1 Corinthians 10:12

Keep your heart with all diligence, for out of it is the wellspring of life.

A man’s pride brings him low, but one of lowly spirit gains honor.

Now we who are strong ought to bear the weaknesses of the weak, and not to please ourselves.

Behold, the righteous shall be repaid in the earth, how much more the wicked and the sinner!

The heart is deceitful above all things and it is exceedingly corrupt. Who can know it?

But they didn’t listen or turn their ear, but walked in their own counsels and in the stubbornness of their evil heart, and went backward, and not forward.

True; by their unbelief they were broken off, and you stand by your faith. Don’t be conceited, but fear;

You are alienated from Christ, you who desire to be justified by the law. You have fallen away from grace.

in gentleness correcting those who oppose him: perhaps God may give them repentance leading to a full knowledge of the truth,

Without faith it is impossible to be well pleasing to him, for he who comes to God must believe that he exists, and that he is a rewarder of those who seek him.

Therefore, brothers, be more diligent to make your calling and election sure. For if you do these things, you will never stumble.

Don’t count him as an enemy, but admonish him as a brother.

Brothers, if any among you wanders from the truth and someone turns him back,

lest there should be among you man, woman, family, or tribe whose heart turns away today from Yahweh our God, to go to serve the gods of those nations; lest there should be among you a root that produces bitter poison;

When pride comes, then comes shame, but with humility comes wisdom.

Yahweh says: “Cursed is the man who trusts in man, relies on strength of flesh, and whose heart departs from Yahweh.

But they say, ‘It is in vain; for we will walk after our own plans, and we will each follow the stubbornness of his evil heart.’ ”

“Blessed are you when people reproach you, persecute you, and say all kinds of evil against you falsely, for my sake.

I was with you in weakness, in fear, and in much trembling.

and make straight paths for your feet, so what is lame may not be dislocated, but rather be healed.

If anyone sees his brother sinning a sin not leading to death, he shall ask, and God will give him life for those who sin not leading to death. There is a sin leading to death. I don’t say that he should make a request concerning this.

Yet they didn’t obey, nor turn their ear, but everyone walked in the stubbornness of their evil heart. Therefore I brought on them all the words of this covenant, which I commanded them to do, but they didn’t do them.’ ”

“Come to me, all you who labor and are heavily burdened, and I will give you rest.

Jesus said to him, “Most certainly I tell you that tonight, before the rooster crows, you will deny me three times.”

For now we see in a mirror, dimly, but then face to face. Now I know in part, but then I will know fully, even as I was also fully known.

Working together, we entreat also that you do not receive the grace of God in vain,

Examine your own selves, whether you are in the faith. Test your own selves. Or don’t you know about your own selves, that Jesus Christ is in you?—unless indeed you are disqualified.

For we have become partakers of Christ, if we hold the beginning of our confidence firm to the end,

See that you don’t refuse him who speaks. For if they didn’t escape when they refused him who warned on the earth, how much more will we not escape who turn away from him who warns from heaven,

But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts. Always be ready to give an answer to everyone who asks you a reason concerning the hope that is in you, with humility and fear,

Pride goes before destruction, and an arrogant spirit before a fall.

Before destruction the heart of man is proud, but before honor is humility.

Don’t let your heart envy sinners, but rather fear Yahweh all day long.

“For my people have committed two evils: they have forsaken me, the spring of living waters, and cut out cisterns for themselves: broken cisterns that can’t hold water.

‘These people draw near to me with their mouth, and honor me with their lips; but their heart is far from me.

Watch, keep alert, and pray; for you don’t know when the time is.

The rooster crowed the second time. Peter remembered the word, how that Jesus said to him, “Before the rooster crows twice, you will deny me three times.” When he thought about that, he wept.

For if they do these things in the green tree, what will be done in the dry?”

He said to him the third time, “Simon, son of Jonah, do you have affection for me?” Peter was grieved because he asked him the third time, “Do you have affection for me?” He said to him, “Lord, you know everything. You know that I have affection for you.” Jesus said to him, “Feed my sheep.

Some of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers also were conversing with him. Some said, “What does this babbler want to say?” Others said, “He seems to be advocating foreign deities,” because he preached Jesus and the resurrection.

As he thus made his defense, Festus said with a loud voice, “Paul, you are crazy! Your great learning is driving you insane!”

Be of the same mind one toward another. Don’t set your mind on high things, but associate with the humble. Don’t be wise in your own conceits.

For we know in part and we prophesy in part;

Don’t be deceived! “Evil companionships corrupt good morals.”

We don’t control your faith, but are fellow workers with you for your joy. For you stand firm in faith.

so that on the contrary you should rather forgive him and comfort him, lest by any means such a one should be swallowed up with his excessive sorrow.

For you bear with the foolish gladly, being wise.

as knowing this, that law is not made for a righteous person, but for the lawless and insubordinate, for the ungodly and sinners, for the unholy and profane, for murderers of fathers and murderers of mothers, for manslayers,

Beware, brothers, lest perhaps there might be in any one of you an evil heart of unbelief, in falling away from the living God;

“ ‘You shall not hate your brother in your heart. You shall surely rebuke your neighbor, and not bear sin because of him.

For the backsliding of the simple will kill them. The careless ease of fools will destroy them.

He who loves disobedience loves strife. One who builds a high gate seeks destruction.

Wine is a mocker and beer is a brawler. Whoever is led astray by them is not wise.

Blessed is the man who always fears; but one who hardens his heart falls into trouble.

For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow; but woe to him who is alone when he falls, and doesn’t have another to lift him up.

For my hand has made all these things, and so all these things came to be,” says Yahweh: “but I will look to this man, even to he who is poor and of a contrite spirit, and who trembles at my word.

“But when the righteous turns away from his righteousness, and commits iniquity, and does according to all the abominations that the wicked man does, should he live? None of his righteous deeds that he has done will be remembered. In his trespass that he has trespassed, and in his sin that he has sinned, in them he shall die.

“I will seek that which was lost, and will bring back that which was driven away, and will bind up that which was broken, and will strengthen that which was sick; but I will destroy the fat and the strong. I will feed them in justice.” ’

The king spoke and said, “Is not this great Babylon, which I have built for the royal dwelling place, by the might of my power and for the glory of my majesty?”

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?

Peter remembered the word which Jesus had said to him, “Before the rooster crows, you will deny me three times.” Then he went out and wept bitterly.

Thomas therefore, who is called Didymus, said to his fellow disciples, “Let’s go also, that we may die with him.”

Peter therefore denied it again, and immediately the rooster crowed.

Therefore watch, remembering that for a period of three years I didn’t cease to admonish everyone night and day with tears.

But he who is spiritual discerns all things, and he himself is judged by no one.

Brothers, I couldn’t speak to you as to spiritual, but as to fleshly, as to babies in Christ.

Let no one deceive himself. If anyone thinks that he is wise among you in this world, let him become a fool, that he may become wise.

Your boasting is not good. Don’t you know that a little yeast leavens the whole lump?

Having therefore these promises, beloved, let’s cleanse ourselves from all defilement of flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.

For we rejoice when we are weak and you are strong. We also pray for this: your becoming perfect.

For if a man thinks himself to be something when he is nothing, he deceives himself.

Charge those who are rich in this present world that they not be arrogant, nor have their hope set on the uncertainty of riches, but on the living God, who richly provides us with everything to enjoy;

to speak evil of no one, not to be contentious, to be gentle, showing all humility toward all men.

There remains therefore a Sabbath rest for the people of God.

Let’s therefore give diligence to enter into that rest, lest anyone fall after the same example of disobedience.

But the righteous will live by faith. If he shrinks back, my soul has no pleasure in him.”

If you call on him as Father, who without respect of persons judges according to each man’s work, pass the time of your living as foreigners here in reverent fear,

But the heavens that exist now and the earth, by the same word have been stored up for fire, being reserved against the day of judgment and destruction of ungodly men.

You therefore, beloved, knowing these things beforehand, beware, lest being carried away with the error of the wicked, you fall from your own steadfastness.

But he denied it before them all, saying, “I don’t know what you are talking about.”

He drank of the wine and got drunk. He was uncovered within his tent.

Nevertheless if you warn the righteous man, that the righteous not sin, and he does not sin, he will surely live, because he took warning; and you have delivered your soul.”

Peter said to him, “Even if I must die with you, I will not deny you.” All of the disciples also said likewise.

Jesus said to him, “Most certainly I tell you, that you today, even this night, before the rooster crows twice, you will deny me three times.”

But he began to curse, and to swear, “I don’t know this man of whom you speak!”

He went out, and wept bitterly.

Jesus answered him, “Will you lay down your life for me? Most certainly I tell you, the rooster won’t crow until you have denied me three times.

don’t boast over the branches. But if you boast, it is not you who support the root, but the root supports you.

We are fools for Christ’s sake, but you are wise in Christ. We are weak, but you are strong. You have honor, but we have dishonor.

But if anyone thinks that he knows anything, he doesn’t yet know as he ought to know.

Brothers, even if a man is caught in some fault, you who are spiritual must restore such a one in a spirit of gentleness; looking to yourself so that you also aren’t tempted.

Let’s fear therefore, lest perhaps anyone of you should seem to have come short of a promise of entering into his rest.

looking carefully lest there be any man who falls short of the grace of God, lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you, and many be defiled by it,

“If it is hard for the righteous to be saved, what will happen to the ungodly and the sinner?”