The wealth of a rich person is like a strong city, and it is like a high wall in his imagination.

A relative offended is harder to reach than a strong city, and disputes are like the barred gates of a fortified citadel.

There are many plans in a person’s mind, but it is the counsel of the Lord which will stand.

Banish emotional stress from your mind. and put away pain from your body; for youth and the prime of life are fleeting.

The fragrance of your colognes is delightful; your name is like the finest perfume. No wonder the young women adore you!

and the Lord has sent the people off to a distant place, and the very heart of the land is completely abandoned.

Yet I will remember the covenant I made with you in the days of your youth, and I will establish a lasting covenant with you.

All your fortifications will be like fig trees with first-ripe fruit: If they are shaken, their figs will fall into the mouth of the eater!

Next I eradicated the three shepherds in one month, for I ran out of patience with them and, indeed, they detested me as well.

The disciples said to him, “If this is the case of a husband with a wife, it is better not to marry!”

After they had assembled with the elders and formed a plan, they gave a large sum of money to the soldiers,

Because of the crowd, he told his disciples to have a small boat ready for him so the crowd would not press toward him.

He has demonstrated power with his arm; he has scattered those whose pride wells up from the sheer arrogance of their hearts.

Now in the synagogue there was a man who had the spirit of an unclean demon, and he cried out with a loud voice,

“Woe to you when all people speak well of you, for their ancestors did the same things to the false prophets.

In the same way therefore not one of you can be my disciple if he does not renounce all his own possessions.

The chief priests and the experts in the law were trying to find some way to execute Jesus, for they were afraid of the people.

In spite of what you think, these men are not drunk, for it is only nine o’clock in the morning.

But Simon replied, “You pray to the Lord for me so that nothing of what you have said may happen to me.”

Now a Jew named Apollos, a native of Alexandria, arrived in Ephesus. He was an eloquent speaker, well-versed in the scriptures.