Healing the brokenhearted, and binding up their wounds. Psalms 147:3 NABRE This psalm proposes motives for praise, in particular God’s work in creation and all He has done in favor of Israel. In these ways it covers all the possible reasons for praise, including a mention that God takes care…
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It is good for the man gracious in lending, who conducts his affairs with justice. Psalms 112:5 NABRE This is a psalm that describes the good fortune of a wise man, and the kind of life he leads. His behavior is in line with the Lord’s own way of acting.…
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All bitterness, fury, anger, shouting, and reviling must be removed from you, along with all malice. Ephesians 4:31 NABRE Paul is writing to the Ephesians about behavior that sets Christians apart from others. In all things Paul wants us to be imitators of Christ, live for others and only do…
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A good person out of the store of goodness in his heart produces good, but an evil person out of a store of evil produces evil; for from the fullness of the heart the mouth speaks. Luke 6:45 NABRE Jesus is concluding His teaching to His disciples, in Luke, a…
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Do not those who plan evil go astray? But those who plan good win steadfast loyalty. Proverbs 14:22 NABRE The proverb asks a question about those who plan evil, do they go astray? The answer we like to believe is yes, evil plans go astray. We can imagine that the…
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