13 Be on your guard; stand firm in the faith; be courageous; be strong. 14 Do everything in love.
11 When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put the ways of childhood behind me. 12 For now we see only a reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known.
13 And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.
4 Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. 5 It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. 6 Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. 7 It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.
8 Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away. 9 For we know in part and we prophesy in part, 10 but when completeness comes, what is in part disappears.
If I speak in the tongues of men or of angels, but do not have love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. 2 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 do not have love, I am nothing. 3 If I give all I possess to the poor and give over my body to hardship that I may boast, but do not have love, I gain nothing.
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Have no fear of sudden disaster
or of the ruin that overtakes the wicked,
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for the Lord will be at your side
and will keep your foot from being snared.
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My son, do not let wisdom and understanding out of your sight,
preserve sound judgment and discretion;
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they will be life for you,
an ornament to grace your neck.
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Then you will go on your way in safety,
and your foot will not stumble.
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When you lie down, you will not be afraid;
when you lie down, your sleep will be sweet.
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Blessed are those who find wisdom,
those who gain understanding,
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for she is more profitable than silver
and yields better returns than gold.
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My son, do not despise the Lord’s discipline,
and do not resent his rebuke,
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because the Lord disciplines those he loves,
as a father the son he delights in.
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Honor the Lord with your wealth,
with the firstfruits of all your crops;
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then your barns will be filled to overflowing,
and your vats will brim over with new wine.