Be careful how you think; your life is shaped by your thoughts.

May I perfectly obey your commandments and be spared the shame of defeat.

For the Spirit that God has given us does not make us timid; instead, his Spirit fills us with power, love, and self-control.

To worry yourself to death with resentment would be a foolish, senseless thing to do.

The wicked see this and are angry; they glare in hate and disappear; their hopes are gone forever.

"Jacob's sons became jealous of their brother Joseph and sold him to be a slave in Egypt. But God was with him

They are filled with all kinds of wickedness, evil, greed, and vice; they are full of jealousy, murder, fighting, deceit, and malice. They gossip

Don't think that there is no truth in the scripture that says, "The spirit that God placed in us is filled with fierce desires."

If you do, it will be like good medicine, healing your wounds and easing your pains.

A good wife is her husband's pride and joy; but a wife who brings shame on her husband is like a cancer in his bones.

Being cheerful keeps you healthy. It is slow death to be gloomy all the time.