Wisdom begins with respect for the Lord. Good sense is shown by everyone who follows God’s guiding principles. His praise continues forever. ~ Psalm 110:11, International Children’s Bible, God’s Word translations

Be careful to obey every command I give you today. Then you will live, and your population will increase. You will enter and take possession of the land that the Lord promised to your ancestors with an oath. ~ Deuteronomy 8:1, God’s Word translation, the inverse of which is if we do not obey the Lord’s […]

Those who abandon God’s teachings praise wicked people, but those who follow God’s teachings oppose wicked people. Evil people do not understand justice, but those who seek the Lord understand everything. ~ Proverbs 28:4-5, God’s Word translation

Don’t be impatient for the Lord to act! Keep traveling steadily along his pathway and in due season he will honor you with every blessing, and you will see the wicked destroyed. I myself have seen it happen: a proud and evil person, towering like a cedar of Lebanon, but when I looked again, he […]

The Lord will answer you in times of trouble.
The name of the God of Jacob will protect you.
He will send you help from his holy place
and support you from Zion.

How horrible it will be for you, you destroyer, although you haven’t been destroyed. How horrible it will be for you, you traitor, although you haven’t been betrayed. When you’ve finished destroying, you will be destroyed. When you’ve finished being a traitor, you will be betrayed. ~ Isaiah 33:1, God’s Word translation

A person who wanders from the way of wise behavior will rest in the assembly of the dead. ~ Proverbs 21:16, God’s Word translation

God condemned the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah and destroyed them by burning them to ashes. He made those cities an example to ungodly people of what is going to happen to them. Yet, God rescued Lot, a man who had his approval. Lot was distressed by the lifestyle of people who had no principles […]