Psalm 37:3-7

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³Trust in the Lord and do good;
dwell in the land^(A) and enjoy safe pasture.^(B)
⁴Take delight^(C) in the Lord,
and he will give you the desires of your heart.^(D)

⁵Commit your way to the Lord;
trust in him^(E) and he will do this:
⁶He will make your righteous reward^(F) shine like the dawn,^(G)
your vindication like the noonday sun.

⁷Be still^(H) before the Lord
and wait patiently^(I) for him;
do not fret^(J) when people succeed in their ways,^(K)
when they carry out their wicked schemes.^(L)

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James 4:13-17

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Boasting About Tomorrow

¹³Now listen,^(A) you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go to this or that city, spend a year there, carry on business and make money.”^(B) ¹⁴Why, you do not even know what will happen tomorrow. What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes.^(C) ¹⁵Instead, you ought to say, “If it is the Lord’s will,^(D) we will live and do this or that.” ¹⁶As it is, you boast in your arrogant schemes. All such boasting is evil.^(E) ¹⁷If anyone, then, knows the good they ought to do and doesn’t do it, it is sin for them.^(F)