for the devious person is an abomination to the Lord, but the upright are in his confidence.
The friendship of the Lord is for those who fear him, and he makes known to them his covenant.
No longer do I call you servants, for the servant does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, for all that I have heard from my Father I have made known to you.
Those of crooked heart are an abomination to the Lord, but those of blameless ways are his delight.
And he answered them, “To you it has been given to know the secrets of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it has not been given.
Whoever has my commandments and keeps them, he it is who loves me. And he who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him and manifest myself to him.” Judas (not Iscariot) said to him, “Lord, how is it that you will manifest yourself to us, and not to the world?” Jesus answered him, “If anyone loves me, he will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our home with him. Whoever does not love me does not keep my words. And the word that you hear is not mine but the Father's who sent me.
He who justifies the wicked and he who condemns the righteous are both alike an abomination to the Lord.
The fear of the Lord is hatred of evil. Pride and arrogance and the way of evil and perverted speech I hate.
At that time Jesus declared, “I thank you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that you have hidden these things from the wise and understanding and revealed them to little children;
with the purified you show yourself pure; and with the crooked you make yourself seem tortuous.
as I was in my prime, when the friendship of God was upon my tent,
He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who conquers I will give some of the hidden manna, and I will give him a white stone, with a new name written on the stone that no one knows except the one who receives it.’
And he said to them, “You are those who justify yourselves before men, but God knows your hearts. For what is exalted among men is an abomination in the sight of God.
Go to the ant, O sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise. Without having any chief, officer, or ruler, she prepares her bread in summer and gathers her food in harvest. How long will you lie there, O sluggard? When will you arise from your sleep? A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest,
The heart knows its own bitterness, and no stranger shares its joy.
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