Those who find me find life, and the Lord will be pleased with them.
But those who listen to me will live in safety and be at peace, without fear of injury.”
The Lord is pleased with a good person, but he will punish anyone who plans evil.
When a man finds a wife, he finds something good. It shows that the Lord is pleased with him.
They will give you life and beauty like a necklace around your neck.
Then you will be respected and will please both God and people.
Always remember what you have been taught, and don’t let go of it. Keep all that you have learned; it is the most important thing in life.
They are the key to life for those who find them; they bring health to the whole body.
Stop your foolish ways, and you will live; take the road of understanding.
Wisdom is like money: they both help. But wisdom is better, because it can save whoever has it.
Jesus answered, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. The only way to the Father is through me.
And this is eternal life: that people know you, the only true God, and that they know Jesus Christ, the One you sent.
“God loved the world so much that he gave his one and only Son so that whoever believes in him may not be lost, but have eternal life.
Those who believe in the Son have eternal life, but those who do not obey the Son will never have life. God’s anger stays on them.”
and it brings praise to God because of his wonderful grace. God gave that grace to us freely, in Christ, the One he loves.
Not only those things, but I think that all things are worth nothing compared with the greatness of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. Because of him, I have lost all those things, and now I know they are worthless trash. This allows me to have Christ
Your old sinful self has died, and your new life is kept with Christ in God.