Look, I’m sending you out like sheep among wolves. Therefore be as shrewd as serpents and as innocent as doves.

The Lord is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer, my God, my rock where I seek refuge, my shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.

There is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to people by which we must be saved.

So don’t throw away your confidence, which has a great reward.

Humility, the fear of the Lord, results in wealth, honor, and life.

Pay careful attention, then, to how you live—not as unwise people but as wise—making the most of the time, because the days are evil.

Let us hold on to the confession of our hope without wavering, since he who promised is faithful.

A person’s heart plans his way, but the Lord determines his steps.

Trust in the Lord forever, because in the Lord, the Lord himself, is an everlasting rock!

For we walk by faith, not by sight. 8 In fact, we are confident, and we would prefer to be away from the body and at home with the Lord.