Quotes by religious figures & texts

Even while being executed, Jesus asks God to forgive the people responsible, because they do not understand what they are doing.

The song of the angels to the shepherds on the night Jesus was born. It praises God and announces peace and goodwill to people on earth.

The greatest love a person can show is to give up their life for others. Jesus says it at the Last Supper, the night before his death.

Part of a poem praising a wise, hard-working, generous woman. Her children and husband honor her because her life has blessed them.

One of the Ten Commandments: treat your parents with respect and care. It is the first commandment that comes with a promise, a long life in the land.

Paul tells a young church facing hardship to keep giving thanks whatever happens. The point is gratitude in every situation, not pretending bad things are good.

Paul describes the kind of love that should hold a community together: patient, kind, humble and enduring. It was written to a quarreling church, not a couple.

Treat even people who hate you with goodwill, wish them well and pray for them, just as God sends sunshine and rain on good and bad people alike.

A shortened form of 1 Timothy 6:10, which warns against the love of money, not money itself. Dropping “the love of” changes the meaning.

A call to thank God because he is good and his faithful love never runs out. It works as a refrain, repeated at the start of several psalms.

Arrogance leads to ruin. The popular saying shortens a two-part verse from the Book of Proverbs, which pairs pride with destruction and a haughty spirit with a fall.

A prayer to understand how short life is, so that we spend our days wisely.

The fastest runner doesn't always win and the strongest army doesn't always conquer. Luck and timing affect everyone, so talent alone is no guarantee.

Life moves through opposite seasons, birth and death, weeping and laughing, and each has its proper time. The passage is both comforting and a reminder that we do not control the timing.

The habits and values children learn early stay with them for life, so guide them well while they are young.

Whatever work is in front of you, give it everything you have, because life is short and there will be no chance to do it later.

A promise of total loyalty: wherever you go, I go; your people will be my people, and your God my God.