Oh well, you did ask... still on the theme of knowledge management.. Ecclesiastes 1:8-11

All things are full of labour; man cannot utter it: the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing. The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun. Is there any thing whereof it may be said, See, this is new? it hath been already of old time, which was before us. There is no remembrance of former things; neither shall there be any remembrance of things that are to come with those that shall come after.

If you have not read "Heroic Leadership" by Chris Lowney, based on the Jesuit approach to leadership, get it and read it, the above principles run throughout the book.

I will look but the title puts me off Heroic Leadership: Best Practices from a 450 Year Old Company That Changed the World

Heros, best practice are not really associated with leadership and I don't associate them with Jesuit teaching or practice

Not certain if it meets the poetry criteria, but it's certainly literal, and downright directive.

Tobit 4:7-9

Give alms of thy substance; and when thou givest alms, let not thine eye be envious, neither turn thy face from any poor, and the face of God shall not be turned away from thee.

If thou hast abundance give alms accordingly: if thou have but a little, be not afraid to give according to that little:

For thou layest up a good treasure for thyself against the day of necessity.

Here's a few more:

“You received free, give free.” (Matthew 10:8)

“There is more happiness in giving than there is in receiving.”—Acts 20:35

“Moreover, do not forget the doing of good and the sharing of things with others, for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.” Hebrews 13:16

“Many will rove about, and the [true] knowledge will become abundant.” Daniel 12:4

“Let each one do just as he has resolved in his heart, not grudgingly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver.” (2 Corinthians 9:7)

“keeping an eye, not in personal interest upon just YOUR own matters, but also in personal interest upon those of the others.” Phil. 2:4

“Be liberal, ready to share.” (1Timothy 6:18)

“Be hospitable to one another without grumbling.” 1 Peter 4:9

“One man gives freely, yet grows all the richer; another withholds what he should give, and only suffers want. A liberal man will be enriched.” (Prov 11:24, 25)

There was a "Thought for the Day" (UK BBC Radio4) on recently which pointed out that the Bible starts with a garden and ends with a city - for me this is about us playing a part in making a new world.

Also John 1:14a "And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us" - something here about the intertwinedness(?) of narrative and being?

KJV is not my translation of choice (I'm an NIV girl), but since the passage is too long to include here in its entirety, perhaps that won't make a difference.

How about the entire parable of the sower in Mark 4?

Dave -

Given my current circumstances (and at the risk of being needlessly messianic), my current significant verse is Matt 13:57:

"A prophet is without honour only in his own country and his own house."

http://delarue.net/blog/2008/04/a-new-journey-begins/