"For he who findsme findslifeAnd obtainsfavorfrom the LORD.
"But he who listensto me shall livesecurelyAnd will be at easefrom the dreadof evil."
A goodmanwill obtainfavorfrom the LORD,But He will condemna manwho devisesevil.
He who findsa wifefindsa goodthingAnd obtainsfavorfrom the LORD.
So they will be lifeto your soulAnd adornmentto your neck.
So you will findfavorand goodreputeIn the sightof Godand man.
Takeholdof instruction;do not letgo.Guardher, for she is your life.
For they are lifeto those who findthem And healthto alltheir body.
"Forsake[your] follyand live,And proceedin the wayof understanding."
For wisdomis protection[just as] moneyis protection,But the advantageof knowledgeis that wisdompreservesthe livesof its possessors.
Jesussaidto him, "I amthe way,and the truth,and the life;no onecomesto the Fatherbut throughMe.
"Thisis eternallife,that they may knowYou, the onlytrue God,and JesusChristwhomYou have sent.
"For Godsolovedthe world,that He gaveHis only begottenSon,that whoeverbelievesin Him shall not perish,but haveeternallife.
"He who believesin the Sonhaseternallife;but he who does not obeythe Sonwill not seelife,but the wrathof Godabideson him."
to the praiseof the gloryof His grace,whichHe freely bestowedon us in the Beloved.
More thanthat, I countallthingsto be lossin viewof the surpassing valueof knowingChristJesusmy Lord,for whomI have suffered the lossof all things,and countthem but rubbishsothat I may gainChrist,
For you have diedand your lifeis hiddenwith Christin God.
