“A good name is more desirable than great riches; to be esteemed is better than silver or gold.“

Proverbs 22:1 New International Version

“He has made everything beautiful in its time.  He has also set eternity in the hearts of men; yet they cannot fathom what God has done from beginning to end.”

Ecclesiastes 3:11 New International Version

“I tell you, my friends, do not be afraid of those who kill the body and after that can do no more. But I will show you whom you should fear: Fear him who, after the killing of the body, has power to throw you into hell.  Yes, I tell you, fear him.”

Luke 12:4-5 New International Version

“When I am afraid, I will trust in you.  In God, whose word I praise, in God I trust; I will not be afraid.  What can mortal man do to me?”

Psalm 56:3-4 New International Version

“Above all, love each other deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins.”

1 Peter 4:8 New International Version

“Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you.”

1 Peter 5:7 New International Version

“If there is a poor man among your brothers in any of the towns of the land that the LORD your God is giving you, do not be hardhearted or tightfisted toward your poor brother.  Rather be openhanded and freely lend him whatever he needs.”

 

Deuteronomy 15:7-8 New International Version

“If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but have not love, I am nothing.”

1 Corinthians 13:2 New International Version

     When they reached the place God had told him about, Abraham built an altar there and arranged the wood on it.  He bound his son Isaac and laid him on the altar, on top of the wood.  Then he reached out his hand and took the knife to slay his son.  But the angel of the LORD called out to him from heaven, “Abraham! Abraham!”

     “Here I am,” he replied.

     “Do not lay a hand on the boy,” he said.  “Do not do anything to him.  Now I know that you fear God, because you have not withheld from me your son, your only son.”

 

Genesis 22:9-12 New International Version

     Abraham took the wood for the burnt offering and placed it on his son Isaac, and he himself carried the fire and the knife.  As the two of them went on together, Isaac spoke up and said to his father Abraham, “Father?”

     “Yes, my son?” Abraham replied.

     “The fire and wood are here,” Isaac said, “but where is the lamb for the burnt offering?”

     Abraham answered, “God himself will provide the lamb for the burnt offering, my son.”  And the two of them went on together.

Genesis 22:6-8 New International Version