“The human heart is the most deceitful of all things, and desperately wicked. Who really knows how bad it is?But I, the LORD , search all hearts and examine secret motives. I give all people their due rewards, according to what their actions deserve.” Like a partridge that hatches eggs she has not laid, so are those who get their wealth by unjust means. At midlife they will lose their riches; in the end, they will become poor old fools.( Jeremiah 17:9-11 NLT )
Therefore we do not lose heart, but though our outer person is decaying, yet our inner person is being renewed day by day. For our momentary, light affliction is producing for us an eternal weight of glory far beyond all comparison, ( 2 Corinthians 4:16-17 NASB )
For His anger is but for a moment, His favor is for a lifetime; Weeping may last for the night, But a shout of joy comes in the morning.( Psalms 30:5 NASB )
Therefore, if you have been raised with Christ, keep seeking the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. Set your minds on the things that are above, not on the things that are on earth. ( Colossians 3:1-2 NASB )
But you are A CHOSEN PEOPLE , A royal PRIESTHOOD , A HOLY NATION , A PEOPLE FOR GOD’S own possession , so that you may proclaim the excellencies of Him who has called you out of darkness into His marvelous light; for you once were NOT A PEOPLE , but now you are THE PEOPLE OF GOD ; you had NOT RECEIVED MERCY , but now you have RECEIVED MERCY .Beloved, I urge you as foreigners and strangers to abstain from fleshly lusts, which wage war against the soul. ( 1 Peter 2:9-11 NASB )
Yet true godliness with contentment is itself great wealth. After all, we brought nothing with us when we came into the world, and we can’t take anything with us when we leave it. So if we have enough food and clothing, let us be content.But people who long to be rich fall into temptation and are trapped by many foolish and harmful desires that plunge them into ruin and destruction. For the love of money is the root of all kinds of evil. And some people, craving money, have wandered from the true faith and pierced themselves with many sorrows.But you, Timothy, are a man of God; so run from all these evil things. Pursue righteousness and a godly life, along with faith, love, perseverance, and gentleness. ( 1 Timothy 6:6-11 NLT )
Blessed is one who considers the helpless; The LORD will save him on a day of trouble.The LORD will protect him and keep him alive, And he will be called blessed upon the earth; And do not turn him over to the desire of his enemies.The LORD will sustain him upon his sickbed; In his illness, You restore him to health.As for me, I said, “LORD , be gracious to me; Heal my soul, for I have sinned against You.”( Psalms 41:1-4 NASB )
And there is salvation in no one else; for there is no other name under heaven that has been given among mankind by which we must be saved.”( Acts 4:12 NASB )
So be careful how you live. Don’t live like fools, but like those who are wise. Make the most of every opportunity in these evil days. Don’t act thoughtlessly, but understand what the Lord wants you to do. Don’t be drunk with wine, because that will ruin your life. Instead, be filled with the Holy Spirit, ( Ephesians 5:15-18 NLT )
The night is almost gone, and the day is near. Therefore let’s rid ourselves of the deeds of darkness and put on the armor of light. Let’s behave properly as in the day, not in carousing and drunkenness, not in sexual promiscuity and debauchery, not in strife and jealousy. But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh in regard to its lusts.( Romans 13:12-14 NASB )
Therefore, prepare your minds for action, keep sober in spirit, set your hope completely on the grace to be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ. As obedient children, do not be conformed to the former lusts which were yours in your ignorance, but like the Holy One who called you, be holy yourselves also in all your behavior; because it is written: “YOU SHALL BE HOLY , FOR I AM HOLY .”If you address as Father the One who impartially judges according to each one’s work, conduct yourselves in fear during the time of your stay on earth;( 1 Peter 1:13-17 NASB )
Flee sexual immorality. Every other sin that a person commits is outside the body, but the sexually immoral person sins against his own body. ( 1 Corinthians 6:18 NASB )
For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation to all people, instructing us to deny ungodliness and worldly desires and to live sensibly, righteously, and in a godly manner in the present age, looking for the blessed hope and the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior, Christ Jesus, ( Titus 2:11-13 NASB )
He has told you, mortal one, what is good; And what does the LORD require of you But to do justice, to love kindness, And to walk humbly with your God?( Micah 6:8 NASB )
Are you seeking great things for yourself? Don’t do it! I will bring great disaster upon all these people; but I will give you your life as a reward wherever you go. I, the LORD , have spoken!’”( Jeremiah 45:5 NLT )
人心计划自己的道路,他的脚步却由耶和华指引。( 箴言 16:9 新译本 )
We can make our plans, but the LORD determines our steps.( Proverbs 16:9 NLT )