Book of Proverbs Book 3

“…By wisdom the Lord laid the earth’s foundations,
    by understanding he set the heavens in place;
 by his knowledge the watery depths were divided, …”

Chapter 3

My son, do not forget my teaching,
but keep my commands in your heart,
for they will prolong your life many years
and bring you peace and prosperity.

Let love and faithfulness never leave you;
bind them around your neck,
write them on the tablet of your heart.
Then you will win favor and a good name
in the sight of God and man.

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The Pairs

“If with a pure
mind a person speaks or acts, happiness follows
him like his never-departing shadow.”

“Mind precedes all mental states. Mind is their
chief; they are all mind-wrought. If with an impure mind a person speaks or acts suffering follows him like the wheel that follows the foot of
the ox.”

The Dhammapada (page23)