Law Enforcement Week and Graduation Week

Trust your values

Proverbs 1:8–9 ESV

Hear, my son, your father’s instruction, and forsake not your mother’s teaching, for they are a graceful garland for your head and pendants for your neck.

Proverbs 6:20–21 ESV

My son, keep your father’s commandment, and forsake not your mother’s teaching. Bind them on your heart always; tie them around your neck.

Proverbs 6:22 MSG

Wherever you walk, they’ll guide you; whenever you rest, they’ll guard you; when you wake up, they’ll tell you what’s next.

Reach out to others for help

Ecclesiastes 4:12 ESV

And though a man might prevail against one who is alone, two will withstand him—a threefold cord is not quickly broken.

Unleash your potential

Ecclesiastes 5:18–19 ESV

Behold, what I have seen to be good and fitting is to eat and drink and find enjoyment in all the toil with which one toils under the sun the few days of his life that God has given him, for this is his lot. Everyone also to whom God has given wealth and possessions and power to enjoy them, and to accept his lot and rejoice in his toil—this is the gift of God.

Seek Wisdom

Proverbs 3:21 ESV

My son, do not lose sight of these— keep sound wisdom and discretion,

Proverbs 3:21 MSG

Dear friend, guard Clear Thinking and Common Sense with your life; don’t for a minute lose sight of them.

Proverbs 19:20 ESV

Listen to advice and accept instruction, that you may gain wisdom in the future.

Turn it over to Jesus

Proverbs 3:5–6 ESV

Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths.