13 Take fast hold of instruction; let her not go: keep her; for she is thy life.
III. Psalm 115:9-11O Israel, trust in the LORD! Proverbs 3:5 Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In a lingering time of chaos and uncertainty, are you longing to rediscover God's grace? Sometimes my faith is called upon to take a very unattractive road, and nothing welcomes me of fascination and delight.
In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths. Abandonment to God --Its Fruit and Its Irrevocability --In what it Consists --God Exhorts us to It. 12 And say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof; 13 And have not obeyed the voice of my teachers, nor inclined mine ear to them that instructed me! Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth understanding.
39. I am held between two difficulties, for if I do not reply to you, you may take my silence for a sign of contempt; but if I do reply I cannot avoid danger, since whatever I reply I must of necessity either give scandal to some one or give to some other a security …Saint Bernard of Clairvaux—Some Letters of Saint Bernard, Abbot of Clairvaux, Epistle Cvi. 14-15 II. 21 My son, let not them depart from thine eyes: keep sound wisdom and discretion: 22 So shall they be life unto thy soul, and grace to thy neck. 23 Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.
19 The way of the wicked is as darkness: they know not at what they stumble. 30 Strive not with a man without cause, if he have done thee no harm.
I am held between two difficulties, for if I do not reply to you, you may take my silence for a sign of contempt; but if I do reply I cannot avoid danger, since whatever I reply I must of necessity either give scandal to some one or give to some other a security, Some Letters of Saint Bernard, Abbot of Clairvaux, To Syagrius, Ætherius, Virgilius, and Desiderius, Bishops [65] .
. S. Augustine, sermon, cccxxxiv. It is lawful to use the world, yea, and to desire so much of it as may keep us from the temptation. To their astonished inquiry why he, "the light of Israel, the right pillar of the Temple, and its mighty hammer," betrayed such signs of fear, he replied: "If I were, His commandments are not grievous 1 John 5:3 You have seen what Christ calls for poverty of spirit, pureness of heart, meekness, mercifulness, cheerfulness in suffering persecution, etc.
This conviction will render us contented with everything, and will make us see the commonest events in God, and not in the creature. 3 My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments: 2 For length of days, and long life, and peace, shall they add to thee. Is Religion a Virtue? ?
The exercised faith intensifies my spiritual senses, and hidden things become manifest to my soul--hidden beauties, hidden sounds, hidden scents! 11 I have taught thee in the way of wisdom; I have led thee in right paths. . You'll get this book and many others when you join Bible Gateway Plus. Exod 20: 17. 14 For the merchandise of it is better than the merchandise of silver, and the gain thereof than fine gold.
16 Let thy fountains be dispersed abroad, and rivers of waters in the streets. We read in the Talmud (Ber.
23 He shall die without instruction; and in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray. 5 Get wisdom, get understanding: forget it not; neither decline from the words of my mouth. Read more Share Copy Show footnotes A service of Faithlife / Logos Bible Software. I will still defend my ways to His face.
Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the LORD, and depart from evil. Proverbs 3:5-6. 27 Withhold not good from them to whom it is due, when it is in the power of thine hand to do it. Isaiah 12:2Surely God is my salvation; I will trust and not be afraid. I will still defend my ways to His face.
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17 Let them be only thine own, and not strangers' with thee. ^a 19 But when Herod was dead [He died in the thirty-seventh year of his reign and the seventieth of his life.
3 Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thine heart: 4 So shalt thou find favour and good understanding in the sight of God and man.
Trust in the Lord with all thy heart — Wholly and securely rely upon God’s wisdom, power, and goodness, and upon his providence and promises, for direction and help in all thine affairs and dangers.