Grace Presbyterian Spartanburg

My son, be attentive to my wisdom;incline your ear to my understanding,2 that you may keep discretion,and your lips may guard knowledge.3 For the lips of a forbidden woman drip honey,and her speech is smoother than oil,4 but in the end she is bitter as wormwood,sharp as a two-edged sword.5 Her feet go down to death;her steps follow the path to Sheol;6 she does not ponder the path of life;her ways wander, and she does not know it.7 And now, O sons, listen to me,and do not depart from the words of my mouth.8 Keep your way far from her,and do not go near the door of her house,9 lest you give your honor to othersand your years to the merciless,10 lest strangers take their fill of your strength,and your labors go to the house of a foreigner,11 and at the end of your life you groan,when your flesh and body are consumed,12 and you say, “How I hated discipline,and my heart despised reproof!13 I did not listen to the voice of my teachersor incline my ear to my instructors.14 I am at the brink of utter ruinin the assem

And whatever my eyes desired I did not keep from them. I kept my heart from nopleasure, for my heart found pleasure in all my toil, and this was my reward for all my toil.11 Then I considered all that my hands had done and the toil I had expended in doing it, andbehold, all was vanity and a striving after wind, and there was nothing to be gained underthe sun.~Ecclesiastes 2:10-11 (ESV)Hear, my son, and be wise,and direct your heart in the way.20 Be not among drunkardsor among gluttonous eaters of meat,21 for the drunkard and the glutton will come to poverty,and slumber will clothe them with rags.~Proverbs 23:19-21They have become callous and have given themselves up to sensuality, greedy to practiceevery kind of impurity.~Ephesians 4:19A man without self-controlis like a city broken into and left without walls.~Proverbs 25:28A fool gives full vent to his spirit,but a wise man quietly holds it back.~Proverbs 29:11Whoever restrains his words has knowledge,and he who has a cool spirit is a man of understanding.2

A man of many companions may come to ruin,but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.~Proverbs 18:24 (ESV)Do not forsake your friend and your father's friend,and do not go to your brother's house in the day of your calamity.Better is a neighbor who is nearthan a brother who is far away.~Proverbs 27:10A friend loves at all times,and a brother is born for adversity.~Proverbs 17:17Many seek the favor of a generous manand everyone is a friend to a man who gives gifts.7 All a poor man's brothers hate him;how much more do his friends go far from him!He pursues them with words, but does not have them.~Proverbs 19:6-7Better is open rebukethan hidden love.6 Faithful are the wounds of a friend;profuse are the kisses of an enemy.~Proverbs 27:5-6A man who flatters his neighborspreads a net for his feet.~Proverbs 29:5Whoever rebukes a man will afterward find more favorthan he who flatters with his tongue.~Proverbs 28:23Whoever walks with the wise becomes wise,but the companion of fools will suff

With his mouth the godless man would destroy his neighbor,but by knowledge the righteous are delivered.~Proverbs 11:9 (ESV)There is one whose rash words are like sword thrusts,but the tongue of the wise brings healing.~12:18A gentle tongue is a tree of life,but perverseness in it breaks the spirit.~15:4Gracious words are like a honeycomb,sweetness to the soul and health to the body.~16:24Death and life are in the power of the tongue,and those who love it will eat its fruits.~18:21The words of a whisperer are like delicious morsels;they go down into the inner parts of the body.~18:8A hot-tempered man stirs up strife,but he who is slow to anger quiets contention.~15:18A man who flatters his neighborspreads a net for his feet.~29:5Let another praise you, and not your own mouth;a stranger, and not your own lips.~27:2The one who conceals hatred has lying lips,and whoever utters slander is a fool.~10:18A truthful witness saves lives,but one who breathes out lies is deceitful.~14:25Be not a witness against your neig

Honor the Lord with your wealth    and with the firstfruits of all your produce;10  then your barns will be filled with plenty,    and your vats will be bursting with wine.Proverbs 3:9-10Whoever trusts in his riches will fall,    but the righteous will flourish like a green leaf.Proverbs 11:28A rich man's wealth is his strong city,    and like a high wall in his imagination.Proverbs 18:11Do not toil to acquire wealth;    be discerning enough to desist.5  When your eyes light on it, it is gone,    for suddenly it sprouts wings,    flying like an eagle toward heaven.Proverbs 23:4-5One gives freely, yet grows all the richer;    another withholds what he should give, and only suffers want.Proverbs 11:24Whoever oppresses a poor man insults his Maker,    but he who is generous to the needy honors him.Proverbs 14:31Whoever is generous to the poor lends to the Lord,    and he will repay him for his deed.Proverbs 19:17Go to the ant, O sluggard;    consider her ways, and be wise.7  Without having any chief,    off

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1 Peter 1:22-25Colossians 3:16Ephesians 4:11-16Deuteronomy 6:4-7Matthew 7:1-6

Titus 2 and 3

2 Samuel 18:19 – 19:8

Luke 2:21-38

Luke 2:1-20

Luke 1:5-25, 57-80

Colossians 1:15-23

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Hebrews 13:20-25

Hebrews 13:9-16

Acts 16:10-40

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