(but if a man does not know how to rule his own house, how will he take care of the church of God?)

And a man's foes will be those of his own household.

He who troubles his own house shall inherit the wind. The foolish shall be servant to the wise of heart.

A friend loves at all times; and a brother is born for adversity.

Withstand him steadfast in your faith, knowing that your brothers who are in the world are undergoing the same sufferings.

Dare any of you, having a matter against his neighbor, go to law before the unrighteous, and not before the saints?

But if you marry, you have not sinned. If a virgin marries, she has not sinned. Yet such will have oppression in the flesh, and I want to spare you.

Do not forsake your friend and your father's friend. Do not go to your brother's house in the day of your disaster: better is a neighbor who is near than a distant brother.

And if a house is divided against itself, that house cannot stand.

When goods increase, those who eat them are increased; and what advantage is there to its owner, except to feast on them with his eyes?

They shall not be disappointed in the time of evil. In the days of famine they shall be satisfied.

Do not trust in a neighbor. Do not put confidence in a friend. With the woman lying in your embrace, be careful of the words of your mouth.

A foolish son brings grief to his father, and bitterness to her who bore him.

And someone in the crowd said to him, "Teacher, tell my brother to divide the inheritance with me."

For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. Some have been led astray from the faith in their greed, and have pierced themselves through with many sorrows.

No mischief shall happen to the righteous, but the wicked shall be filled with evil.

They shall not labor in vain, nor bring forth for calamity; for they are the seed of the blessed of the LORD, and their offspring with them.

Better is a dry morsel with quietness, than a house full of feasting with strife.

The LORD said to Noah, "Come with all of your household into the ship, for I have seen your righteousness before me in this generation.

The LORD turned the captivity of Job, when he prayed for his friends. The LORD gave Job twice as much as he had before.

but he who is married is concerned about the things of the world, how he may please his wife.

Jesus answered, "Neither did this man sin, nor his parents; but, that the works of God might be revealed in him.

In the day of prosperity be joyful, and in the day of adversity consider; yes, God has made the one side by side with the other, to the end that man should not find out anything after him.

The heart knows its own bitterness and joy; he will not share these with a stranger.

Joseph called the name of the firstborn Manasseh, "For," he said, "God has made me forget all my toil, and all my father's house."

so that he who blesses himself in the earth shall bless himself in the God of truth; and he who swears in the earth shall swear by the God of truth; because the former troubles are forgotten, and because they are hidden from my eyes.

Whoever rewards evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house.

casting all your worries on him, because he cares for you.

David was greatly distressed; for the people spoke of stoning him, because the soul of all the people was grieved, every man for his sons and for his daughters: but David strengthened himself in the LORD his God.

As for my people, children are their oppressors, and women rule over them. My people, those who lead you cause you to err, and destroy the way of your paths.

So the LORD blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning. He had fourteen thousand sheep, six thousand camels, one thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand female donkeys.

who comforts us in all our affliction, that we may be able to comfort those who are in any affliction, through the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.

Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, "You have troubled me, to make me odious to the inhabitants of the land, among the Canaanites and the Perizzites. I am few in number. They will gather themselves together against me and strike me, and I will be destroyed, I and my house."

There was a famine in the days of David three years, year after year; and David sought the face of the LORD. The LORD said, "It is for Saul, and for his bloody house, because he put to death the Gibeonites."

each of you not just looking to his own things, but each of you also to the things of others.

Do not rejoice when your enemy falls. Do not let your heart be glad when he is overthrown;

Do you not know that the saints will judge the world? And if the world is judged by you, are you unworthy to judge the smallest matters?

I will say of the LORD, "He is my refuge and my fortress; my God, in whom I trust."

a false witness who utters lies, and he who sows discord among brothers.

"You looked for much, and, behold, it came to little; and when you brought it home, I blew it away. Why?" says the LORD of hosts, "Because of my house that lies waste, while each of you is busy with his own house.

Like one who grabs a dog's ears is one who passes by and meddles in a quarrel not his own.

He who is greedy for gain troubles his own house, but he who hates bribes will live.

suffering and distress, on every soul of man who does evil, to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.

The men of the city said to Elisha, "Behold, please, the situation of this city is pleasant, as my lord sees; but the water is bad, and the land miscarries."

Without wood a fire goes out. Without gossip, contention ceases.

leave your gift there before the altar, and go your way. First be reconciled to your brother, and then come and offer your gift.

His disciples asked him, "Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?"

And you will be hated by all men for my name's sake, but he who endures to the end will be saved.

Jacob said to Pharaoh, "The days of the years of my pilgrimage are one hundred thirty years. Few and evil have been the days of the years of my life, and they have not attained to the days of the years of the life of my fathers in the days of their pilgrimage."