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Wisdom about Christianity.
What people have learned about Christianity the hard way, and what the classics said about it first.
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From the library
Perfect love casteth out fear.
The eternal God is thy refuge, and underneath are the everlasting arms.
A friend loveth at all times.
The truth shall make you free.
A soft answer turneth away wrath.
Be still, and know that I am God.
Where there is no vision, the people perish.
The kingdom of God is within you.
By me kings reign, and princes decree justice.
Let all your things be done with charity.
Hear instruction, and be wise, and refuse it not.
Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
For I give you good doctrine, forsake ye not my law.
The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.
Avoid it, pass not by it, turn from it, and pass away.
Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you.
Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold on hell.
The steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord.
I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.
Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God.
Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all sins.
In quietness and in confidence shall be your strength.
If a ruler hearken to lies, all his servants are wicked.
The Lord is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer.
Every man shall kiss his lips that giveth a right answer.
Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.
Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird.
Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.
The poor useth intreaties; but the rich answereth roughly.
Cast thy burden upon the Lord, and he shall sustain thee.
She will do him good and not evil all the days of her life.
For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.
Be not desirous of his dainties: for they are deceitful meat.
There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear.
A naughty person, a wicked man, walketh with a froward mouth.
Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth.
I neither learned wisdom, nor have the knowledge of the holy.
Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee.
The bloodthirsty hate the upright: but the just seek his soul.
The light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.
Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace.
Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works.
As in water face answereth to face, so the heart of man to man.
And as ye would that men should do to you, do ye also to them likewise.
The spider taketh hold with her hands, and is in kings’ palaces.
Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labour.
She girdeth her loins with strength, and strengtheneth her arms.
Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God.