(47) Earth and the enemy.

The righteous man loves the Earth and all that fills it,
The wicked hates the enemy.

References:

  • In the beginning, when God created the heavens and the earth, (Gen 1:1)

  • But the humble will inherit the land and will delight themselves in abundant prosperity. (Ps 37:11)

  • The righteous will inherit the land and dwell in it forever. (Ps 36:29)

  • Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the land. (Matt 5:5)

  • The earth is the Lord’s, and all it contains, the world, and those who dwell in it. For He has founded it upon the seas and established it upon the rivers. (Ps 24:1-2)

  • everyone who loves is begotten by God and knows God. Whoever is without love does not know God, for God is love. (1 John 4:7-8)

  • Hatred stirs up disputes, but love covers all offenses. (Prov 10:12)

  • The heavens are Yours, the earth also is Yours; the world and all it contains, You have founded them. (Ps 89:11)

  • O Lord, our Lord, how majestic is Your name in all the earth, who have displayed Your splendor above the heavens! From the mouth of infants and nursing babes You have established strength because of Your adversaries, to make the enemy and the revengeful cease. When I consider Your heavens, the work of Your fingers, the moon and the stars, which You have ordained; what is man that You take thought of him, and the son of man that You care for him? Yet You have made him a little lower than God, and You crown him with glory and majesty! You make him to rule over the works of Your hands; You have put all things under his feet, all sheep and oxen, and also the beasts of the field, the birds of the heavens and the fish of the sea, whatever passes through the paths of the seas. (Ps 8:2-9)

  • If anyone sheds the blood of man, by man shall his blood be shed; For in the image of God has man been made. Be fertile, then, and multiply; abound on earth and subdue it. (Gen 9:6-7)

  • The plans of the just are legitimate; the designs of the wicked are deceitful. The words of the wicked are a deadly ambush, but the speech of the upright saves them. (Prov 12:5-6)

  • The evildoer is an abomination to the just, and he who walks uprightly is an abomination to the wicked. (Prov 29:27)

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Contents of the book "Be Kind!"