"Honor, Hope and Mercy" (Resurrection Sunday)

Don’t let loyalty and faithfulness leave you.
Bind them on your neck;
write them on the tablet of your heart.
Then you will find favor and approval
in the eyes of God and humanity.
Honor the Lord with your wealth
and with the first of all your crops.
Then your barns will be filled with plenty,
and your vats will burst with wine.
Happy are those who find wisdom
and those who gain understanding.
In her right hand is a long life;
in her left are wealth and honor.
(Proverbs 3:3-4,9-10,13,16 CEB)

The beginning of wisdom:
Get wisdom!
Get understanding before anything else.
Highly esteem her, and she will exalt you.
She will honor you if you embrace her.
She will place a graceful wreath on your head;
she will give you a glorious crown.”
(Proverbs 4:7-9 CEB)

I, Wisdom, dwell with prudence;
I have found knowledge and discretion.
Riches and honor are with me,
as well as enduring wealth and righteousness.
(Proverbs 8:12,18 CEB)

The expectations of the righteous result in joy,
but the hopes of the wicked will perish.
(Proverbs 10:28 CEB)

When the wicked die, their hope perishes.
Yes, any hope based on money perishes.
The righteous are saved from distress,
and the wicked take their place.
A gracious woman gains honor;
violent men gain only wealth.
Kind persons benefit themselves,
but cruel people harm themselves.
The desires of the righteous end up well,
but the expectations of the wicked bring wrath.
(Proverbs 11:7-8,16-17,23 CEB)

Hope delayed makes the heart sick;
longing fulfilled is a tree of life.
(Proverbs 13:12 CEB)

Those who exploit the powerless anger their maker,
while those who are kind to the poor honor God.
The wicked are thrown down by their own evil,
but the righteous find refuge even in death.
(Proverbs 14:31-32 CEB)

Love and faithfulness reconcile guilt;
the fear of the Lord turns away evil.
Gray hair is a crown of glory;
it is found on the path of righteousness.
(Proverbs 16:6,31 CEB)

Grandchildren are the crown of the elderly,
and the glory of children is their parents.
(Proverbs 17:6 CEB)

Pride comes before a disaster,
but humility comes before respect.
(Proverbs 18:12 CEB)

Insightful people restrain their anger;
their glory is to ignore an offense.
(Proverbs 19:11 CEB)

Strength is the glory of young men;
gray hair is the splendor of old age.
(Proverbs 20:29 CEB)

The reward of humility and the fear of the Lord
is wealth, honor, and life.
(Proverbs 22:4 CEB)

Don’t say, “I’ll do to them what they did to me.
I’ll pay them back for their actions.”
(Proverbs 24:29 CEB)

Let another person praise you, and not your own mouth;
a stranger, and not your own lips.
(Proverbs 27:2 CEB)

Those who hide their sins won’t succeed,
but those who confess and give them up will receive mercy.
(Proverbs 28:13 CEB)

Pride lays people low,
but those of humble spirit gain honor.
(Proverbs 29:23 CEB)