Psalm 101
Christian Standard Bible
Psalm 101
A Vow of Integrity
A psalm of David.
1 I will sing of faithful love and justice;
I will sing praise to you, Lord.(A)
2 I will pay attention to the way of integrity.
When will you come to me?
I will live with a heart of integrity in my house.(B)
3 I will not let anything worthless guide me.[a]
I hate the practice of transgression;
it will not cling to me.(C)
4 A devious heart will be far from me;
I will not be involved with[b] evil.(D)
5 I will destroy anyone
who secretly slanders his neighbor;(E)
I cannot tolerate anyone
with haughty eyes or an arrogant heart.(F)
6 My eyes favor the faithful of the land
so that they may sit down with me.
The one who follows the way of integrity
may serve me.(G)
7 No one who acts deceitfully
will live in my palace;
the one who tells lies
will not be retained here to guide me.[c](H)
8 Every morning I will destroy
all the wicked of the land,
wiping out all evildoers from the Lord’s city.(I)
1 John 3:11-18
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Love in Action
11 For this is the message you have heard from the beginning: We should love one another, 12 unlike Cain,(A) who was of the evil one(B) and murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? Because his deeds were evil, and his brother’s were righteous.
13 Do not be surprised, brothers and sisters, if the world hates(C) you. 14 We know that we have passed from death to life because we love our brothers and sisters. The one who does not love remains in death.(D) 15 Everyone who hates his brother or sister(E) is a murderer,(F) and you know that no murderer has eternal life residing in him. 16 This is how we have come to know love: He laid down his life(G) for us.(H) We should also lay down our lives for our brothers and sisters.(I) 17 If anyone has this world’s goods(J) and sees a fellow believer[a] in need(K) but withholds compassion(L) from him—how does God’s love reside in him?(M) 18 Little children, let us not love in word or speech, but in action and in truth.(N)
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- 3:17 Lit sees his brother or sister
Proverbs 11:28-29
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29 The one who brings ruin on his household(C)
will inherit the wind,(D)
and a fool will be a slave
to someone whose heart is wise.
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