He that ruleth his spirit is better than he that taketh a city.

Blessed is the man that endureth temptation; for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life which the Lord hath promised to them that love him.

Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies. Favor is deceitful, and beauty is vain, but a woman that feareth the Lord, she shall be praised.

Be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life.

To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the midst of the paradise of God.

He that overcometh shall inherit all things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my

TRUTH AND HONESTY,

We can do nothing against the truth, but for the truth.

If a man strive for masteries, yet is he not crowned except he strive lawfully.

Thou shalt not bear false witness.

Wherefore, putting away lying, speak every man truth with his neighbor.

Woe to him that buildeth a town with blood, and establisheth a city by iniquity! Divers weights and divers measures, both of them alike are abomination to the Lord.

Shall I count them pure with the wicked balances and with the bag of deceitful weights?

Prove all things; hold fast that which is good.

PURITY OF THOUGHT AND SPEECH.

ABSTAIN from all appearance of evil.
Keep thyself pure.

Flee also youthful lusts, but follow righteousness, faith, charity, peace, with them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart.

Unto the pure all things are pure; but unto them that are defiled and unbelieving is nothing pure; but even their mind and conscience is defiled.

Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth.

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THE LIVING WORD.

Let your conversation be as becometh the gospel of Christ.

Let your speech be always with grace.

Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thy heart be hasty to utter anything before God. For God is in heaven, and thou upon earth therefore let thy words be few.

Wherefore let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath.

If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man's religion is vain.

He that will love life, and see good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips, that they speak no guile.

The tongue is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold how great a matter a little fire kindleth! Who is a wise man and endued with knowledge among you? Let him show out of a good conversation his works with meekness of wisdom.

I say unto you, that every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment. For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.

Speak not evil one of another.

Swear not at all; neither by heaven, for it is God's throne; nor by the earth, for it is his footstool; neither shalt thou swear by thy head, because thou canst not make one hair white or black. But let your communication be "Yea, yea"; "Nay, nay": for whatsoever is more than these cometh of evil.

TEMPERANCE.

Be not drunk with wine; wherein is ex

cess.

Wine is a mocker; strong drink is raging; and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise.

They have erred through wine, and through strong drink are out of the way; they err in vision; they stumble in judgment.

Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? who hath contentions? who hath babbling? who hath wounds without cause? who hath redness of eyes? ? They that tarry long at the wine; they that go to seek mixed wine. Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when

it giveth its color in the cup, when it moveth itself aright. At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder. Thine eyes shall behold strange women, and thine heart shall utter perverse things; yea, thou shalt be as he that lieth down in the midst of the sea, or as he that lieth upon the top of a mast. They have stricken me," shalt thou say, "and I was not sick; they have beaten me, and I felt it not; when shall I awake? I will seek it again."

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Woe unto him that giveth his neighbor drink, that puttest thy bottle to him, and makest him drunken also!

Be not amongst wine-bibbers.

THE STRANGE WOMAN.

DISCRETION shall preserve thee; understanding shall keep thee; to deliver thee from the strange woman, even from the stranger which flattereth with her words. Who forsaketh the guide of her youth, and forgetteth the covenant of her God. For her house inclineth unto death, and her paths unto the dead.