Wine, John

The Wedding at Cana. Everyone serves good wine first, and then when people have drunk freely, an inferior one; but you have kept the good wine until now. - John 2,10 http://info.catholic.or.kr/bible/list.asp?gubun=new2 http://www.nccbuscc.org/bible/john/2

Work, Luke

The Mission of the Seventy-two.

The harvest is abundant but the laborers are few; so ask the master of the harvest to send out laborers for his harvest.

- Gospel of Luke 10,2

http://www.nccbuscc.org/bible/luke/10

Rejoicing, Book of Psalms

This is the day the LORD has made;
let us rejoice in it and be glad.

- Psalms 118:24

http://www.nccbuscc.org/

God, William Langland

Man proposes， God disposes.

- William Langland (1332-1386)

Universe, Dejan Stojanovic

The universe is God’s son.

- Dejan Stojanovic (1959- ), in The Sun Watches the Sun (1999) “God’s Son” (Sequence: “Is It Possible to Write a Poem”)

Universe, Henri Bergson

[L]'universe […] est une machine à faire des dieux.
Translation: The universe is a machine for making gods.

- Henri Bergson (1859-1941), The Two Sources of Morality and Religion (1932). Notre Dame, IN: University of Notre Dame Press, 2002, p. 317.

http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Universe

Doctor, Chilean Proverb

God cures, and the doctor gets paid.

- Chilean Proverb

Advice, Book of Proverbs

The wicked pursue only rebellion, and a merciless messenger is sent against them.

+ Book of Proverbs 17, 11

[17:11] The irony is that such people will meet up with what they so energetically pursue—in the form of an unrelenting emissary sent to them.

http://www.usccb.org/bible/proverbs/17

Advice, Book of Proverbs

Whoever overlooks an offense fosters friendship, but whoever gossips about it separates friends.

+ Book of Proverbs 17, 9

[17:9] A paradox. One finds (love, friend) by concealing (an offense), one loses (a friend) by revealing (a secret). In 10:12 love also covers over a multitude of offenses.

http://www.usccb.org/bible/proverbs/17

Universe, Baruch Spinoza

Nothing in the universe is contingent, but all things are conditioned to exist and operate in a particular manner by the necessity of the divine nature.

- Baruch Spinoza (1632-1677)

Diana at her bath (Alexandre Jacques Chantron)

Diana at her bath (Alexandre Jacques Chantron)

Artist	Alexandre Jacques Chantron (1842–1918)
Title	English: Diana at her Bath
Medium	oil on canvas
Dimensions	75 × 44.75 in (190.5 × 113.7 cm)
Inscriptions	Signature bottom right: Chantron
Source/Photographer	[1]
Licensing	The author died in 1918, so this work is in the public domain in its country of origin and other countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 90 years or less.

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Advice, Book of Proverbs

Whoever mocks the poor reviles their Maker; whoever rejoices in their misfortune will not go unpunished.

+ Book of Proverbs 17, 5

Advice, Croatian Proverb

Bog govori: pomozi si sam, pomoci cu ti.
Idiomatic translation: God helps those who help themselves.

- Croatian Proverb

Source: Strauss, Emmanuel (1994). Dictionary of European Proverbs, Volym 1. Routledge. p. 732. ISBN 0415096243.

Accusation and Appeal, Isaiah

Accusation and Appeal

Come now, let us set things right, says the LORD: Though your sins be like scarlet, they may become white as snow; Though they be red like crimson, they may become white as wool. If you are willing, and obey, you shall eat the good things of the land; But if you refuse and resist, you shall be eaten by the sword: for the mouth of the LORD has spoken!

+ Book of Isaiah 1,18-20

http://www.usccb.org/bible/isaiah/1

Advice, Bulgarian Proverb

Ако сам не си помогнеш, и господ не може да ти помогне
Translation: If you don't help yourself, even God cannot help you.
Idiomatic translation: God helps those who help themselves.

- Bulgarian Proverb

Khileva, Stela (1998). Obrechenata: roman. Zhazhda. p. 40.

Proverbs from all Bulgarian speaking parts of the world.

http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Bulgarian_proverbs

Advice to Presbyters, The First Letter of Peter

Advice to Presbyters.

Tend the flock of God in your midst, [overseeing] not by constraint but willingly, as God would have it, not for shameful profit but eagerly. Do not lord it over those assigned to you, but be examples to the flock. And when the chief Shepherd is revealed, you will receive the unfading crown of glory.

+ 1 Peter 5,2-4

http://www.usccb.org/bible/books-of-the-bible/
http://www.usccb.org/bible/1peter/5

The Answer to Prayers, Gospel of Matthew

The Answer to Prayers.

“Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks, receives; and the one who seeks, finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened.

+ Gospel of Matthew 7,7-8

http://www.usccb.org/bible/matthew/7

Plan, ZHUGE Liang

謀事在人成事在天。 - 諸葛亮, 三國演義 Man proposes, god disposes. - ZHUGE Liang (諸葛亮, 181–234), Romance of the Three Kingdoms (三國演義)

The Demand for a Sign, Gospel of Luke

The Demand for a Sign.

While still more people gathered in the crowd, he said to them, “This generation is an evil generation; it seeks a sign, but no sign will be given it, except the sign of Jonah.

+ Gospel of Luke 11,29

http://www.usccb.org/bible/luke/11

The Temptation of Jesus, Gospel of Luke

The Temptation of Jesus.

When the devil had finished every temptation, he departed from him for a time.

+ Gospel of Luke 4,13

http://www.usccb.org/bible/luke/4

Women, Friedrich Nietzsche

Woman was God's second mistake.

- Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900)

여성은 신의 두번째 실수입니다.

- 니체

Vocation, Book of Isaiah

Yet just as from the heavens
the rain and snow come down
And do not return there
till they have watered the earth,
making it fertile and fruitful,
Giving seed to the one who sows
and bread to the one who eats,

So shall my word be
that goes forth from my mouth;
It shall not return to me empty,
but shall do what pleases me,
achieving the end for which I sent it.

+ The Book of Isaiah 55,10-11

http://www.usccb.org/bible/isaiah/55