Put me on trial, Lord, and cross-examine me. Test my motives and my heart. For I am always aware of your unfailing love, and I have lived according to your truth. Psalm 26
Do good, O Lord, unto those that are good, and to them that are upright in their hearts. But those who turn to crooked ways the Lord will banish with the evildoers. Peace be upon Israel. Psalm 125
Now if any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to him. James 1:5
“For the Lord gives wisdom; from His mouth come knowledge and understanding. To the man who is pleasing in His sight, He gives wisdom and knowledge and joy, but to the sinner, He assigns the task of gathering and accumulating that which he will hand over to one who pleases God.”
And unto man, he said, ‘Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding.’ Job 28:28
My brothers and sisters in Christ, the Lord have given us the discernment to know right from wrong, good from evil, and wisdom to know the difference. Lord, therefore, guide us, so that we may choose good over evil and right over wrong, each and every day.
In the path of righteousness is life, and in its pathway, there is no death. Proverbs 12:28
Look, today I am giving you the choice between a blessing and a curse! The blessing, if you obey the commandments of the Lord your God, which I command you today, the curse if you disobey the commands of the Lord your God. Deuteronomy 11
“Blessed are those who keep His testimonies and seek Him with all their heart.”
Teach me, O Lord, the way of Your statutes, and I will keep them to the end. Give me understanding and I will obey your instructions; I will put them into practice with all my heart. Psalm 119
The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, and knowledge of the Holy One is understanding. Leave your simple ways and you will live; walk in the way of insight. Proverbs 9
“Whoever corrects a mocker invites insults; whoever rebukes the wicked incurs abuse. Do not rebuke mockers or they will hate you; rebuke the wise and they will love you. Instruct the wise and they will be wiser still; teach the righteous and they will add to their learning.”
So, my brothers and sisters, you also died to the law through the body of Christ, that you might belong to another, to him who was raised from the dead. As a result, we can produce a harvest of good deeds for God. Romans 7:4
My brothers and sisters in Christ, so you too must count yourselves dead to sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus; for now, we have been released from the law, for we died to it, and are no longer captive to its power. Now we can serve God, not in the old way of obeying the letter of the law, but in the new way of living in the Spirit, producing a harvest of good deeds for God. Praise the Lord!
You have been set free from sin and have become slaves to righteousness. Romans 6:18
“But now that you have been set free from sin and have become slaves to God, the fruit you reap leads to holiness, and the outcome is eternal life. For sin shall not be your master, because you are not under law, but under grace.” To God be the glory!
Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus, because through Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit who gives life has set you free from the law of sin and death. Romans 8:1,2
“The law of Moses was unable to save us because of the weakness of our sinful nature. So, God did what the law could not do. He sent his own Son in a body like the bodies we sinners have. And in that body, God declared an end to sin’s control over us, by giving his Son as a sacrifice for our sins. So then, if the Son sets us free, we are free indeed.”
The mind governed by the flesh is death, but the mind governed by the Spirit is life and peace. Those controlled by the flesh cannot please God. Romans 8
My brothers and sisters in Christ, the mind of the flesh is hostile to God; our desires fight against God, and does not submit to God’s law, nor can it do so. But you and I are not controlled by the flesh, but by the Spirit, if the Spirit of God lives in you and in me; and if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he does not belong to Christ.