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 father’s instruction and do not forsake your mother’s 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 person’s heart, but it is the Lord’s 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

Trust in the Lord forever, for the Lord, the Lord himself, is the Rock eternal. – Isaiah 26:4

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