“Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.”

Romans 12:21 New International Version

“A man’s pride brings him low, but a man of lowly spirit gains honor.”

Proverbs 29:23 New International Version

“If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness.”

1 John 1:9 New International Version

“So, if you think you are standing firm, be careful that you don’t fall!  No temptation has overtaken you except what is common to mankind.  And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear.  But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can endure it.”

1 Corinthians 10:12-13 New International Version

Jesus straightened up and asked her, “Woman, where are they? Has no one condemned you?“

“No one, sir,“ she said.

“Then neither do I condemn you,“ Jesus declared.  “Go now and leave your life of sin.“

John 8:10-11 New International Version

“Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one gets the prize?  Run in such a way as to get the prize.  Everyone who competes in the games goes into strict training.  They do it to get a crown that will not last; but we do it to get a crown that will last forever.  Therefore I do not run like a man running aimlessly; I do not fight like a man beating the air.  No, I beat my body and make it my slave so that after I have preached to others, I myself will not be disqualified for the prize.”

1 Corinthians 9:24-27 New International Version

“Evildoers are snared by their own sin,but the righteous shout for joy and are glad.”

Proverbs 29:6 New International Version

“Be careful to follow every command I am giving you today, so that you may live and increase and may enter and possess the land that the Lord promised on oath to your forefathers.  Remember how the Lord your God led you all the way in the desert these forty years, to humble you and to test you in order to know what was in your heart, whether or not you would keep his commands.  He humbled you, causing you to hunger and then feeding you with manna, which neither you nor your fathers had known, to teach you that man does not live on bread alone but on every word that comes from the mouth of the Lord.”

Deuteronomy 8:1-3 New International Version

“When you lie down, you will not be afraid;when you lie down, your sleep will be sweet.”

Proverbs 3:24 New International Version

“Blessed is the man you discipline, O Lord, the man you teach from your law.”

Psalm 94:12 New International Version