The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life, and he who wins souls is wise. If the righteous receive their due on earth, how much more the ungodly and the sinner!

—PROVERBS 11:30–31

Eat honey, my son, for it is good; honey from the comb is sweet to your taste. Know also that wisdom is sweet to your soul; if you find it, there is a future hope for you,

and your hope will not be cut off.

—PROVERBS 24:13–14

Praise the Lord from the earth . . . Let them praise the name of the Lord, for his name alone is exalted; his splendor is above the earth and the heavens.

—PSALM 148:7,13

Why are you downcast, O my soul? Why so disturbed within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise him, my Savior and my God . . . Deep calls to deep in the roar of your waterfalls; all your waves and breakers have swept over me.

—PSALM 42:5–7

Naked a man comes from his mother’s womb, and as he comes, so he departs. He takes nothing from his labor that he can carry in his hand. —ECCLESIASTES 5:15

The heavens praise your wonders, O Lord, your faithfulness too, in the assembly of the holy ones. For who in the skies above can compare with the Lord? Who is like the Lord among the heavenly beings? —PSALM 89:5–6

Do not say,“Why were the old days better than these?” For it is not wise to ask such questions. —ECCLESIASTES 7:10

Every word of God is flawless; he is a shield to those who take refuge in him. Do not add to his words, or he will rebuke you and prove you a liar. —PROVERBS 30:5–6

Man born of woman is of few days and full of trouble. He springs up like a flower and withers away; like a fleeting shadow, he does not endure. Do you fix your eye on such a one? Will you bring him before you for judgment?

— JOB 14 : 1 – 3

O Lord, do not rebuke me in your anger or discipline me in your wrath. For your arrows have pierced me, and your hand has come down upon me.Because of your wrath there is no health in my body; my bones have no soundness because of my sin. My guilt has overwhelmed me like a burden too heavy to bear. —PSALM 38:1–4