From Luke 12:7. The verse encourages people not to be afraid, as they are of more value than many sparrows and are worth more than many sparrows in God's sight -- biblegateway.
"Am I my brother's keeper?"
Asked in Genesis 4:9, it is a provocative philosophical question.
An-Nisa (4th chapter of the Koran)
"addresses concerns about women... inheritance, marriage laws, how to deal with children and orphans, legal practices, jihād, relations between Muslim communities and People of the Book, war, and the role of Jesus as a prophet, rather than the son of God as Christians claimed" -- wikipedia.
Al-Fatiha, The Opening of The Koran
Priority request: the first verse of the Qur’an is one of the essential affirmations of Islam, comparable to the Shema in Judaism and the Lord’s Prayer in Christianity.
Litany of St. Joseph
"O God, in your ineffable providence you were pleased to choose Blessed Joseph to be the spouse of your most holy Mother; grant, we beg you, that we may be worthy to have him for our intercessor in heaven whom on earth we venerate as our Protector: You who live and reign forever and ever."
Didache (Christian scripture?)
Request: written in the 1st or early 2nd century AD. It serves as a kind of manual or catechism for Christian ethics, rituals such as baptism and Eucharist, and church organization... it was not included in the New Testament canon.
Proverbs 13:20
"He who walks with wise men shall be wise; but a companion of fools shall suffer harm" -- Lamsa.
Proverbs 19:22
"The longing of a man is to do good; and a poor man is better than a rich man who lies" -- Lamsa version.
The Lord's Prayer (Matthew 6:9-13)
Priority request. Modern English (King James Version) vs. Lamsa.
tamas, rajas, sattva
Request: I’ve been reading the Gita and I think it would be interesting to know where these line up on the map of consciousness.
The Philokalia of the Niptic Fathers
A collection of texts written between the 4th and 15th centuries by spiritual masters" of the mystical hesychast tradition of the Eastern Orthodox Church. They were originally written for the guidance and instruction of monks in "the practice of the contemplative life" -- wikipedia.
Matthew 23:3 (Lamsa translation)
"Therefore whatever they tell you to obey, obey and do it, but do not do according to their works; for they say and do not."
Matthew 17:20
Including, "if you have faith as a mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move; and nothing will be impossible for you."
The Armor of God (based on Ephesians 6:10-18)
"Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil" -- King James version.
"God created man in his own image... male and female he created them"