Proverbs 27:9

Let’s consider how to provoke one another to love and good works,

A cheerful heart makes good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones.

Iron sharpens iron; so a man sharpens his friend’s countenance.

Oh how great is your goodness, which you have laid up for those who fear you, which you have worked for those who take refuge in you, before the sons of men!

Yahweh assigned my portion and my cup. You made my lot secure.

But you have exalted my horn like that of the wild ox. I am anointed with fresh oil.

A glad heart makes a cheerful face, but an aching heart breaks the spirit.

A friend loves at all times; and a brother is born for adversity.

Finally, be strong in the Lord, and in the strength of his might.

You therefore, my child, be strengthened in the grace that is in Christ Jesus.

David was greatly distressed; for the people spoke of stoning him, because the souls of all the people were grieved, every man for his sons and for his daughters; but David strengthened himself in Yahweh his God.

I told them of the hand of my God which was good on me, as also of the king’s words that he had spoken to me. They said, “Let’s rise up and build.” So they strengthened their hands for the good work.

You have loved righteousness, and hated wickedness. Therefore God, your God, has anointed you with the oil of gladness above your fellows.

but I prayed for you, that your faith wouldn’t fail. You, when once you have turned again, establish your brothers.”

Now to him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us,

A good name is more desirable than great riches, and loving favor is better than silver and gold.

A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in settings of silver.

The Lord Yahweh has given me the tongue of those who are taught, that I may know how to sustain with words him who is weary. He awakens morning by morning, he awakens my ear to hear as those who are taught.

An angel from heaven appeared to him, strengthening him.

You therefore must endure hardship as a good soldier of Christ Jesus.

He poured some of the anointing oil on Aaron’s head, and anointed him, to sanctify him.

“The vine said to them, ‘Should I leave my new wine, which cheers God and man, and go to wave back and forth over the trees?’

Yes, he would have allured you out of distress, into a wide place, where there is no restriction. That which is set on your table would be full of fatness.

The mouth of the righteous produces wisdom, but the perverse tongue will be cut off.

A man shall be satisfied with good by the fruit of his mouth. The work of a man’s hands shall be rewarded to him.

Don’t forsake your friend and your father’s friend. Don’t go to your brother’s house in the day of your disaster. A neighbor who is near is better than a distant brother.

Who is this who comes up from the wilderness, leaning on her beloved? Under the apple tree I aroused you. There your mother conceived you. There she was in labor and bore you.

You didn’t anoint my head with oil, but she has anointed my feet with ointment.

It was that Mary who had anointed the Lord with ointment and wiped his feet with her hair, whose brother, Lazarus, was sick.

Then you shall take the anointing oil, and pour it on his head, and anoint him.

But commission Joshua, and encourage him, and strengthen him; for he shall go over before this people, and he shall cause them to inherit the land which you shall see.”

Jonathan, Saul’s son, arose, and went to David into the woods, and strengthened his hand in God.

An arm of flesh is with him, but Yahweh our God is with us to help us and to fight our battles.” The people rested themselves on the words of Hezekiah king of Judah.

They are more to be desired than gold, yes, than much fine gold, sweeter also than honey and the extract of the honeycomb.

All your garments smell like myrrh, aloes, and cassia. Out of ivory palaces stringed instruments have made you glad.

She shall be led to the king in embroidered work. The virgins, her companions who follow her, shall be brought to you.

How sweet are your promises to my taste, more than honey to my mouth!

For they are life to those who find them, and health to their whole body.

There is one who speaks rashly like the piercing of a sword, but the tongue of the wise heals.

A gentle tongue is a tree of life, but deceit in it crushes the spirit.

A man of many companions may be ruined, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.

Give strong drink to him who is ready to perish, and wine to the bitter in soul.

Therefore I praised the dead who have been long dead more than the living who are yet alive.

Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their labor.

Let your garments be always white, and don’t let your head lack oil.

A feast is made for laughter, and wine makes the life glad; and money is the answer for all things.

Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth; for your love is better than wine.

While the king sat at his table, my perfume spread its fragrance.

My beloved is to me a sachet of myrrh, that lies between my breasts.

How beautiful and how pleasant you are, love, for delights!

Therefore now, Yahweh, take, I beg you, my life from me; for it is better for me to die than to live.”

She had a sister called Mary, who also sat at Jesus’ feet, and heard his word.

Now thanks be to God, who always leads us in triumph in Christ, and reveals through us the sweet aroma of his knowledge in every place.

Be no longer a drinker of water only, but use a little wine for your stomach’s sake and your frequent infirmities.

They lifted up their voices and wept again; then Orpah kissed her mother-in-law, but Ruth stayed with her.

You are the most excellent of the sons of men. Grace has anointed your lips, therefore God has blessed you forever.

It is like the precious oil on the head, that ran down on the beard, even Aaron’s beard, that came down on the edge of his robes,

The tongue of the wise commends knowledge, but the mouth of fools gush out folly.

How beautiful is your love, my sister, my bride! How much better is your love than wine, the fragrance of your perfumes than all kinds of spices!

Strengthen the weak hands, and make the feeble knees firm.

He spoke kindly to him, and set his throne above the throne of the kings who were with him in Babylon,

The officers answered, “No man ever spoke like this man!”

Let no corrupt speech proceed out of your mouth, but only what is good for building others up as the need may be, that it may give grace to those who hear.

You have loved righteousness and hated iniquity; therefore God, your God, has anointed you with the oil of gladness above your fellows.”

You shall make incense of it, a perfume after the art of the perfumer, seasoned with salt, pure and holy.

“But the olive tree said to them, ‘Should I stop producing my oil, with which they honor God and man by me, and go to wave back and forth over the trees?’

Now therefore come, please let me give you counsel, that you may save your own life, and your son Solomon’s life.

Then Ezra arose, and made the chiefs of the priests, the Levites, and all Israel, to swear that they would do according to this word. So they swore.

but I would strengthen you with my mouth. The solace of my lips would relieve you.

You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies. You anoint my head with oil. My cup runs over.

The mouth of the righteous talks of wisdom. His tongue speaks justice.

wine that makes the heart of man glad, oil to make his face to shine, and bread that strengthens man’s heart.

I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.

Anxiety in a man’s heart weighs it down, but a kind word makes it glad.

Joy comes to a man with the reply of his mouth. How good is a word at the right time!

The wise in heart shall be called prudent. Pleasantness of the lips promotes instruction.

Pleasant words are a honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.

A good name is better than fine perfume; and the day of death better than the day of one’s birth.

Your oils have a pleasing fragrance. Your name is oil poured out, therefore the virgins love you.

Who is this who comes up from the wilderness like pillars of smoke, perfumed with myrrh and frankincense, with all spices of the merchant?

They said to one another, “Weren’t our hearts burning within us, while he spoke to us along the way, and while he opened the Scriptures to us?”

Therefore Mary took a pound of ointment of pure nard, very precious, and anointed Jesus’s feet and wiped his feet with her hair. The house was filled with the fragrance of the ointment.

From there the brothers, when they heard of us, came to meet us as far as The Market of Appius and The Three Taverns. When Paul saw them, he thanked God and took courage.