Happy are your wives! Happy are these your servants, who continually stand before you and hear your wisdom!
But he said, “Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and keep it!”
And she had a sister called Mary, who sat at the Lord's feet and listened to his teaching. But Martha was distracted with much serving. And she went up to him and said, “Lord, do you not care that my sister has left me to serve alone? Tell her then to help me.” But the Lord answered her, “Martha, Martha, you are anxious and troubled about many things, but one thing is necessary. Mary has chosen the good portion, which will not be taken away from her.”
Whoever walks with the wise becomes wise, but the companion of fools will suffer harm.
The lips of the righteous feed many, but fools die for lack of sense.
Blessed is the one who listens to me, watching daily at my gates, waiting beside my doors.
for the gain from her is better than gain from silver and her profit better than gold.
Let not steadfast love and faithfulness forsake you; bind them around your neck; write them on the tablet of your heart.
For a day in your courts is better than a thousand elsewhere. I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God than dwell in the tents of wickedness. For the Lord God is a sun and shield; the Lord bestows favor and honor. No good thing does he withhold from those who walk uprightly. O Lord of hosts, blessed is the one who trusts in you!
One thing have I asked of the Lord, that will I seek after: that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to gaze upon the beauty of the Lord and to inquire in his temple.
Happy are your men! Happy are your servants, who continually stand before you and hear your wisdom!
who said of his father and mother, ‘I regard them not’; he disowned his brothers and ignored his children. For they observed your word and kept your covenant.
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