Proverbs 23:26

Blessed are they that keep his testimonies, and that seek him with the whole heart.

And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might.

Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? by taking heed thereto according to thy word. With my whole heart have I sought thee: O let me not wander from thy commandments. Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee.

He that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me: and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me. And he that taketh not his cross, and followeth after me, is not worthy of me.

Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eyelids look straight before thee. Ponder the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be established. Turn not to the right hand nor to the left: remove thy foot from evil.

Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.

My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments:

For the love of Christ constraineth us; because we thus judge, that if one died for all, then were all dead: And that he died for all, that they which live should not henceforth live unto themselves, but unto him which died for them, and rose again.

That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love,

He taught me also, and said unto me, Let thine heart retain my words: keep my commandments, and live.

Who is wise, and he shall understand these things? prudent, and he shall know them? for the ways of the Lord are right, and the just shall walk in them: but the transgressors shall fall therein.

If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.

Whoso is wise, and will observe these things, even they shall understand the lovingkindness of the Lord.

And this they did, not as we hoped, but first gave their own selves to the Lord, and unto us by the will of God.

We have also a more sure word of prophecy; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day star arise in your hearts: