To good people, God is like a light\par shining in the dark.\par God is good and kind and merciful.\par
Proverbs 21:21 - Easy To Read Version The person that always tries to show love and kindness will have a good life, wealth, and honor. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 He that followeth after righteousness and mercy Findeth life, righteousness, and honour. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition He who earnestly seeks after and craves righteousness, mercy, and loving-kindness will find life in addition to righteousness (uprightness and right standing with God) and honor. [Prov. 15:9; Matt. 5:6.] American Standard Version (1901) He that followeth after righteousness and kindness Findeth life, righteousness, and honor. Common English Bible Those who pursue righteousness and kindness will find life, righteousness, and honor. Catholic Public Domain Version Whoever follows justice and mercy shall discover life, justice, and glory. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version He that followeth justice and mercy, shall find life, justice, and glory. |
To good people, God is like a light\par shining in the dark.\par God is good and kind and merciful.\par
If a person does good, then he is rewarded. He is given life. Evil brings only punishment.
Truly, goodness brings life. But evil people chase after evil and find death.
The Lord hates the way evil people live. The Lord loves people who try to do good.
Respect the Lord and be humble. Then you will have wealth, honor, and true life.
Wisdom and understanding will give you life and make it more beautiful.
“Some of you people try hard to live good lives. You go to the Lord for help. Listen to me. You should look at Abraham your father. He is the rock you were cut from.
Let’s learn about the Lord.\par Let’s try very hard to know the Lord.\par We know he is coming,\par like we know the dawn is coming.\par The Lord will come to us like the rain,\par like the spring rain that waters the ground.”\par
What great blessings there are for the people that want to do right more than anything else {\cf2\super [59]} !\par God will fully satisfy them.\par
So let us try as hard as we can to do the things that make peace. And let us try to do the things that will help each other.
So, my dear brothers and sisters, stand strong. Don’t let anything change you. Always give yourselves fully to the work of the Lord. You know that your work in the Lord is never wasted.
I don’t mean that I am already exactly like God wants me to be. I have not yet reached that goal. But I continue trying to reach that goal and to make it mine. Christ wants me to do that. That is the reason Christ made me his.
But you are a man of God. So you should stay away from all those things. Try to live in the right way, serve God, have faith, love, patience, and gentleness.
Stay away from the evil things a young person wants to do. Try very hard to live right and to have faith, love, and peace. Do these things together with those people who have pure hearts and trust in the Lord.
Try to live in peace with all people. And try to live lives free from sin. If a person’s life is not holy, {\cf2\super [160]} then he will never see the Lord.
Why do these troubles happen? To prove that your faith is pure (true). This purity of faith is worth more than gold. Gold can be proved to be pure by fire, but gold will ruin. The purity of your faith will bring you praise and glory and honor when Jesus Christ appears (comes).