Quotations about sense of life

{12:13} This is the end of the matter. All has been heard. Fear God, and keep his commandments; for this is the whole duty of man.

{12:14} For God will bring every work into judgment, with every hidden thing, whether it is good, or whether it is evil.

Ecclesiastes 12:13-14

Men lose all the material things they leave behind them in this world, but they carry with them the reward of their charity and the alms they give. For these they will receive from the Lord the reward and recompense they deserve.

From a letter written to all the faithful by Saint Francis of Assisi.

{23:17} Don't let your heart envy sinners; but rather fear Yahweh all the day long.

{23:18} Indeed surely there is a future hope, and your hope will not be cut off.

Proverbs 23:17-18

The waters have risen and severe storms are upon us, but we do not fear drowning, for we stand firmly upon a rock. Let the sea rage, it cannot break the rock. Let the waves rise, they cannot sink the boat of Jesus. What are we to fear? Death? Life to me means Christ, and death is gain. Exile? The earth and its fullness belong to the Lord. The confiscation of goods? We brought nothing into this world, and we shall surely take nothing from it. I have only contempt for the world’s threats, I find its blessings laughable. I have no fear of poverty, no desire for wealth. I am not afraid of death nor do I long to live, except for your good. I concentrate therefore on the present situation, and I urge you, my friends, to have confidence.

Do you not hear the Lord saying: Where two or three are gathered in my name, there am I in their midst? Will he be absent, then, when so many people united in love are gathered together? I have his promise; I am surely not going to rely on my own strength! I have what he has written; that is my staff, my security, my peaceful harbor. Let the world be in upheaval. I hold to his promise and read his message; that is my protecting wall and garrison. What message? Know that I am with you always, until the end of the world!

If Christ is with me, whom shall I fear? Though the waves and the sea and the anger of princes are roused against me, they are less to me than a spider’s web. Indeed, unless you, my brothers, had detained me, I would have left this very day. For I always say Lord, your will be done; not what this fellow or that would have me do, but what you want me to do. That is my strong tower, my immovable rock, my staff that never gives way. If God wants something, let it be done! If he wants me to stay here, I am grateful. But wherever he wants me to be, I am no less grateful.

Yet where I am, there you are too, and where you are, I am. For we are a single body, and the body cannot be separated from the head nor the head from the body. Distance separates us, but love unites us, and death itself cannot divide us. For though my body die, my soul will live and be mindful of my people.

You are my fellow citizens, my fathers, my brothers, my sons, my limbs, my body. You are my light, sweeter to me than the visible light. For what can the rays of the sun bestow on me that is comparable to your love? The sun’s light is useful in my earthly life, but your love is fashioning a crown for me in the life to come.

From a homily by Saint John Chrysostom, bishop

O God, who have prepared for those who love you good things which no eye can see, fill our hearts, we pray, with the warmth of your love, so that, loving you in all things and above all things, we may attain your promises, which surpass every human desire.

From the Liturgy of the Hours.

God our creator, you gave us the earth to cultivate and the sun to serve our needs. Help us to spend this day for your glory and our neighbor’s good.

From the Liturgy of the Hours.

Consider now the way of light; any man who is bent on reaching his appointed goal must be very careful in all he does. Now these are the directions that have been given to us for this journey: love your Creator; reverence your Maker; give glory to him who redeemed you when you were dead; be single-minded but rich in spiritual treasure; avoid those who travel down death’s highway; hate whatever is displeasing to God; detest all hypocritical pretense; do not abandon God’s commandments. Do not put on airs, but be modest in whatever you do; claim no credit for yourself. Plot no evil against your neighbor, and do not give pride an entrance into your heart.

Love your neighbor more than your own life. Do not kill an unborn child through abortion, nor destroy it after birth. Do not refrain from chastising son or daughter, but bring them up from childhood in the fear of the Lord. Do not set your heart on what belongs to your neighbor and do not give in to greed. Do not associate with the arrogant but cultivate those who are humble and virtuous.

Accept as a blessing whatever comes your way in the knowledge that nothing ever happens without God’s concurrence. Avoid duplicity in thought or in word, for such deception is a deadly snare.

Share with your neighbor whatever you have, and do not say of anything, this is mine. If you both share an imperishable treasure, how much more must you share what is perishable. Do not be hasty in speech; the mouth is a deadly snare. For your soul’s good, make every effort to live chastely. Do not hold out your hand for what you can get, only to withdraw it when it comes to giving. Cherish as the apple of your eye anyone who speaks to you of the word of the Lord.

Night and day you will bear in mind the hour of judgment; every day you will seek out the company of God’s faithful, either by preaching the word, earnestly exhorting them, ever considering how you can save souls by your eloquence, or else by working with your hands to make reparation for your past sins.

Never hesitate to give, and when you do give, never grumble; then you will know the one who will repay you. Preserve the traditions you have received, adding nothing and taking nothing away. The evildoer will ever be hateful to you. Be fair in your judgments. Never stir up dissension, but act as peacemaker and reconcile the quarrelsome. Confess your sins, and do not begin to pray with a guilty conscience.

Such then is the way of light.

From a letter attributed to Barnabas

Man should be like the earth and bear fruit; he should not let inanimate matter appear to surpass him. The earth bears crops for your benefit, not for its own, but when you give to the poor, you are bearing fruit which you will gather in for yourself, since the reward for good deeds goes to those who perform them. Give to a hungry man, and what you give becomes yours, and indeed it returns to you with interest. As the sower profits from wheat that falls onto the ground, so will you profit greatly in the world to come from the bread that you place before a hungry man. Your husbandry must be the sowing of heavenly seed: Sow integrity for yourselves, says Scripture.

You are going to leave your money behind you here whether you wish to or not. On the other hand, you will take with you to the Lord the honor that you have won through good works. In the presence of the universal judge, all the people will surround you, acclaim you as a public benefactor, and tell of your generosity and kindness.

Do you not see how people throw away their wealth on theatrical performances, boxing contests, mimes and fights between men and wild beasts, which are sickening to see, and all for the sake of fleeting honor and popular applause? If you are miserly with your money, how can you expect any similar honor? Your reward for the right use of the things in this world will be everlasting glory, a crown of righteousness, and the kingdom of heaven; God will welcome you, the angels will praise you, all men who have existed since the world began will call you blessed. Do you care nothing for these things, and spurn the hopes that lie in the future for the sake of your present enjoyment? Come, distribute your wealth freely, give generously to those who are in need. Earn for yourself the psalmist’s praise: He gave freely to the poor; his righteousness will endure for ever.

How grateful you should be to your own benefactor; how you should beam with joy at the honor of having other people come to your door, instead of being obliged to go to theirs! But you are now ill- humored and unapproachable; you avoid meeting people, in case you might be forced to loosen your purse-strings even a little. You can say only one thing: “I have nothing to give you. I am only a poor man.” A poor man you certainly are, and destitute of all real riches; you are poor in love, generosity, faith in God and hope of eternal happiness.

From a sermon on charity by Saint Basil the Great, bishop

{20:11} I saw a great white throne, and him who sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away. There was found no place for them.

{20:12} I saw the dead, the great and the small, standing before the throne, and they opened books. Another book was opened, which is the book of life. The dead were judged out of the things which were written in the books, according to their works.

{20:13} The sea gave up the dead who were in it. Death and Hades gave up the dead who were in them. They were judged, each one according to his works.

{20:14} Death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. This is the second death, the lake of fire.

{20:15} If anyone was not found written in the book of life, he was cast into the lake of fire.

The Revelation to John 20:11-15

{21:1} I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth have passed away, and the sea is no more.

{21:2} I saw the holy city, New Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared like a bride adorned for her husband.

{21:3} I heard a loud voice out of heaven saying, "Behold, God's dwelling is with people, and he will dwell with them, and they will be his people, and God himself will be with them as their God.

{21:4} He will wipe away from them every tear from their eyes. Death will be no more; neither will there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain, any more. The first things have passed away."

The Revelation to John 21:1-4

Behold, to Yahweh your God belongs heaven and the heaven of heavens, the earth, with all that is therein.

Deuteronomy 10:14

...and to make you high above all nations that he has made, in praise, and in name, and in honor...

Deuteronomy 26:19

For our citizenship is in heaven.

Paul's Letter to the Philippians 3:20

{12:2} Many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt.

{12:3} Those who are wise shall shine as the brightness of the expanse; and those who turn many to righteousness as the stars forever and ever.

Daniel 12:2-3

From the days of John the Baptizer until now, the Kingdom of Heaven suffers violence, and the violent take it by force.

Matthew 11:12

Give not over your soul to sorrow; and afflict not yourself in your own counsel.
Gladness of heart is the life of a man; and the joyfulness of a man is length of days.
Love your own soul, and comfort your heart: and remove sorrow far from you; for sorrow has destroyed many, and there is no profit therein.
Envy and wrath shorten a man’s days; and care brings old age before the time.

The Wisdom of Jesus the Son of Sirach 30:21-24

To son and wife, to brother and friend,
Give not power over you while you live;
And give not your goods to another,
Lest you repent and make supplication for them again.
Whilst you yet live, and breath is in you,
Give not yourself over to anybody.
For better it is that your children should supplicate you,
Than that you should look to the hand of your sons.
In all your works keep the upper hand;
Bring not a stain on your honor.
In the day that you endest the days of your life,
And in the time of death, distribute your inheritance.

The Wisdom of Jesus the Son of Sirach 33:19-23

1 For truly all men by nature * were but vain who had no perception of God,
And from the good things that are seen they gained not power to know him that is,
Neither by giving heed to the works did they recognize the architect;

2 But either fire, or wind, or swift air,
Or † circling stars, or raging water, or ‡ luminaries of heaven,
They thought to be gods that rule the world.

3 And if it was through delight in their beauty that they took them to be gods,
Let them know how much better than these is their Sovereign Lord;
For the first author of beauty created them:

4 But if it was through astonishment at their power and § influence,
Let them understand from them how much more powerful is he that formed them;

5 For from the ** greatness of the beauty †† even of created things
‡‡ In like proportion §§ does man form the image of their first maker.

6 But yet for these *** men there is but small blame,
For they too perhaps do but go astray
While they are seeking God and desiring to find him.

7 For ††† living among his works they make diligent search,
And they ‡‡‡ yield themselves up to sight, because the things that they look upon are beautiful.

8 But again even they are not to be excused.

9 For if they had power to know so much,
That they should be able to explore §§§ the course of things,
How is it that they did not sooner find the Sovereign Lord of these his works?

The Wisdom of Solomon 13:1-9

Because God created man for incorruption, and made him an image of his own everlastingness;
but death entered into the world by the envy of the devil, and those who belong to him experience it.

The Wisdom of Solomon 2:23-24

Therefore, keep your conscience good and you will always enjoy happiness, for a good conscience can bear a great deal and can bring joy even in the midst of adversity.

Thomas À Kempis "The Imitation Of Christ"

Do not rejoice unless you have done well.

Thomas à Kempis "The Imitation Of Christ"

The lust of the flesh, the desire of the eyes, and the pride of life lead to love, while the pains and miseries, which are the just consequences of those things, beget hatred and weariness of the world. Vicious pleasure overcomes the soul that is given to the world. She thinks that there are delights beneath these thorns, because she has never seen or tasted the sweetness of God or the internal delight of virtue. They, on the other hand, who entirely despise the world and seek to live for God under the rule of holy discipline, are not ignorant of the divine sweetness promised to those who truly renounce the world. They see clearly how gravely the world errs, and in how many ways it deceives.

Thomas à Kempis "The Imitation Of Christ"

For the truly patient man does not consider from whom the suffering comes, whether from a superior, an equal, or an inferior, whether from a good and holy person or from a perverse and unworthy one; but no matter how great an adversity befalls him, no matter how often it comes or from whom it comes, he accepts it gratefully from the hand of God, and counts it a great gain. For with God nothing that is suffered for His sake, no matter how small, can pass without reward.

Thomas à Kempis "The Imitation Of Christ"

Use temporal things but desire eternal things. You cannot be satisfied with any temporal goods because you were not created to enjoy them. Even if you possessed all created things you could not be happy and blessed; for in God, Who created all these things, your whole blessedness and happiness consists - not indeed such happiness as is seen and praised by lovers of the world, but such as that for which the good and faithful servants of Christ wait, and of which the spiritual and pure of heart, whose conversation is in heaven, sometime have a foretaste.

Thomas à Kempis "The Imitation Of Christ"

{37:27} Depart from evil, and do good. Live securely forever.

The Psalms 37:27

Are you in a bad mood? Do some small good deed! Still feeling bad? Do one more good deed! Repeat until the mood improves and you feel joy.

The author is anonymous

{16:7} But Yahweh said to Samuel, "Don't look on his face, or on the height of his stature; because I have rejected him: for I see not as man sees; for man looks at the outward appearance, but Yahweh looks at the heart."

The First Book of Samuel 16:7

Things which an eye didn't see, and an ear didn't hear, which didn't enter into the heart of man, these God has prepared for those who love him.

Paul's First Letter to the Corinthians 2:9

...but just as he who called you is holy, you yourselves also be holy in all of your behavior; because it is written, "You shall be holy; for I am holy".

Peter's First Letter 1:15-16

Others were tortured, not accepting their deliverance, that they might obtain a better resurrection.
Others were tried by mocking and scourging, yes, moreover by bonds and imprisonment.
They were stoned. They were sawn apart. They were tempted. They were slain with the sword. They went around in sheep skins and in goat skins; being destitute, afflicted, ill-treated
(of whom the world was not worthy), wandering in deserts, mountains, caves, and the holes of the earth.

The Letter to the Hebrews 11:35-38

{6:12} For our wrestling is not against flesh and blood, but against the principalities, against the powers, against the world's rulers of the darkness of this age, and against the spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly places.

Paul's Letter to the Ephesians 6:12

{3:13} Brothers, I don't regard myself as yet having taken hold, but one thing I do. Forgetting the things which are behind, and stretching forward to the things which are before,
{3:14} I press on toward the goal for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.

Paul's Letter to the Philippians 3:13-14

{5:16} Rejoice always.

Paul's First Letter to the Thessalonians 5:16

{6:17} Charge those who are rich in this present world that they not be haughty, nor have their hope set on the uncertainty of riches, but on the living God, who richly provides us with everything to enjoy;
{6:18} that they do good, that they be rich in good works, that they be ready to distribute, willing to communicate;
{6:19} laying up in store for themselves a good foundation against the time to come, that they may lay hold of eternal life.

Paul's First Letter to Timothy 6:17-19

{6:7} For we brought nothing into the world, and we certainly can't carry anything out.
{6:8} But having food and clothing, we will be content with that.
{6:9} But those who are determined to be rich fall into a temptation and a snare and many foolish and harmful lusts, such as drown men in ruin and destruction.
{6:10} For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. Some have been led astray from the faith in their greed, and have pierced themselves through with many sorrows.
{6:11} But you, man of God, flee these things, and follow after righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, and gentleness.
{6:12} Fight the good fight of faith. Lay hold of the eternal life to which you were called, and you confessed the good confession in the sight of many witnesses.

Paul's First Letter to Timothy 6:7-12

{4:11} Even to this present hour we hunger, thirst, are naked, are beaten, and have no certain dwelling place.
{4:12} We toil, working with our own hands. When people curse us, we bless. Being persecuted, we endure.
{4:13} Being defamed, we entreat. We are made as the filth of the world, the dirt wiped off by all, even until now.

Paul's First Letter to the Corinthians 4:11-13

For though the fig tree doesn't flourish, nor fruit be in the vines; the labor of the olive fails, the fields yield no food; the flocks are cut off from the fold, and there is no herd in the stalls:

yet I will rejoice in Yahweh. I will be joyful in the God of my salvation!

Yahweh, the Lord, is my strength. He makes my feet like deer's feet, and enables me to go in high places.

Habakkuk 3:17-19

Who show loving kindness to thousands, and recompense the iniquity of the fathers into the bosom of their children after them; the great, the mighty God, Yahweh of Armies is his name; great in counsel, and mighty in work; whose eyes are open on all the ways of the sons of men, to give everyone according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings.

Jeremiah 32:18-19

I, Yahweh, search the mind, I try the heart, even to give every man according to his ways, according to the fruit of his doings.

Jeremiah 17:10

You don't have a soul.
You are a Soul.
You have a body.

C.S.Lewis

As Benedict XVI noted, Antonio Gaudi drew inspiration from three books that nourished him as a person, as a believer and as an architect: the book of nature, the book of Holy Bible and the book of the liturgy.

Agnieszka Bystrzanowska "Love One Another!"

Give the person what they need - and they will want amenities. Provide him with amenities - he will strive for luxury. Showered with luxury - he will begin to sigh in exquisite. Let him get exquisite - he will crave frenzy. Give him everything that he wishes - he will complain that he was deceived, and that he did not receive what he wanted.

Ernest Hemingway

The more one does what is good, the freer one becomes.

Catechism of the Catholic Church (1733)

Pier Giorgio did not think for a moment what people would say about him: his entire life he had always followed only one rule: what would God think of me?

Father Pietro Righini

For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.

Paul's Letter to the Philippians 1:21

...for there is no man without fault, no man without burden, no man sufficient to himself nor wise enough. Hence we must support one another, console one another, mutually help, counsel, and advise.

Thomas À Kempis

In nothing be anxious, but in everything, by prayer and petition with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God.

Paul's Letter to the Philippians 4:6

For our citizenship is in heaven.

Paul's Letter to the Philippians 3:20

Each of you not just looking to his own things, but each of you also to the things of others.

Paul's Letter to the Philippians 2:4

This I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more...

Paul's Letter to the Philippians 1:9

and you shall love Yahweh your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your might.

These words, which I command you this day, shall be on your heart;

and you shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise up.

You shall bind them for a sign on your hand, and they shall be for symbols between your eyes.

You shall write them on the door posts of your house, and on your gates.

Deuteronomy 6:5-9

Yahweh will render to every man his righteousness and his faithfulness; because Yahweh delivered you into my hand today, and I wouldn't put forth my hand against Yahweh's anointed.

I Samuel 26:23

You shall walk in all the way which Yahweh your God has commanded you, that you may live, and that it may be well with you, and that you may prolong your days in the land which you shall possess.

Deuteronomy 5:33

To obtain and multiply earthly goods, then, will not help you, but to despise them and root them out of your heart will aid. This, understand, is true not only of money and wealth, but also of ambition for honor and desire for empty praise, all of which will pass away with this world.

Thomas à Kempis "The Imitation Of Christ"

You deceive yourself, you are mistaken if you seek anything but to suffer, for this mortal life is full of miseries and marked with crosses on all sides.

Thomas à Kempis "The Imitation Of Christ"

If you carry the cross willingly, it will carry and lead you to the desired goal where indeed there shall be no more suffering, but here there shall be. If you carry it unwillingly, you create a burden for yourself and increase the load, though still you have to bear it. If you cast away one cross, you will find another and perhaps a heavier one.

Thomas à Kempis "The Imitation Of Christ"

Behold, in the cross is everything, and upon your dying on the cross everything depends. There is no other way to life and to true inward peace than the way of the holy cross and daily mortification.

Thomas à Kempis "The Imitation Of Christ"

O death, how bitter is the remembrance of you to a man that is at peace in his possessions, To the man that has nothing to distract him, and has prosperity in all things, And that still has strength to receive meat!

O death, acceptable is your sentence to a man that is needy, and that fails in strength, That is in extreme old age, and is distracted about all things, And is perverse, and has lost patience!

The Wisdom of Jesus the Son of Sirach 41:1-2

Nothing is more acceptable to God, nothing more helpful for you on this earth than to suffer willingly for Christ.

Thomas à Kempis "The Imitation Of Christ"

They seek a petty reward, and sometimes fight shamefully in law courts for a single piece of money.
They are not afraid to work day and night for a trifle or an empty promise.
But, for an unchanging good, for a reward beyond estimate, for the greatest honor and for glory everlasting, it must be said to their shame that men begrudge even the least fatigue.
Be ashamed, then, lazy and complaining servant, that they should be found more eager for perdition than you are for life, that they rejoice more in vanity than you in truth.
Sometimes indeed their expectations fail them, but My promise never deceives, nor does it send away empty-handed him who trusts in Me.
What I have promised I will give. What I have said I will fulfill, if only a man remain faithful in My love to the end.

Thomas à Kempis "The Imitation Of Christ"

If there were nothing else to do but praise the Lord God with all your heart and voice!

Thomas à Kempis "The Imitation Of Christ"

When a man reaches a point where he seeks no solace from any creature, then he begins to relish God perfectly. Then also he will be content no matter what may happen to him.

Thomas à Kempis "The Imitation Of Christ"

He who does not overcome small faults, shall fall little by little into greater ones.

Thomas à Kempis "The Imitation Of Christ"

Watch over yourself, arouse yourself, warn yourself, and regardless of what becomes of others, do not neglect yourself.

Thomas à Kempis "The Imitation Of Christ"

The more violence you do to yourself, the more progress you will make.

Thomas à Kempis "The Imitation Of Christ"

Moreover the profit of the earth is for all. The king profits from the field.

He who loves silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he who loves abundance, with increase: this also is vanity.

When goods increase, those who eat them are increased; and what advantage is there to its owner, except to feast on them with his eyes?

The sleep of a laboring man is sweet, whether he eats little or much; but the abundance of the rich will not allow him to sleep.

There is a grievous evil which I have seen under the sun: wealth kept by its owner to his harm.

Those riches perish by misfortune, and if he has fathered a son, there is nothing in his hand.

As he came forth from his mother's womb, naked shall he go again as he came, and shall take nothing for his labor, which he may carry away in his hand.

This also is a grievous evil, that in all points as he came, so shall he go. And what profit does he have who labors for the wind?

All his days he also eats in darkness, he is frustrated, and has sickness and wrath.

Ecclesiastes 5:9-17

Whoever digs a pit shall fall into it. Whoever rolls a stone, it will come back on him.

Proverbs 26:27

There is only one tragedy in the end, not to have been a saint.

Léon Bloy

In all your matters remember your last end, And you will never do amiss.

The Wisdom of Jesus the Son of Sirach 7:36

Don't be afraid of the things which you are about to suffer. Behold, the devil is about to throw some of you into prison, that you may be tested; and you will have oppression for ten days. Be faithful to death, and I will give you the crown of life.

He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the assemblies. He who overcomes won't be harmed by the second death.

The Revelation to John 2:10-11

{2:19} For it is commendable if someone endures pain, suffering unjustly, because of conscience toward God.
{2:20} For what glory is it if, when you sin, you patiently endure beating? But if, when you do well, you patiently endure suffering, this is commendable with God.
{2:21} For to this you were called, because Christ also suffered for us, leaving you an example, that you should follow his steps,
{2:22} who did not sin, "neither was deceit found in his mouth."
{2:23} Who, when he was cursed, didn't curse back. When he suffered, didn't threaten, but committed himself to him who judges righteously;
{2:24} who his own self bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we, having died to sins, might live to righteousness; by whose stripes you were healed.

Peter's First Letter 2:19-24

For instead of the little will that you now readily give up, you shall always have your will in heaven. There, indeed, you shall find all that you could desire. There you shall have possession of every good without fear of losing it. There shall your will be forever one with Mine. It shall desire nothing outside of Me and nothing for itself. There no one shall oppose you, no one shall complain of you, no one hinder you, and nothing stand in your way. All that you desire will be present there, replenishing your affection and satisfying it to the full. There I shall render you glory for the reproach you have suffered here; for your sorrow I shall give you a garment of praise, and for the lowest place a seat of power forever. There the fruit of glory will appear, the labor of penance rejoice, and humble subjection be gloriously crowned.

Bow humbly, therefore, under the will of all, and do not heed who said this or commanded that. But let it be your special care when something is commanded, or even hinted at, whether by a superior or an inferior or an equal, that you take it in good part and try honestly to perform it. Let one person seek one thing and another something else. Let one glory in this, another in that, and both be praised a thousand times over. But as for you, rejoice neither in one or the other, but only in contempt of yourself and in My pleasure and honor. Let this be your wish: That whether in life or in death God may be glorified in you.

Thomas Hemerken of Kempen "The Imitation of Christ"

Our God is what we devote the most of our time to.

Author unknown

All wisdom is the fear of the Lord.

The Wisdom of Jesus the Son of Sirach 19:20

Don't love the world, neither the things that are in the world. If anyone loves the world, the Father's love isn't in him.

For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, isn't the Father's, but is the world's.

John's First Letter 2:15-16

Whoever walks blamelessly is kept safe; but one with perverse ways will fall suddenly.

Proverbs 28:18

Thus says Yahweh, Don't let the wise man glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty man glory in his might, don't let the rich man glory in his riches;

but let him who glories glory in this, that he has understanding, and knows me, that I am Yahweh who exercises loving kindness, justice, and righteousness, in the earth: for in these things I delight, says Yahweh.

Jeremiah 9:23-24

This book of the law shall not depart out of your mouth, but you shall meditate on it day and night, that you may observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then you shall make your way prosperous, and then you shall have good success.

Joshua 1:8

Oh that there were such a heart in them, that they would fear me, and keep all my commandments always, that it might be well with them, and with their children forever!

Deuteronomy 5:29

We know that we are of God, and the whole world lies in the power of the evil one.

John's First Letter 5:19

Scientists estimate that in the whole history of humanity there were (and there are) approx. 160 billion of people.

Marian Juźków

He has shown you, O man, what is good. What does Yahweh require of you, but to act justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God?

Micah 6:8

For they have not served you in their kingdom, and in your great goodness that you gave them, and in the large and rich land which you gave before them, neither did they turn from their wicked works.

"Behold, we are servants this day, and as for the land that you gave to our fathers to eat its fruit and its good, behold, we are servants in it.

It yields much increase to the kings whom you have set over us because of our sins: also they have power over our bodies, and over our livestock, at their pleasure, and we are in great distress.

Nehemiah, 9:35-37

Do what is good and no evil shall touch you.

The Book of Tobit, 12:7

Don't love the world, neither the things that are in the world. If anyone loves the world, the Father's love isn't in him. For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, isn't the Father's, but is the world's. The world is passing away with its lusts, but he who does God's will remains forever.

John's First Letter, 2:15-17

Jesus, seeing that he became very sad, said, “How hard it is for those who have riches to enter into the Kingdom of God! For it is easier for a camel to enter in through a needle's eye, than for a rich man to enter into the Kingdom of God.”

The Good News According to Luke 18:24-25

9:43 If your hand causes you to stumble, cut it off. It is better for you to enter into life maimed, rather than having your two hands to go into Gehenna, into the unquenchable fire,
9:44 ‘where their worm doesn't die, and the fire is not quenched.'
9:45 If your foot causes you to stumble, cut it off. It is better for you to enter into life lame, rather than having your two feet to be cast into Gehenna, into the fire that will never be quenched—
9:46 ‘where their worm doesn't die, and the fire is not quenched.'
9:47 If your eye causes you to stumble, cast it out. It is better for you to enter into the Kingdom of God with one eye, rather than having two eyes to be cast into the Gehenna of fire,
9:48 ‘where their worm doesn't die, and the fire is not quenched.'

Mark, 9

Who has woe?
Who has sorrow?
Who has strife?
Who has complaints?
Who has needless bruises?
Who has bloodshot eyes?
Those who stay long at the wine;
those who go to seek out mixed wine.
Don't look at the wine when it is red,
when it sparkles in the cup,
when it goes down smoothly.
In the end, it bites like a snake,
and poisons like a viper.
Your eyes will see strange things,
and your mind will imagine confusing things.
Yes, you will be as he who lies down in the midst of the sea,
or as he who lies on top of the rigging:
“They hit me, and I was not hurt!
They beat me, and I don't feel it!
When will I wake up? I can do it again.
I can find another.”

Proverbs 23:29-35

The fear of Yahweh prolongs days, but the years of the wicked shall be shortened.

Proverbs 10:27

13:1 If I speak with the languages of men and of angels, but don't have love, I have become sounding brass, or a clanging cymbal.
13:2 If I have the gift of prophecy, and know all mysteries and all knowledge; and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but don't have love, I am nothing.
13:3 If I dole out all my goods to feed the poor, and if I give my body to be burned, but don't have love, it profits me nothing.
13:4 Love is patient and is kind; love doesn't envy. Love doesn't brag, is not proud,
13:5 doesn't behave itself inappropriately, doesn't seek its own way, is not provoked, takes no account of evil;
13:6 doesn't rejoice in unrighteousness, but rejoices with the truth;
13:7 bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.
13:8 Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will be done away with. Where there are various languages, they will cease. Where there is knowledge, it will be done away with.

Paul's First Letter to the Corinthians, 13

He who conceals his sins doesn't prosper, but whoever confesses and renounces them finds mercy.

Proverbs 28:13

Jesus didn't leave us with a book, He left us with a Church.

Based on 1 Timothy 3:15

Give, and it will be given to you: good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over, will be given to you. For with the same measure you measure it will be measured back to you.

Luke, 6:38

12:4 “I tell you, my friends, don't be afraid of those who kill the body, and after that have no more that they can do.
12:5 But I will warn you whom you should fear. Fear him, who after he has killed, has power to cast into Gehenna. Yes, I tell you, fear him.
12:6 “Aren't five sparrows sold for two assaria coins? Not one of them is forgotten by God.
12:7 But the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Therefore don't be afraid. You are of more value than many sparrows.
12:8 “I tell you, everyone who confesses me before men, him will the Son of Man also confess before the angels of God;
12:9 but he who denies me in the presence of men will be denied in the presence of the angels of God.

Luke, 12

5:27 “You have heard that it was said, * ‘You shall not commit adultery;'*
5:28 but I tell you that everyone who gazes at a woman to lust after her has committed adultery with her already in his heart.
5:29 If your right eye causes you to stumble, pluck it out and throw it away from you. For it is more profitable for you that one of your members should perish, than for your whole body to be cast into Gehenna.
5:30 If your right hand causes you to stumble, cut it off, and throw it away from you. For it is more profitable for you that one of your members should perish, than for your whole body to be cast into Gehenna.
5:31 “It was also said, ‘Whoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a writing of divorce,'*
5:32 but I tell you that whoever puts away his wife, except for the cause of sexual immorality, makes her an adulteress; and whoever marries her when she is put away commits adultery.
5:33 “Again you have heard that it was said to them of old time, ‘You shall not make false vows, but shall perform to the Lord your vows,'
5:34 but I tell you, don't swear at all: neither by heaven, for it is the throne of God;
5:35 nor by the earth, for it is the footstool of his feet; nor by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the great King. 5:36 Neither shall you swear by your head, for you can't make one hair white or black.
5:37 But let your ‘Yes' be ‘Yes' and your ‘No' be ‘No.' Whatever is more than these is of the evil one.
5:38 “You have heard that it was said, ‘An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth.'*
5:39 But I tell you, don't resist him who is evil; but whoever strikes you on your right cheek, turn to him the other also.
5:40 If anyone sues you to take away your coat, let him have your cloak also.
5:41 Whoever compels you to go one mile, go with him two.
5:42 Give to him who asks you, and don't turn away him who desires to borrow from you.
5:43 “You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall love your neighbor,* and hate your enemy.*'
5:44 But I tell you, love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who mistreat you and persecute you,
5:45 that you may be children of your Father who is in heaven. For he makes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the just and the unjust.

Matthew, 5

6:25 Therefore I tell you, don't be anxious for your life: what you will eat, or what you will drink; nor yet for your body, what you will wear. Isn't life more than food, and the body more than clothing?
6:26 See the birds of the sky, that they don't sow, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns. Your heavenly Father feeds them. Aren't you of much more value than they?
6:27 “Which of you, by being anxious, can add one moment to his lifespan?
6:28 Why are you anxious about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow. They don't toil, neither do they spin,
6:29 yet I tell you that even Solomon in all his glory was not dressed like one of these.
6:30 But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today exists, and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, won't he much more clothe you, you of little faith?
6:31 “Therefore don't be anxious, saying, ‘What will we eat?', ‘What will we drink?' or, ‘With what will we be clothed?'
6:32 For the Gentiles seek after all these things; for your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things.
6:33 But seek first God's Kingdom, and his righteousness; and all these things will be given to you as well.

Matthew, 6

7:1 “Don't judge, so that you won't be judged.
7:2 For with whatever judgment you judge, you will be judged; and with whatever measure you measure, it will be measured to you.
7:3 Why do you see the speck that is in your brother's eye, but don't consider the beam that is in your own eye?
7:4 Or how will you tell your brother, ‘Let me remove the speck from your eye;' and behold, the beam is in your own eye?
7:5 You hypocrite! First remove the beam out of your own eye, and then you can see clearly to remove the speck out of your brother's eye.
7:6 “Don't give that which is holy to the dogs, neither throw your pearls before the pigs, lest perhaps they trample them under their feet, and turn and tear you to pieces.
7:7 “Ask, and it will be given you. Seek, and you will find. Knock, and it will be opened for you.
7:8 For everyone who asks receives. He who seeks finds. To him who knocks it will be opened.
7:9 Or who is there among you, who, if his son asks him for bread, will give him a stone?
7:10 Or if he asks for a fish, who will give him a serpent?
7:11 If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask him!
7:12 Therefore whatever you desire for men to do to you, you shall also do to them; for this is the law and the prophets.

Matthew, 7

Enter in by the narrow gate; for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and many are those who enter in by it.
How narrow is the gate, and restricted is the way that leads to life! Few are those who find it.

Matthew 7:13-14

because it is written, “You shall be holy; for I am holy.”

Peter's First Letter 1:16

The King of Israel, Yahweh, is in the midst of you. You will not be afraid of evil any more.

Zephaniah 3:15

Yes, moreover, wine is treacherous. A haughty man who doesn't stay at home, who enlarges his desire as Sheol , and he is like death, and can't be satisfied, but gathers to himself all nations, and heaps to himself all peoples.

Habakkuk 2:5

The heart is deceitful above all things, and it is exceedingly corrupt: who can know it?

Jeremiah 17:9

Thus says Yahweh: Cursed is the man who trusts in man, and makes flesh his arm, and whose heart departs from Yahweh.

Jeremiah 17:5

If God is for us, who can be against us?

Paul's Letter to the Romans 8,31

29 A wise man will inherit honor among the people, and his name will live in eternity.
30 Son, test your own mind in your life, and if it is lacking, you should not give it authority.
31 For not all things are fitting for all persons, and not every kind of thing is agreeable to every soul.

Sirach Chapter 37:29-31

{3:10} Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house, and test me now in this," says Yahweh of Armies, "if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough for.
{3:11} I will rebuke the devourer for your sakes, and he shall not destroy the fruits of your ground; neither shall your vine cast its fruit before its time in the field," says Yahweh of Armies.
{3:12} "All nations shall call you blessed, for you will be a delightful land," says Yahweh of Armies.

Malachi 3:10-12

20:2 “I am Yahweh your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.
20:3 “You shall have no other gods before me.
20:4 “You shall not make for yourselves an idol, nor any image of anything that is in the heavens above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth:
20:5 you shall not bow yourself down to them, nor serve them, for I, Yahweh your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children, on the third and on the fourth generation of those who hate me,
20:6 and showing loving kindness to thousands of those who love me and keep my commandments.
20:7 “You shall not take the name of Yahweh your God in vain, for Yahweh will not hold him guiltless who takes his name in vain.
20:8 “Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy.
20:9 You shall labor six days, and do all your work,
20:10 but the seventh day is a Sabbath to Yahweh your God. You shall not do any work in it, you, nor your son, nor your daughter, your male servant, nor your female servant, nor your livestock, nor your stranger who is within your gates;
20:11 for in six days Yahweh made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested the seventh day; therefore Yahweh blessed the Sabbath day, and made it holy.
20:12 “Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land which Yahweh your God gives you.
20:13 “You shall not murder.
20:14 “You shall not commit adultery.
20:15 “You shall not steal.
20:16 “You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor.
20:17 “You shall not covet your neighbor's house. You shall not covet your neighbor's wife, nor his male servant, nor his female servant, nor his ox, nor his donkey, nor anything that is your neighbor's.”

Exodus, 20

To him therefore who knows to do good, and doesn't do it, to him it is sin.

The Letter from James 4:17

Why is my pain perpetual, and my wound incurable, which refuseth to be healed? wilt thou indeed be unto me as a deceitful brook, as waters that fail?

The Book of the Prophet Jeremiah 15:18

For thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel: Let not your prophets that are in the midst of you, and your diviners, deceive you; neither hearken ye to your dreams which ye cause to be dreamed.

The Book of the Prophet Jeremiah 29:8

For as the body apart from the spirit is dead, even so faith apart from works is dead.

The Letter from James 2:26

You believe that God is one. You do well. The demons also believe, and shudder.
But do you want to know, vain man, that faith apart from works is dead?

The Letter from James 2:19-20

You see then that by works, a man is justified, and not only by faith.

The Letter from James 2:24

But he gives more grace. Therefore it says, "God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble."

The Letter from James 4:6

Blessed is the man who endures temptation, for when he has been approved, he will receive the crown of life, which the Lord promised to those who love him.

The Letter from James 1:12

Count it all joy, my brothers, when you fall into various temptations.

The Letter from James 1:2

He who conceals his sins doesn't prosper, but whoever confesses and renounces them finds mercy.

Proverbs 28:13

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