See, I have set before you this day life and good, death and evil... I have set before you life and death, blessing and curse; therefore choose life.
MosesRead
Fear not! Stand your ground... the Lord himself will fight for you; you have only to keep still.
Interpretation
Have faith and be courageous; you are not alone in your struggles.
This quote emphasizes the importance of staying firm in the face of fear and challenges, suggesting that one should have confidence that help will come, particularly from a higher power. It encourages individuals to remain calm and steadfast, trusting that they will be supported through their difficulties if they maintain their composure.
In practice
This quote can be used to encourage friends going through difficult times to have faith.
See, I have set before you this day life and good, death and evil... I have set before you life and death, blessing and curse; therefore choose life.
...the dust returns to the ground it came from, and the spirit returns to God who gave it.
You shall not steal, nor deal falsely, nor lie to one another.
No lusting after your neighbor's house - or wife or servant or maid or ox or donkey. Don't set your heart on anything that is your neighbor's.
O Lord, I have never been eloquent, neither in the past nor since you have spoken to your servant. I am slow of speech and tongue.
I am slow of speech and slow of tongue.
When you flip anything, you really you just have to have the courage of your convictions.
Bring on your tear gas, bring on your grenades, your new supplies of Mace, your state troopers and even your national guards. But let the record show we ain't going to be turned around.
Return to your friends and tell them that we came here with no peaceful intent, but ready for battle, and determined to avenge our own wrongs and set our country free. Let your masters come and attack us: we are ready to meet them beard to beard.
Their blood has washed out their foul footsteps' pollution. No refuge could save the hireling and slave from the terror of flight or the gloom of the grave.
With continued prayer and an equally-determined commitment to action for needed anti-violence reforms, let us resolve to work toward a new era in which every American child and every adult are protected from the ravages of brutality, safe and secure in our homes and schools and communities.
As far as I am concerned I wish to be out on the high seas. I wish to take my chances with wind, and wave, and star. And I had rather go down in the glory and grandeur of the storm, than rot in any orthodox harbor.
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