TO SLEEP OR NOT? A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest-- and poverty will come on you like a bandit and scarcity like an armed man. Prov 6:10-11
In vain you rise early and stay up late, toiling for food to eat-- for he grants sleep to those he loves. Ps 127:2
TO JUDGE OR NOT? Do not judge, and you will not be judged. Do not condemn, and you will not be condemned. Luke 6:37
What business is it of mine to judge those outside the church? Are you not to judge those inside? God will judge those outside. "Expel the wicked man from among you." 1 Cor 5:12-13
HOW MUCH DISCIPLINE? Folly is bound up in the heart of a child, but the rod of discipline will drive it far from him. Prov 22:15
Fathers, do not embitter your children, or they will become discouraged. Col 3:21
TAKE A SWORD? He said to them, "But now if you have a purse, take it, and also a bag; and if you don't have a sword, sell your cloak and buy one. Luke 22:36-38
"Put your sword back in its place," Jesus said to him, "for all who draw the sword will die by the sword. Matt 26:52-53
BRINGING PEACE? Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid. John 14:27
"Do not suppose that I have come to bring peace to the earth. I did not come to bring peace, but a sword. Matt 10:34-35
CONFORM TO THE WORLD? Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God's will is-- his good, pleasing and perfect will. Rom 12:1-2
To the Jews I became like a Jew, to win the Jews. To those under the law I became like one under the law,...so as to win those under the law. To those not having the law I became like one not having the law,...so as to win those not having the law. To the weak I became weak, to win the weak. I have become all things to all men so that by all possible means I might save some. I do all this for the sake of the gospel, that I may share in its blessings. 1 Cor 9:20-23
BECOME LIKE A CHILD? And he said: "I tell you the truth, unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven. Therefore, whoever humbles himself like this child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven. Matt 18:3-4
When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put childish ways behind me. 1 Cor 13:11-12