Thursday, July 17, 2008

Rx for a good life

Matthew 6:33 Seek first His kingship over you, His way of holiness, and all these things will be given you besides. 34 Enough then of worrying about tomorrow. Let tomorrow take care of itself. Today has troubles enough of its own.

Isaiah 48:18 If you would hearken to my commandments, your prosperity would be like a river, and your vindication like the waves of the sea.

Matthew 6:25 I warn you, then: do not worry about your livelihood, what you are to eat or drink or use for clothing. Is not life more than food? Is not the body more valuable than clothes?

Matthew 11:28 "Come to me, all you who are weary and find life burdensome, and I will refresh you. 29 Take my yoke upon your shoulders and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble of heart. Your souls will find rest, 30 for my yoke is easy and my burden light."

Ephesians 6:2 "Honor your father and mother" is the first commandment to carry a promise with it - 3 "that it may go well with you, and that you may have long life on the earth."

Hebrews 13:5 Do not love money but be content with what you have, for God has said, "I will never desert you, nor will I forsake you. 6 Thus we may say with confidence:
"The Lord is my helper,
I will not be afraid;
What can man do to me?"

Hebrews 13:16 Do not neglect good deeds and generosity; God is pleased by sacrifices of that kind.

Psalm 37:25 Neither in my youth, nor now that I am old, have I seen a just man forsaken nor his descendants begging bread. 26 All the day he is kindly and lends, and his descendants shall be blessed.

Proverbs 1:33 But he who obeys me dwells in security, in peace, without fear of harm.

Proverbs 3:1 My son, forget not my teaching, keep in mind my commands; For many days, and years of life, and peace, will they bring you. 7 Be not wise in your own eyes, fear the Lord and turn away from evil; 8 This will mean health for your flesh and vigor for your bones. 9 Honor the Lord with your wealth, with first fruits of all your produce; 10 Then will your barns be filled with grain, with new wine your vats will overflow.

Proverbs 4:20 My son, to my words be attentive, to my sayings incline your ear; 21 Let them not slip out of your sight, keep them within your heart; 22 For they are life to those who find them, to man's whole being they are health.

Proverbs 10:22 It is the Lord's blessing that brings wealth, and no effort can substitute for it.

Proverbs 15:15 Every day is miserable for the depressed, but a lighthearted man has a continual feast.

Proverbs 17:22 A joyful heart is the health of the body, but a depressed spirit dries up the bones.

Proverbs 19:17 He who has compassion on the poor lends to the Lord, and He will repay him for his good deed.

Proverbs 19:23 The fear of the Lord is an aid to life, one eats and sleeps without being visited by misfortune.

Proverbs 28:27 He who gives to the poor suffers no want, but he who ignores them gets many a curse.

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