Job 17:9

9Yet the righteous holds to his way,
and he who has aclean hands grows stronger and stronger.

Proverbs 4:18

18But bthe path of the righteous is like cthe light of dawn,
which shines dbrighter and brighter until efull day.

Matthew 13:31-33

The Mustard Seed and the Leaven

31He put another parable before them, saying, f“The kingdom of heaven is like ga grain of mustard seed that a man took and sowed in his field. 32It is the smallest of all seeds, but when it has grown it is larger than all the garden plants and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air come and make nests in its branches.”

33He told them another parable. h“The kingdom of heaven is like leaven that a woman took and hid in ithree measures of flour, till it was jall leavened.”

2 Corinthians 8:7

7But as kyou excel in everything—in faith, in speech, in knowledge, in all earnestness, and in our love for you
Some manuscripts  in your love for us
msee that you excel in this act of grace also.

Philippians 3:15-16

15Let those of us who are nmature think this way, and if in anything oyou think otherwise, pGod will reveal that also to you. 16Only qlet us hold true to what we have attained.

1 Thessalonians 3:12

12and may the Lord rmake you increase and abound in love sfor one another and for all, as we do for you,

1 Thessalonians 4:1

A Life Pleasing to God

1Finally, then, brothers,
Or  brothers and sisters; also verses 10, 13
we ask and urge you in the Lord Jesus, that as you ureceived from us vhow you ought to walk and wto please God, just as you are doing, that you xdo so more and more.

1 Thessalonians 4:9-10

9Now concerning ybrotherly love zyou have no need for anyone to write to you, for you yourselves have been aataught by God abto love one another, 10for that indeed is what acyou are doing to all the brothers throughout Macedonia. But we urge you, brothers, to addo this more and more,
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