Proverbs 21:5
Good planning and hard work lead to prosperity, but hasty shortcuts lead to poverty. (NLT)
O Lord, You have searched me and known me. You know my sitting down and my rising up; You understand my thought afar off. You comprehend my path and my lying down, And are acquainted with all my ways. For there is not a word on my tongue, But behold, O Lord, You know it altogether. Psalm 139:1-4
Good planning and hard work lead to prosperity, but hasty shortcuts lead to poverty. (NLT)
Who is among you that feareth Jehovah, that obeyeth the voice of his servant? He that walketh in darkness and hath no light, let him trust in the name of Jehovah and rely upon his God.
People who cover over their sins will not prosper. But if they confess and forsake them, they will receive mercy.
II Corinthians 12:19-21
32And we declare unto you glad tidings, how that the promise which was made unto the fathers,
The first chapter of the Book of Amos describes God's judgment against Israel's neighbors, specifically the Syrians, Philistines, Tyrians, Edomites, and Ammonites.
28For this is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many for the remission of sins.
I viewed the movie "Amazing Grace" recently, and thought it was put together well, introducing a Christian viewpoint into an issue that we still feel the vibrations from today, slavery.