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“Casting all your worries on him, because he cares for you.”

“Come to me, all you who labor and are heavily 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.”

“Peace I leave with you. My peace I give to you; not as the world gives, I give to you. Don't let your heart be troubled, neither let it be fearful.”

“I have told you these things, that in me you may have peace. In the world you have trouble; but cheer up! I have overcome the world.”

“In nothing be anxious, but in everything, by prayer and petition with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your thoughts in Christ Jesus.”

“You will keep whoever's mind is steadfast in perfect peace, because he trusts in you.”

“Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called children of God.”

“The LORD bless you, and keep you. The LORD make his face to shine on you, and be gracious to you. The LORD lift up his face toward you, and give you peace.”

“In peace I will both lay myself down and sleep, for you alone, LORD, make me live in safety.”

“The LORD will give strength to his people. The LORD will bless his people with peace.”

“Depart from evil, and do good. Seek peace, and pursue it.”

“But the humble shall inherit the land, and shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace.”

“Those who love your law have great peace. Nothing causes them to stumble.”

“Her ways are ways of pleasantness. All her paths are peace.”

“When a man's ways please the LORD, he makes even his enemies to be at peace with him.”

“The work of righteousness will be peace, and the effect of righteousness, quietness and confidence forever.”

“For the mountains may depart, and the hills be removed, but my loving kindness will not depart from you.”

“If it is possible, as much as it is up to you, be at peace with all men.”

“So then, let's follow after things which make for peace, and things by which we may build one another up.”

“Finally, brothers, rejoice! Be perfected. Be comforted. Be of the same mind. Live in peace, and the God of love and peace will be with you.”

“And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to which also you were called in one body, and be thankful.”

“Now may the Lord of peace himself give you peace at all times in all ways. The Lord be with you all.”

“Follow after peace with all men, and the sanctification without which no man will see the Lord.”

“Now the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace by those who make peace.”

“He makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside still waters.”

“Surely I have stilled and quieted my soul, like a weaned child with his mother, like a weaned child is my soul within me.”

“He awoke and rebuked the wind, and said to the sea, "Peace! Be still!" The wind ceased and there was a great calm.”

“LORD, you will ordain peace for us, for you have also done all our work for us.”

“Glory to God in the highest, on earth peace, good will toward men.”

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only born Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life.”

“But I tell you, love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who mistreat you and persecute you.”

“Love is patient and is kind. Love doesn't envy. Love doesn't brag, is not proud, doesn't behave itself inappropriately, doesn't seek its own way, is not provoked, takes no account of evil; doesn't rejoice in unrighteousness, but rejoices with the truth; bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, and endures all things.”

“But now faith, hope, and love remain—these three. The greatest of these is love.”

“There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear, because fear has punishment. He who fears is not made perfect in love.”

“This is my commandment, that you love one another, even as I have loved you.”

“For I am persuaded that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor any other created thing will be able to separate us from God's love which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.”

“Beloved, let's love one another, for love is of God; and everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God. He who doesn't love doesn't know God, for God is love.”

“We know and have believed the love which God has for us. God is love, and he who remains in love remains in God, and God remains in him.”

“We love him, because he first loved us.”

“A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”

“Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends.”

“Love doesn't harm a neighbor. Love therefore is the fulfillment of the law.”

“Let all that you do be done in love.”

“And above all things be earnest in your love among yourselves, for love covers a multitude of sins.”

“Above all these things, walk in love, which is the bond of perfection.”

“You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.”

“In love of the brothers be tenderly affectionate to one another; in honor prefer one another.”

“Love never fails.”

“Many waters can't quench love, neither can floods drown it. If a man would give all the wealth of his house for love, he would be utterly scorned.”

“Hatred stirs up strife, but love covers all wrongs.”

“A friend loves at all times; and a brother is born for adversity.”

“My little children, let's not love in word only, or with the tongue only, but in deed and truth.”

“Walk in love, even as Christ also loved us and gave himself up for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling fragrance.”

“For the whole law is fulfilled in one word, in this: "You shall love your neighbor as yourself."”

“Beloved, if God loved us in this way, we also ought to love one another.”

“No one has seen God at any time. If we love one another, God remains in us, and his love has been perfected in us.”

“Put on therefore, as God's chosen ones, holy and beloved, a heart of compassion, kindness, lowliness, humility, and perseverance.”

“Therefore be merciful, even as your Father is also merciful.”

“All of you be like-minded, compassionate, loving as brothers, tenderhearted, courteous.”

“Because you did it to one of the least of these my brothers, you did it to me.”

“Bear one another's burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ.”

“Show kindness and compassion every man to his brother.”

“The Son of Man also came not to be served but to serve.”

“Through love be servants to one another.”

“As each has received a gift, employ it in serving one another, as good managers of the grace of God in its various forms.”

“Whoever desires to become great among you shall be your servant.”

“But don't forget to be doing good and sharing, for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.”

“It is more blessed to give than to receive.”

“Give, and it will be given to you.”

“Let each man give according as he has determined in his heart, not grudgingly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver.”

“He who has pity on the poor lends to the LORD; he will reward him.”

“Don't withhold good from those to whom it is due, when it is in the power of your hand to do it.”

“And if you pour out your soul to the hungry, and satisfy the afflicted soul, then your light will rise in darkness, and your obscurity will be as the noonday.”

“Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy.”

“Therefore, whatever you desire for men to do to you, you shall also do to them; for this is the law and the prophets.”

“But whoever has the world's goods and sees his brother in need, then closes his heart of compassion against him, how does God's love remain in him?”

“Rejoice with those who rejoice. Weep with those who weep.”

“Don't forget to show hospitality to strangers, for in doing so, some have entertained angels without knowing it.”

“Pure religion and undefiled before our God and Father is this: to visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unstained by the world.”

“The LORD is good to all. His tender mercies are over all his works.”

“Like a father has compassion on his children, so the LORD has compassion on those who fear him.”

“Learn to do well. Seek justice. Relieve the oppressed. Defend the fatherless. Plead for the widow.”

“Each of you not just looking to his own things, but each of you also to the things of others.”

“We exhort you, brothers: Admonish the disorderly; encourage the faint-hearted; support the weak; be patient toward all.”

“For if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.”

“And be kind to one another, tender hearted, forgiving each other, just as God also in Christ forgave you.”

“Bearing with one another, and forgiving each other, if any man has a complaint against any; even as Christ forgave you, so you also do.”

“Then Peter came and said to him, "Lord, how often shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? Until seven times?" Jesus said to him, "I don't tell you until seven times, but, until seventy times seven."”

“Don't judge, and you won't be judged. Don't condemn, and you won't be condemned. Set free, and you will be set free.”

“As far as the east is from the west, so far has he removed our transgressions from us.”

“The LORD is merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness.”

“If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous to forgive us the sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.”

“Though your sins are as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow. Though they are red like crimson, they shall be as wool.”

“Who is a God like you, who pardons iniquity, and passes over the disobedience of the remnant of his heritage? He doesn't retain his anger forever, because he delights in loving kindness.”

“I, even I, am he who blots out your transgressions for my own sake; and I will not remember your sins.”

“Whenever you stand praying, forgive, if you have anything against anyone; so that your Father, who is in heaven, may also forgive you your transgressions.”

“Father, forgive them, for they don't know what they are doing.”

“If he sins against you seven times in the day, and seven times returns, saying, 'I repent,' you shall forgive him.”

“For you, Lord, are good, and ready to forgive, abundant in loving kindness to all those who call on you.”

“But there is forgiveness with you, therefore you are feared.”

“He who covers an offense promotes love; but he who repeats a matter separates best friends.”

“The discretion of a man makes him slow to anger. It is his glory to overlook an offense.”

“Don't be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.”

“Not rendering evil for evil or insult for insult; but instead blessing, knowing that you were called to this, that you may inherit a blessing.”

“If therefore you are offering your gift at the altar, and there remember that your brother has anything against you, leave your gift there before the altar, and go your way. First be reconciled to your brother, and then come and offer your gift.”

“Forgive us our debts, as we also forgive our debtors.”

“But I tell you who hear: love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, and pray for those who mistreat you.”

“Repent therefore, and turn again, that your sins may be blotted out, so that there may come times of refreshing from the presence of the Lord.”

“To the Lord our God belong mercies and forgiveness, for we have rebelled against him.”

“Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts. Let him return to the LORD, and he will have mercy on him, to our God, for he will freely pardon.”

“He arose and came to his father. But while he was still far off, his father saw him and was moved with compassion, and ran, fell on his neck, and kissed him.”

“Blessed is he whose disobedience is forgiven, whose sin is covered.”

“Tear your heart and not your garments, and turn to the LORD, your God; for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness, and relents from sending calamity.”

“He who conceals his sins doesn't prosper, but whoever confesses and renounces them finds mercy.”

“For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness. I will remember their sins and lawless deeds no more.”

“"For I know the thoughts that I think toward you," says the LORD, "thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you hope and a future."”

“We know that all things work together for good for those who love God, for those who are called according to his purpose.”

“Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that you may abound in hope in the power of the Holy Spirit.”

“It is because of the LORD's loving kindnesses that we are not consumed, because his mercies don't fail. They are new every morning. Great is your faithfulness.”

“Why are you in despair, my soul? Why are you disturbed within me? Hope in God! For I shall still praise him, the saving help of my countenance, and my God.”

“Weeping may stay for the night, but joy comes in the morning.”

“This hope we have as an anchor of the soul, a hope both sure and steadfast.”

“Not only this, but we also rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces perseverance; and perseverance, proven character; and proven character, hope; and hope doesn't disappoint us, because God's love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who was given to us.”

“I am still confident of this: I will see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living.”

“Behold, the LORD's eye is on those who fear him, on those who hope in his loving kindness.”

“Let your loving kindness be on us, LORD, since we have hoped in you.”

“Now, Lord, what do I wait for? My hope is in you.”

“But I will always hope, and will add to all of your praise.”

“I wait for the LORD. My soul waits. I hope in his word.”

“The LORD takes pleasure in those who fear him, in those who hope in his loving kindness.”

“Indeed surely there is a future hope, and your hope will not be cut off.”

“So you shall know wisdom to be to your soul. If you have found it, then there will be a reward: Your hope will not be cut off.”

“This I recall to my mind; therefore I have hope.”

“"The LORD is my portion," says my soul. "Therefore I will hope in him."”

“But as for me, I will look to the LORD. I will wait for the God of my salvation. My God will hear me.”

“Don't rejoice against me, my enemy. When I fall, I will arise. When I sit in darkness, the LORD will be a light to me.”

“For we were saved in hope, but hope that is seen is not hope. For who hopes for that which he sees? But if we hope for that which we don't see, we wait for it with patience.”

“Let's hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering; for he who promised is faithful.”

“Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to his great mercy caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead.”

“You will be secure, because there is hope. Yes, you will search, and will take your rest in safety.”

“Turn to the stronghold, you prisoners of hope! Even today I declare that I will restore double to you.”

“He won't break a bruised reed. He won't quench a dimly burning wick. He will faithfully bring justice.”

“Those who sow in tears will reap in joy.”

“I will lift up my eyes to the hills. Where does my help come from? My help comes from the LORD, who made heaven and earth.”

“Yes, no one who waits for you will be shamed.”

“For the needy shall not always be forgotten, nor the hope of the poor perish forever.”

“Happy is he who has the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in the LORD, his God.”

“Ask, and it will be given you. Seek, and you will find. Knock, and it will be opened for you.”

“Now faith is assurance of things hoped for, proof of things not seen.”

“The LORD is my shepherd; I shall lack nothing.”

“Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and don't lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight.”

“The LORD is good, a stronghold in the day of trouble; and he knows those who take refuge in him.”

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

“Those who know your name will put their trust in you, for you, LORD, have not forsaken those who seek you.”

“Trust in the LORD forever; for in the LORD, the LORD, is an everlasting Rock.”

“Commit your way to the LORD. Trust also in him.”

“Blessed is the man who trusts in the LORD, and whose confidence is in the LORD.”

“He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty. I will say of the LORD, "He is my refuge and my fortress; my God, in whom I trust."”

“Trust in him at all times, you people. Pour out your heart before him. God is a refuge for us.”

“Therefore I tell you, all things whatever you pray and ask for, believe that you have received them, and you shall have them.”

“Jesus said to him, "If you can believe, all things are possible to him who believes."”

“All things, whatever you ask in prayer, believing, you will receive.”

“Without faith it is impossible to be well pleasing to him, for he who comes to God must believe that he exists, and that he is a rewarder of those who seek him.”

“So faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.”

“For we walk by faith, not by sight.”

“For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God.”

“Even so faith, if it has no works, is dead in itself.”

“He will not be afraid of evil news. His heart is steadfast, trusting in the LORD.”

“Those who trust in the LORD are as Mount Zion, which can't be moved, but remains forever.”

“Some trust in chariots, and some in horses, but we trust in the name of the LORD our God.”

“Trust in the LORD, and do good. Dwell in the land, and enjoy safe pasture.”

“But I trust in your loving kindness. My heart rejoices in your salvation.”

“But I trust in you, LORD. I said, "You are my God."”

“Behold, God is my salvation. I will trust, and will not be afraid; for the LORD, the LORD, is my strength and song; and he has become my salvation.”

“The fear of man proves to be a snare, but whoever puts his trust in the LORD is kept safe.”

“He who heeds the Word finds prosperity. Whoever trusts in the LORD is blessed.”

“For whatever is born of God overcomes the world. This is the victory that has overcome the world: your faith.”

“For nothing spoken by God is impossible.”

“But Jesus, when he heard the message spoken, immediately said to the ruler of the synagogue, "Don't be afraid, only believe."”

“Jesus said to him, "Because you have seen me, you have believed. Blessed are those who have not seen and have believed."”

“I have fought the good fight. I have finished the course. I have kept the faith.”

“As for God, his way is perfect. The LORD's word is tried. He is a shield to all those who take refuge in him.”

“Oh taste and see that the LORD is good. Blessed is the man who takes refuge in him.”

“LORD of Armies, blessed is the man who trusts in you.”

“Know therefore that the LORD your God himself is God, the faithful God, who keeps covenant and loving kindness to a thousand generations with those who love him and keep his commandments.”

“Not that I speak because of lack, for I have learned in whatever state I am, to be content in it.”

“But godliness with contentment is great gain.”

“Be free from the love of money, content with such things as you have, for he has said, "I will in no way leave you, neither will I in any way forsake you."”

“In everything give thanks, for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus toward you.”

“Better is a handful, with quietness, than two handfuls with labor and chasing after wind.”

“Better is little, with the fear of the LORD, than great treasure with trouble.”

“Better is a dinner of herbs, where love is, than a fattened calf with hatred.”

“Better is a little with righteousness, than great revenues with injustice.”

“Better is a dry morsel with quietness, than a house full of feasting with strife.”

“Remove far from me falsehood and lies. Give me neither poverty nor riches. Feed me with the food that is needful for me.”

“Better is a little that the righteous has, than the abundance of many wicked.”

“The lines have fallen to me in pleasant places. Yes, I have a good inheritance.”

“Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise. Give thanks to him, and bless his name.”

“Praise the LORD, my soul! All that is within me, praise his holy name!”

“Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good, for his loving kindness endures forever.”

“He who loves silver shall not be satisfied with silver, nor he who loves abundance, with increase. This also is vanity.”

“The sleep of a laboring man is sweet, whether he eats little or much; but the abundance of the rich will not allow him to sleep.”

“See the birds of the sky, that they don't sow, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns. Your heavenly Father feeds them. Aren't you of much more value than they?”

“Why are you anxious about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow. They don't toil, neither do they spin, yet I tell you that even Solomon in all his glory was not dressed like one of these.”

“But having food and clothing, we will be content with that.”

“Whatever you do, in word or in deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.”

“Giving thanks always concerning all things in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ to God, even the Father.”

“I know how to be humbled, and I also know how to abound. In any and all circumstances I have learned the secret both to be filled and to be hungry, both to abound and to be in need.”

“I will give thanks to the LORD with my whole heart. I will tell of all your marvelous works.”

“Don't be grieved, for the joy of the LORD is your strength.”

“You will show me the path of life. In your presence is fullness of joy. In your right hand there are pleasures forever more.”

“This is the day that the LORD has made. We will rejoice and be glad in it!”

“Rejoice in the Lord always! Again I will say, "Rejoice!"”

“I have spoken these things to you, that my joy may remain in you, and that your joy may be made full.”

“You have turned my mourning into dancing for me. You have removed my sackcloth, and clothed me with gladness.”

“The LORD has done great things for us, and we are glad.”

“You have put gladness in my heart, more than when their grain and their new wine are increased.”

“But let all those who take refuge in you rejoice. Let them always shout for joy, because you defend them. Let them also who love your name be joyful in you.”

“Therefore my heart is glad, and my tongue rejoices. My body shall also dwell in safety.”

“Be glad in the LORD, and rejoice, you righteous! Shout for joy, all you who are upright in heart!”

“Restore to me the joy of your salvation. Uphold me with a willing spirit.”

“Blessed are the people who learn to acclaim you. They walk in the light of your presence, LORD.”

“For you, LORD, have made me glad through your work. I will triumph in the works of your hands.”

“Shout for joy to the LORD, all you lands! Serve the LORD with gladness. Come before his presence with singing.”

“A glad heart makes a cheerful face, but an aching heart breaks the spirit.”

“All the days of the afflicted are wretched, but one who has a cheerful heart enjoys a continual feast.”

“I know that there is nothing better for them than to rejoice, and to do good as long as they live.”

“Therefore with joy you will draw water out of the wells of salvation.”

“Then the LORD's ransomed ones will return, and come with singing to Zion; and everlasting joy will be on their heads. They will obtain gladness and joy, and sorrow and sighing will flee away.”

“I will greatly rejoice in the LORD! My soul will be joyful in my God.”

“Yet I will rejoice in the LORD. I will be joyful in the God of my salvation!”

“For God's Kingdom is not eating and drinking, but righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit.”

“Always rejoice.”

“Count it all joy, my brothers, when you fall into various temptations, knowing that the testing of your faith produces endurance.”

“Whom, not having known, you love. In him, though now you don't see him, yet believing, you rejoice greatly with joy that is unspeakable and full of glory.”

“Until now, you have asked nothing in my name. Ask, and you will receive, that your joy may be made full.”

“I tell you that even so there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents, than over ninety-nine righteous people who need no repentance.”

“But if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach, and it will be given to him.”

“Happy is the man who finds wisdom, the man who gets understanding.”

“The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge, but the foolish despise wisdom and instruction.”

“For the LORD gives wisdom. Out of his mouth comes knowledge and understanding.”

“Wisdom is supreme. Get wisdom. Yes, though it costs all your possessions, get understanding.”

“The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom. The knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.”

“How much better it is to get wisdom than gold! Yes, to get understanding is to be chosen rather than silver.”

“Listen to counsel and receive instruction, that you may be wise in your latter end.”

“One who walks with wise men grows wise, but a companion of fools suffers harm.”

“The way of a fool is right in his own eyes, but he who is wise listens to counsel.”

“The heart of the discerning gets knowledge. The ear of the wise seeks knowledge.”

“Through wisdom a house is built; by understanding it is established.”

“For wisdom is a defense, even as money is a defense; but the excellency of knowledge is that wisdom preserves the life of him who has it.”

“The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom. All those who do his work have a good understanding. His praise endures forever!”

“But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceful, gentle, reasonable, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.”

“To man he said, 'Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom. To depart from evil is understanding.'”

“For wisdom is better than rubies. All the things that may be desired can't be compared to it.”

“When pride comes, then comes shame, but with humility comes wisdom.”

“He who spares his words has knowledge. He who is even tempered is a man of understanding.”

“Don't be wise in your own eyes. Fear the LORD, and depart from evil.”

“You will know the truth, and the truth will make you free.”

“Therefore, putting away falsehood, speak truth each one with his neighbor, for we are members of one another.”

“Lying lips are an abomination to the LORD, but those who do the truth are his delight.”

“But let your 'Yes' be 'Yes' and your 'No' be 'No.'”

“For man looks at the outward appearance, but the LORD looks at the heart.”

“But let each man examine his own work, and then he will have reason to boast in himself, and not in someone else.”

“Let love be without hypocrisy. Abhor that which is evil. Cling to that which is good.”

“But be doers of the word, and not only hearers, deluding your own selves.”

“He who walks blamelessly and does what is right, and speaks truth in his heart.”

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

“God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth.”

“Sanctify them in your truth. Your word is truth.”

“Buy the truth, and don't sell it. Get wisdom, discipline, and understanding.”

“Truth's lips will be established forever, but a lying tongue is only momentary.”

“He who is truthful testifies honestly, but a false witness lies.”

“These are the things that you shall do: speak every man the truth with his neighbor. Execute the judgment of truth and peace in your gates.”

“But speaking truth in love, we may grow up in all things into him who is the head, Christ.”

“For we can do nothing against the truth, but for the truth.”

“Don't let kindness and truth forsake you. Bind them around your neck. Write them on the tablet of your heart.”

“Teach me your way, LORD. I will walk in your truth. Make my heart undivided to fear your name.”

“All of your words are truth. Every one of your righteous ordinances endures forever.”

“For nothing is hidden that will not be revealed, nor anything secret that will not be known and come to light.”

“The integrity of the upright shall guide them, but the perverseness of the treacherous shall destroy them.”

“He who walks blamelessly walks surely, but he who perverts his ways will be found out.”

“For your loving kindness is before my eyes. I have walked in your truth.”

“I am the light of the world. He who follows me will not walk in the darkness, but will have the light of life.”

“Even so, let your light shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father who is in heaven.”

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

“God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.”

“Arise, shine; for your light has come, and the LORD's glory has risen on you!”

“The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness hasn't overcome it.”

“For with you is the spring of life. In your light we will see light.”

“Having the eyes of your hearts enlightened, that you may know what is the hope of his calling.”

“Those who are wise will shine as the brightness of the expanse. Those who turn many to righteousness will shine as the stars forever and ever.”

“The LORD's precepts are right, rejoicing the heart. The LORD's commandment is pure, enlightening the eyes.”

“Seeing it is God who said, "Light will shine out of darkness," who has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.”

“The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light. The light has shined on those who lived in the land of the shadow of death.”

“But the path of the righteous is like the dawning light that shines more and more until the perfect day.”

“Oh, send out your light and your truth. Let them lead me. Let them bring me to your holy hill, to your tents.”

“For you will light my lamp, LORD. My God will light up my darkness.”

“Light is sown for the righteous, and gladness for the upright in heart.”

“Light dawns in the darkness for the upright, gracious, merciful, and righteous.”

“Even the darkness doesn't hide from you, but the night shines as the day. The darkness is like light to you.”

“Many say, "Who will show us any good?" LORD, let the light of your face shine on us.”

“The sun will be no more your light by day, nor will the brightness of the moon give light to you, but the LORD will be your everlasting light, and your God will be your glory.”

“I will bring the blind by a way that they don't know. I will lead them in paths that they don't know. I will make darkness light before them, and crooked places straight. I will do these things, and I will not forsake them.”

“House of Jacob, come, and let's walk in the light of the LORD.”

“You are the light of the world. A city located on a hill can't be hidden.”

“The people who sat in darkness saw a great light; to those who sat in the region and shadow of death, to them light has dawned.”

“In him was life, and the life was the light of men.”

“The true light that enlightens everyone was coming into the world.”

“I have come as a light into the world, that whoever believes in me may not remain in the darkness.”

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

“You are all children of light and children of the day. We don't belong to the night, nor to darkness.”

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

“Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom can be no variation nor turning shadow.”

“For you are my lamp, LORD. The LORD will light up my darkness.”

“He covers himself with light as with a garment. He stretches out the heavens like a curtain.”

“Truly the light is sweet, and it is a pleasant thing for the eyes to see the sun.”

“The night is far gone, and the day is near. Let's therefore throw off the deeds of darkness, and let's put on the armor of light.”

“Be still, and know that I am God.”

“Therefore don't be anxious for tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Each day's own evil is sufficient.”

“Yet you don't know what your life will be like tomorrow. For what is your life? For you are a vapor that appears for a little time and then vanishes away.”

“Behold, now is the acceptable time. Behold, now is the day of salvation.”

“So teach us to count our days, that we may gain a heart of wisdom.”

“Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with your might.”

“God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.”

“Let your eyes look straight ahead. Fix your gaze directly before you. Make the path of your feet level. Let all of your ways be established.”

“Search me, God, and know my heart. Try me, and know my thoughts. See if there is any wicked way in me, and lead me in the everlasting way.”

“Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in your sight, LORD, my rock, and my redeemer.”

“Be sober and self-controlled. Be watchful.”

“Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to the LORD.”

“Continue steadfastly in prayer, watching in it with thanksgiving.”

“What I tell you, I tell all: Watch!”

“Watch and pray, that you don't enter into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.”

“You will be saved in returning and rest. Your strength will be in quietness and in confidence.”

“Stand in awe, and don't sin. Search your own heart on your bed, and be still.”

“I will also meditate on all your work, and consider your doings.”

“I remember the days of old. I meditate on all your doings. I contemplate the work of your hands.”

“But you, when you pray, enter into your inner room, and having shut your door, pray to your Father who is in secret; and your Father who sees in secret will reward you openly.”

“Early in the morning, while it was still dark, he rose up and went out, and departed into a deserted place, and prayed there.”

“When I remember you on my bed, and think about you in the night watches.”

“I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.”

“For God didn't give us a spirit of fear, but of power, love, and self-control.”

“The LORD is my strength and my shield. My heart has trusted in him, and I am helped. Therefore my heart greatly rejoices. With my song I will thank him.”

“But those who wait for the LORD will renew their strength. They will mount up with wings like eagles. They will run, and not be weary. They will walk, and not faint.”

“Don't you be afraid, for I am with you. Don't be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you. Yes, I will help you. Yes, I will uphold you with the right hand of my righteousness.”

“My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.”

“The LORD is my light and my salvation. Whom shall I fear? The LORD is the strength of my life. Of whom shall I be afraid?”

“Haven't I commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Don't be afraid. Don't be dismayed, for the LORD your God is with you wherever you go.”

“Be strong and courageous. Don't be afraid or scared of them, for the LORD your God himself is who goes with you. He will not fail you nor forsake you.”

“Be strong, and let your heart take courage, all you who hope in the LORD.”

“Watch! Stand firm in the faith! Be courageous! Be strong!”

“When I am afraid, I will put my trust in you.”

“One who is slow to anger is better than the mighty; one who rules his spirit, than he who takes a city.”

“But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you.”

“Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of his might.”

“He gives power to the weak. He increases the strength of him who has no might.”

“Not by might, nor by power, but by my Spirit.”

“That you may be strengthened with power through his Spirit in the inner person.”

“But we have this treasure in clay vessels, that the exceeding greatness of the power may be of God and not from ourselves.”

“The LORD is my strength and song. He has become my salvation.”

“GOD, the Lord, is my strength. He makes my feet like deer's feet, and enables me to go in high places.”

“Blessed are those whose strength is in you, who have set their hearts on a pilgrimage.”

“Seek the LORD and his strength. Seek his face forever more.”

“In the day that I called, you answered me. You encouraged me with strength in my soul.”

“Let's not be weary in doing good, for we will reap in due season if we don't give up.”

“Forgetting the things which are behind and stretching forward to the things which are before, I press on toward the goal.”

“Let's run with perseverance the race that is set before us.”

“A man's heart plans his course, but the LORD directs his steps.”

“Commit your deeds to the LORD, and your plans shall succeed.”

“He will be like a tree planted by the streams of water, that produces its fruit in its season, whose leaf also does not wither. Whatever he does shall prosper.”

“Also delight yourself in the LORD, and he will give you the desires of your heart.”

“The plans of the diligent surely lead to profit; and everyone who is hasty surely rushes to poverty.”

“Do you see a man skilled in his work? He will serve kings. He won't serve obscure men.”

“Well done, good and faithful servant. You have been faithful over a few things, I will set you over many things.”

“The soul of the sluggard desires, and has nothing, but the desire of the diligent shall be fully satisfied.”

“In all hard work there is profit, but the talk of the lips leads only to poverty.”

“Don't you know that those who run in a race all run, but one receives the prize? Run like that, so that you may win.”

“Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the Lord's work, because you know that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.”

“But you be strong! Don't let your hands be slack, for your work will be rewarded.”

“He becomes poor who works with a lazy hand, but the hand of the diligent brings wealth.”

“For a righteous man falls seven times and rises up again, but the wicked are overthrown by calamity.”

“He who observes the wind won't sow; and he who regards the clouds won't reap.”

“In the morning sow your seed, and in the evening don't withhold your hand; for you don't know which will prosper, whether this or that, or whether they both will be equally good.”

“But Jesus said to him, "No one, having put his hand to the plow and looking back, is fit for God's Kingdom."”

“Blessed is a person who endures temptation, for when he has been approved, he will receive the crown of life which the Lord promised to those who love him.”

“Not that I have already obtained, or am already made perfect; but I press on, that I may take hold of that for which also I was taken hold of by Christ Jesus.”

“For which I also labor, striving according to his working, which works in me mightily.”

“But you, brothers, don't be weary in doing what is right.”

“Only be strong and very courageous. Be careful to observe to do according to all the law which Moses my servant commanded you. Don't turn from it to the right hand or to the left, that you may have good success wherever you go.”

“Go to the ant, you sluggard. Consider her ways, and be wise.”

“For the Lord GOD will help me. Therefore I have not been confounded. Therefore I have set my face like a flint, and I know that I won't be disappointed.”

“But he who endures to the end will be saved.”

“Better is the end of a thing than its beginning. The patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.”

“Rejoicing in hope, enduring in troubles, continuing steadfastly in prayer.”

“Wait for the LORD. Be strong, and let your heart take courage. Yes, wait for the LORD.”

“Rest in the LORD, and wait patiently for him.”

“Behold, the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the earth, being patient over it, until it receives the early and late rain. You also be patient.”

“The LORD is good to those who wait for him, to the soul who seeks him. It is good that a man should hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the LORD.”

“He who is slow to anger has great understanding, but he who has a quick temper displays folly.”

“I waited patiently for the LORD. He turned to me, and heard my cry.”

“For you need endurance so that, having done the will of God, you may receive the promise.”

“That you won't be sluggish, but imitators of those who through faith and perseverance inherited the promises.”

“Thus, having patiently endured, he obtained the promise.”

“Let endurance have its perfect work, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.”

“Behold, we call them blessed who endured. You have heard of the perseverance of Job and have seen the Lord in the outcome, and how the Lord is full of compassion and mercy.”

“Strengthened with all power, according to the might of his glory, for all endurance and perseverance with joy.”

“With all lowliness and humility, with patience, bearing with one another in love.”

“The Lord is not slow concerning his promise, as some count slowness; but he is patient with us, not wishing that anyone should perish, but that all should come to repentance.”

“A wrathful man stirs up contention, but one who is slow to anger appeases strife.”

“By patience a ruler is persuaded. A soft tongue breaks the bone.”

“For the vision is yet for the appointed time, and it hurries toward the end, and won't prove false. Though it takes time, wait for it, because it will surely come. It won't delay.”

“Therefore the LORD will wait, that he may be gracious to you; and therefore he will be exalted, that he may have mercy on you, for the LORD is a God of justice. Blessed are all those who wait for him.”

“Wait for the LORD, and keep his way, and he will exalt you to inherit the land. When the wicked are cut off, you shall see it.”

“My soul longs for the Lord more than watchmen long for the morning, more than watchmen for the morning.”

“To those who by perseverance in well-doing seek for glory, honor, and incorruptibility, eternal life.”

“Now the God of perseverance and of encouragement grant you to be of the same mind with one another according to Christ Jesus.”

“May the Lord direct your hearts into God's love and into the perseverance of Christ.”

“Those in the good ground, these are those who with an honest and good heart, having heard the word, hold it tightly, and produce fruit with perseverance.”

“By your endurance you will win your lives.”

“For I hope in you, LORD. You will answer, Lord my God.”

“LORD, in the morning you will hear my voice. In the morning I will lay my requests before you, and will watch expectantly.”

“It shall be said in that day, "Behold, this is our God! We have waited for him, and he will save us! This is the LORD! We have waited for him. We will be glad and rejoice in his salvation!"”

“Take, brothers, for an example of suffering and of perseverance, the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord.”

“Let integrity and uprightness preserve me, for I wait for you.”

“But you, man of God, flee these things, and follow after righteousness, godliness, faith, love, perseverance, and gentleness.”

“Yes, and for this very cause adding on your part all diligence, in your faith supply moral excellence; and in moral excellence, knowledge; and in knowledge, self-control; and in self-control, perseverance; and in perseverance, godliness.”

“That older men should be temperate, sensible, sober minded, sound in faith, in love, and in perseverance.”

“The LORD is near to those who have a broken heart, and saves those who have a crushed spirit.”

“He heals the broken in heart, and binds up their wounds.”

“Heal me, O LORD, and I will be healed. Save me, and I will be saved; for you are my praise.”

“For I will restore health to you, and I will heal you of your wounds.”

“He will wipe away every tear from their eyes. Death will be no more; neither will there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain any more. The first things have passed away.”

“Confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, that you may be healed.”

“A cheerful heart makes good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones.”

“Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me. Your rod and your staff, they comfort me.”

“Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted.”

“Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our affliction, that we may be able to comfort those who are in any affliction, through the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.”

“For I, the LORD your God, will hold your right hand, saying to you, 'Don't be afraid. I will help you.'”

“When you pass through the waters, I will be with you, and through the rivers, they will not overflow you. When you walk through the fire, you will not be burned, and flame will not scorch you.”

“My flesh and my heart fails, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.”

“He sends his word, and heals them, and delivers them from their graves.”

“Who forgives all your sins, who heals all your diseases.”

“For I am the LORD who heals you.”

“"Comfort, comfort my people," says your God.”

“Sing, heavens, and be joyful, earth! Break out into singing, mountains! For the LORD has comforted his people, and will have compassion on his afflicted.”

“Then your light will break out as the morning, and your healing will appear quickly; then your righteousness shall go before you, and the LORD's glory will be your rear guard.”

“As one whom his mother comforts, so I will comfort you. You will be comforted in Jerusalem.”

“Behold, I will bring it health and healing, and I will cure them; and I will reveal to them abundance of peace and truth.”

“But to you who fear my name shall the sun of righteousness arise with healing in its wings. You will go out and leap like calves of the stall.”

“He said to her, "Daughter, your faith has made you well. Go in peace, and be cured of your disease."”

“Don't let your heart be troubled. Believe in God. Believe also in me.”

“Therefore you now have sorrow, but I will see you again, and your heart will rejoice, and no one will take your joy away from you.”

“For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which will be revealed toward us.”

“Therefore we don't faint, but though our outward person is decaying, yet our inward person is renewed day by day. For our light affliction, which is for the moment, works for us more and more exceedingly an eternal weight of glory.”

“We are pressed on every side, yet not crushed; perplexed, yet not to despair; pursued, yet not forsaken; struck down, yet not destroyed.”

“LORD my God, I cried to you, and you have healed me.”

“The LORD will sustain him on his sickbed, and restore him from his bed of illness.”

“In the multitude of my thoughts within me, your comforts delight my soul.”

“This is my comfort in my affliction, for your word has revived me.”

“Pleasant words are a honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.”

“Have mercy on me, LORD, for I am faint. LORD, heal me, for my bones are troubled.”

“Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but the LORD delivers him out of them all.”

“The Lord GOD's Spirit is on me, because the LORD has anointed me to preach good news to the humble. He has sent me to bind up the broken hearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives and release to those who are bound.”

“If you have faith as a grain of mustard seed, you will tell this mountain, 'Move from here to there,' and it will move; and nothing will be impossible for you.”

“Now to him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us.”

“Being confident of this very thing, that he who began a good work in you will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ.”

“Who despises the day of small things?”

“But as it is written, "Things which an eye didn't see, and an ear didn't hear, which didn't enter into the heart of man, these God has prepared for those who love him."”

“Stir up the gift of God which is in you.”

“He who is faithful in a very little is faithful also in much. He who is dishonest in a very little is also dishonest in much.”

“But now, LORD, you are our Father. We are the clay and you our potter. We all are the work of your hand.”

“Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old things have passed away. Behold, all things have become new.”

“Behold, I will do a new thing. It springs out now. Don't you know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert.”

“I will also give you a new heart, and I will put a new spirit within you. I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you a heart of flesh.”

“Be renewed in the spirit of your mind, and put on the new man, who in the likeness of God has been created in righteousness and holiness of truth.”

“But we all, with unveiled face seeing the glory of the Lord as in a mirror, are transformed into the same image from glory to glory, even as from the Lord, the Spirit.”

“Create in me a clean heart, O God. Renew a right spirit within me.”

“Unless one is born anew, he can't see God's Kingdom.”

“To give to them a garland for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness.”

“Behold, I am making all things new.”

“I will restore to you the years that the swarming locust has eaten.”

“And have put on the new man, who is being renewed in knowledge after the image of his Creator.”

“We were buried therefore with him through baptism into death, that just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, so we also might walk in newness of life.”

“Wash yourselves. Make yourself clean. Put away the evil of your doings from before my eyes. Cease to do evil.”

“Purify me with hyssop, and I will be clean. Wash me, and I will be whiter than snow.”

“Behold, as the clay in the potter's hand, so are you in my hand.”

“I will give them a heart to know me, that I am the LORD. They will be my people, and I will be their God; for they will return to me with their whole heart.”

“I will give them one heart, and I will put a new spirit within them. I will take the stony heart out of their flesh, and will give them a heart of flesh.”

“Cast away from you all your transgressions in which you have transgressed; and make yourself a new heart and a new spirit. For why will you die, house of Israel?”

“I have blotted out, as a thick cloud, your transgressions, and, as a cloud, your sins. Return to me, for I have redeemed you.”

“The wilderness and the dry land will be glad. The desert will rejoice and blossom like a rose.”

“And said, "Most certainly I tell you, unless you turn and become as little children, you will in no way enter into the Kingdom of Heaven."”

“For the earth bears fruit by itself: first the blade, then the ear, then the full grain in the ear.”

“Most certainly I tell you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains by itself alone. But if it dies, it bears much fruit.”

“When I was a child, I spoke as a child, I felt as a child, I thought as a child. Now that I have become a man, I have put away childish things.”

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

“Therefore he says, "Awake, you who sleep, and arise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you."”

“Beloved, now we are children of God. It is not yet revealed what we will be; but we know that when he is revealed, we will be like him, for we will see him just as he is.”

“For there is hope for a tree if it is cut down, that it will sprout again, that the tender branch of it will not cease.”

“For behold, the winter is past. The rain is over and gone. The flowers appear on the earth. The time of the singing has come, and the voice of the turtledove is heard in our land.”

“He brought me up also out of a horrible pit, out of the miry clay. He set my feet on a rock, and gave me a firm place to stand.”

“He has put a new song in my mouth, even praise to our God. Many shall see it, and fear, and shall trust in the LORD.”

“Turn us to yourself, LORD, and we will be turned. Renew our days as of old.”

“But may the God of all grace, who called you to his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after you have suffered a little while, perfect, establish, strengthen, and settle you.”

“How narrow is the gate and the way is restricted that leads to life! There are few who find it.”

“And when you turn to the right hand, and when you turn to the left, your ears will hear a voice behind you, saying, "This is the way. Walk in it."”

“Stand in the ways and see, and ask for the old paths, 'Where is the good way?' and walk in it, and you will find rest for your souls.”

“Show me your ways, LORD. Teach me your paths. Guide me in your truth, and teach me, for you are the God of my salvation. I wait for you all day long.”

“For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared before that we would walk in them.”

“There are many plans in a man's heart, but the LORD's counsel will prevail.”

“For everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven.”

“And whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord and not for men.”

“Before I formed you in the womb, I knew you. Before you were born, I sanctified you.”

“For it is God who works in you both to will and to work for his good pleasure.”

“I will instruct you and teach you in the way which you shall go. I will counsel you with my eye on you.”

“A man's steps are established by the LORD. He delights in his way.”

“Cause me to hear your loving kindness in the morning, for I trust in you. Cause me to know the way in which I should walk, for I lift up my soul to you.”

“I have taught you in the way of wisdom. I have led you in straight paths.”

“A man's steps are from the LORD; how then can man understand his way?”

“The LORD, your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel, says: "I am the LORD your God, who teaches you to profit, who leads you by the way that you should go."”

“LORD, I know that the way of man is not in himself. It is not in man who walks to direct his steps.”

“Whether therefore you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.”

“This is the end of the matter. All has been heard. Fear God and keep his commandments; for this is the whole duty of man.”

“The LORD will fulfill that which concerns me. Your loving kindness, LORD, endures forever. Don't forsake the works of your own hands.”

“But seek first God's Kingdom and his righteousness; and all these things will be given to you as well.”

“Jesus said to him, "I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father, except through me."”

“But these things don't count; nor do I hold my life dear to myself, so that I may finish my race with joy, and the ministry which I received from the Lord Jesus, to fully testify to the Good News of the grace of God.”

“Who saved us and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given to us in Christ Jesus before times eternal.”

“I cry out to God Most High, to God who accomplishes my requests for me.”

“Your eyes saw my body. In your book they were all written, the days that were ordained for me, when as yet there were none of them.”

“And the LORD will guide you continually, satisfy your soul in dry places, and make your bones strong. You will be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water whose waters don't fail.”

“If we live by the Spirit, let's also walk by the Spirit.”

“Don't be deceived. God is not mocked, for whatever a man sows, that he will also reap.”

“For he who sows to his own flesh will from the flesh reap corruption. But he who sows to the Spirit will from the Spirit reap eternal life.”

“For they sow the wind, and they will reap the whirlwind.”

“Sow to yourselves in righteousness, reap according to kindness. Break up your fallow ground, for it is time to seek the LORD, until he comes and rains righteousness on you.”

“Wicked people earn deceitful wages, but one who sows righteousness reaps a sure reward.”

“He who sows wickedness reaps trouble, and the rod of his fury will be destroyed.”

“The merciful man does good to his own soul, but he who is cruel troubles his own flesh.”

“There is one who scatters, and increases yet more. There is one who withholds more than is appropriate, but gains poverty.”

“The unfaithful will be repaid for his own ways; likewise a good man will be rewarded for his ways.”

“Whoever digs a pit shall fall into it. Whoever rolls a stone, it will come back on him.”

“Therefore they will eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own schemes.”

“A man shall be satisfied with good by the fruit of his mouth. The work of a man's hands shall be rewarded to him.”

“Misfortune pursues sinners, but prosperity rewards the righteous.”

“Whoever stops his ears at the cry of the poor, he will also cry out, but shall not be heard.”

“According to what I have seen, those who plow iniquity and sow trouble, reap the same.”

“For the work of a man he will give to him, and cause every man to find according to his ways.”

“The trouble he causes shall return to his own head. His violence shall come down on the crown of his own head.”

“Also to you, Lord, belongs loving kindness, for you reward every man according to his work.”

“Great in counsel, and mighty in work; whose eyes are open to all the ways of the children of men, to give everyone according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings.”

“Cast your bread on the waters; for you shall find it after many days.”

“Remember this: he who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly. He who sows bountifully will also reap bountifully.”

“For with whatever judgment you judge, you will be judged; and with whatever measure you measure, it will be measured to you.”

“Then Jesus said to him, "Put your sword back into its place, for all those who take the sword will die by the sword."”

“For by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned.”

“Tell the righteous that it will be well with them, for they will eat the fruit of their deeds.”

“He said to them, "Take heed what you hear. With whatever measure you measure, it will be measured to you; and more will be given to you who hear."”

“Finally, brothers, whatever things are true, whatever things are honorable, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report: if there is any virtue and if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things.”

“Don't be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what is the good, well-pleasing, and perfect will of God.”

“Keep your heart with all diligence, for out of it is the wellspring of life.”

“For the mind of the flesh is death, but the mind of the Spirit is life and peace.”

“Throwing down imaginations and every high thing that is exalted against the knowledge of God and bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ.”

“The good man out of the good treasure of his heart brings out that which is good, and the evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart brings out that which is evil, for out of the abundance of the heart, his mouth speaks.”

“And that you be renewed in the spirit of your mind.”

“Have this in your mind, which was also in Christ Jesus.”

“For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit, the things of the Spirit.”

“The LORD knows the thoughts of man, that they are futile.”

“The heart of one who has understanding seeks knowledge, but the mouths of fools feed on folly.”

“The heart of the wise instructs his mouth, and adds learning to his lips.”

“The life of the body is a heart at peace, but envy rots the bones.”

“You know my sitting down and my rising up. You perceive my thoughts from afar.”

“I, the LORD, search the mind. I try the heart, even to give every man according to his ways, according to the fruit of his doings.”

“For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.”

“The lamp of the body is the eye. If therefore your eye is sound, your whole body will be full of light.”

“The good man out of his good treasure brings out good things, and the evil man out of his evil treasure brings out evil things.”

“Like water reflects a face, so a man's heart reflects the man.”

“Counsel in the heart of man is like deep water, but a man of understanding will draw it out.”

“For the word of God is living and active, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the dividing of soul and spirit, of both joints and marrow, and is able to discern the thoughts and intentions of the heart.”

“Examine me, LORD, and prove me. Try my heart and my mind.”

“He is a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways.”

“Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners. Purify your hearts, you double-minded.”

“But his delight is in the LORD's law. On his law he meditates day and night.”

“The LORD detests the thoughts of the wicked, but the thoughts of the pure are pleasing.”

“Anxiety in a man's heart weighs it down, but a kind word makes it glad.”

“Examine your own selves, whether you are in the faith. Test your own selves.”

“Behold, God's Kingdom is within you.”

“Why do you see the speck that is in your brother's eye, but don't consider the beam that is in your own eye?”

“The spirit of man is the LORD's lamp, searching all his innermost parts.”

“For now we see in a mirror, dimly, but then face to face. Now I know in part, but then I will know fully, even as I was also fully known.”

“For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man looking at his natural face in a mirror; for he sees himself, and goes away, and immediately forgets what kind of man he was.”

“Behold, you desire truth in the inward parts. You teach me wisdom in the inmost place.”

“I will give thanks to you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Your works are wonderful. My soul knows that very well.”

“You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”

“Since you have been precious and honored in my sight, and I have loved you.”

“The LORD, your God, is among you, a mighty one who will save. He will rejoice over you with joy. He will calm you in his love. He will rejoice over you with singing.”

“See how great a love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God!”

“But the very hairs of your head are all counted. Therefore don't be afraid. You are of more value than many sparrows.”

“For you formed my inmost being. You knit me together in my mother's womb.”

“Yet I will not forget you! Behold, I have engraved you on the palms of my hands.”

“Yes, I have loved you with an everlasting love. Therefore I have drawn you with loving kindness.”

“What is man, that you think of him? What is the son of man, that you care for him? For you have made him a little lower than the angels, and crowned him with glory and honor.”

“God created man in his own image. In God's image he created him; male and female he created them.”

“LORD, you have searched me, and you know me.”

“For I say through the grace that was given me, to everyone who is among you, not to think of yourself more highly than you ought to think; but to think reasonably, as God has apportioned to each person a measure of faith.”

“For if a man thinks himself to be something when he is nothing, he deceives himself.”

“The wisdom of the prudent is to think about his way, but the folly of fools is deceit.”

“All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes, but the LORD weighs the motives.”

“Every way of a man is right in his own eyes, but the LORD weighs the hearts.”

“Who can discern his errors? Forgive me from hidden errors.”

“But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of the bread and drink of the cup.”

“Whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.”

“For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.”

“Doing nothing through rivalry or through conceit, but in humility, each counting others better than himself.”

“Let another man praise you, and not your own mouth; a stranger, and not your own lips.”

“Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he will exalt you.”

“So then each one of us will give account of himself to God.”

“Do you see a man wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him.”

“Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven.”

“LORD, my heart isn't arrogant, nor my eyes lofty; nor do I concern myself with great matters, or things too wonderful for me.”

“You hypocrite! First remove the beam out of your own eye, and then you can see clearly to remove the speck out of your brother's eye.”

“For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.”

“Beware! Keep yourselves from covetousness, for a man's life doesn't consist of the abundance of the things which he possesses.”

“Set your mind on the things that are above, not on the things that are on the earth.”

“For we brought nothing into the world, and we certainly can't carry anything out.”

“Nevertheless, not my will, but yours, be done.”

“Cast your burden on the LORD and he will sustain you. He will never allow the righteous to be moved.”

“For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, and whoever will lose his life for my sake will find it.”

“Into your hand I commend my spirit. You redeem me, LORD, God of truth.”

“Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time.”

“The LORD gave, and the LORD has taken away. Blessed be the LORD's name.”

“"For my thoughts are not your thoughts, and your ways are not my ways," says the LORD.”

“My soul, wait in silence for God alone, for my expectation is from him.”

“No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or else he will be devoted to one and despise the other. You can't serve both God and Mammon.”

“For what does it profit a man to gain the whole world and forfeit his life?”

“So therefore, whoever of you who doesn't renounce all that he has, he can't be my disciple.”

“Whoever seeks to save his life loses it, but whoever loses his life preserves it.”

“Don't love the world or the things that are in the world. If anyone loves the world, the Father's love isn't in him.”

“Then I looked at all the works that my hands had worked, and at the labor that I had labored to do; and behold, all was vanity and a chasing after wind, and there was no profit under the sun.”

“Surely every man walks like a shadow. Surely they busy themselves in vain. He heaps up, and doesn't know who shall gather.”

“For when he dies he will carry nothing away. His glory won't descend after him.”

“Don't weary yourself to be rich. In your wisdom, show restraint. Why do you set your eyes on that which is not? For it certainly sprouts wings like an eagle and flies in the sky.”

“Don't boast about tomorrow; for you don't know what a day may bring.”

“Yes most certainly, and I count all things to be a loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus, my Lord, for whom I suffered the loss of all things, and count them nothing but refuse, that I may gain Christ.”

“Charge those who are rich in this present age that they not be arrogant, nor have their hope set on the uncertainty of riches, but on the living God, who richly provides us with everything to enjoy.”

“For we don't have here an enduring city, but we seek that which is to come.”

“And those who use the world, as not using it to the fullest. For the mode of this world passes away.”

“"Be angry, and don't sin." Don't let the sun go down on your wrath.”

“A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.”

“Don't be hasty in your spirit to be angry, for anger rests in the bosom of fools.”

“So, then, my beloved brothers, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, and slow to anger; for the anger of man doesn't produce the righteousness of God.”

“Cease from anger, and forsake wrath. Don't fret; it leads only to evildoing.”

“A fool vents all of his anger, but a wise man brings himself under control.”

“He who is quick to become angry will commit folly, and a crafty man is hated.”

“Don't befriend a hot-tempered man. Don't associate with one who harbors anger.”

“A fool shows his annoyance the same day, but one who overlooks an insult is prudent.”

“The beginning of strife is like breaching a dam, therefore stop contention before quarreling breaks out.”

“It is an honor for a man to keep aloof from strife, but every fool will be quarreling.”

“For lack of wood a fire goes out. Without gossip, a quarrel dies down.”

“A gentle tongue is a tree of life, but deceit in it crushes the spirit.”

“The LORD is gracious, merciful, slow to anger, and of great loving kindness.”

“Let all bitterness, wrath, anger, outcry, and slander be put away from you, with all malice.”

“But now you must put them all away: anger, wrath, malice, slander, and shameful speaking out of your mouth.”

“Where do wars and fightings among you come from? Don't they come from your pleasures that war in your members?”

“Repay no one evil for evil. Respect what is honorable in the sight of all men.”

“Don't seek revenge yourselves, beloved, but give place to God's wrath. For it is written, "Vengeance belongs to me; I will repay, says the Lord."”

“Bless those who persecute you; bless, and don't curse.”

“When he was cursed, he didn't curse back. When he suffered, he didn't threaten, but committed himself to him who judges righteously.”

“To speak evil of no one, not to be contentious, to be gentle, showing all humility toward all men.”

“The Lord's servant must not quarrel, but be gentle toward all, able to teach, patient.”

“You shall not take vengeance, nor bear any grudge against the children of your people; but you shall love your neighbor as yourself.”

“Don't say, "I will do to him as he has done to me; I will repay the man according to his work."”

“If your enemy is hungry, give him food to eat. If he is thirsty, give him water to drink.”

“Mockers stir up a city, but wise men turn away anger.”

“An angry man stirs up strife, and a wrathful man abounds in sin.”

“If the spirit of the ruler rises up against you, don't leave your place; for gentleness lays great offenses to rest.”

“But I tell you, don't resist him who is evil; but whoever strikes you on your right cheek, turn to him the other also.”

“Wrath is cruel, and anger is overwhelming; but who is able to stand before jealousy?”

“Blessed are the gentle, for they shall inherit the earth.”

“Let your gentleness be known to all men. The Lord is at hand.”

“He restores my soul. He guides me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake.”

“As the deer pants for the water brooks, so my soul pants after you, God.”

“My soul rests in God alone. My salvation is from him.”

“The LORD will keep you from all evil. He will keep your soul.”

“Praise the LORD, my soul, and don't forget all his benefits.”

“For the things which are seen are temporal, but the things which are not seen are eternal.”

“He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in their hearts.”

“Before the mountains were born, before you had formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, you are God.”

“The grass withers, the flower fades; but the word of our God stands forever.”

“The world is passing away with its lusts, but he who does God's will remains forever.”

“In my Father's house are many homes. If it weren't so, I would have told you. I am going to prepare a place for you.”

“But the LORD's loving kindness is from everlasting to everlasting with those who fear him.”

“Jesus said to her, "I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in me will still live, even if he dies."”

“Most certainly I tell you, he who hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life, and doesn't come into judgment, but has passed out of death into life.”

“I give eternal life to them. They will never perish, and no one will snatch them out of my hand.”

“For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.”

“Death, where is your sting? Hades, where is your victory?”

“For we know that if the earthly house of our tent is dissolved, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal, in the heavens.”

“Surely goodness and loving kindness shall follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the LORD's house forever.”

“LORD, show me my end, what is the measure of my days. Let me know how frail I am.”

“For a thousand years in your sight are just like yesterday when it is past, like a watch in the night.”

“But you are the same. Your years will have no end.”

“Your kingdom is an everlasting kingdom. Your dominion endures throughout all generations. The LORD is faithful in all his words, and loving in all his deeds.”

“For the high and lofty One who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy, says: "I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also who is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite."”

“And the dust returns to the earth as it was, and the spirit returns to God who gave it.”

“Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away.”

“This is the promise which he promised us, the eternal life.”

“"I am the Alpha and the Omega," says the Lord God, "who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty."”

“Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever.”

“You, LORD, remain forever. Your throne is from generation to generation.”

“For this God is our God forever and ever. He will be our guide even to death.”

“But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faith, gentleness, and self-control. Against such things there is no law.”

“He has shown you, O man, what is good. What does the LORD require of you, but to act justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God?”

“Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.”

“Who may ascend to the LORD's hill? Who may stand in his holy place? He who has clean hands and a pure heart; who has not lifted up his soul to falsehood, and has not sworn deceitfully.”

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

“Blessed is the man who doesn't walk in the counsel of the wicked, nor stand on the path of sinners, nor sit in the seat of scoffers.”

“Depart from evil, and do good. Live securely forever.”

“Keep your tongue from evil, and your lips from speaking lies.”

“I will be careful to live a blameless life. When will you come to me? I will walk within my house with a blameless heart.”

“Don't turn to the right hand nor to the left. Remove your foot from evil.”

“A righteous man walks in integrity. Blessed are his children after him.”

“He who follows after righteousness and kindness finds life, righteousness, and honor.”

“A good name is more desirable than great riches, and loving favor is better than silver and gold.”

“That you may become blameless and harmless, children of God without defect in the middle of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom you are seen as lights in the world.”

“Let no man despise your youth; but be an example to those who believe, in word, in your way of life, in love, in spirit, in faith, and in purity.”

“Keep yourself pure.”

“In all things show yourself an example of good works. In your teaching, show integrity, seriousness, incorruptibility.”

“To the pure, all things are pure, but to those who are defiled and unbelieving, nothing is pure; but both their mind and their conscience are defiled.”

“Who is wise and understanding among you? Let him show by his good conduct that his deeds are done in gentleness of wisdom.”

“To him therefore who knows to do good and doesn't do it, to him it is sin.”

“But just as he who called you is holy, you yourselves also be holy in all of your behavior.”

“Test all things, and hold firmly that which is good. Abstain from every form of evil.”

“So then, as we have opportunity, let's do what is good toward all men, and especially toward those who are of the household of the faith.”

“For the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness and righteousness and truth.”

“Everyone who has this hope set on him purifies himself, even as he is pure.”

“Seek good, and not evil, that you may live; and so the LORD, the God of Armies, will be with you, as you say.”

“The way of the just is uprightness. You who are upright make the path of the righteous level.”

“Therefore walk in the way of good men, and keep the paths of the righteous.”

“Flee from youthful lusts; but pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace with those who call on the Lord out of a pure heart.”

“For your obedience has become known to all. I rejoice therefore over you. But I desire to have you wise in that which is good, but innocent in that which is evil.”

“Don't they go astray who plot evil? But love and faithfulness belong to those who plan good.”