IF ANYONE DESIRES TO COME AFTER ME; LET HIM COUNT THE COST, TAKE UP HIS CROSS, AND FOLLOW ME. (IF)
MATTHEW 10:38
HE WHO DOES NOT TAKE UP HIS CROSS, AND FOLLOW AFTER ME, IS NOT WORTHY.
HABAKKUK 3:17-18
THOUGH THE FIG TREE DOES NOT BLOSSOM, THOUGH THE FIELDS LIE BARREN, THOUGH THE CATTLE STALLS ARE EMPTY, YET WILL I PRAISE HIM.
MATTHEW 6:24a
NO MAN CAN _ SERVE TWO MASTERS. FOR EITHER HE WILL HATE THE ONE AND LOVE THE O–THER,
ISAIAH 61:3 (trad)
YOU GIVE ME BEAUTY FOR ASHES, AND THE OIL OF JOY FOR MOURNING, THE GARMENT OF PRAISE FOR THE SPIRIT OF HEAVINESS.
JEREMIAH 2:13
WHY DO YOU FORSAKE ME THE FOUNTAIN OF LIVING WATERS, TO DIG FOR BROKEN CISTERNS THAT HOLD NO WATER?
JEREMIAH 6:16
STAND BY THE CROSSROAD, ASK FOR THE ANCIENT PATH; WALK WHERE THE WAY IS GOOD, AND FIND REST FOR YOUR SOUL.
PROBERBS 13:4
THE SOUL OF THE SLUGGARD CRAVES AND GETS NOTHING; THE SOUL OF THE DELIGENT IS FULLY SATISFIED. (THE)
PROVERBS 13:20
HE WHO WALKS WITH WISE MEN WILL BE WISE, THE COMPANION OF FOOLS WILL SUFFER HARM. _
PROVERBS 14:8
THE PRUDENT MAN GIVES THOUGHT TO HIS WAYS, THE FOOLISH MAN WILL LIE TO HIMSELF. (THE)