“Instruct a wise man and he will be wiser still; teach a righteous man and he will add to his learning.”

Proverbs 9:9 New International Version

“I urge you, brothers, to watch out for those who cause divisions and put obstacles in your way that are contrary to the teaching you have learned.  Keep away from them.  For such people are not serving our Lord Christ, but their own appetites.  By smooth talk and flattery they deceive the minds of naive people.”

Romans 16:17-18 New International Version

“I will sing to the Lord all my life; I will sing praise to my God as long as I live.”

Psalm 104:33 New International Version

“Stand firm then, with the belt of truth buckled around your waist, with the breastplate of righteousness in place, and with your feet fitted with the readiness that comes from the gospel of peace.  In addition to all this, take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one.”

Ephesians 6:14-16 New International Version

“We love because he first loved us.”

1 John 4:19 New International Version

“Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed.  The prayer of a righteous man is powerful and effective.”

James 5:16 New International Version

“Brothers, we do not want you to be ignorant about those who fall asleep, or to grieve like the rest of men, who have no hope.  We believe that Jesus died and rose again and so we believe that God will bring with Jesus those who have fallen asleep in him.”

1 Thessalonians 4:13-14 New International Version

“Gray hair is a crown of splendor; it is attained by a righteous life.”

Proverbs 16:31 New International Version

“Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear.  Is not life more important than food, and the body more important than clothes?  Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them.  Are you not much more valuable than they?  Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life?”

Matthew 6:25-27 New International Version

“Hear my voice when I call, O Lord; be merciful to me and answer me.”

Psalm 27:7 New International Version