I've been enjoying Zero to One and What You Do Is Who You Are on audible. And recently reread God controls our circumstances to improve our character. I'm seeing that values are the abstract ideals we hold in mind and not living in our values leads toward despondency. Virtues are the end game of values lived out. It's Udemy (the joy of living our purpose) and virtues are the reality in our lives, the character traits that are true. It's the difference between being trusted and being trustworthy. You can be "trusted (value)", yet be a liar however being "worthy of trust (virtue)" means that no matter what people think or believe what is true and real is that I'm trustworthy. 1 Timothy 3 has clear qualifications of what trustworthiness looks like.
But select capable men from all the people—men who fear God, trustworthy men who hate dishonest gain—and appoint them as officials over thousands, hundreds, fifties and tens. - Exodus 18:21
The law of the Lord is perfect, refreshing the soul. The statutes of the Lord are trustworthy, making wise the simple. - Psalm 19:7
The works of his hands are faithful and just; all his precepts are trustworthy. - Psalm 111:7
The statutes you have laid down are righteous; they are fully trustworthy. - Psalm 119:138,86
Your kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and your dominion endures through all generations. The Lord is trustworthy in all he promises and faithful in all he does. - Psalm 145:13
Listen, for I have trustworthy things to say; I open my lips to speak what is right. - Proverbs 8:6
The Lord detests lying lips, but he delights in people who are trustworthy. - Proverbs 12:22
- So if you have not been trustworthy in handling worldly wealth, who will trust you with true riches? - Luke 16:11-12
A wicked messenger falls into trouble, but a trustworthy envoy brings healing. - Proverbs 13:17
Like a snow-cooled drink at harvest time is a trustworthy messenger to the one who sends him; he refreshes the spirit of his master. - Proverbs 25:13
This is the meaning of the vision of the rock cut out of a mountain, but not by human hands—a rock that broke the iron, the bronze, the clay, the silver and the gold to pieces. “The great God has shown the king what will take place in the future. The dream is true and its interpretation is trustworthy.” - Daniel 2:45
“‘Well done, my good servant!’ his master replied. ‘Because you have been trustworthy in a very small matter, take charge of ten cities.’ - Luke 19:17
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