Verse of the Day (Page 245)

For the Lord taketh pleasure in his people:  he will beautify the meek with salvation.

A froward man soweth strife:  and a whisperer separateth chief friends.

¹²Before destruction the heart of man is haughty, and before honor is humility.

²When pride cometh, then cometh shame:  but with the lowly is wisdom.

Surely he scorneth the scorners: but he giveth grace unto the lowly.

The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.

Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time.  Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.

¹Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.  ²But his delight is in the law of the Lord; and in his law doth he meditate day and night.

And he is before all things, and by him all things consist.  And he is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all things he might have the preeminence.

And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men; Knowing that of the Lord ye shall receive the reward of the inheritance: for ye serve the Lord Christ.

And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart:  And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.