Wednesday Proverb – 25:15

Through patience a ruler can be persuaded,
and a gentle tongue can break a bone.

1 John 1:5 (NIV)

This is the message we have heard from him and declare to you:
God is light; in him there is no darkness at all.

2 Samual 22:17-19 (NIV)

He reached down from on high and took hold of me;
he drew me out of deep waters.

He rescued me from my powerful enemy,
from my foes, who were too strong for me.

They confronted me in the day of my disaster,
but the LORD was my support.

Luke 2:34-35 (NLT)

..This child is destined to cause the falling and rising of many in Israel,
and to be a sign that will be spoken against,

so that the thoughts of many hearts will be revealed…

Luke 2:8-7 (NIV)

While they were there, the time came for the baby to be born,

and she gave birth to her firstborn, a son. She wrapped him in
cloths and placed him in a manger, because there was no room
for them in the inn.

Wednesday Poverb – 22:1

A good name is more desirable than great riches;
to be esteemed is better than silver or gold.

Isaiah 25:6-8 (NIV)

On this mountain the LORD Almighty will prepare
a feast of rich food for all peoples,
a banquet of aged wine—
the best of meats and the finest of wines.

On this mountain he will destroy
the shroud that enfolds all peoples,
the sheet that covers all nations;

he will swallow up death forever.
The Sovereign LORD will wipe away the tears
from all faces;
he will remove the disgrace of his people
from all the earth.
The LORD has spoken.

Luke 3:16-18 (NIV)

John answered them all, “I baptize you with water. But one more
powerful than I will come, the thongs of whose sandals I am not
worthy to untie. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire.

His winnowing fork is in his hand to clear his threshing floor and
to gather the wheat into his barn, but he will burn up the chaff with
unquenchable fire.”

And with many other words John exhorted the people and preached
the good news to them.

Romans 8:35,37 (NIV)

Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or
hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword?

No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him
who loved us.

Psalm 121:1-2 (NIV)

I lift up my eyes to the hills—
where does my help come from?

My help comes from the LORD,
the Maker of heaven and earth.

Wednesday Proverb – 16:2

People may be pure in their own eyes,
but the Lord examines their motives.

Jeremiah 2:27 (NIV)

They say to wood, ‘You are my father,’
and to stone, ‘You gave me birth.’
They have turned their backs to me
and not their faces;
yet when they are in trouble, they say,
‘Come and save us!’

Isaiah 53:10 (NLT)

But it was the Lord’s good plan to crush him
and cause him grief.
Yet when his life is made an offering for sin,
he will have many descendants.
He will enjoy a long life,
and the Lord’s good plan will prosper in his hands.

2 Timothy 2:3 (NLT)

Endure suffering along with me, as a good soldier of Christ Jesus.

1 Timothy 1:9 (NIV)

We also know that the law is made not for the righteous but for
lawbreakers and rebels, the ungodly and sinful, the unholy
and irreligious; for those who kill their fathers or mothers,
for murderers,