Wisdom 9:13-18
Psalms 90:3-6, 12-13, 14-17
Philemon 9-10, 12-17
Luke 14:25-33
Wisdom 9:13-18
(13) For who among men can know the counsel of God? Or who can imagine the will of God (14) For the thoughts of mortals are timid, and our foresight is uncertain (15) For the corruptible body weighs down the soul, and this earthy dwelling presses many thoughts upon the mind (16) And we assess with difficulty the things that are of earth, and we discover with labor the things that are within our view. So who will search out the things that are in heaven (17) Moreover, who will know your mind, unless you give wisdom and send your holy spirit from on high (18) And in this way, those who are on earth are corrected in their path, and men learn the things that are pleasing to you
Psalms 90:3-6, 12-13, 14-17
(3) For he has freed me from the snare of those who go hunting, and from the harsh word (4) He will overshadow you with his shoulders, and you will hope under his wings (5) His truth will surround you with a shield. You will not be afraid: before the terror of the night (6) before the arrow flying in the day, before the troubles that wander in the darkness, nor of invasion and the midday demon (12) With their hands, they will carry you, lest you hurt your foot against a stone (13) You will walk over the asp and the king serpent, and you will trample the lion and the dragon (14) Because he has hoped in me, I will free him. I will protect him because he has known my name (15) He will cry out to me, and I will heed him. I am with him in tribulation. I will rescue him, and I will glorify him (16) I will fill him with length of days. And I will reveal to him my salvation
Luke 14:25-33
(25) Now great crowds traveled with him. And turning around, he said to them (26) “If anyone comes to me, and does not hate his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brothers, and sisters, and yes, even his own life, he is not able to be my disciple (27) And whoever does not bear his cross and come after me, is not able to be my disciple (28) For who among you, wanting to build a tower, would not first sit down and determine the costs that are required, to see if he has the means to complete it (29) Otherwise, after he will have laid the foundation and not been able to finish it, everyone who sees it may begin to mock him (30) saying: ‘This man began to build what he was not able to finish. (31) Or, what king, advancing to engage in war against another king, would not first sit down and consider whether he may be able, with ten thousand, to meet one who comes against him with twenty thousand (32) If not, then while the other is still far away, sending a delegation, he would ask him for terms of peace (33) Therefore, everyone of you who does not renounce all that he possesses is not able to be my disciple
