ON LIVING IN PEACE
- Hate stirs up trouble, but love overlooks all offenses. (Proverbs 10:12)
- You do yourself a favour when you are kind. If you are cruel, you only hurt yourself. (Proverbs 11:17)
- When a fool is annoyed, he quickly lets it be known. Sensible people will ignore an insult. (Proverbs 12:16)
- A gentle answer quietens anger, but a harsh one stirs it up. (Proverbs 15:1)
- Hot tempers cause arguments, but patience brings peace. (Proverbs 15:18)
- If you are sensible, you will control your temper. When someone wrongs you, it's a great virtue to ignore it. (Proverbs 19:11)
- Any fool can starts arguments; the honourable thing is to stay out of them. (Proverbs 20:3)
- Robbery always claims the life of the robber- this is what happens to anyone who lives by violence. (Proverbs 1:19)
- Peace of mind makes the body healthy, but jealousy is like a cancer. (Proverbs 14:30)
- Being cheerful keeps you healthy. It is slow death to be gloomy all the time. (Proverbs 17:22)
- Kind words are like honey - sweet to the taste and good for your health. (Proverbs 16:24)
- Your will to live can sustain you when you are sick, but if you lose it, your last hope is gone (Proverbs 18:14)
- Keep God's laws and you will live longer; if you ignore them, you will die. (Proverbs 19:16)
- Some people spend their money freely and still grow richer. Others are cautious and yet grow poorer (Proverbs 11:24)
- Be generous, and you will be prosperous. Help others, and you will be helped. (Proverbs 11:25)
- If you are lazy, you will never get what you are after, but if you work hard, you will get a fortune. (Proverbs 12:27)
- Unused fields could yield plenty of food for the poor, but unjust people keep them from being farmed. (Proverbs 13:23)
- When you give to the poor, it is like lending to the Lord, and the Lord will pay you back. (Proverbs 19:17)
- Be careful how you think; your life is shaped by your thoughts. (Proverbs 4: 23)
- If you want people to like you, forgive them when they wrong you. Remembering wrongs can break up friendship. (Proverb 17:9)
- Listen before you answer. If you don't you are being stupid and insulting. (Proverbs 18:13)
- Intelligent people are always eager and ready to learn. (Proverbs 18:15)
- You will have to live with the consequences of everything you say. (Proverb 18:20)
- What you say can preserve life or destroy it; so you must accept the consequences of your words (Proverbs 18:21)
- Discipline your children while they are young enough to learn. If you don't, you are helping them destroy themselves. (Proverbs 19:18)
- Good people take care of their animals, but wicked people are cruel to theirs. (Proverbs 12:10)
- Drinking too much makes you loud and foolish. It's stupid to get drunk. (Proverbs 20:1)
SOURCE: GOOD NEWS BIBLE
I know we all think we know these things but how many of us actually apply them in our everyday lives. I know from myself, because as simply as these instructions seem, I have not managed to put many of them in practice in my life. For me now they are still wonderful ideals that I aspire to. It surprised me to find some of these ideas in the Bible because I have been reading about them in so-called New Age books. For example the idea that your thoughts determine what is going to happen in your life through the Law of Attraction. To me this proves that these ideas are eternal Truths that have been discovered over and over again by people in many periods of our history.
