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Anxiety

Proverbs 12:25 TNIV

Anxiety weighs down the heart, but a kind word cheers it up.

1 Peter 5:7-10 TNIV

Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you. Be alert and of sober mind. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour. Resist him, standing firm in the faith, because you know that your fellow believers throughout the world are undergoing the same kind of sufferings. And the God of all grace, who called you to his eternal glory in Christ, after you have suffered a little while, will himself restore you and make you strong, firm and steadfast.

Philippians 4:6-7 TNIV

Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.

1 Peter 5:6-7 TNIV

Humble yourselves, therefore, under God’s mighty hand, that he may lift you up in due time. Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you.

Psalms 118:5 TNIV

In my anguish I cried to the LORD, and he answered by setting me free.

1 Peter 5:7 TNIV

Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you.

2 Thessalonians 3:16 TNIV

Now may the Lord of peace himself give you peace at all times and in every way. The Lord be with all of you.

John 14:27 TNIV

Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid.

Psalms 34:18 TNIV

The LORD is close to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit.

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Being Lost

2 Corinthians 7:10 TNIV

Godly sorrow brings repentance that leads to salvation and leaves no regret, but worldly sorrow brings death.

Ephesians 1:18 TNIV

I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope to which he has called you, the riches of his glorious inheritance in his people.

Isaiah 35:4 TNIV

Say to those with fearful hearts, “Be strong, do not fear; your God will come, he will come with vengeance; with divine retribution he will come to save you”.

John 8:32 TNIV

Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.

1 John 1:5-6 TNIV

This is the message we have heard from him and declare to you: God is light; in him there is no darkness at all. If we claim to have fellowship with him and yet walk in the darkness, we lie and do not live out the truth.

Isaiah 26:4 TNIV

Trust in the Lord forever, for the Lord, the Lord is the Rock eternal.

Matthew 16:26 TNIV

What good will it be for you to gain the whole world, yet forfeit your soul? Or what can you give in exchange for your soul?

Psalms 56:3 TNIV

When I am afraid, I put my trust in you.

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Caring

2 Timothy 2:24 TNIV

And the Lord’s servant must not quarrel; instead, he must be kind to everyone, able to teach, not resentful.

1 Peter 4:10 TNIV

Each of you should use whatever gift you have received to serve others, as faithful stewards of God’s grace in its various forms.

Leviticus 25:35-36 TNIV

If any of your own people become poor and are unable to support themselves among you, help them as you would a foreigner and stranger, so they can continue to live among you. Do not take interest or any profit from them, but fear your God, so that your poor neighbours may continue to live among you.

Isaiah 1:17 TNIV

…learn to do right! Seek justice, encourage the oppressed. Defend the cause of the fatherless, plead the case of the widow.

James 2:5 TNIV

Listen, my dear brothers and sisters: Has not God chosen those who are poor in the eyes of the world to be rich in faith and to inherit the kingdom he promised those who love him?

Proverbs 31:8-9 TNIV

Speak up for those who cannot speak for themselves, for the rights of all who are destitute. Speak up and judge fairly; defend the rights of the poor and needy.

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Changes

Romans 12:2 TNIV

Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is – his good, pleasing and perfect will.

Jeremiah 29:11-12 TNIV

For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. Then you will call on me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you.

Ezekiel 36:25-27 TNIV

I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean; I will cleanse you from all your impurities and from all your idols. I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you; I will remove from you your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh. And I will put my Spirit in you and move you to follow my decrees and be careful to keep my laws.

1 Corinthians 15:51 TNIV

Listen, I tell you a mystery: We will not all sleep, but we will all be changed.

Isaiah 42:9 TNIV

See, the former things have taken place, and new things I declare; before they spring into being I announce them to you.

Genesis 50:20 TNIV

You intended to harm me but God intended it for good to accomplish what is now being done, the saving of many lives.

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Children

Ephesians 6:1-4 TNIV

Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. “Honour your father and mother” -which is the first commandment with a promise – “so that it may go well with you and that you may enjoy long life on the earth.” Fathers, do not exasperate your children; instead, bring them up in the training and instruction of the Lord.

Ephesians 6:4 TNIV

Fathers, do not exasperate your children; instead, bring them up in the training and instruction of the Lord.

Ephesians 5:8 TNIV

For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Live as children of light.

Matthew 18:2-4 TNIV

He called a little child, whom he placed among them. And he said: Truly I tell you, unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven. Therefore, whoever takes a humble place – becoming like this child – is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.

Proverbs 3:11-12 TNIV

My son, do not despise the LORD’s discipline, and do not resent his rebuke, because the LORD disciplines those he loves, as a father the son he delights in.

Proverbs 23:26 TNIV

My son, give me your heart and let your eyes delight in my ways.

Proverbs 4:20-22 TNIV

My son, pay attention to what I say; turn your ear to my words. Do not let them out of your sight, keep them within your heart; for they are life to those who find them and health to one’s whole body.

Proverbs 22:6 TNIV

Start children off on the way they should go, and even when they are old they will not turn from it.

Matthew 18:4 TNIV

Therefore, whoever takes a humble place – becoming like this child – is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.

John 1:12-13 TNIV

Yet to all who did receive him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God.

Proverbs 17:25 TNIV

Foolish children bring grief to their father and bitterness to the mother who bore them.

James 1:27 TNIV

Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world.

Proverbs 20:7 TNIV

The righteous lead blameless lives; blessed are their children after them.

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Christmas

Matthew 1:23 TNIV

“The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel” (which means “God with us”).

Micah 5:2 TNIV

“But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, though you are small among the clans of Judah, out of you will come for me one who will be ruler over Israel, whose origins are from of old, from ancient times.”

Luke 2:14

“Glory to God in the highest heaven, and on earth peace to those on whom his favour rests.”

Luke 2:9-10 TNIV

An angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were terrified. But the angel said to them, Do not be afraid. I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the people.

Luke 2:9-12 TNIV

An angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were terrified. But the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid. I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the people. Today in the town of David a Savior has been born to you; he is the Messiah, the Lord. This will be a sign to you: You will find a baby wrapped in cloths and lying in a manger.”

Luke 11:27 TNIV

As Jesus was saying these things, a woman in the crowd called out, “Blessed is the mother who gave you birth and nursed you.”

Luke 2:10 TNIV

But the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid. I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the people.

Luke 2:10-11 TNIV

But the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid. I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the people. Today in the town of David a Savior has been born to you; he is the Messiah, the Lord.

Galatians 4:4-5 TNIV

But when the set time had fully come, God sent his Son, born of a woman, born under the law, to redeem those under the law, that we might receive adoption to sonship.

Isaiah 9:6 TNIV

For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders. And he will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.

Isaiah 9:6-7 TNIV

For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders. And he will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. Of the increase of his government and peace there will be no end. He will reign on David’s throne and over his kingdom, establishing and upholding it with justice and righteousness from that time on and forever. The zeal of the LORD Almighty will accomplish this.

Matthew 2:11 TNIV

On coming to the house, they saw the child with his mother Mary, and they bowed down and worshiped him. Then they opened their treasures and presented him with gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh.

Matthew 1:21 TNIV

She will give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name Jesus, because he will save his people from their sins.

Luke 2:13-14 TNIV

Suddenly a great company of the heavenly host appeared with the angel, praising God and saying, “Glory to God in the highest heaven, and on earth peace to those on whom his favour rests.”

Luke 1:35 TNIV

The angel answered, “The Holy Spirit will come on you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. So the holy one to be born will be called the Son of God.

Luke 1:35-37 TNIV

The angel answered, “The Holy Spirit will come on you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. So the holy one to be born will be called the Son of God. Even Elizabeth your relative is going to have a child in her old age, and she who was said to be unable to conceive is in her sixth month. For no word from God will ever fail.”

Isaiah 7:14 TNIV

Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign: The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and will call him Immanuel.

Matthew 2:10 TNIV

When they saw the star, they were overjoyed.

Luke 1:31 TNIV

You will conceive and give birth to a son, and you are to call him Jesus.

Isaiah 11:1 TNIV

A shoot will come up from the stump of Jesse; from his roots a Branch will bear fruit.

Luke 1:33 TNIV

and he will reign over the house of Jacob forever; his kingdom will never end.

Luke 1:32 TNIV

He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give him the throne of his father David

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Comfort

John 6:37 TNIV

All whom the Father gives me will come to me, and whoever comes to me I will never drive away.

2 Corinthians 9:8 TNIV

And God is able to bless you abundantly, so that in all things at all times, having all that you need, you will abound in every good work.

Matthew 28:20 TNIV

and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.”

Philippians 4:7 TNIV

And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.

Deuteronomy 31:6 TNIV

Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid or terrified because of them, for the LORD your God goes with you; he will never leave you nor forsake you.

Psalms 59:16 TNIV

But I will sing of your strength, in the morning I will sing of your love; for you are my fortress, my refuge in times of trouble.

John 14:26 TNIV

But the Advocate, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you all things and will remind you of everything I have said to you.

John 16:7 TNIV

But very truly I tell you, it is for your good that I am going away. Unless I go away, the Advocate will not come to you; but if I go, I will send him to you.

James 1:16-17 TNIV

Don’t be deceived, my dear brothers and sisters. Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows.

Psalms 23:4 TNIV

Even though I walk through the darkest valley, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me.

Ephesians 6:10-11 TNIV

Finally, be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power. Put on the full armour of God, so that you can take your stand against the devil’s schemes.

Luke 14:11 TNIV

For all those who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be exalted.”

Psalms 72:12 TNIV

For he will deliver the needy who cry out, the afflicted who have no one to help.

Proverbs 2:6-8 TNIV

For the LORD gives wisdom; from his mouth come knowledge and understanding. He holds success in store for the upright, he is a shield to those whose walk is blameless, for he guards the course of the just and protects the way of his faithful ones.

Hebrews 4:15 TNIV

For we do not have a high priest who is unable to empathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who has been tempted in every way, just as we are – yet he did not sin.

2 Chronicles 15:2 TNIV

He went out to meet Asa and said to him, “Listen to me, Asa and all Judah and Benjamin. The LORD is with you when you are with him. If you seek him, he will be found by you, but if you forsake him, he will forsake you.

Isaiah 52:7 TNIV

How beautiful on the mountains are the feet of those who bring good news, who proclaim peace, who bring good tidings, who proclaim salvation, who say to Zion, “Your God reigns!”

John 15:7 TNIV

If you remain in me and my words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be given you.

Colossians 3:15 TNIV

Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, since as members of one body you were called to peace. And be thankful.

Psalms 31:23 TNIV

Love the LORD, all his faithful people! The LORD preserves those who are true to him, but the proud he pays back in full.

Psalms 91:3-4 TNIV

Surely he will save you from the fowler’s snare and from the deadly pestilence. He will cover you with his feathers, and under his wings you will find refuge; his faithfulness will be your shield and rampart.

Isaiah 11:2 TNIV

The Spirit of the LORD will rest on him – the Spirit of wisdom and of understanding, the Spirit of counsel and of power, the Spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the LORD

Luke 12:22-23 TNIV

Then Jesus said to his disciples: “Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat; or about your body, what you will wear. Life is more than food, and the body more than clothes.

1 John 5:14 TNIV

This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us.

Romans 4:20 TNIV

Yet he did not waver through unbelief regarding the promise of God, but was strengthened in his faith and gave glory to God. Do everything without grumbling or arguing.

Philippians 4:19 TNIV

And my God will meet all your needs according to the riches of his glory in Christ Jesus.

Luke 1:37 TNIV

For no word from God will ever fail.

Psalms 119:50 TNIV

My comfort in my suffering is this: Your promise preserves my life.

Psalms 46:7 TNIV

The LORD Almighty is with us; the God of Jacob is our fortress. Selah

Psalms 6:9 TNIV

The LORD has heard my cry for mercy; the LORD accepts my prayer.

Luke 18:1 TNIV

Then Jesus told his disciples a parable to show them that they should always pray and not give up.

Jude 1:24 TNIV

To him who is able to keep you from stumbling and to present you before his glorious presence without fault and with great joy.

Psalms 30:11 TNIV

You turned my wailing into dancing; you removed my sackcloth and clothed me with joy.

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Community

Luke 12:35-36 TNIV

“Be dressed ready for service and keep your lamps burning, like servants waiting for their master to return from a wedding banquet, so that when he comes and knocks they can immediately open the door for him.

Romans 15:7 TNIV

Accept one another, then, just as Christ accepted you, in order to bring praise to God.

Ephesians 6:18 TNIV

And pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests. With this in mind, be alert and always keep on praying for all the Lord’s people.

Matthew 5:9 TNIV

Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God.

Galatians 6:1 TNIV

Brothers and sisters, if someone is caught in a sin, you who live by the Spirit should restore that person gently. But watch yourselves, or you also may be tempted.

Hebrews 3:13 TNIV

But encourage one another daily, as long as it is called “Today,” so that none of you may be hardened by sin’s deceitfulness.

1 John 1:7 TNIV

But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, purifies us from all sin.

Luke 12:32-34 TNIV

Do not be afraid, little flock, for your Father has been pleased to give you the kingdom. Sell your possessions and give to the poor. Provide purses for yourselves that will not wear out, a treasure in heaven that will never fail, where no thief comes near and no moth destroys. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.

Ephesians 4:29 TNIV

Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen.

1 Timothy 5:1 TNIV

Do not rebuke an older man harshly, but exhort him as if he were your father. Treat younger men as brothers.

2 Corinthians 13:11 TNIV

Finally, brothers and sisters, rejoice! Strive for full restoration, encourage one another, be of one mind, live in peace. And the God of love and peace will be with you.

Romans 12:3 TNIV

For by the grace given me I say to every one of you: Do not think of yourself more highly than you ought, but rather think of yourself with sober judgment, in accordance with the faith God has distributed to each of you.

Romans 14:17-19 TNIV

For the kingdom of God is not a matter of eating and drinking, but of righteousness, peace and joy in the Holy Spirit, because anyone who serves Christ in this way is pleasing to God and receives human approval. Let us therefore make every effort to do what leads to peace and to mutual edification.

Hebrews 13:17 TNIV

Have confidence in your leaders and submit to their authority, because they keep watch over you as those who must give an account. Do this so that their work will be a joy, not a burden, for that would be of no benefit to you.

1 Timothy 2:1-4 TNIV

I urge, then, first of all, that petitions, prayers, intercession and thanksgiving be made for everyone – for kings and all those in authority, that we may live peaceful and quiet lives in all godliness and holiness. This is good, and pleases God our Savior, who wants all people to be saved and to come to a knowledge of the truth.

Leviticus 25:35 TNIV

If any of your own people become poor and are unable to support themselves among you, help them as you would a foreigner and stranger, so they can continue to live among you.

Matthew 5:16 TNIV

In the same way, let your light shine before others, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven.

Romans 13:1 TNIV

Let everyone be subject to the governing authorities, for there is no authority except that which God has established. The authorities that exist have been established by God.

Hebrews 10:25 TNIV

not giving up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but encouraging one another – and all the more as you see the Day approaching.

1 Thessalonians 5:12-13 TNIV

Now we ask you, brothers and sisters, to acknowledge those who work hard among you, who care for you in the Lord and who admonish you. Hold them in the highest regard in love because of their work. Live in peace with each other.

Titus 3:14 TNIV

Our people must learn to devote themselves to doing what is good, in order to provide for urgent needs and not live unproductive lives.

Ephesians 4:11-12 TNIV

So Christ himself gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the pastors and teachers, to equip his people for works of service, so that the body of Christ may be built up.

Matthew 7:12 TNIV

So in everything, do to others what you would have them do to you, for this sums up the Law and the Prophets.

1 Timothy 5:24 TNIV

The sins of some men are obvious, reaching the place of judgment ahead of them; the sins of others trail behind them.

Philippians 2:2 TNIV

then make my joy complete by being like-minded, having the same love, being one in spirit and of one mind.

Galatians 3:28 TNIV

There is neither Jew nor Gentile, neither slave nor free, neither male nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.

Ephesians 4:25 TNIV

Therefore each of you must put off falsehood and speak truthfully to your neighbour, for we are all members of one body.

1 Thessalonians 5:11 TNIV

Therefore encourage one another and build each other up, just as in fact you are doing.

Isaiah 56:1 TNIV

This is what the LORD says: “Maintain justice and do what is right, for my salvation is close at hand and my righteousness will soon be revealed.

Acts 2:44-45 TNIV

All the believers were together and had everything in common. They sold property and possessions to give to anyone who had need.

Luke 6:31 TNIV

Do to others as you would have them do to you.

Romans 10:12 TNIV

For there is no difference between Jew and Gentile – the same Lord is Lord of all and richly blesses all who call on him.

Hebrews 6:10 TNIV

God is not unjust; he will not forget your work and the love you have shown him as you have helped his people and continue to help them.

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Difference

Matthew 5:38-39 TNIV

“You have heard that it was said, ‘Eye for eye, and tooth for tooth.’ But I tell you, do not resist an evil person. If anyone slaps you on the right cheek, turn to them the other cheek also.

Luke 6:37 TNIV

Do not judge, and you will not be judged. Do not condemn, and you will not be condemned. Forgive, and you will be forgiven.

1 Corinthians 1:10 TNIV

I appeal to you, brothers and sisters, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you agree with one another in what you say and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be perfectly united in mind and thought.

Romans 16:17 TNIV

I urge you, brothers and sisters, to watch out for those who cause divisions and put obstacles in your way that are contrary to the teaching you have learned. Keep away from them.

Romans 12:16 TNIV

Live in harmony with one another. Do not be proud, but be willing to associate with people of low position. Do not think you are superior.

1 Peter 1:17 TNIV

Since you call on a Father who judges each person’s work impartially, live out your time as foreigners here in reverent fear.

John 7:24 TNIV

Stop judging by mere appearances, but instead judge correctly.

James 2:2-4 TNIV

Suppose someone comes into your meeting wearing a gold ring and fine clothes, and a poor person in filthy old clothes also comes in. If you show special attention to the one wearing fine clothes and say, “Here’s a good seat for you,” but say to the one who is poor, “You stand there” or “Sit on the floor by my feet,” have you not discriminated among yourselves and become judges with evil thoughts?

Mark 11:24-25 TNIV

Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours. And when you stand praying, if you hold anything against anyone, forgive them, so that your Father in heaven may forgive you your sins.”

1 Timothy 2:8 TNIV

Therefore I want the men everywhere to pray, lifting up holy hands without anger or disputing.

Hebrews 2:11 TNIV

Both the one who makes people holy and those who are made holy are of the same family. So Jesus is not ashamed to call them brothers and sisters.

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Failure

Jeremiah 17:7-8 TNIV

“But blessed are those who trust in the LORD, whose confidence is in him. They will be like a tree planted by the water that sends out its roots by the stream. It does not fear when heat comes; its leaves are always green. It has no worries in a year of drought and never fails to bear fruit.”

James 1:2-5 TNIV

Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance. Let perseverance finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything. If any of you lacks wisdom, you should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to you.

1 Peter 2:25 TNIV

For “you were like sheep going astray,” but now you have returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls.

Psalms 30:5 TNIV

For His anger lasts only a moment, but His favour lasts a lifetime; Weeping may remain for a night, but rejoicing comes in the morning.

Isaiah 43:18-19 TNIV

Forget the former things; do not dwell on the past. See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the wilderness and streams in the wasteland.

Psalms 51:1-2 TNIV

Have mercy on me, O God, according to your unfailing love; according to your great compassion blot out my transgressions. Wash away all my iniquity and cleanse me from my sin.

Luke 24:38 TNIV

He said to them, “Why are you troubled, and why do doubts rise in your minds?

2 Chronicles 7:14 TNIV

If my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and I will forgive their sin and will heal their land.

Hebrews 10:26 TNIV

If we deliberately keep on sinning after we have received the knowledge of the truth, no sacrifice for sins is left.

1 Corinthians 10:13 TNIV

No temptation has overtaken you except what is common to us all. And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can endure it.
Isaiah 2:22 TNIV

Stop trusting in human beings, who have but a breath in their nostrils. Why hold them in esteem?

Job 11:11-16 TNIV

Surely he recognises deceivers; and when he sees evil, does he not take note? But the witless can no more become wise than a wild donkey’s colt can be born a human being. Yet if you devote your heart to him and stretch out your hands to him, if you put away the sin that is in your hand and allow no evil to dwell in your tent, then, free of fault, you will lift up your face; you will stand firm and without fear. You will surely forget your trouble, recalling it only as waters gone by.

Romans 8:6 TNIV

The mind controlled by the sinful nature is death, but the mind controlled by the Spirit is life and peace.

Ephesians 4:28 TNIV

Those who have been stealing must steal no longer, but must work, doing something useful with their own hands, that they may have something to share with those in need.

James 1:13-14 TNIV

When tempted, no one should say, “God is tempting me.” For God cannot be tempted by evil, nor does he tempt anyone; but each of you is tempted when you are dragged away by your own evil desire and enticed.

Matthew 28:17 TNIV

When they saw him, they worshiped him; but some doubted.

Jude 1:22 TNIV

Be merciful to those who doubt;

Psalms 119:10 TNIV

I seek you with all my heart; do not let me stray from your commands.

2 Timothy 4:18 TNIV

The Lord will rescue me from every evil attack and will bring me safely to his heavenly kingdom. To him be glory for ever and ever. Amen.

Psalms 34:14 TNIV

Turn from evil and do good; seek peace and pursue it.

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Faith

John 14:15 TNIV

“If you love me, keep my commands.

Matthew 6:24-25 TNIV

“No one can serve two masters. Either you will hate the one and love the other, or you will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.

Romans 14:1 TNIV

Accept those whose faith is weak, without quarreling over disputable matters.

Genesis 1:3 TNIV

And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light.

Luke 22:19 TNIV

And he took bread, gave thanks and broke it, and gave it to them, saying, “This is my body given for you; do this in remembrance of me.”

Romans 8:11 TNIV

And if the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead is living in you, he who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies because of his Spirit who lives in you.

Deuteronomy 10:12 TNIV

And now, O Israel, what does the LORD your God ask of you but to fear the LORD your God, to walk in all his ways, to love him, to serve the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul

James 5:15 TNIV

And the prayer offered in faith will make them well; the Lord will raise them up. If they have sinned, they will be forgiven.

Colossians 3:17 TNIV

And whatever you do, whether in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.

Hebrews 11:6 TNIV

And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him.

James 5:7 TNIV

Be patient, then, brothers and sisters, until the Lord’s coming. See how the farmer waits for the land to yield its valuable crop, patiently waiting for the autumn and spring rains.

Matthew 6:6 TNIV

But when you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your Father, who is unseen. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.

Romans 10:17 TNIV

Consequently, faith comes from hearing the message, and the message is heard through the word about Christ.

James 1:2-4 TNIV

Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance. Let perseverance finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything.

1 John 5:1 TNIV

Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Messiah is born of God, and everyone who loves the father loves his child as well.

1 John 5:4-5 TNIV

For everyone born of God overcomes the world. This is the victory that has overcome the world, even our faith. Who is it that overcomes the world? Only the one who believes that Jesus is the Son of God.

Romans 1:17 TNIV

For in the gospel the righteousness of God is revealed – a righteousness that is by faith from first to last, just as it is written: “The righteous will live by faith.”

Ephesians 2:8-9 TNIV

For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith – and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God – not by works, so that no one can boast.

Ephesians 2:8 TNIV

For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith – and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God.

Romans 10:10 TNIV

For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you profess your faith and are saved.

1 Timothy 4:8 TNIV

For physical training is of some value, but godliness has value for all things, holding promise for both the present life and the life to come.

1 Samuel 12:22 TNIV

For the sake of his great name the LORD will not reject his people, because the LORD was pleased to make you his own.

1 Timothy 2:5-6 TNIV

For there is one God and one mediator between God and human beings, Christ Jesus, himself human, who gave himself as a ransom for all people. This has now been witnessed to at the proper time.

Matthew 18:20 TNIV

For where two or three come together in my name, there am I with them.”

Luke 22:27 TNIV

For who is greater, the one who is at the table or the one who serves? Is it not the one who is at the table? But I am among you as one who serves.

2 Corinthians 5:21 TNIV

God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.

1 Peter 2:24 TNIV

He himself bore our sins in his body on the cross, so that we might die to sins and live for righteousness; “by his wounds you have been healed.”

Galatians 3:14 TNIV

He redeemed us in order that the blessing given to Abraham might come to the Gentiles through Christ Jesus, so that by faith we might receive the promise of the Spirit.

Matthew 17:20 TNIV

He replied, “Because you have so little faith. Truly I tell you, if you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you.”

Matthew 24:35 TNIV

Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away.

James 4:10 TNIV

Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will lift you up.

Romans 1:16 TNIV

I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God that brings salvation to everyone who believes: first to the Jew, then to the Gentile.

Revelation 1:18 TNIV

I am the Living One; I was dead, and now look, I am alive for ever and ever! And I hold the keys of death and Hades.

2 Timothy 4:7 TNIV

I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.

1 Timothy 1:12 TNIV

I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who has given me strength, that he considered me trustworthy, appointing me to his service.

Psalms 9:2 TNIV

I will be glad and rejoice in you; I will sing the praises of your name, O Most High.

Isaiah 43:11 TNIV

I, even I, am the LORD, and apart from me there is no savior.

Romans 12:8 TNIV

If it is to encourage, then give encouragement; if it is giving, then give generously; if it is to lead, do it diligently; if it is to show mercy, do it cheerfully.

Romans 6:5 TNIV

If we have been united with him in a death like his, we will certainly also be united with him in a resurrection like his.

Romans 10:9 TNIV

If you declare with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.

Hebrews 1:1-2 TNIV

In the past God spoke to our forefathers through the prophets at many times and in various ways, but in these last days he has spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed heir of all things, and through whom he made the universe.

Luke 22:20 TNIV

In the same way, after the supper he took the cup, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in my blood, which is poured out for you.

Philippians 2:5-7 TNIV

In your relationships with one another, have the same attitude of mind Christ Jesus had: Who, being in very nature God, did not consider equality with God something to be used to his own advantage; rather, he made himself nothing by taking the very nature of a servant, being made in human likeness.

1 Corinthians 10:16-17 TNIV

Is not the cup of thanksgiving for which we give thanks a participation in the blood of Christ? And is not the bread that we break a participation in the body of Christ? Because there is one loaf, we, who are many, are one body, for we all partake of the one loaf.

John 4:13-14 TNIV

Jesus answered, “Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again, but those who drink the water I give them will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give them will become in them a spring of water welling up to eternal life.”

John 13:3 TNIV

Jesus knew that the Father had put all things under his power, and that he had come from God and was returning to God.

John 3:14-15 TNIV

Just as Moses lifted up the snake in the wilderness, so the Son of Man must be lifted up, that everyone who believes may have eternal life in him.”

Hebrews 10:22 TNIV

Let us draw near to God with a sincere heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled to cleanse us from a guilty conscience and having our bodies washed with pure water.

1 Chronicles 22:19 TNIV

Now devote your heart and soul to seeking the LORD your God. Begin to build the sanctuary of the LORD God, so that you may bring the ark of the covenant of the LORD and the sacred articles belonging to God into the temple that will be built for the Name of the LORD.

Acts 2:38 TNIV

Peter replied, “Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins. And you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

Hebrews 13:7 TNIV

Remember your leaders, who spoke the word of God to you. Consider the outcome of their way of life and imitate their faith.

1 Peter 5:9 TNIV

Resist him, standing firm in the faith, because you know that your fellow believers throughout the world are undergoing the same kind of sufferings.

Acts 4:12 TNIV

Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name given under heaven by which we must be saved.”

Hebrews 3:12 TNIV

See to it, brothers and sisters, that none of you has a sinful, unbelieving heart that turns away from the living God.

Hebrews 9:28 TNIV

So Christ was sacrificed once to take away the sins of many; and he will appear a second time, not to bear sin, but to bring salvation to those who are waiting for him.

Zechariah 4: 6 TNIV

So he said to me, “This is the word of the LORD to Zerubbabel: ‘Not by might nor by power, but by my Spirit,’ says the LORD Almighty.

Ephesians 3:17-19 TNIV

So that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the Lord’s people, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge-that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God.

Colossians 1:10 TNIV

So that you may live a life worthy of the Lord and please him in every way: bearing fruit in every good work, growing in the knowledge of God.

Colossians 2:6-7 TNIV

So then, just as you received Christ Jesus as Lord, continue to live your lives in him, rooted and built up in him, strengthened in the faith as you were taught, and overflowing with thankfulness.

Galatians 3:9 TNIV

So those who rely on faith are blessed along with Abraham, the man of faith.

Isaiah 59:1 TNIV

Surely the arm of the LORD is not too short to save, nor his ear too dull to hear.

Psalms 5:12 TNIV

Surely, LORD, you bless the righteous; you surround them with your favour as with a shield.

Proverbs 14:27 TNIV

The fear of the LORD is a fountain of life, turning a man from the snares of death.

Isaiah 40:8 TNIV

The grass withers and the flowers fall, but the word of our God endures forever.

Matthew 13:44 TNIV

The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field. When a man found it, he hid it again, and then in his joy went and sold all he had and bought that field.

Psalms 34:10 TNIV

The lions may grow weak and hungry, but those who seek the LORD lack no good thing.

Psalms 23:1 TNIV

The LORD is my shepherd, I lack nothing.

Exodus 15:2 TNIV

The LORD is my strength and my defence; he has become my salvation. He is my God, and I will praise him, my father’s God, and I will exalt him.

Hebrews 1:3 TNIV

The Son is the radiance of God’s glory and the exact representation of his being, sustaining all things by his powerful word. After he had provided purification for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty in heaven.

Romans 8:15 TNIV

The Spirit you received does not make you slaves, so that you live in fear again; rather, the Spirit you received brought about your adoption to sonship. And by him we cry, “Abba,Father.”

John 1:9-13 TNIV

The true light that gives light to everyone was coming into the world. He was in the world, and though the world was made through him, the world did not recognize him. He came to that which was his own, but his own did not receive him. Yet to all who did receive him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God – children born not of natural descent, nor of human decision or a husband’s will, but born of God.

John 1:14 TNIV

The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.

John 6:35 TNIV

Then Jesus declared, “I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never go hungry, and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty.

Hebrews 3:1 TNIV

Therefore, holy brothers and sisters, who share in the heavenly calling, fix your thoughts on Jesus, whom we acknowledge as our apostle and high priest.

Acts 16:31 TNIV

They replied, “Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved – you and your household.”

Psalms 9:10 TNIV

Those who know your name trust in you, for you, LORD, have never forsaken those who seek you.

1 Peter 2:21 TNIV

To this you were called, because Christ suffered for you, leaving you an example, that you should follow in his steps.

Mark 11:23 TNIV

Truly I tell you, if you say to this mountain, ‘Go, throw yourself into the sea,’ and do not doubt in your heart but believe that what you say will happen, it will be done for you.

Psalms 127:1 TNIV

Unless the LORD builds the house, the builders labor in vain. Unless the LORD watches over the city, the guards stand watch in vain.

2 Corinthians 5:20 TNIV

We are therefore Christ’s ambassadors, as though God were making his appeal through us. We implore you on Christ’s behalf: Be reconciled to God.

1 John 5:18 TNIV

We know that anyone born of God does not continue to sin; the One who was born of God keeps them safe, and the evil one cannot harm them.

2 Corinthians 5:7 TNIV

We live by faith, not by sight.

James 2:14-17 TNIV

What good is it, my brothers and sisters, if people claim to have faith but have no deeds? Can such faith save them? Suppose a brother or sister is without clothes and daily food. If one of you says to them, “Go in peace; keep warm and well fed,” but does nothing about their physical needs, what good is it? In the same way, faith by itself, if it is not accompanied by action, is dead.

Philippians 4:9 TNIV

Whatever you have learned or received or heard from me, or seen in me-put it into practice. And the God of peace will be with you.

Proverbs 16:7 TNIV

When the LORD takes pleasure in anyone’s way, he causes their enemies to make peace with them.

Matthew 26:26-28 TNIV

While they were eating, Jesus took bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it and gave it to his disciples, saying, “Take and eat; this is my body.” Then he took the cup, and when he had given thanks, he gave it to them, saying, “Drink from it, all of you. This is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins.

1 Corinthians 8:6 TNIV

Yet for us there is but one God, the Father, from whom all things came and for whom we live; and there is but one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom all things came and through whom we live.

Romans 1:4-5 TNIV

And who through the Spirit of holiness was appointed the Son of God in power by his resurrection from the dead: Jesus Christ our Lord. Through him we received grace and apostleship to call all the Gentiles to faith and obedience for his name’s sake.

Luke 14:27 TNIV

And whoever does not carry their cross and follow me cannot be my disciple.

Proverbs 15:16 TNIV

Better a little with the fear of the LORD than great wealth with turmoil.

1 Peter 3:15 TNIV

But in your hearts revere Christ as Lord. Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have. But do this with gentleness and respect.

Romans 12:17 TNIV

Do not repay anyone evil for evil. Be careful to do what is right in the eyes of everyone.

1 Timothy 6:12 TNIV

Fight the good fight of the faith. Take hold of the eternal life to which you were called when you made your good confession in the presence of many witnesses.

Psalms 119:30 TNIV

I have chosen the way of faithfulness; I have set my heart on your laws.

Psalms 119:101 TNIV

I have kept my feet from every evil path so that I might obey your word.

Psalms 121:1 TNIV

I lift up my eyes to the mountains – where does my help come from?

Philippians 3:14 TNIV

I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus.

Hebrews 11:1 TNIV

Now faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see.

Psalms 54:4 TNIV

Surely God is my help; the Lord is the one who sustains me.

Psalms 37:4 TNIV

Take delight in the LORD and he will give you the desires of your heart.

Isaiah 32:17 TNIV

The fruit of that righteousness will be peace; its effect will be quietness and confidence forever.

Psalms 78:7 TNIV

Then they would put their trust in God and would not forget his deeds but would keep his commands.

James 5:16 TNIV

Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective.

Psalms 32:6 TNIV

Therefore let all the faithful pray to you while you may be found; surely the rising of the mighty waters will not reach them.

Deuteronomy 6:6 TNIV

These commandments that I give you today are to be on your hearts.

Romans 3:22 TNIV

This righteousness is given through faith in Jesus Christ to all who believe. There is no difference between Jew and Gentile.

Proverbs 3:5 TNIV

Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding.

1 John 2:6 TNIV

 Whoever claims to live in him must live as Jesus did.

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Family

Proverbs 8:32-33 TNIV

“Now then, my children, listen to me; blessed are those who keep my ways.

Psalms 68:5 TNIV

A father to the fatherless, a defender of widows, is God in his holy dwelling.

1 Timothy 5:8 TNIV

Anyone who does not provide for their relatives, and especially for their own household, has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.

Ephesians 4:32 TNIV

Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you.

2 Timothy 2:23 TNIV

Don’t have anything to do with foolish and stupid arguments, because you know they produce quarrels.

Psalms 71:18 TNIV

Even when I am old and gray, do not forsake me, my God, till I declare your power to the next generation, your mighty acts to all who are to come.

Matthew 19:19 TNIV

Honour your father and mother, and love your neighbour as yourself.

Proverbs 23:22 TNIV

Listen to your father, who gave you life, and do not despise your mother when she is old.

John 8:35 TNIV

Now a slave has no permanent place in the family, but a son belongs to it forever.

Hebrews 12:10-11 TNIV

Our parents disciplined us for a little while as they thought best; but God disciplines us for our good, that we may share in his holiness. No discipline seems pleasant at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it produces a harvest of righteousness and peace for those who have been trained by it.

Psalms 27:10 TNIV

Though my father and mother forsake me, the LORD will receive me.

Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective.

Psalms 32:6 TNIV

Therefore let all the faithful pray to you while you may be found; surely the rising of the mighty waters will not reach them.

Deuteronomy 6:6 TNIV

These commandments that I give you today are to be on your hearts.

Romans 3:22 TNIV

This righteousness is given through faith in Jesus Christ to all who believe. There is no difference between Jew and Gentile.

Proverbs 3:5 TNIV

Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding.

1 John 2:6 TNIV

Whoever claims to live in him must live as Jesus did.

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Giving

Proverbs 17:22 TNIV

A cheerful heart is good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones.

Hebrews 13:16 TNIV

And do not forget to do good and to share with others, for with such sacrifices God is pleased.

Matthew 6:3-4 TNIV

But when you give to the needy, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, so that your giving may be in secret. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.

Hebrews 13:2 TNIV

Do not forget to show hospitality to strangers, for by so doing some people have shown hospitality to angels without knowing it.

Philippians 2:3-7 TNIV

Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility value others above yourselves, not looking to your own interests but each of you to the interests of the others.

2 Corinthians 9:7 TNIV

Each of you should give what you have decided in your heart to give, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver.

Matthew 6:14 TNIV

For if you forgive others when they sin against you, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.

Philemon 6 TNIV

I pray that you may be active in sharing your faith, so that you will have a full understanding of every good thing we have in Christ.

1 John 3:17 TNIV

If any one of you has material possessions and sees a brother or sister in need but has no pity on them, how can the love of God be in you?

Exodus 22:25 TNIV

If you lend money to one of my people among you who is needy, do not treat it like a business deal; charge no interest.

Exodus 23:5 TNIV

If you see the donkey of someone who hates you fallen down under its load, do not leave it there; be sure you help your enemy with it.

Isaiah 58:7 TNIV

Is it not to share your food with the hungry and to provide the poor wanderer with shelter – when you see the naked, to clothe them, and not to turn away from your own flesh and blood?

Matthew 20:28 TNIV

Just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.

1 Corinthians 10:24 TNIV

No one should seek their own good, but the good of others.

Proverbs 11:24-25 TNIV

One person gives freely, yet gains even more; another withholds unduly, but comes to poverty. A generous person will prosper; whoever refreshes others will be refreshed.

Matthew 6:2-4 TNIV

So when you give to the needy, do not announce it with trumpets, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and on the streets, to be honoured by others. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward in full. But when you give to the needy, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, so that your giving may be in secret. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.

Proverbs 22:9 TNIV

The generous will themselves be blessed, for they share their food with the poor.

Proverbs 14:31 TNIV

Whoever oppresses the poor shows contempt for their Maker, but whoever is kind to the needy honours God.

Proverbs 11:25 TNIV

A generous person will prosper; whoever refreshes others will be refreshed.

Deuteronomy 15:10-11 TNIV

Give generously to them and do so without a grudging heart; then because of this the LORD your God will bless you in all your work and in everything you put your hand to. There will always be poor people in the land. Therefore I command you to be openhanded toward your fellow Israelites who are poor and needy in your land.

Philippians 2:4 TNIV

not looking to your own interests but each of you to the interests of the others.

Romans 12:13 TNIV

Share with the Lord’s people who are in need. Practice hospitality.

Proverbs 21:13 TNIV

Those who shut their ears to the cry of the poor will also cry out and not be answered.

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Going Home

Matthew 7:13-14 TNIV

“Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it. But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it.

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Goodness

1 Corinthians 10:23-24 TNIV

“I have the right to do anything,” you say – but not everything is beneficial. “I have the right to do anything” – but not everything is constructive. No one should seek their own good, but the good of others.

Proverbs 16:2-3 TNIV

All a mans ways seem innocent to him, but motives are weighed by the LORD. Commit to the LORD whatever you do, and your plans will succeed.

2 Thessalonians 3:13 TNIV

And as for you, brothers and sisters, never tire of doing what is good.

Romans 8:28 TNIV

And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.

Luke 6:36 TNIV

Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful.

Proverbs 16:8-9 TNIV

Better a little with righteousness than much gain with injustice. In his heart a man plans his course, but the LORD determines his steps.

Luke 6:35 TNIV

But love your enemies, do good to them, and lend to them without expecting to get anything back. Then your reward will be great, and you will be children of the Most High, because he is kind to the ungrateful and wicked.

Romans 12:21 TNIV

Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.

2 Timothy 2:15 TNIV

Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a workman who does not need to be ashamed and who correctly handles the word of truth.

James 1:17 TNIV

Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows.

Philippians 4:8 TNIV

Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable – if anything is excellent or praiseworthy – think about such things.

Ephesians 2:10 TNIV

For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.

Titus 2:7 TNIV

In everything set them an example by doing what is good. In your teaching show integrity, seriousness .

Titus 2:7-8 TNIV

In everything set them an example by doing what is good. In your teaching show integrity, seriousness and soundness of speech that cannot be condemned, so that those who oppose you may be ashamed because they have nothing bad to say about us.

Hebrews 10:23-24 TNIV

Let us hold unswervingly to the hope we profess, for he who promised is faithful. And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds.

Galatians 6:9 TNIV

Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.

Titus 3:1 TNIV

Remind the people to be subject to rulers and authorities, to be obedient, to be ready to do whatever is good.

Psalms 23:6 TNIV

Surely your goodness and love will follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the LORD forever.

Proverbs 15:33 TNIV

The fear of the LORD teaches a man wisdom, and humility comes before honour.

Galatians 6:10 TNIV

Therefore, as we have opportunity, let us do good to all people, especially to those who belong to the family of believers.

Colossians 3:23-24 TNIV

Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for human masters, since you know that you will receive an inheritance from the Lord as a reward. It is the Lord Christ you are serving.

Psalms 34:12-13 TNIV

Whoever of you loves life and desires to see many good days, keep your tongue from evil and your lips from telling lies.

Psalms 119:2-3 TNIV

Blessed are those who keep his statutes and seek him with all their heart – they do no wrong but follow his ways.

Micah 6:8 TNIV

He has shown all you people what is good. And what does the LORD require of you? To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God.

Romans 14:19 TNIV

Let us therefore make every effort to do what leads to peace and to mutual edification.

Hebrews 12:14 TNIV

Make every effort to live in peace with everyone and to be holy; without holiness no one will see the Lord.

Numbers 6:25-26 TNIV

The LORD make his face shine on you and be gracious to you; the LORD turn his face toward you and give you peace.

Psalms 116:12 TNIV

What shall I return to the LORD for all his goodness to me?

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Hardships

Psalms 91:14 TNIV

“Because they love me,” says the LORD, “I will rescue them; I will protect them, for they acknowledge my name.”

James 1:2-3 TNIV

Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance.

Micah 7:8 TNIV

Do not gloat over me, my enemy! Though I have fallen, I will rise. Though I sit in darkness, the LORD will be my light.

Ephesians 6:12 TNIV

For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms.

Proverbs 24:16 TNIV

For though the righteous fall seven times, they rise again, but the wicked stumble when calamity strikes.

2 Corinthians 4:5-10 TNIV

For what we preach is not ourselves, but Jesus Christ as Lord, and ourselves as your servants for Jesus’ sake. For God, who said, “Let light shine out of darkness,” made his light shine in our hearts to give us the light of the knowledge of God’s glory displayed in the face of Christ. But we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this all-surpassing power is from God and not from us. We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair; persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed. We always carry around in our body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our body.

Psalms 46:1-3 TNIV

God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble. Therefore we will not fear, though the earth give way and the mountains fall into the heart of the sea, though its waters roar and foam and the mountains quake with their surging.

Deuteronomy 15:7 TNIV

If anyone is poor among your people in any of the towns of the land the LORD your God is giving you, do not be hardhearted or tight-fisted toward them.

Matthew 21:22 TNIV

If you believe, you will receive whatever you ask for in prayer.

Hebrews 4:16 TNIV

Let us then approach God’s throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.

Psalms 72:2 TNIV

May he judge your people in righteousness, your afflicted ones with justice.

Romans 5:3-4 TNIV

Not only so, but we also glory in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces reverence; perseverance, character; and character, hope.

Revelation 3:10 TNIV

Since you have kept my command to endure patiently, I will also keep you from the hour of trial that is going to come on the whole world to test those who live on the earth.

Psalms 107:28-30 TNIV

Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble, and he brought them out of their distress. He stilled the storm to a whisper; the waves of the sea were hushed. They were glad when it grew calm, and he guided them to their desired haven.

Romans 5:2-5 TNIV

Through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we now stand. And we boast in the hope of the glory of God. Not only so, but we also glory in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character; and character, hope. And hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, who has been given to us.

Mark 1:35 TNIV

Very early in the morning, while it was still dark, Jesus got up, left the house and went off to a solitary place, where he prayed.

2 Corinthians 4:8 TNIV

We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair

Hebrews 12:7 TNIV

Endure hardship as discipline; God is treating you as his children. For what children are not disciplined by their father?

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Health

Proverbs 3:7-8 TNIV

Do not be wise in your own eyes; fear the LORD and shun evil. This will bring health to your body and nourishment to your bones.

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Heaven

Psalms 91:14 TNIV

“Because they love me,” says the LORD, “I will rescue them; I will protect them, for they acknowledge my name.”

James 1:2-3 TNIV

Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance.

Micah 7:8 TNIV

Do not gloat over me, my enemy! Though I have fallen, I will rise. Though I sit in darkness, the LORD will be my light.

Ephesians 6:12 TNIV

For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms.

Proverbs 24:16 TNIV

For though the righteous fall seven times, they rise again, but the wicked stumble when calamity strikes.

2 Corinthians 4:5-10 TNIV

For what we preach is not ourselves, but Jesus Christ as Lord, and ourselves as your servants for Jesus’ sake. For God, who said, “Let light shine out of darkness,” made his light shine in our hearts to give us the light of the knowledge of God’s glory displayed in the face of Christ. But we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this all-surpassing power is from God and not from us. We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair; persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed. We always carry around in our body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our body.

Psalms 46:1-3 TNIV

God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble. Therefore we will not fear, though the earth give way and the mountains fall into the heart of the sea, though its waters roar and foam and the mountains quake with their surging.

Deuteronomy 15:7 TNIV

If anyone is poor among your people in any of the towns of the land the LORD your God is giving you, do not be hardhearted or tight-fisted toward them.

Matthew 21:22 TNIV

If you believe, you will receive whatever you ask for in prayer.

Hebrews 4:16 TNIV

Let us then approach God’s throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.

Psalms 72:2 TNIV

May he judge your people in righteousness, your afflicted ones with justice.

Romans 5:3-4 TNIV

Not only so, but we also glory in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces reverence; perseverance, character; and character, hope.

Revelation 3:10 TNIV

Since you have kept my command to endure patiently, I will also keep you from the hour of trial that is going to come on the whole world to test those who live on the earth.

Psalms 107:28-30 TNIV

Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble, and he brought them out of their distress. He stilled the storm to a whisper; the waves of the sea were hushed. They were glad when it grew calm, and he guided them to their desired haven.

Romans 5:2-5 TNIV

Through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we now stand. And we boast in the hope of the glory of God. Not only so, but we also glory in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character; and character, hope. And hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, who has been given to us.

Mark 1:35 TNIV

Very early in the morning, while it was still dark, Jesus got up, left the house and went off to a solitary place, where he prayed.

2 Corinthians 4:8 TNIV

We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair

Hebrews 12:7 TNIV

Endure hardship as discipline; God is treating you as his children. For what children are not disciplined by their father?

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Help

Isaiah 45:22 TNIV

“Turn to me and be saved, all you ends of the earth; for I am God, and there is no other.

1 Thessalonians 5:14 TNIV

And we urge you, brothers and sisters, warn those who are idle and disruptive, encourage the disheartened, help the weak, be patient with everyone.

Psalms 4 TNIV

Answer me when I call to you, my righteous God. Give me relief from my distress; have mercy on me and hear my prayer…

Galatians 6:2 TNIV

Carry each other’s burdens, and in this way you will fulfil the law of Christ.

1 Timothy 6:18 TNIV

Command them to do good, to be rich in good deeds, and to be generous and willing to share.

Psalms 86:2 TNIV

Guard my life, for I am faithful to you; save your servant who trusts in you. You are my God;

Psalms 79:9 TNIV

Help us, God our Savior, for the glory of your name; deliver us and forgive our sins for your name’s sake.

Psalms 120:1 TNIV

I call on the LORD in my distress, and he answers me.

Psalms 121:1-2 TNIV

I lift up my eyes to the mountains – where does my help come from? My help comes from the LORD, the Maker of heaven and earth.

James 1:5 TNIV

If any of you lacks wisdom, you should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to you.

John 15: 7 TNIV

If you remain in me and my words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you.

Psalms 18:6 TNIV

In my distress I called to the LORD; I cried to my God for help. From his temple he heard my voice; my cry came before him, into his ears.

Joshua 10:25 TNIV

Joshua said to them, “Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged. Be strong and courageous. This is what the LORD will do to all the enemies you are going to fight.”

Hebrews 13:5-6 TNIV

Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, because God has said, “Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you.” So we say with confidence, “The Lord is my helper; I will not be afraid. What can man do me?

Psalms 30:2 TNIV

LORD my God, I called to you for help, and you healed me.

Psalms 26:8-12 TNIV

LORD, I love the house where you live, the place where your glory dwells. Do not take away my soul along with sinners, my life with those who are bloodthirsty, in whose hands are wicked schemes, whose right hands are full of bribes. I lead a blameless life; redeem me and be merciful to me. My feet stand on level ground; in the great congregation I will praise the LORD.

1 Thess 5:12-13 TNIV

Now we ask you, brothers and sisters, to acknowledge those who work hard among you, who care for you in the Lord and who admonish you. Hold them in the highest regard in love because of their work. Live in peace with each other..

Psalms 124:8 TNIV

Our help is in the name of the LORD, the Maker of heaven and earth.

Mark 5:36 TNIV

Overhearing what they said, Jesus told him, “Don’t be afraid; just believe.”

Psalms 51:12 TNIV

Restore to me the joy of your salvation and grant me a willing spirit, to sustain me.

Psalms 139:23-24 TNIV

Search me, God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. See if there is any offensive way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.

Psalms 25:4-5 TNIV

Show me your ways, LORD, teach me your paths. Guide me in your truth and teach me, for you are God my Savior, and my hope is in you all day long.

Psalms 9:9 TNIV

The LORD is a refuge for the oppressed, a stronghold in times of trouble.

Proverbs 15:29 TNIV

The LORD is far from the wicked, but he hears the prayer of the righteous.

Psalms 116:5-6 TNIV

The LORD is gracious and righteous; our God is full of compassion. The LORD protects the unwary; when I was brought low, he saved me.

Psalms 18:2 TNIV

The LORD is my rock, my fortress and my deliverer; my God is my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.

Psalms 28:7 TNIV

The Lord is my strength and my shield; My heart trusts in Him, and I am helped. My heart leaps for joy and I will give thanks to Him in song.

Psalms 145:18 TNIV

The LORD is near to all who call on him, to all who call on him in truth.

Psalms 34:17 TNIV

The righteous cry out, and the LORD hears them; he delivers them from all their troubles.

Isaiah 58:9 TNIV

Then you will call, and the LORD will answer; you will cry for help, and he will say: Here am I.

Psalms 34:6 TNIV

This poor man called, and the LORD heard him; he saved him out of all his troubles.

Psalms 138:3 TNIV

When I called, you answered me; you greatly emboldened me.

2 Corinthians 9:11 TNIV

You will be made rich in every way so that you can be generous on every occasion, and through us your generosity will result in thanksgiving to God.

Psalms 147:3 TNIV

He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds.

Psalms 121:3 TNIV

He will not let your foot slip – he who watches over you will not slumber.

Psalms 40:1 TNIV

I waited patiently for the LORD; he turned to me and heard my cry.

Isaiah 55:6 TNIV

Seek the LORD while he may be found; call on him while he is near.

Jeremiah 17:8 TNIV

They will be like a tree planted by the water that sends out its roots by the stream. It does not fear when heat comes; its leaves are always green. It has no worries in a year of drought and never fails to bear fruit.

Job 4:4 TNIV

Your words have supported those who stumbled; you have strengthened faltering knees.

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Homeless

Philippians 4:12 TNIV

I know what it is to be in need, and I know what it is to have plenty. I have learned the secret of being content in any and every situation, whether well fed or hungry, whether living in plenty or in want.

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Hope

Isaiah 42:1 TNIV

“Here is my servant, whom I uphold, my chosen one in whom I delight; I will put my Spirit on him and he will bring justice to the nations.

Mark 9:23 TNIV

“‘If you can’?” said Jesus. “Everything is possible for one who believes.”

Exodus 34:6 TNIV

And he passed in front of Moses, proclaiming, “The LORD, the LORD, the compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, abounding in love and faithfulness.

Romans 5:5 TNIV

And hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, who has been given to us.

Corinthians 1:7 TNIV

And our hope for you is firm, because we know that just as you share in our sufferings, so also you share in our comfort.

Psalms 71:14 TNIV

As for me, I will always have hope; I will praise you more and more.

Romans 12:12 TNIV

Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer.

Hebrews 2:18 TNIV

Because he himself suffered when he was tempted, he is able to help those who are being tempted.

Romans 4:7 TNIV

Blessed are those whose transgressions are forgiven, whose sins are covered.

Psalms 39:7 TNIV

But now, Lord, what do I look for? My hope is in you.

Matthew 6:33 TNIV

But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.

Isaiah 40:31 TNIV

But those who hope in the LORD will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint.

John 16:13 TNIV

But when he, the Spirit of truth, comes, he will guide you into all the truth. He will not speak on his own; he will speak only what he hears, and he will tell you what is yet to come.

1 Timothy 6:17 TNIV

Command those who are rich in this present world not to be arrogant nor to put their hope in wealth, which is so uncertain, but to put their hope in God, who richly provides us with everything for our enjoyment.

Romans 15:4 TNIV

For everything that was written in the past was written to teach us, so that through the endurance taught in the Scriptures and the encouragement they provide we might have hope.

John 3:17 TNIV

For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him.

Romans 8:24-25 TNIV

For in this hope we were saved. But hope that is seen is no hope at all. Who hopes for what they already have? But if we hope for what we do not yet have, we wait for it patiently.

Romans 10:13 TNIV

Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.

1 Corinthians 1:9 TNIV

God is faithful, who has called you into fellowship with his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.

Numbers 23:19 TNIV

God is not a human, that he should lie, not a human being, that he should change his mind. Does he speak and then not act? Does he promise and not fulfil?

Luke 11:28 TNIV

He replied, “Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and obey it.”

Titus 3:5 TNIV

He saved us, not because of righteous things we had done, but because of his mercy. He saved us through the washing of rebirth and renewal by the Holy Spirit.

Psalms 16:8 TNIV

I keep my eyes always on the LORD. With him at my right hand, I will not be shaken.

Philippians 3:10-12 TNIV

I want to know Christ-yes, to know the power of his resurrection and participation in his sufferings, becoming like him in his death, and so, somehow, attaining to the resurrection from the dead. Not that I have already obtained all this, or have already arrived at my goal, but I press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me.

James 1:5-6 TNIV

If any of you lacks wisdom, you should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to you.

1 John 4:15 TNIV

If anyone acknowledges that Jesus is the Son of God, God lives in them and they in God.

1 John 1:9 TNIV

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness.

Ephesians 1:7-8 TNIV

In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, in accordance with the riches of God’s grace that he lavished on us. With all wisdom and understanding

John 14:6 TNIV

Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.

Mark 10:27 TNIV

Jesus looked at them and said, “With human beings this is impossible, but not with God; all things are possible with God.”

Matthew 19:26 TNIV

Jesus looked at them and said, “With human beings this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.”

Luke 18:27 TNIV

Jesus replied, “What is impossible with human beings is possible with God.”

Psalms 16:1-2 TNIV

Keep me safe, my God, for in you I take refuge. I say to the LORD, “You are my Lord; apart from you I have no good thing.”

Hebrews 13:5 TNIV

Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, because God has said, “Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you.”

Proverbs 24:14 TNIV

Know also that wisdom is like honey for you: If you find it, there is a future hope for you, and your hope will not be cut off.

Deuteronomy 7:9 TNIV

Know therefore that the LORD your God is God; he is the faithful God, keeping his covenant of love to a thousand generations of those who love him and keep his commandments.

Psalms 143:8 TNIV

Let the morning bring me word of your unfailing love, for I have put my trust in you. Show me the way I should go, for to you I entrust my life.

Hebrews 10:23 TNIV

Let us hold unswervingly to the hope we profess, for he who promised is faithful.

John 10:27 TNIV

My sheep listen to my voice; I know them, and they follow me.

Psalms 130:7 TNIV

O Israel, put your hope in the LORD, for with the LORD is unfailing love and with him is full redemption.

Job 6:8 TNIV

Oh, that I might have my request, that God would grant what I hope for

Psalms 27:4-5 TNIV

One thing I ask from the LORD, this only do I seek: that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to gaze on the beauty of the LORD and to seek him in his temple. For in the day of trouble he will keep me safe in his dwelling; he will hide me in the shelter of his tabernacle and set me high upon a rock.

1 Peter 1:3-6 TNIV

Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, and into an inheritance that can never perish, spoil or fade. This inheritance is kept in heaven for you, who through faith are shielded by God’s power until the coming of the salvation that is ready to be revealed in the last time. In all this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while you may have had to suffer grief in all kinds of trials.

Job 5:16 TNIV

So the poor have hope, and injustice shuts its mouth.

2 Corinthians 4:18 TNIV

So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen, since what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.

Hebrews 13:6 TNIV

So we say with confidence, “The Lord is my helper; I will not be afraid. What can human beings do to me?”

Hosea 10:12 TNIV

Sow fro yourselves righteousness, recap the fruit of unfailing love, and break up your unplowed ground; for it is time to seek the LORD, until he comes and showers his righteousness on you.

1 Timothy 4:10 TNIV

That is why we labor and strive, because we have put our hope in the living God, who is the Savior of all people, and especially of those who believe.

Matthew 28:5-7 TNIV

The angel said to the women, “Do not be afraid, for I know that you are looking for Jesus, who was crucified. He is not here; he has risen, just as he said. Come and see the place where he lay. Then go quickly and tell his disciples: ‘He has risen from the dead and is going ahead of you into Galilee. There you will see him.’ Now I have told you.”

John 1:5 TNIV

The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it..

Proverbs 15:8 TNIV

The LORD detests the sacrifice of the wicked, but the prayer of the upright pleases him.

2 Peter 3:9 TNIV

The Lord is not slow in keeping his promise, as some understand slowness. Instead he is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance.

Habakkuk 3:19 TNIV

The Sovereign LORD is my strength; he makes my feet like the feet of a deer, he enables me to tread on the heights.

Matthew 4:1-4 TNIV

Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. After fasting forty days and forty nights, he was hungry. The tempter came to him and said, “If you are the Son of God, tell these stones to become bread.” Jesus answered, “It is written: ‘People do not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.’”

Ecclesiastes 3:1 TNIV

There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens.

2 Corinthians 5:17 TNIV

Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here!

1 Peter 4:1 TNIV

Therefore, since Christ suffered in his body, arm yourselves also with the same attitude, because those who have suffered in their bodies are done with sin.

Romans 5:1-2 TNIV

Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we now stand. And we boast in the hope of the glory of God

Romans 5:1 TNIV

Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.

1 Peter 1:13 TNIV

Therefore, with minds that are alert and fully sober, set your hope on the grace to be brought to you when Jesus Christ is revealed at his coming.

1 John 5:14-15 TNIV

This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us. And if we know that he hears us – whatever we ask – we know that we have what we asked of him.

Romans 5:2-7 TNIV

Through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we now stand. And we boast in the hope of the glory of God. Not only so, but we also glory in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character; and character, hope. And hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, who has been given to us.

Luke 2:11 TNIV

Today in the town of David a Savior has been born to you; he is the Messiah, the Lord.

Psalms 62:8 TNIV

Trust in him at all times, you people; pour out your hearts to him, for God is our refuge.

Proverbs 4:12 TNIV

When you walk, your steps will not be hampered; when you run, you will not stumble.

Isaiah 30:21 TNIV

Whether you turn to the right or to the left, your ears will hear a voice behind you, saying, “This is the way; walk in it.”

Job 11:18-19 TNIV

You will be secure, because there is hope; you will look about you and take your rest in safety. You will lie down, with no one to make you afraid, and many will court your favour.

Isaiah 26:3 TNIV

You will keep in perfect peace those whose minds are steadfast, because they trust in you.

Psalms 30:3 TNIV

You, LORD, brought me up from the realm of the dead; you spared me from going down to the pit.

Psalms 18:28 TNIV

You, LORD, keep my lamp burning; my God turns my darkness into light.

Matthew 7:7 TNIV

Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you.

Psalms 149:4 TNIV

For the LORD takes delight in his people; he crowns the humble with victory.

1 Samuel 2:8 TNIV

He raises the poor from the dust and lifts the needy from the ash heap; he seats them with princes and has them inherit a throne of honour. “For the foundations of the earth are the LORD’s; on them he has set the world.

Psalms 27:13-14 TNIV

I remain confident of this: I will see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living. Wait for the LORD; be strong and take heart and wait for the LORD.

Ezekiel 36:26 TNIV

I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you; I will remove from you your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh.

Hebrews 13:8 TNIV

Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.

Romans 15:5 TNIV

May the God who gives endurance and encouragement give you the same attitude of mind toward each other that Christ Jesus had.

Isaiah 9:2 TNIV

The people walking in darkness have seen a great light; on those living in the land of deep darkness a light has dawned.

Isaiah 30:18 TNIV

Yet the LORD longs to be gracious to you; therefore he will rise up to show you compassion. For the LORD is a God of justice. Blessed are all who wait for him!

Jeremiah 29:13 TNIV

You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart.

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Journeys

But now, by dying to what once bound us, we have been released from the law so that we serve in the new way of the Spirit, and not in the old way of the written code.

Ephesians 5:1-2 TNIV

Follow God’s example, therefore, as dearly loved children and walk in the way of love, just as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us as a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.

Revelation 3:20 TNIV

Here I am! I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in and eat with them, and they with me.

Proverbs 16:9 TNIV

In their hearts human beings plan their course, but the LORD establishes their steps.

Hebrews 12: 1 TNIV

Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles. And let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us,

Proverbs 3:5-6 TNIV

Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight.

Proverbs 9:6 TNIV

Leave your simple ways and you will live; walk in the way of insight.

Deuteronomy 31:8 TNIV

The LORD himself goes before you and will be with you; he will never leave you nor forsake you. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged.

Psalms 37:3 TNIV

Trust in the LORD and do good; dwell in the land and enjoy safe pasture.

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Life

But now, by dying to what once bound us, we have been released from the law so that we serve in the new way of the Spirit, and not in the old way of the written code.

Ephesians 5:1-2 TNIV

Follow God’s example, therefore, as dearly loved children and walk in the way of love, just as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us as a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.

Revelation 3:20 TNIV

Here I am! I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in and eat with them, and they with me.

Proverbs 16:9 TNIV

In their hearts human beings plan their course, but the LORD establishes their steps.

Hebrews 12: 1 TNIV

Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles. And let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us,

Proverbs 3:5-6 TNIV

Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight.

Proverbs 9:6 TNIV

Leave your simple ways and you will live; walk in the way of insight.

Deuteronomy 31:8 TNIV

The LORD himself goes before you and will be with you; he will never leave you nor forsake you. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged.

Psalms 37:3 TNIV

Trust in the LORD and do good; dwell in the land and enjoy safe pasture.

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Love

But now, by dying to what once bound us, we have been released from the law so that we serve in the new way of the Spirit, and not in the old way of the written code.

Ephesians 5:1-2 TNIV

Follow God’s example, therefore, as dearly loved children and walk in the way of love, just as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us as a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.

Revelation 3:20 TNIV

Here I am! I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in and eat with them, and they with me.

Proverbs 16:9 TNIV

In their hearts human beings plan their course, but the LORD establishes their steps.

Hebrews 12: 1 TNIV

Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles. And let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us,

Proverbs 3:5-6 TNIV

Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight.

Proverbs 9:6 TNIV

Leave your simple ways and you will live; walk in the way of insight.

Deuteronomy 31:8 TNIV

The LORD himself goes before you and will be with you; he will never leave you nor forsake you. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged.

Psalms 37:3 TNIV

Trust in the LORD and do good; dwell in the land and enjoy safe pasture.

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Mental Health

Romans 10:11 TNIV

As Scripture says, “Anyone who believes in him will never be put to shame.”

Matthew 11:28-31 TNIV

Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.

Isaiah 26:3-4 TNIV

You will keep in perfect peace those whose minds are steadfast, because they trust in you. Trust in the LORD forever, for the LORD, the LORD, is the Rock eternal.

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Mission

Romans 10:11 TNIV

As Scripture says, “Anyone who believes in him will never be put to shame.”

Matthew 11:28-31 TNIV

Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.

Isaiah 26:3-4 TNIV

You will keep in perfect peace those whose minds are steadfast, because they trust in you. Trust in the LORD forever, for the LORD, the LORD, is the Rock eternal.

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Music

Psalms 101:1-2 TNIV

I will sing of your love and justice; to you, LORD, I will sing praise. I will be careful to lead a blameless life – when will you come to me? I will conduct the affairs of my house with a blameless heart.

1 Corinthians 13:1 TNIV

If I speak in human or angelic tongues, but do not have love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal.

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Pain

Revelation 21:4 TNIV

‘He will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death’ or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away.”

Proverbs 15:13 TNIV

A happy heart makes the face cheerful, but heartache crushes the spirit.

Proverbs 14:30 TNIV

A heart at peace gives life to the body, but envy rots the bones.

Matthew 5:4 TNIV

Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted.

Psalms 42:11 TNIV

Why, my soul, are you downcast? Why so disturbed within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise him, my Savior and my God.

Psalms 119:71 TNIV

It was good for me to be afflicted so that I might learn your decrees.

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Praise

Psalms 47:1-2 TNIV

Clap your hands, all you nations; shout to God with cries of joy. How awesome is the LORD Most High, the great King over all the earth!

Hebrews 3:4 TNIV

For every house is built by someone, but God is the builder of everything.

Psalms 105:1 TNIV

Give thanks to the LORD, call on his name; make known among the nations what he has done.

Psalms 118:1 TNIV

Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good; his love endures forever.

Jeremiah 17:14 TNIV

Heal me, LORD, and I will be healed; save me and I will be saved, for you are the one I praise.

Psalms 139:17-18 TNIV

How precious to me are your thoughts, O God! How vast is the sum of them! Were I to count them, they would outnumber the grains of sand. When I awake, I am still with you.

Psalms 41:11-13 TNIV

I know that you are pleased with me, for my enemy does not triumph over me. In my integrity you uphold me and set me in your presence forever. Praise be to the LORD, the God of Israel, from everlasting to everlasting. Amen and Amen.

Proverbs 27:2 TNIV

Let someone else praise you, and not your own mouth; an outsider, and not your own lips.

1 Timothy 1:17 TNIV

Now to the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only God, be honour and glory for ever and ever. Amen.

Ephesians 1:3 TNIV

Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in the heavenly realms with every spiritual blessing in Christ.

Psalms 119:12 TNIV

Praise be to you, LORD; teach me your decrees.

Psalms 103:2-5 TNIV

Praise the LORD, my soul, and forget not all his benefits – who forgives all your sins and heals all your diseases, who redeems your life from the pit and crowns you with love and compassion, who satisfies your desires with good things so that your youth is renewed like the eagle’s.

Psalms 103:2-4 TNIV

Praise the LORD, my soul, and forget not all his benefits – who forgives all your sins and heals all your diseases, who redeems your life from the pit and crowns you with love and compassion.

Psalms 103: 2-3 TNIV

Praise the LORD, my soul, and forget not all his benefits – who forgives all your sins and heals all your diseases,

Psalms 112:1 TNIV

Praise the LORD. Blessed is the man who fears the LORD, who finds great delight in his commands.

1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 TNIV

Rejoice always, pray continually, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.

Psalms 90:12 TNIV

Teach us to number our days, that we may gain a heart of wisdom.

Psalms 28:7 TNIV

The LORD is my strength and my shield; my heart trusts in him, and he helps me. My heart leaps for joy, and with my song I praise him.

Zephaniah 3:17 TNIV

The LORD your God is with you, the Mighty Warrior who saves. He will take great delight in you; in his love he will no longer rebuke you, but will rejoice over you with singing.

Hebrews 12:28-29 TNIV

Therefore, since we are receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, let us be thankful, and so worship God acceptably with reverence and awe, for our “God is a consuming fire.”

Hebrews 13:15-16 TNIV

Through Jesus, therefore, let us continually offer to God a sacrifice of praise – the fruit of lips that openly profess his name. And do not forget to do good and to share with others, for with such sacrifices God is pleased.

Isaiah 43:13 TNIV

Yes, and from ancient days I am he. No one can deliver out of my hand. When I act, who can reverse it?”

Psalms 147:5 TNIV

Great is our Lord and mighty in power; his understanding has no limit.

Psalms 145:4 TNIV

One generation commends your works to another; they tell of your mighty acts.

Psalms 27:1 TNIV

The LORD is my light and my salvation – whom shall I fear? The LORD is the stronghold of my life – of whom shall I be afraid?

Psalms 33:5 TNIV

The LORD loves righteousness and justice; the earth is full of his unfailing love.

Proverbs 18:10 TNIV

The name of the LORD is a fortified tower; the righteous run to it and are safe.

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Praise and Worship

Jeremiah 32:17 TNIV

“Ah, Sovereign LORD, you have made the heavens and the earth by your great power and outstretched arm. Nothing is too hard for you.

Psalms 46:10 TNIV

“Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth.”

Job 1:21 TNIV

“Naked I came from my mother’s womb, and naked I will depart. The LORD gave and the LORD has taken away; may the name of the LORD be praised.”

Psalms 145:10-11 TNIV

All your works praise you, LORD; your faithful people extol you. They tell of the glory of your kingdom and speak of your might.

1 Peter 2:9 TNIV

But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s special possession, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light.

Psalms 95:1-2 TNIV

Come, let us sing for joy to the LORD; let us shout aloud to the Rock of our salvation. Let us come before him with thanksgiving and extol him with music and song.

1 Corinthians 1:18 TNIV

For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.

1 Thessalonians 5:10 TNIV

He died for us so that, whether we are awake or asleep, we may live together with him.

Deuteronomy 6:4-5 TNIV

Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is one. Love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength.

Psalms 95:4 TNIV

In his hand are the depths of the earth, and the mountain peaks belong to him.

Isaiah 26:12 TNIV

LORD, you establish peace for us; all that we have accomplished you have done for us.

Psalms 40:5 TNIV

Many, LORD my God, are the wonders you have done, the things you planned for us. None can compare with you; were I to speak and tell of your deeds, they would be too many to declare.

Psalms 115:1 TNIV

Not to us, LORD, not to us but to your name be the glory, because of your love and faithfulness.

Psalms 117:1-2 TNIV

Praise the LORD, all you nations; extol him, all you peoples. For great is his love toward us, and the faithfulness of the LORD endures forever. Praise the LORD.

Psalms 106:1 TNIV

Praise the LORD. Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good; his love endures forever.

Psalms 105:2 TNIV

Sing of him, sing his praises; tell of all his wonderful acts.

Psalms 126:3 TNIV

The LORD has done great things for us, and we are filled with joy.

Nehemiah 9:17 TNIV

They refused to listen and failed to remember the miracles you performed among them. They became stiff-necked and in their rebellion appointed a leader in order to return to their slavery. But you are a forgiving God, gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and abounding in love. Therefore you did not desert them.

Ephesians 3:6 TNIV

This mystery is that through the gospel the Gentiles are heirs together with Israel, members together of one body, and sharers together in the promise in Christ Jesus.

Exodus 15:11 TNIV

Who among the gods is like you, LORD? Who is like you – majestic in holiness, awesome in glory, working wonders?

Psalms 48:9 TNIV

Within your temple, O God, we meditate on your unfailing love.

Psalms 63:1 TNIV

You, God, are my God, earnestly I seek you; I thirst for you, my whole being longs for you, in a dry and parched land where there is no water.

Psalms 86:5 TNIV

You, Lord, are forgiving and good, abounding in love to all who call to you.

Acts 2:21 TNIV

And everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.

Psalms 84:10 TNIV

Better is one day in your courts than a thousand elsewhere; would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God than dwell in the tents of the wicked.

1 Corinthians 1:27 TNIV

But God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong.

2 Peter 3:18 TNIV

But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be glory both now and forever! Amen.

Psalms 84:11 TNIV

For the LORD God is a sun and shield; the LORD bestows favour and honour; no good thing does he withhold from those whose walk is blameless.

Psalms 147:4-5 TNIV

He determines the number of the stars and calls them each by name. Great is our Lord and mighty in power; his understanding has no limit.

Isaiah 45:12 TNIV

It is I who made the earth and created human beings on it. My own hands stretched out the heavens; I marshaled their starry hosts.

Philippians 4:4 TNIV

Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice!

Psalms 19:1 TNIV

The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of his hands.

1 Corinthians 4:5 TNIV

Therefore judge nothing before the appointed time; wait till the Lord comes. He will bring to light what is hidden in darkness and will expose the motives of people’s hearts. At that time each will receive their praise from God.

Psalms 145:16 TNIV

You open your hand and satisfy the desires of every living thing.

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Problems in Life

John 16:33 TNIV

I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.

Romans 4:7-8 TNIV

“Blessed are those whose transgressions are forgiven, whose sins are covered. Blessed are those whose sin the Lord will never count against them.”

Galatians 1:10 TNIV

Am I now trying to win human approval, or God’s approval? Or am I trying to please people? If I were still trying to please people, I would not be a servant of Christ.

Luke 6:45 TNIV

Good people bring good things out of the good stored up in their heart, and evil people bring evil things out of the evil stored up in their heart. For out of the overflow of the heart the mouth speaks.

Nahum 1:7 TNIV

The LORD is good, a refuge in times of trouble. He cares for those who trust in him.

2 Corinthians 4:17 TNIV

For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all.

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Strength

2 Samuel 22:31 TNIV

As for God, his way is perfect; the word of the LORD is flawless. He is a shield for all who take refuge in him.

Isaiah 45:9 TNIV

“Woe to him who quarrels with his Maker, to him who is but a potsherd among the potsherds on the ground. Does the clay say to the potter, ‘What are you making?’ Does your work say, ‘He has no hands’?

Joshua 1:7 TNIV

Be strong and very courageous. Be careful to obey all the law my servant Moses gave you; do not turn from it to the right or to the left, that you may be successful wherever you go.

Philippians 3:13-14 TNIV

Brothers and sisters, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus.

2 Thessalonians 3:3 TNIV

But the Lord is faithful, and he will strengthen you and protect you from the evil one.

Isaiah 40:28-31 TNIV

Do you not know? Have you not heard? The LORD is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He will not grow tired or weary, and his understanding no one can fathom. He gives strength to the weary and increases the power of the weak. Even youths grow tired and weary, and young men stumble and fall; but those who hope in the LORD will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint.

Isaiah 46:4 TNIV

Even to your old age and grey hairs I am he, I am he who will sustain you. I have made you and I will carry you; I will sustain you and I will rescue you.

Joshua 1:9 TNIV

Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged, for the LORD your God will be with you wherever you go.”

Psalms 40:2 TNIV

He lifted me out of the slimy pit, out of the mud and mire; he set my feet on a rock and gave me a firm place to stand.

Job 42:2 TNIV

“I know that you can do all things; no purpose of yours can be thwarted.

Galatians 5:1 TNIV

It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery.

Corinthians 10:13 TNIV

No temptation has overtaken you except what is common to us all. And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can endure it.

Ephesians 6:11 TNIV

Put on the full armour of God, so that you can take your stand against the devil’s schemes.

Isaiah 41:10 TNIV

So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.

Isaiah 12:2 TNIV

Surely God is my salvation; I will trust and not be afraid. The LORD, the LORD, is my strength and my defence; he has become my salvation.

Nahum 1:3 TNIV

The LORD is slow to anger but great in power; the LORD will not leave the guilty unpunished. His way is in the whirlwind and the storm, and clouds are the dust of his feet.

Proverbs 28:1 TNIV

The wicked flee though no one pursues, but the righteous are as bold as a lion.

Hebrews 4:14 TNIV

Therefore, since we have a great high priest who has ascended into heaven, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold firmly to the faith we profess.

Psalms 62:2 TNIV

Truly he is my rock and my salvation; he is my fortress, I will never be shaken.

Romans 8:31 TNIV

What, then, shall we say in response to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?

Isaiah 43:2 TNIV

When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and when you pass through the rivers, they will not sweep over you. When you walk through the fire, you will not be burned; the flames will not set you ablaze.

Psalms 91:1-2 TNIV

Whoever dwells in the shelter of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty. They say of the LORD, “He is my refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust.”

Psalms 48:14 TNIV

For this God is our God for ever and ever; he will be our guide even to the end.

Isaiah 40:29 TNIV

He gives strength to the weary and increases the power of the weak.

Philippians 4:13 TNIV

I can do all this through him who gives me strength.

Psalms 18:32 TNIV

It is God who arms me with strength and keeps my way secure.

1 Chronicles 16:11 TNIV

Look to the LORD and his strength; seek his face always.

Psalms 118:14-16 TNIV

The LORD is my strength and my defence; he has become my salvation. Shouts of joy and victory resound in the tents of the righteous: “The LORD’s right hand has done mighty things! The LORD’s right hand is lifted high; the LORD’s right hand has done mighty things!”

Psalms 119:114-115 TNIV

You are my refuge and my shield; I have put my hope in your word.

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Success

Deuteronomy 8:18 TNIV

But remember the LORD your God, for it is he who gives you the ability to produce wealth, and so confirms his covenant, which he swore to your ancestors, as it is today.

Philippians 4:11-13 TNIV

I am not saying this because I am in need, for I have learned to be content whatever the circumstances. I know what it is to be in need, and I know what it is to have plenty. I have learned the secret of being content in any and every situation, whether well fed or hungry, whether living in plenty or in want. I can do all this through him who gives me strength.

Proverbs 10:2 TNIV

Ill-gotten treasures have no lasting value, but righteousness delivers from death.

Luke 12:14-15 TNIV

Jesus replied, “Man, who appointed me a judge or an arbiter between you?” Then he said to them, “Watch out! Be on your guard against all kinds of greed; life does not consist in an abundance of possessions.”

Proverbs 11:2 TNIV

When pride comes, then comes disgrace, but with humility comes wisdom.

Deuteronomy 8:17-18 TNIV

You may say to yourself, “My power and the strength of my hands have produced this wealth for me.” But remember the LORD your God, for it is he who gives you the ability to produce wealth, and so confirms his covenant, which he swore to your ancestors, as it is today.

Psalms 85:10 TNIV

Love and faithfulness meet together; righteousness and peace kiss each other.

Psalms 20:4 TNIV

May he give you the desire of your heart and make all your plans succeed.

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Teaching

Luke 16:13 TNIV

“No one can serve two masters. Either you will hate the one and love the other, or you will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and Money.”

Matthew 6:19-20 TNIV

Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moth and rust do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal.

John 15:5 TNIV

I am the vine; you are the branches. If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing.

Matthew 18:15 TNIV

If a brother or sister sins, go and point out the fault, just between the two of you. If they listen to you, you have won them over.

Matthew 25:40 TNIV

The King will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.’

Hosea 11:1 TNIV

“When Israel was a child, I loved him, and out of Egypt I called my son.

Titus 3:5 TNIV

…he saved us, not because of righteous things we had done, but because of his mercy. He saved us through the washing of rebirth and renewal by the Holy Spirit…

Matthew 5:33 TNIV

Again, you have heard that it was said to the people long ago, ‘Do not break your oath, but fulfil to the Lord the vows you have made.’

2 Timothy 3:16 TNIV

All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness.

Matthew 3:2 TNIV

And saying, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven has come near.”

1 Thessalonians 2:13 TNIV

And we also thank God continually because, when you received the word of God, which you heard from us, you accepted it not as a human word, but as it actually is, the word of God, which is indeed at work in you who believe.

Matthew 6:5 TNIV

And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by others. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward in full

Mark 11:25 TNIV

And when you stand praying, if you hold anything against anyone, forgive them, so that your Father in heaven may forgive you your sins.

Proverbs 27:19 TNIV

As water reflects the face, so one’s life reflects the heart.

2 Timothy 2:16 TNIV

Avoid godless chatter, because those who indulge in it will become more and more ungodly.

Psalms 119:115 TNIV

Away from me, you evildoers, that I may keep the commands of my God!

Proverbs 18:12 TNIV

Before a downfall the heart is haughty, but humility comes before honour.

Luke 6:28 TNIV

bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you.

Colossians 3:8 TNIV

But now you must also rid yourselves of all such things as these: anger, rage, malice, slander, and filthy language from your lips.

1 Samuel 16:7 TNIV

But the LORD said to Samuel, “Do not consider his appearance or his height, for I have rejected him. The LORD does not look at the things human beings look at. People look at the outward appearance, but the LORD looks at the heart.”

Matthew 6:6-8 TNIV

But when you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your Father, who is unseen. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you. And when you pray, do not keep on babbling like pagans, for they think they will be heard because of their many words. Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask him.

Philippians 2:14 TNIV

Do everything without grumbling or arguing,

Ecclesiastes 7:9 TNIV

Do not be quickly provoked in your spirit, for anger resides in the lap of fools.

Ephesians 5:18 TNIV

Do not get drunk on wine, which leads to debauchery. Instead, be filled with the Spirit,

Proverbs 23:17 TNIV

Do not let your heart envy sinners, but always be zealous for the fear of the LORD.

1 John 2:15 TNIV

Do not love the world or anything in the world. If you love the world, love for the Father is not in you.

Proverbs 22:24 TNIV

Do not make friends with the hot-tempered, do not associate with those who are easily angered.

James 1:22 TNIV

Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says.

Psalms 146:3-4 TNIV

Do not put your trust in princes, in mortal men, who cannot save. When their spirit departs, they return to the ground; on that very day their plans come to nothing.

Matthew 6:19-21 TNIV

Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moth and rust do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.

Psalms 1:6 TNIV

For the LORD watches over the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked will be destroyed.

1 Timothy 6:10 TNIV

For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. Some people, eager for money, have wandered from the faith and pierced themselves with many griefs.

Hebrews 4:12 TNIV

For the word of God is alive and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart.

Matthew 23:12 TNIV

For those who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be exalted.

Proverbs 8:11 TNIV

for wisdom is more precious than rubies, and nothing you desire can compare with her.

Hebrews 4:7 TNIV

God again set a certain day, calling it “Today.” This he did when a long time later he spoke through David, as in the passage already quoted: “Today, if you hear his voice, do not harden your hearts.”

Proverbs 16:16 TNIV

How much better to get wisdom than gold, to get insight rather than silver!

Isaiah 45:19 TNIV

I have not spoken in secret, from somewhere in a land of darkness; I have not said to Jacob’s descendants, ‘Seek me in vain.’ I, the LORD, speak the truth; I declare what is right.

Luke 9:26 TNIV

If any of you are ashamed of me and my words, the Son of Man will be ashamed of you when he comes in his glory and in the glory of the Father and of the holy angels.

1 John 1:8 TNIV

If we claim to be without sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us.

Proverbs 20:20 TNIV

If you curse your father or mother, your lamp will be snuffed out in pitch darkness.

Genesis 4:7 TNIV

If you do what is right, will you not be accepted? But if you do not do what is right, sin is crouching at your door; it desires to have you, but you must rule over it.

John 20:23 TNIV

If you forgive the sins of anyone, their sins are forgiven; if you do not forgive them, they are not forgiven.

Hebrews 2:10 TNIV

In bringing many sons and daughters to glory, it was fitting that God, for whom and through whom everything exists, should make the pioneer of their salvation perfect through what he suffered.

Acts 20:35 TNIV

In everything I did, I showed you that by this kind of hard work we must help the weak, remembering the words the Lord Jesus himself said: ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’ “

John 16:23 TNIV

In that day you will no longer ask me anything. Very truly I tell you, my Father will give you whatever you ask in my name.

Ecclesiastes 7:20 TNIV

Indeed, there is no one on earth who is righteous, no one who does what is right and never sins.

Matthew 4:4 TNIV

Jesus answered, “It is written: ‘People do not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.’ ”

Matthew 24:4-5 TNIV

Jesus answered: “Watch out that no one deceives you. For many will come in my name, claiming, ‘I am the Messiah,’ and will deceive many.

Hebrews 3:3 TNIV

Jesus has been found worthy of greater honour than Moses, just as the builder of a house has greater honour than the house itself.

John 3:3 TNIV

Jesus replied, “Very truly I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God without being born again.”

Joshua 1:8 TNIV

Keep this Book of the Law always on your lips; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it. Then you will be prosperous and successful.

Colossians 3:16-17 TNIV

Let the message of Christ dwell among you richly as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom through psalms, hymns and songs from the Spirit, singing to God with gratitude in your hearts. And whatever you do, whether in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.

Colossians 3:15-17 TNIV

Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, since as members of one body you were called to peace. And be thankful. Let the message of Christ dwell among you richly as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom through psalms, hymns and songs from the Spirit, singing to God with gratitude in your hearts. And whatever you do, whether in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.

James 1:19-20 TNIV

My dear brothers and sisters, take note of this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry, because our anger does not produce the righteousness that God desires.

James 1:19 TNIV

My dear brothers and sisters, take note of this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry.

Proverbs 1:10 TNIV

My son, if sinful men entice you, do not give in to them.

Psalms 119:43 TNIV

Never take your word of truth from my mouth, for I have put my hope in your laws.

Matthew 6:24 TNIV

No one can serve two masters. Either you will hate the one and love the other, or you will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.

Proverbs 19:3 TNIV

One’s own folly leads to ruin, yet the heart rages against the LORD.

2 Timothy 4:2 TNIV

Preach the Word; be prepared in season and out of season; correct, rebuke and encourage – with great patience and careful instruction.

Titus 3:1-2 TNIV

Remind the people to be subject to rulers and authorities, to be obedient, to be ready to do whatever is good, to slander no one, to be peaceable and considerate, and always to be gentle toward everyone.

Mark 9:35 TNIV

Sitting down, Jesus called the Twelve and said, “Anyone who wants to be first must be the very last, and the servant of all.”

James 4:17 TNIV

So then, if you know the good you ought to do and don’t do it, you sin.

Hebrews 3:7-8 TNIV

So, as the Holy Spirit says: “Today, if you hear his voice, do not harden your hearts as you did in the rebellion, during the time of testing in the wilderness.

Job 6:24 TNIV

Teach me, and I will be quiet; show me where I have been wrong.

Mark 1:1-8 TNIV

The beginning of the good news about Jesus the Messiah, as it is written in Isaiah the prophet: “I will send my messenger ahead of you, who will prepare your way” – “a voice of one calling in the wilderness, ‘Prepare the way for the Lord, make straight paths for him.’” And so John the Baptist appeared in the wilderness, preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins. The whole Judean countryside and all the people of Jerusalem went out to him. Confessing their sins, they were baptized by him in the Jordan River. John wore clothing made of camel’s hair, with a leather belt around his waist, and he ate locusts and wild honey. And this was his message: “After me comes the one more powerful than I, the thongs of whose sandals I am not worthy to stoop down and untie. I baptize you with water, but he will baptize you with the Holy Spirit.”

Proverbs 1:7 TNIV

The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and instruction.

Proverbs 15:27 TNIV

The greedy bring ruin to their households, but those who hate bribes will live.

Hebrews 10:15-17 TNIV

The Holy Spirit also testifies to us about this. First he says: “This is the covenant I will make with them after that time, says the Lord. I will put my laws in their hearts, and I will write them on their minds.”

Proverbs 21:20 TNIV

The wise store up choice food and olive oil, but fools gulp theirs down.

Proverbs 21:30 TNIV

There is no wisdom, no insight, no plan that can succeed against the LORD.

Philippians 2:12 TNIV

Therefore, my dear friends, as you have always obeyed – not only in my presence, but now much more in my absence – continue to work out your salvation with fear and trembling.

Romans 8:1-2 TNIV

Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus, because through Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit who gives life has set you free from the law of sin and death.

Haggai 1:7 TNIV

This is what the LORD Almighty says: “Give careful thought to your ways.

Isaiah 48:17-18 TNIV

This is what the LORD says – your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: “I am the LORD your God, who teaches you what is best for you, who directs you in the way you should go. If only you had paid attention to my commands, your peace would have been like a river, your well-being like the waves of the sea.

Matthew 6:9-13 TNIV

This, then, is how you should pray: ‘Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name, your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us today our daily bread. And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.’

James 1:26 TNIV

Those who consider themselves religious and yet do not keep a tight rein on their tongues deceive themselves, and their religion is worthless.

Proverbs 14:26 TNIV

Those who fear the LORD have a secure fortress, and for their children it will be a refuge.

Proverbs 17:27 TNIV

Those who have knowledge use words with restraint, and those who have understanding are even-tempered.

1 Timothy 6:9-10 TNIV

Those who want to get rich fall into temptation and a trap and into many foolish and harmful desires that plunge people into ruin and destruction. For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. Some people, eager for money, have wandered from the faith and pierced themselves with many griefs.

Revelation 3:19 TNIV

Those whom I love I rebuke and discipline. So be earnest, and repent.

John 8:31-32 TNIV

To the Jews who had believed him, Jesus said, “If you hold to my teaching, you are really my disciples. Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”

2 Corinthians 10:5 TNIV

We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ.

Hebrews 6:11 TNIV

We want each of you to show this same diligence to the very end, in order to make your hope sure.

James 1:13 TNIV

When tempted, no one should say, “God is tempting me.” For God cannot be tempted by evil, nor does he tempt anyone.

James 4:3 TNIV

When you ask, you do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, that you may spend what you get on your pleasures.

Luke 16:10-11 TNIV

Whoever can be trusted with very little can also be trusted with much, and whoever is dishonest with very little will also be dishonest with much. So if you have not been trustworthy in handling worldly wealth, who will trust you with true riches?

Proverbs 10:9 TNIV

Whoever walks in integrity walks securely, but whoever takes crooked paths will be found out.

Ecclesiastes 7:12 TNIV

Wisdom is a shelter as money is a shelter, but the advantage of knowledge is this: Wisdom preserves the life of its possessor.

Psalms 65:11 TNIV

You crown the year with your bounty, and your carts overflow with abundance.

Proverbs 28:3 TNIV

A ruler who oppresses the poor is like a driving rain that leaves no crops.

Isaiah 40:3 TNIV

A voice of one calling: “In the wilderness prepare the way for the LORD; make straight in the desert a highway for our God.

2 Timothy 2:2 TNIV

And the things you have heard me say in the presence of many witnesses entrust to reliable people who will also be qualified to teach others.

1 Peter 5:8 TNIV

Be alert and of sober mind. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour.

Proverbs 22:22 TNIV

Do not exploit the poor because they are poor and do not crush the needy in court.

Exodus 23:1 TNIV

Do not spread false reports. Do not help a guilty person by being a malicious witness.

1 Corinthians 14:33 TNIV

For God is not a God of disorder but of peace – as in all the congregations of the Lord’s people.

Psalms 119:9 TNIV

How can a young man keep his way pure? By living according to your word.

Proverbs 22:4 TNIV

Humility is the fear of the LORD; its wages are riches and honour and life.

Psalms 32:8 TNIV

I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will counsel you with my loving eye on you.

Psalms 118:8 TNIV

It is better to take refuge in the LORD than to trust in human beings.

Psalms 118:8-9 TNIV

It is better to take refuge in the LORD than to trust in human beings. It is better to take refuge in the LORD than to trust in princes.

Proverbs 8:33 TNIV

Listen to my instruction and be wise; do not disregard it.

Proverbs 3:16 TNIV

Long life is in her right hand; in her left hand are riches and honour.

Psalms 119:18 TNIV

Open my eyes that I may see wonderful things in your law.

Matthew 3:8 TNIV

Produce fruit in keeping with repentance.

Psalms 119:130 TNIV

The unfolding of your words gives light; it gives understanding to the simple.

1 Timothy 6:9 TNIV

Those who want to get rich fall into temptation and a trap and into many foolish and harmful desires that plunge people into ruin and destruction.

Proverbs 21:3 TNIV

To do what is right and just is more acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice.

John 9:31 TNIV

We know that God does not listen to sinners. He listens to the godly person who does his will.

John 8:47 TNIV

Whoever belongs to God hears what God says. The reason you do not hear is that you do not belong to God.

James 2:19 TNIV

You believe that there is one God. Good! Even the demons believe that – and shudder.

Psalms 119:24 TNIV

Your statutes are my delight; they are my counselors.

Psalms 119:105 TNIV

Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light for my path.

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Things Getting Better

Isaiah 1:18 TNIV

“Come now, let us reason together,” says the LORD. “Though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red as crimson, they shall be like wool.

James 1:12 TNIV

Blessed are those who persevere under trial, because when they have stood the test, they will receive the crown of life that God has promised to those who love him.

Romans 10:8-9 TNIV

But what does it say? “The word is near you; it is in your mouth and in your heart,” that is, the message concerning faith that we proclaim: If you declare with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.

Proverbs 11:14 TNIV

For lack of guidance a nation falls, but victory is won through many advisers.

Jeremiah 31:13 TNIV

Then young women will dance and be glad, young men and old as well. I will turn their mourning into gladness; I will give them comfort and joy instead of sorrow.

Philippians 2:12-13 TNIV

Therefore, my dear friends, as you have always obeyed – not only in my presence, but now much more in my absence – continue to work out your salvation with fear and trembling, for it is God who works in you to will and to act in order to fulfil his good purpose.

Romans 8:1 TNIV

Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.

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Weakness

Matthew 11:28-30 TNIV

“Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.”

Ephesians 4:26-27 TNIV

“In your anger do not sin”: Do not let the sun go down while you are still angry, and do not give the devil a foothold.

Luke 12:6-7 TNIV

Are not five sparrows sold for two pennies? Yet not one of them is forgotten by God. Indeed, the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Don’t be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows.

Titus 3:3-5 TNIV

At one time we too were foolish, disobedient, deceived and enslaved by all kinds of passions and pleasures. We lived in malice and envy, being hated and hating one another. But when the kindness and love of God our Savior appeared, he saved us, not because of righteous things we had done, but because of his mercy. He saved us through the washing of rebirth and renewal by the Holy Spirit.

2 Corinthians 12:9 TNIV

But he said to me, ‘My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.’ Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me.

1 Corinthians 15:34 TNIV

Come back to your senses as you ought, and stop sinning; for there are some who are ignorant of God – I say this to your shame.

Proverbs 29:11 TNIV

Fools give full vent to their rage, but the wise bring calm in the end.

2 Timothy 1:7 TNIV

For the Spirit God gave us does not make us timid, but gives us power, love and self-discipline.

Hebrews 4:15-16 TNIV

For we do not have a high priest who is unable to empathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who has been tempted in every way, just as we are – yet he did not sin. Let us then approach God’s throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.

Psalms 46:1 TNIV

God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble.

2 Corinthians 11:30 TNIV

If I must boast, I will boast of the things that show my weakness.

Romans 8:26 TNIV

In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us through wordless groans.

Proverbs 20:3 TNIV

It is to one’s honour to avoid strife, but every fool is quick to quarrel.

Mark 11:24 TNIV

Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.

Matthew 26:41 TNIV

Watch and pray so that you will not fall into temptation. The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.

Luke 6:41 TNIV

“Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in someone else’s eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye?

1 Corinthians 16:13 TNIV

Be on your guard; stand firm in the faith; be courageous; be strong.

Psalms 106:44-45 TNIV

But he took note of their distress when he heard their cry; for their sake he remembered his covenant and out of his great love he relented.

1 Corinthians 15:33 TNIV

Do not be misled: “Bad company corrupts good character.”

Romans 3:23 TNIV

for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.

Psalms 27:14 TNIV

Wait for the LORD; be strong and take heart and wait for the LORD.

Romans 15:1 TNIV

We who are strong ought to bear with the failings of the weak and not to please ourselves.

John 12:42 TNIV

Yet at the same time many even among the leaders believed in him. But because of the Pharisees they would not openly acknowledge their faith for fear they would be put out of the synagogue;

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Worrying

Matthew 11:28-30 TNIV

“Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.”

Ephesians 4:26-27 TNIV

“In your anger do not sin”: Do not let the sun go down while you are still angry, and do not give the devil a foothold.

Luke 12:6-7 TNIV

Are not five sparrows sold for two pennies? Yet not one of them is forgotten by God. Indeed, the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Don’t be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows.

Titus 3:3-5 TNIV

At one time we too were foolish, disobedient, deceived and enslaved by all kinds of passions and pleasures. We lived in malice and envy, being hated and hating one another. But when the kindness and love of God our Savior appeared, he saved us, not because of righteous things we had done, but because of his mercy. He saved us through the washing of rebirth and renewal by the Holy Spirit.

2 Corinthians 12:9 TNIV

But he said to me, ‘My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.’ Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me.

1 Corinthians 15:34 TNIV

Come back to your senses as you ought, and stop sinning; for there are some who are ignorant of God – I say this to your shame.

Proverbs 29:11 TNIV

Fools give full vent to their rage, but the wise bring calm in the end.

2 Timothy 1:7 TNIV

For the Spirit God gave us does not make us timid, but gives us power, love and self-discipline.

Hebrews 4:15-16 TNIV

For we do not have a high priest who is unable to empathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who has been tempted in every way, just as we are – yet he did not sin. Let us then approach God’s throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.

Psalms 46:1 TNIV

God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble.

2 Corinthians 11:30 TNIV

If I must boast, I will boast of the things that show my weakness.

Romans 8:26 TNIV

In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us through wordless groans.

Proverbs 20:3 TNIV

It is to one’s honour to avoid strife, but every fool is quick to quarrel.

Mark 11:24 TNIV

Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.

Matthew 26:41 TNIV

Watch and pray so that you will not fall into temptation. The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.

Luke 6:41 TNIV

“Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in someone else’s eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye?

1 Corinthians 16:13 TNIV

Be on your guard; stand firm in the faith; be courageous; be strong.

Psalms 106:44-45 TNIV

But he took note of their distress when he heard their cry; for their sake he remembered his covenant and out of his great love he relented.

1 Corinthians 15:33 TNIV

Do not be misled: “Bad company corrupts good character.”

Romans 3:23 TNIV

for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.

Psalms 27:14 TNIV

Wait for the LORD; be strong and take heart and wait for the LORD.

Romans 15:1 TNIV

We who are strong ought to bear with the failings of the weak and not to please ourselves.

John 12:42 TNIV

Yet at the same time many even among the leaders believed in him. But because of the Pharisees they would not openly acknowledge their faith for fear they would be put out of the synagogue;

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Worship

Isaiah 44:6 TNIV

“This is what the LORD says – Israel’s King and Redeemer, the LORD Almighty: I am the first and I am the last; apart from me there is no God.

1 John 2:2 TNIV

He is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not only for ours but also for the sins of the whole world.

John 1:1-5 TNIV

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning. Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made. In him was life, and that life was the light of all people. The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.

Isaiah 58:11 TNIV

The LORD will guide you always; he will satisfy your needs in a sun-scorched land and will strengthen your frame. You will be like a well-watered garden, like a spring whose waters never fail.

Romans 12:1 TNIV

Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God – this is true worship.

Hebrews 12:18-29 TNIV

Therefore, since we are receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, let us be thankful, and so worship God acceptably with reverence and awe, for our “God is a consuming fire.”

1 John 1:3 TNIV

We proclaim to you what we have seen and heard, so that you also may have fellowship with us. And our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son, Jesus Christ.

Exodus 23:25 TNIV

Worship the LORD your God, and his blessing will be on your food and water. I will take away sickness from among you.

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Youth

1 Timothy 4:12 TNIV

Don’t let anyone look down on you because you are young, but set an example for the believers in speech, in conduct, in love, in faith and in purity.

2 Timothy 2:22 TNIV

Flee the evil desires of youth, and pursue righteousness, faith, love and peace, along with those who call on the Lord out of a pure heart.

Psalms 71:5 TNIV

For you have been my hope, Sovereign LORD, my confidence since my youth.

Psalms 37:25 TNIV

I was young and now I am old, yet I have never seen the righteous forsaken or their children begging bread.

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