Contentment
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Actually, I don’t have a sense of needing anything personally. I’ve learned by now to be quite content whatever my circumstances.
Philippians 4:11 (The Message)
I am not saying this because I am in need, for I have learned to be content whatever the circumstances.
Philippians 4:11 (New International Version)
Not that I was ever in need, for I have learned how to be content with whatever I have.
Philippians 4:11 (New Living Translation)
Comfort
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For he will order his angels
to protect you wherever you go.
Psalm 91:11 (New Living Translation)
For he will command his angels concerning you
to guard you in all your ways.
Psalm 91:11 (New International Version)
He ordered his angels
to guard you wherever you go.
Psalm 91:11 (The Message)
Conversation
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Those who control their tongue will have a long life;
opening your mouth can ruin everything.
Proverbs 13:3 (New Living Translation)
He who guards his lips guards his life,
but he who speaks rashly will come to ruin.
Proverbs 13:3 (New International Version)
Careful words make for a careful life;
careless talk may ruin everything.
Proverbs 13:3 (The Message)
God Is With Us
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Look! The virgin will conceive a child! She will give birth to a son, and they will call Him Immanuel, which means ‘God is with us.’
Matthew 1:23 (New Living Translation)
“The virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel”—which means, “God with us.”
Matthew 1:23 (New International Version)
Watch for this—a virgin will get pregnant and bear a son;
They will name him Immanuel (Hebrew for “God is with us”).
Matthew 1:23 (The Message)
Love
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Most of all, love each other as if your life depended on it.
Love makes up for practically anything.
1 Peter 4:8 (The Message)
And above all things have fervent love for one another, for “love will cover a multitude of sins.”
1 Peter 4:8 (New King James Version)
Most important of all, continue to show deep love for each other, for love covers a multitude of sins.
1 Peter 4:8 (New Living Translation)
Trusting in God
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Look at the proud! They trust in themselves, and their lives are crooked. But the righteous will live by their faithfulness to God.
Habakkuk 2:4 (New Living Translation)
See, he is puffed up;
his desires are not upright—
but the righteous will live by his faith.
Habakkuk 2:4 (New International Version)
Look at that man, bloated by self-importance—
full of himself but soul-empty.
But the person in right standing before God
through loyal and steady believing
is fully alive, really alive.
Habakkuk 2:4 (The Message)
Love
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Dear children, let’s not merely say that we love each other;
let us show the truth by our actions.
1 John 3:18 (New Living Translation)
Dear children, let us not love with words or tongue but with actions and in truth.
1 John 3:18 (New International Version)
My dear children, let’s not just talk about love; let’s practice real love.
1 John 3:18 (The Message)




