro 17:6  Grandchildren are the crown of the aged, and the glory of children is their fathers.
Pro 17:7  Fine speech is not becoming to a fool; still less is false speech to a prince.
Pro 17:8  A bribe is like a magic stone in the eyes of the one who gives it; wherever he turns he prospers.
Pro 17:9  Whoever covers an offense seeks love, but he who repeats a matter separates close friends.
Pro 17:10  A rebuke goes deeper into a man of understanding than a hundred blows into a fool.
Pro 17:11  An evil man seeks only rebellion, and a cruel messenger will be sent against him.
Pro 17:12  Let a man meet a she-bear robbed of her cubs rather than a fool in his folly.
Pro 17:13  If anyone returns evil for good, evil will not depart from his house.
Pro 17:14  The beginning of strife is like letting out water, so quit before the quarrel breaks out.
Pro 17:15  He who justifies the wicked and he who condemns the righteous are both alike an abomination to the LORD.
Pro 17:16  Why should a fool have money in his hand to buy wisdom when he has no sense?
Pro 17:17  A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.
Pro 17:18  One who lacks sense gives a pledge and puts up security in the presence of his neighbor.
Pro 17:19  Whoever loves transgression loves strife; he who makes his door high seeks destruction.
Pro 17:20  A man of crooked heart does not discover good, and one with a dishonest tongue falls into calamity.
Pro 17:21  He who sires a fool gets himself sorrow, and the father of a fool has no joy.
Pro 17:22  A joyful heart is good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones.
Pro 17:23  The wicked accepts a bribe in secret to pervert the ways of justice.
Pro 17:24  The discerning sets his face toward wisdom, but the eyes of a fool are on the ends of the earth.
Pro 17:25  A foolish son is a grief to his father and bitterness to her who bore him.
Pro 17:26  To impose a fine on a righteous man is not good, nor to strike the noble for their uprightness.
Pro 17:27  Whoever restrains his words has knowledge, and he who has a cool spirit is a man of understanding.
Pro 17:28  Even a fool who keeps silent is considered wise; when he closes his lips, he is deemed intelligent. 

Joh 15:1  "I am the true vine, and my Father is the vinedresser.
Joh 15:2  Every branch in me that does not bear fruit he takes away, and every branch that does bear fruit he prunes, that it may bear more fruit.
Joh 15:3  Already you are clean because of the word that I have spoken to you.
Joh 15:4  Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit by itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in me.
Joh 15:5  I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing.
Joh 15:6  If anyone does not abide in me he is thrown away like a branch and withers; and the branches are gathered, thrown into the fire, and burned.
Joh 15:7  If you abide in me, and my words abide in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you.
Joh 15:8  By this my Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit and so prove to be my disciples.
Joh 15:9  As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Abide in my love.
Joh 15:10  If you keep my commandments, you will abide in my love, just as I have kept my Father's commandments and abide in his love.
Joh 15:11  These things I have spoken to you, that my joy may be in you, and that your joy may be full.
Joh 15:12  "This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you.
Joh 15:13  Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends.
Joh 15:14  You are my friends if you do what I command you.
Joh 15:15  No longer do I call you servants, for the servant does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, for all that I have heard from my Father I have made known to you.
Joh 15:16  You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit and that your fruit should abide, so that whatever you ask the Father in my name, he may give it to you.
Joh 15:17  These things I command you, so that you will love one another.
Joh 15:18  "If the world hates you, know that it has hated me before it hated you.
Joh 15:19  If you were of the world, the world would love you as its own; but because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you.
Joh 15:20  Remember the word that I said to you: 'A servant is not greater than his master.' If they persecuted me, they will also persecute you. If they kept my word, they will also keep yours.
Joh 15:21  But all these things they will do to you on account of my name, because they do not know him who sent me.
Joh 15:22  If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not have been guilty of sin, but now they have no excuse for their sin.
Joh 15:23  Whoever hates me hates my Father also.
Joh 15:24  If I had not done among them the works that no one else did, they would not be guilty of sin, but now they have seen and hated both me and my Father.
Joh 15:25  But the word that is written in their Law must be fulfilled: 'They hated me without a cause.'
Joh 15:26  "But when the Helper comes, whom I will send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth, who proceeds from the Father, he will bear witness about me.
Joh 15:27  And you also will bear witness, because you have been with me from the beginning. 

Evening Meditations 5-5-2011

ESV

Psa 82:1  A Psalm of Asaph. God has taken his place in the divine council; in the midst of the gods he holds judgment:
Psa 82:2  "How long will you judge unjustly and show partiality to the wicked? Selah
Psa 82:3  Give justice to the weak and the fatherless; maintain the right of the afflicted and the destitute.
Psa 82:4  Rescue the weak and the needy; deliver them from the hand of the wicked."
Psa 82:5  They have neither knowledge nor understanding, they walk about in darkness; all the foundations of the earth are shaken.
Psa 82:6  I said, "You are gods, sons of the Most High, all of you;
Psa 82:7  nevertheless, like men you shall die, and fall like any prince."
Psa 82:8  Arise, O God, judge the earth; for you shall inherit all the nations! 

Pro 18:1  Whoever isolates himself seeks his own desire; he breaks out against all sound judgment.
Pro 18:2  A fool takes no pleasure in understanding, but only in expressing his opinion.
Pro 18:3  When wickedness comes, contempt comes also, and with dishonor comes disgrace.
Pro 18:4  The words of a man's mouth are deep waters; the fountain of wisdom is a bubbling brook.
Pro 18:5  It is not good to be partial to the wicked or to deprive the righteous of justice.
Pro 18:6  A fool's lips walk into a fight, and his mouth invites a beating.
Pro 18:7  A fool's mouth is his ruin, and his lips are a snare to his soul.
Pro 18:8  The words of a whisperer are like delicious morsels; they go down into the inner parts of the body.
Pro 18:9  Whoever is slack in his work is a brother to him who destroys.
Pro 18:10  The name of the LORD is a strong tower; the righteous man runs into it and is safe.
Pro 18:11  A rich man's wealth is his strong city, and like a high wall in his imagination.
Pro 18:12  Before destruction a man's heart is haughty, but humility comes before honor.
Pro 18:13  If one gives an answer before he hears, it is his folly and shame.
Pro 18:14  A man's spirit will endure sickness, but a crushed spirit who can bear?
Pro 18:15  An intelligent heart acquires knowledge, and the ear of the wise seeks knowledge.
Pro 18:16  A man's gift makes room for him and brings him before the great.
Pro 18:17  The one who states his case first seems right, until the other comes and examines him.
Pro 18:18  The lot puts an end to quarrels and decides between powerful contenders.
Pro 18:19  A brother offended is more unyielding than a strong city, and quarreling is like the bars of a castle.
Pro 18:20  From the fruit of a man's mouth his stomach is satisfied; he is satisfied by the yield of his lips.
Pro 18:21  Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruits.
Pro 18:22  He who finds a wife finds a good thing and obtains favor from the LORD.
Pro 18:23  The poor use entreaties, but the rich answer roughly.
Pro 18:24  A man of many companions may come to ruin, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.  

Son 5:1  I came to my garden, my sister, my bride, I gathered my myrrh with my spice, I ate my honeycomb with my honey, I drank my wine with my milk. Eat, friends, drink, and be drunk with love!
Son 5:2  I slept, but my heart was awake. A sound! My beloved is knocking. "Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my perfect one, for my head is wet with dew, my locks with the drops of the night."
Son 5:3  I had put off my garment; how could I put it on? I had bathed my feet; how could I soil them?
Son 5:4  My beloved put his hand to the latch, and my heart was thrilled within me.
Son 5:5  I arose to open to my beloved, and my hands dripped with myrrh, my fingers with liquid myrrh, on the handles of the bolt.
Son 5:6  I opened to my beloved, but my beloved had turned and gone. My soul failed me when he spoke. I sought him, but found him not; I called him, but he gave no answer.
Son 5:7  The watchmen found me as they went about in the city; they beat me, they bruised me, they took away my veil, those watchmen of the walls.
Son 5:8  I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem, if you find my beloved, that you tell him I am sick with love.
Son 5:9  What is your beloved more than another beloved, O most beautiful among women? What is your beloved more than another beloved, that you thus adjure us?
Son 5:10  My beloved is radiant and ruddy, distinguished among ten thousand.
Son 5:11  His head is the finest gold; his locks are wavy, black as a raven.
Son 5:12  His eyes are like doves beside streams of water, bathed in milk, sitting beside a full pool.
Son 5:13  His cheeks are like beds of spices, mounds of sweet-smelling herbs. His lips are lilies, dripping liquid myrrh.
Son 5:14  His arms are rods of gold, set with jewels. His body is polished ivory, bedecked with sapphires.
Son 5:15  His legs are alabaster columns, set on bases of gold. His appearance is like Lebanon, choice as the cedars.
Son 5:16  His mouth is most sweet, and he is altogether desirable. This is my beloved and this is my friend, O daughters of Jerusalem.  

Zec 2:1  And I lifted my eyes and saw, and behold, a man with a measuring line in his hand!
Zec 2:2  Then I said, "Where are you going?" And he said to me, "To measure Jerusalem, to see what is its width and what is its length."
Zec 2:3  And behold, the angel who talked with me came forward, and another angel came forward to meet him
Zec 2:4  and said to him, "Run, say to that young man, 'Jerusalem shall be inhabited as villages without walls, because of the multitude of people and livestock in it.
Zec 2:5  And I will be to her a wall of fire all around, declares the LORD, and I will be the glory in her midst.'"
Zec 2:6  Up! Up! Flee from the land of the north, declares the LORD. For I have spread you abroad as the four winds of the heavens, declares the LORD.
Zec 2:7  Up! Escape to Zion, you who dwell with the daughter of Babylon.
Zec 2:8  For thus said the LORD of hosts, after his glory sent me to the nations who plundered you, for he who touches you touches the apple of his eye:
Zec 2:9  "Behold, I will shake my hand over them, and they shall become plunder for those who served them. Then you will know that the LORD of hosts has sent me.
Zec 2:10  Sing and rejoice, O daughter of Zion, for behold, I come and I will dwell in your midst, declares the LORD.
Zec 2:11  And many nations shall join themselves to the LORD in that day, and shall be my people. And I will dwell in your midst, and you shall know that the LORD of hosts has sent me to you.
Zec 2:12  And the LORD will inherit Judah as his portion in the holy land, and will again choose Jerusalem."
Zec 2:13  Be silent, all flesh, before the LORD, for he has roused himself from his holy dwelling.  

Gal 5:1  For freedom Christ has set us free; stand firm therefore, and do not submit again to a yoke of slavery.
Gal 5:2  Look: I, Paul, say to you that if you accept circumcision, Christ will be of no advantage to you.
Gal 5:3  I testify again to every man who accepts circumcision that he is obligated to keep the whole law.
Gal 5:4  You are severed from Christ, you who would be justified by the law; you have fallen away from grace.
Gal 5:5  For through the Spirit, by faith, we ourselves eagerly wait for the hope of righteousness.
Gal 5:6  For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision counts for anything, but only faith working through love.
Gal 5:7  You were running well. Who hindered you from obeying the truth?
Gal 5:8  This persuasion is not from him who calls you.
Gal 5:9  A little leaven leavens the whole lump.
Gal 5:10  I have confidence in the Lord that you will take no other view than mine, and the one who is troubling you will bear the penalty, whoever he is.
Gal 5:11  But if I, brothers, still preach circumcision, why am I still being persecuted? In that case the offense of the cross has been removed.
Gal 5:12  I wish those who unsettle you would emasculate themselves!
Gal 5:13  For you were called to freedom, brothers. Only do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another.
Gal 5:14  For the whole law is fulfilled in one word: "You shall love your neighbor as yourself."
Gal 5:15  But if you bite and devour one another, watch out that you are not consumed by one another.
Gal 5:16  But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh.
Gal 5:17  For the desires of the flesh are against the Spirit, and the desires of the Spirit are against the flesh, for these are opposed to each other, to keep you from doing the things you want to do.
Gal 5:18  But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law.
Gal 5:19  Now the works of the flesh are evident: sexual immorality, impurity, sensuality,
Gal 5:20  idolatry, sorcery, enmity, strife, jealousy, fits of anger, rivalries, dissensions, divisions,
Gal 5:21  envy, drunkenness, orgies, and things like these. I warn you, as I warned you before, that those who do such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.
Gal 5:22  But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
Gal 5:23  gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law.
Gal 5:24  And those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.
Gal 5:25  If we live by the Spirit, let us also walk by the Spirit.
Gal 5:26  Let us not become conceited, provoking one another, envying one another.