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The peace makers shall be called the children of God.
Topic: Melancholy
Source: None
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If I do not remember thee, let my tongue cleave to the roof of my
mouth; if I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy.
Topic: Memory
Source: Psalms (ch. CXXXVII, v. 6)
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Call no man your father upon the earth, for one is your Father, which is in heaven.
Topic: Men and Women
Source: None
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Study to be quiet, and to do your own business. [1 Thessalonians 4:11].
Topic: Men and Women
Source: None
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A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit
drieth the bones.
Topic: Merriment
Source: Proverbs (ch. XVII, v. 22)
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Finally, by ye all of one mind, having compassion one of another,
love as brethren, be pitiful, be courteous:
Not rendering evil for evil, or railing for railing: but
contrariwise blessing; knowing that ye are thereunto called, that
ye should inherit a blessing.
Topic: Mind
Source: I Peter (ch. III, v. 8-9)
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And they come to Jesus, and see him that was possessed with the
devil, and had the legion, sittings, and clothed, and in his
right mind: and they were afraid.
Topic: Mind
Source: Mark (ch. V, v. 15)
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One man esteemeth one day above another: another esteemeth every
day alike. Let every man be fully persuaded in his own mind.
Topic: Mind
Source: Romans (ch. XIV, v. 5)
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The sluggard does not plow after the season, so he begs during the harvest and has nothing. [Proverbs 20:4].
Topic: Miscellaneous
Source: None
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Make my joy complete by being of the same mind, maintaining the same love, united in spirit, intent on one purpose. [Philippians 4:2].
Topic: Miscellaneous
Source: None
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A feast is made for laughter, and wine maketh merry: but money
answereth all things.
Topic: Money
Source: Ecclesiastes (ch. X, v. 19)
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A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife,
vigilant, sober, of good behavior, given to hospitality, apt to
teach:
Not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre; but
patient, not a brawler, not covetous;
One that ruleth well his own house, having his children in
subjection with all gravity;
(For if a man know not how to rule his own house, how shall he
take care of the church of God?)
Topic: Money
Source: I Timothy (ch. III, v. 2-5)
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For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some
coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced
themselves through with many sorrows.
Topic: Money
Source: I Timothy (ch. VI, v. 10)
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And Adam called his wife's name Eve; because she was the mother
of all living.
Topic: Motherhood
Source: Genesis (ch. III, v. 20)
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The inhabitants of the villages ceased, they ceased in Israel,
until that I Deborah arose, that I arose a mother in Israel.
Topic: Motherhood
Source: Judges (ch. V, v. 7)
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Her children arise up, and call her blessed; her husband also,
and he praiseth her.
Topic: Motherhood
Source: Proverbs (ch. XXXI, v. 28)
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Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened? or who laid the
cornerstone thereof;
When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God
shouted for joy?
Topic: Music
Source: Job (ch. XXXVIII, v. 6-7)
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We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof.
Topic: Music
Source: Psalms (ch. CXXXVII, v. 2)
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A good name is better than precious ointment.
Topic: Names
Source: Ecclesiasticus (ch. VII, v. 1)
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There be of them that have left a name behind them.
Topic: Names
Source: Ecclesiasticus (ch. XLIV, v. 8)
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But unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness
arise with healing in his wings; and ye shall go forth, and grow
up as calves of the stall.
Topic: Names
Source: Malachi (ch. IV, v. 2)
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And he asked him, What is thy name? And he answered, saying, My
name is Legion: for we are many.
Topic: Names
Source: Mark (ch. V, v. 9)
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A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches, and loving
favour rather than silver and gold.
Topic: Names
Source: Proverbs (ch. XXII, v. 1)
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Be angry, and yet do not sin; do not let the sun go down on your anger. [Ephesians 4:26].
Topic: Negativity
Source: None
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My dear brothers, take note of this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry, for man's anger does not bring about the righteous life that God desires. [James 1:19-20].
Topic: Negativity
Source: None
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The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is week. [Matthew 26:41].
Topic: Negativity
Source: None
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But if you will not do so, behold, you have sinned against the Lord, and be sure your sin will find you out. [Numb!2:23].
Topic: Negativity
Source: None
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Sorrow is better than laughter, for by the sadness of the face the heart is made better.
Topic: Negativity
Source: None
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. . . by evil report and good report . . .
Topic: News
Source: II Corinthians (ch. VI, v. 8)
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As cold waters to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far
country.
Topic: News
Source: Proverbs (ch. XXV, v. 25)
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The burden of Dumah. He calleth to me out of Seir, Watchman,
what of the night? Watchman, what of the night?
Topic: Night
Source: Isaiah (ch. XXI, v. 11)
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In thoughts from the visions of the night, when deep sleep
falleth on men.
Topic: Night
Source: Job (ch. IV, v. 13)
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I must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the
night cometh, when no man can work.
Topic: Night
Source: John (ch. IX, v. 4)
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The burden of the desert of the sea. As whirlwinds in the south
pass through; so it cometh from the desert, from a terrible land.
Topic: Ocean
Source: Isaiah (ch. XXI, v. 1)
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He maketh the deep to boil like a pot: he maketh the sea like a
pot of ointment.
Topic: Ocean
Source: Job (ch. XLI, v. 31)
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When I made the cloud the garment thereof, and thick darkness a
swaddlingband for it,
And brake up for it my decreed place, and set bars and doors,
And said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further: and here
shall thy proud waves be stayed?
Topic: Ocean
Source: Job (ch. XXXVIII, v. 9-11)
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If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost
parts of the sea;
Even there shall thy hand lead me, and thy right hand shall hold
me.
Topic: Ocean
Source: Psalms (ch. CXXXIX, v. 9-10)
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Deep calleth upon deep at the noise of thy waterspouts: all thy
waves and thy billows are gone over me.
Topic: Ocean
Source: Psalms (ch. XLII, v. 7)
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And Elijah came unto all the people, and said, How long halt ye
between two opinions? if the Lord be God, follow him: but if
Baal, then follow him. And the people answered him not a word.
Topic: Opinion
Source: I Kings (ch. XVIII, v. 21)
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Observe the opportunity.
Topic: Opportunity
Source: Ecclesiasticus (ch. IV, v. 20)
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Life consists not in holding good cards but in playing those you
hold well.
Topic: Opportunity
Source: Ecclesiasticus (ch. IV, v. 20)
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Let all things be done decently and in order.
Topic: Order
Source: I Corinthians (ch. XIV, v. 40)
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In those days was Hezekiah sick unto death. And Isaiah the
prophet the son of Amoz came unto him, and said unto him. Thus
saith the Lord, Set thine house in order: for thou shalt die,
and not live.
Topic: Order
Source: Isaiah (ch. XXXVIII, v. 1)
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To put the world in order, we must first put the nation in order;
to put the nation in order, we must put the family in order; to
put the family in order, we must cultivate our personal life; and
to cultivate our personal life, we must first set our hearts
right.
Topic: Order
Source: Isaiah (ch. XXXVIII, v. 1)
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It is for you that paradise is opened, the tree of life is
planted, the age to come is prepared, plenty is provided, a city
is built, rest is appointed, goodness is established and wisdom
perfected beforehand.
Topic: Paradise
Source: II Esdras (ch. VIII, v. 52)
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For the king of Babylon stood at the parting of the way, at the
head of the two ways, to use divination: he made his arrows
bright, he consulted with images, he looked in the liver.
Topic: Parting
Source: Ezekiel (ch. XXI, v. 21)
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The Lord is good unto them who wait for him, to the soul that
seeketh him.
Topic: Patience
Source: Lamentations (ch. III, v. 25)
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Peace be with you.
[Vulgate Lat., Pax vobiscum.]
Topic: Peace
Source: Genesis (ch. XLIII, v. 23)
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And he shall judge among the nations, and shall rebuke many
people: and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and
their spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up sword
against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.
Topic: Peace
Source: Isaiah (ch. II, v. 4)
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The wolf shall also dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall
lie down with the kid; and the calf and the young lion and the
fatling together; and a little child shall lead them.
Topic: Peace
Source: Isaiah (ch. XI, v. 6)
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