For where your wealth is, there will your heart be.
But go and take to heart the sense of these words, My desire is for mercy, not offerings: for I have come not to get the upright, but sinners.
And they took to him a man stretched on a bed who had no power of moving; and Jesus, seeing their faith, said to the man who was ill, Son, take heart; you have forgiveness for your sins.
But Jesus, turning and seeing her, said, Daughter, take heart; your faith has made you well. And the woman was made well from that hour.
He will again have pity on us; he will put our sins under his feet: and you will send all our sins down into the heart of the sea.
Everything has been taken from her, all is gone, she has nothing more: the heart is turned to water, the knees are shaking, all are twisted in pain, and colour has gone from all faces.
And in the night I got up, taking with me a small band of men; I said nothing to any man of what God had put into my heart to do for Jerusalem: and I had no beast with me but the one on which I was seated.
And the king said to me, Why is your face sad, seeing that you are not ill? this is nothing but sorrow of heart. Then I was full of fear;
And my God put it into my heart to get together the rulers and the chiefs and the people so that they might be listed by families. And I came across a record of the names of those who came up at the first, and in it I saw these words:
You saw that his heart was true to you, and made an agreement with him to give the land of the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Amorite and the Perizzite and the Jebusite and the Girgashite, even to give it to his seed, and you have done what you said; for righteousness is yours:
And if the land is fertile or poor, and if there is wood in it or not. And be of good heart, and come back with some of the produce of the land. Now it was the time when the first grapes were ready.
But my servant Caleb, because he had a different spirit in him, and has been true to me with all his heart, him I will take into that land into which he went, and his seed will have it for their heritage.
But the person who does wrong in the pride of his heart, if he is one of you or of another nation by birth, is acting without respect for the Lord, and will be cut off from his people.
And all Israel round about them went in flight at their cry, For fear, said they, that we go down into the heart of the earth.
And Balak said to Balaam, Did I not send to you, requesting you with all my heart to come to me? why did you not come? am I not able to give you a place of honour?
Truly, not one of the men of twenty years old and over who came out of Egypt will see the land which I gave by oath to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; because they have not been true to me with all their heart;
If the spirit of doubt comes into her husband's heart, and he has doubts of his wife, with good cause; or if he has doubts of her without cause:
Or for a husband who, in a bitter spirit, has doubts in his heart about his wife; let him take her to the priest, who will put in force this law.
You have been tricked by the pride of your heart, O you whose living-place is in the cracks of the rock, whose house is high up; who has said in his heart, Who will make me come down to earth?
Whom I have sent back to you, him who is my very heart:
But without your approval I would do nothing; so that your good works might not be forced, but done freely from your heart.
So brother, let me have joy of you in the Lord: give new life to my heart in Christ.
And most of the brothers in the Lord, taking heart because of my chains, are all the stronger to give the word of God without fear.
Though some are preaching Christ out of envy and competition, others do it out of a good heart:
So it is right for me to take thought for you all in this way, because I have you in my heart; for in my chains, and in my arguments before the judges in support of the good news, making clear that it is true, you all have your part with me in grace.
Because his heart was with you all, and he was greatly troubled because you had news that he was ill:
The tongue of the upright man is like tested silver: the heart of the evil-doer is of little value.
He who, with all his heart, goes after what is good is searching for grace; but he who is looking for trouble will get it.
Deceit is in the heart of those whose designs are evil, but for those purposing peace there is joy.
A sharp man keeps back his knowledge; but the heart of foolish men makes clear their foolish thoughts.
Care in the heart of a man makes it weighted down, but a good word makes it glad.
Hope put off is a weariness to the heart; but when what is desired comes, it is a tree of life.
Even while laughing the heart may be sad; and after joy comes sorrow.
He whose heart is turned away will have the reward of his ways in full measure; but a good man will have the reward of his doings.
For him in whose heart is the fear of the Lord there is strong hope: and his children will have a safe place.
A glad heart makes a shining face, but by the sorrow of the heart the spirit is broken.
The heart of the man of good sense goes in search of knowledge, but foolish things are the food of the unwise.
All the days of the troubled are evil; but he whose heart is glad has an unending feast.
The heart of the upright gives thought to his answer; but from the mouth of the evil-doer comes a stream of evil things.
The light of the eyes is a joy to the heart, and good news makes the bones fat.
The lips of the wise keep knowledge, but the heart of the foolish man is not right.
The designs of the heart are man's, but the answer of the tongue comes from the Lord.
The heart of the wise man is the teacher of his mouth, and gives increased learning to his lips.
Everyone who has pride in his heart is disgusting to the Lord: he will certainly not go free from punishment.
Nothing good comes to him whose heart is fixed on evil purposes: and he who has an evil tongue will come to trouble.
A glad heart makes a healthy body, but a crushed spirit makes the bones dry.
The property of a man of wealth is his strong town, and it is as a high wall in the thoughts of his heart.
Before destruction the heart of man is full of pride, and before honour goes a gentle spirit.
The heart of the man of good sense gets knowledge; the ear of the wise is searching for knowledge.
A foolish man has no pleasure in good sense, but only to let what is in his heart come to light.
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The First Book of Adam and Eve. Books 1 begins immediately after the expulsion from the Garden of Eden. We learn about the fall but also of the promise to save Adam and his decendents. The story depicts mans struggle against evil, the devil and sin.
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