Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened to you.

Call to Me, and I will answer and show you great and unsearchable things you do not know.

What good is it, my brothers, if someone claims to have faith, but has no deeds? Can such faith save him? Suppose a brother or sister is without clothes and daily food. If one of you tells him, “Go in peace; stay warm and well fed,” but does not provide for his physical needs, what good is that? So too, faith by itself, if it does not result in action, is dead. But someone will say, “You have faith and I have deeds.” Show me your faith without deeds, and I will show you my faith by my deeds. . . .

Hostile witnesses come forward; they make charges I know nothing about.

My beloved brothers, understand this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to anger,

The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.

He who isolates himself pursues selfish desires; he rebels against all sound judgment. A fool does not delight in understanding, but only in airing his opinions. With a wicked man comes contempt as well, and shame is accompanied by disgrace. The words of a man’s mouth are deep waters; the fountain of wisdom is a bubbling brook. Showing partiality to the wicked is not good, nor is depriving the innocent of justice. . . .

I say to God my Rock, “Why have You forgotten me? Why must I walk in sorrow because of the enemy’s oppression?”

But if from there you will seek the LORD your God, you will find Him if you seek Him with all your heart and with all your soul.

For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this world’s darkness, and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms.

Better a dry morsel in quietness than a house full of feasting with strife.

For God is not a God of disorder, but of peace—as in all the churches of the saints.

Truly You are a God who hides Himself, O God of Israel, the Savior.

So he got up and went to his father. But while he was still in the distance, his father saw him and was filled with compassion. He ran to his son, embraced him, and kissed him.

I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven. Whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven.”

I love those who love me, and those who seek me early shall find me.