Monday, September 20, 2010

   Proverbs 3: 27 - 34

    Refuse no one the good on which he has a claim when it is in your power to do it for him.  Say not to your neighbor, "Go, and come again, tomorrow I will give," when you can give at once. Plot no evil against your neighbor, against him who lives at peace with you.  Quarrel not with a man without cause, with one who has done you no harm.  Envy not the lawless man and choose none of his ways: to the Lord the perverse man is an abomination, but with the upright is his friendship.

  The curse of the Lord is on the house of the wicked, but the dwelling of the just he blesses; when he is dealing with the arrogant, he is stern, but to the humble he shows kindness.

Psalms 15: 2 - 5

   He who walks blamelessly and does justice; who thinks the truth in his heart and slanders not with his tongue; who harms not his fellow man, nor takes up a reproach against his neighbor; by whom the reprobate is despised, while he honors those who fear the Lord; who, though it be to his loss, changes not his pledged word; who lends not his money at usury and accepts no bribe against the innocent.  He who does these things shall never be disturbed.

Luke 8: 16 - 18

   Jesus said:  "No one lights a lamp and puts it under a bushel basket or under a bed; he puts it on a lampstand so that whoever comes in can see it.  There is nothing hidden that will not be exposed, nothing concealed that will not be known and brought to light.  Take heed, therefore,  how you hear: to the man who has, more will be given; and he who has not, will lose even the little he thinks he has."