Proverbs 3:3

 Do not let kindness and truth leave you; Bind them around your neck, Write them on the tablet of your heart.

 Often translated as MERCY or GOODNESS  Often used in descriptions of God’s love.

 “The Lord is gracious and merciful; slow to anger and great in loving-kindness.

 So, as those who have been chosen of God, holy and beloved, put on a heart of compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience;

 “Now for this very reason also, applying all diligence, in your faith supply moral excellence, and in your moral excellence, knowledge, and in your knowledge, self-control, and in your self-control, perseverance, and in your perseverance, godliness, and in your godliness, brotherly kindness, and in your brotherly kindness, love…..”

 An act of kindness from Abraham Lincoln.  “Day to day” demonstrations of kindness.

 Selfishness  Callousness

 Proverbs 23: Buy truth, and do not sell it, Get wisdom and instruction and understanding.

 …(for the fruit of the Light consists in all goodness and righteousness and truth),

 These are the things which you should do: speak the truth to one another; judge with truth and judgment for peace in your gates.

 Stability  Faithfulness  Trustworthiness

 Hypocrisy  Lying  Instability

 Bind them around your neck…  Write them on the tablet of your heart…

 “These words, which I am commanding you today, shall be on your heart…you shall bind them as a sign on your hand and they shall be as frontals on your forehead….

 Honor God with Your Wealth  Keep God’s Commandments  Be Kind and Truthful