Be happy with those who are happy,

and weep with those who weep.

Live in harmony with each other.

Don’t be too proud to enjoy the company of ordinary people.

And don’t think you know it all!

Romans 12:15-16

And if you have a gift for showing kindness to others,

do it gladly.

Don’t just pretend to love others.

Really love them.

Hate what is wrong.

Hold tightly to what is good.

Romans 12:8-9

For who can know the LORD’s thoughts?

Who knows enough to give him advice?

And who has given him so much

that he needs to pay it back?

Romans 11:34-35

Oh, how great are God’s riches and wisdom and knowledge!

How impossible it is for us to understand

his decisions and his ways!

Romans 11:33

Notice how God is both kind and severe.

He is severe toward those who disobeyed,

but kind to you if you continue to trust in his kindness.

But if you stop trusting,

you also will be cut off.

Romans 11:22

But how can they call on him to save them

unless they believe in him?

And how can they believe in him

if they have never heard about him?

And how can they hear about him

unless someone tells them?

Romans 10:14

God blesses those who are poor

and realize their need for him,

for the Kingdom of Heaven is theirs. 

God blesses those who mourn,

for they will be comforted.

God blesses those who are humble,

for they will inherit the whole earth.

Matthew 5:3-5

But the LORD made the earth by his power,

and he preserves it by his wisdom.

With his own understanding

he stretched out the heavens.

When he speaks in the thunder,

the heavens roar with rain.

He causes the clouds to rise over the earth.

He sends the lightning with the rain

and releases the wind from his storehouses.

Jeremiah 10:12-13

And what do you benefit if you gain the whole world

but lose your own soul?

Mark 8:36

This is what the LORD says:

“Be just and fair to all.

Do what is right and good,

for I am coming soon to rescue you

and to display my righteousness among you.

Blessed are all those

who are careful to do this.

Blessed are those who honor my Sabbath days of rest

and keep themselves from doing wrong.”

Isaiah 56:1-2