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"My son, do not despise the Lord's discipline and do not resent his rebuke, because the Lord disciplines those he loves, as a father the son he delights in." (Proverbs 3:11-12)

"Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight." (Proverbs 3:5-6)

"Where there are no oxen, the manger is empty, but from the strength of an ox comes an abundant harvest."

(Proverbs 14:4)

Philippians 4:10-20

"Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice!" (Philippians 4:4)

"I plead with Euodia and I plead with Syntyche to agree with each other in the Lord. Yes, and I ask you, loyal yokefellow, help these women who have contended at my side in the cause of the gospel, along with Clement and the rest of my fellow-workers, whose names are in the book of life." (Philippians 4:2-3)

"See what great love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! And that is what we are! The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know him. Dear friends, now we are children of God, and what we will be has not yet been made known. But we know that when Christ appears, we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is. All who have this hope in him purify themselves, just as he is pure." (1 John 3:1-3)

"Not that I have already obtained all this, or have already arrived at my goal, but I pressed on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me."(Philippians 3:12)

"But whatever was to my profit I now consider loss for the sake of Christ... that I may gain Christ and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the law, but that which is through faith in Christ - the righteousness that comes from God and is by faith." (Philippians 3:7-9)

"Welcome him in the Lord and honor men like him because he almost died for the work of Christ" (Philippians 2:29)