Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what Gods will ishis good, pleasing and perfect will. – Romans 12:2

For I know the plans I have for you, declares the LORD, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. – Jeremiah 29:11

[Prologue: Exhortations to Embrace Wisdom][Warning Against the Invitation of Sinful Men] Listen, my son, to your fathers instruction and do not forsake your mothers teaching. They are a garland to grace your head and a chain to adorn your neck. – Proverbs 1:8-9

[Psalm 62] For the director of music. For Jeduthun. A psalm of David. Truly my soul finds rest in God; my salvation comes from him. – Psalm 62:1

Listen to advice and accept discipline, and at the end you will be counted among the wise. Many are the plans in a persons heart, but it is the LORDs purpose that prevails. – Proverbs 19:20-21

It is the LORD your God you must follow, and him you must revere. Keep his commands and obey him; serve him and hold fast to him. – Deuteronomy 13:4

I, even I, am the LORD, and apart from me there is no savior. I have revealed and saved and proclaimed I, and not some foreign god among you. You are my witnesses, declares the LORD, that I am God. – Isaiah 43:11-12

[Psalm 63] A psalm of David. When he was in the Desert of Judah. You, God, are my God, earnestly I seek you; I thirst for you, my whole being longs for you, in a dry and parched land where there is no water. – Psalm 63:1

Seek the LORD while he may be found; call on him while he is near. – Isaiah 55:6

Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what a day may bring. – Proverbs 27:1