Pay careful attention, then, to how you walk, not as unwise but as wise,
My son, if you accept my words and hide my commandments within you,
It is honorable for a man to resolve a dispute, but any fool will quarrel.
I never sat with the band of revelers, nor did I celebrate with them. Because Your hand was on me, I sat alone, for You have filled me with indignation.
My son, fear the LORD and the king, and do not associate with the rebellious.
These are the ones who cause divisions, who are worldly and devoid of the Spirit.
Early in the morning, while it was still dark, Jesus got up and went out to a solitary place to pray.
The heart knows its own bitterness, and no stranger shares in its joy.
Yes, we wait for You, O LORD; we walk in the path of Your judgments. Your name and renown are the desire of our souls.
The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field. When a man found it, he hid it again, and in his joy he went and sold all he had and bought that field.
For how then can it be known that Your people and I have found favor in Your sight, unless You go with us? How else will we be distinguished from all the other people on the face of the earth?”
Like one who grabs a dog by the ears is a passerby who meddles in a quarrel not his own.