For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.
Now to Him Who, by (in consequence of) the [action of His] power that is at work within us, is able to [carry out His purpose and] do superabundantly, far over and above all that we [dare] ask or think [infinitely beyond our highest prayers, desires, thoughts, hopes, or dreams]
And my God will meet all your needs according to his glorious riches in Christ Jesus.
For the vision is yet for an appointed time and it hastens to the end [fulfilment]; it will not deceive or disappoint. Though it tarry, wait [earnestly] for it, because it will surely come; it will not be behindhand on its appointed day
Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, in everything give thanks; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.
Not that I speak in regard to need, for I have learned in whatever state I am, to be content: I know how to be abased, and I know how to abound. Everywhere and in all things I have learned both to be full and to be hungry, both to abound and to suffer need. I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.
“I am the LORD, the God of all mankind. Is anything too hard for me?
Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.
Seek first God’s kingdom and what God wants. Then all your other needs will be met as well.
If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask Him!
May he give you the desire of your heart and make all your plans succeed.
The steps of a good man are ordered by the LORD, and He delights in his way.
Who can find a virtuous wife? For her worth is far above rubies. The heart of her husband safely trusts her; So he will have no lack of gain. She does him good and not evil All the days of her life.
Houses and riches are an inheritance from fathers, But a prudent wife is from the LORD.
Many a man claims to have unfailing love, but a faithful man who can find?
Now the Lord God said, It is not good (sufficient, satisfactory) that the man should be alone; I will make him a helper meet (suitable, adapted, complementary) for him.
He who finds a wife finds a good thing, And obtains favor from the LORD.
“For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh.”
Two are better than one, Because they have a good reward for their labor. For if they fall, one will lift up his companion. But woe to him who is alone when he falls, For he has no one to help him up. Again, if two lie down together, they will keep warm; But how can one be warm alone? Though one may be overpowered by another, two can withstand him. And a threefold cord is not quickly broken.
But from the beginning of the creation, God ‘made them male and female. ’‘For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh’; so then they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let not man separate.”
Then the rib which the LORD God had taken from man He made into a woman, and He brought her to the man. And Adam said: “This is now bone of my bones And flesh of my flesh; She shall be called Woman, Because she was taken out of Man.”
Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and they shall become one flesh.
David was greatly distressed, for the men spoke of stoning him because the souls of them all were bitterly grieved, each man for his sons and daughters. But David encouraged and strengthened himself in the Lord his God.
Love suffers long and is kind, love does not envy, love does not parade itself, is not puffed up,
But by the grace (the unmerited favor and blessing) of God I am what I am, and His grace toward me was not [found to be] for nothing (fruitless and without effect).
You are still worldly. For since there is jealousy and quarrelling among you, are you not worldly? Are you not acting like mere men?
But he who unites himself with the Lord is one with him in spirit.
Run from sexual sin! No other sin so clearly affects the body as this one does. For sexual immorality is a sin against your own body.
Or do you not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and you are not your own?
Nevertheless, because of sexual immorality, let each man have his own wife, and let each woman have her own husband. Let the husband render to his wife the affection due her, and likewise also the wife to her husband. The wife does not have authority over her own body, but the husband does. And likewise the husband does not have authority over his own body, but the wife does.
But if they cannot exercise self-control, let them marry. For it is better to marry than to burn with passion.
Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world.
May the LORD our God be with us, as He was with our fathers. May He not leave us nor forsake us
Coming to Him as to a living stone, rejected indeed by men, but chosen by God and precious,
But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, His own special people, that you may proclaim the praises of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light,
But even if you suffer for doing what is right, God will reward you for it. So don’t worry or be afraid of their threats.
It is not fancy hair, gold jewelry, or fine clothes that should make you beautiful. No, your beauty should come from within you
For the sake of his great name the LORD will not reject his people, because the LORD was pleased to make you his own.
But the Lord said to Samuel, “Don’t judge by his appearance or height, for I have rejected him. The Lord doesn’t see things the way you see them. People judge by outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart.”
David was greatly distressed, for the men spoke of stoning him because the souls of them all were bitterly grieved, each man for his sons and daughters. But David encouraged and strengthened himself in the Lord his God.
You are all sons of light and sons of the day. We are not of the night nor of darkness.
For this is the will of God, that you should be consecrated (separated and set apart for pure and holy living): that you should abstain and shrink from all sexual vice,
It is God’s will that you should be sanctified: that you should avoid sexual immorality, that each of you should learn to control his own body in a way that is holy and honourable,
Therefore encourage (admonish, exhort) one another and edify (strengthen and build up) one another, just as you are doing.
Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, in everything give thanks, for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.
Never stop praying.
Let no one despise your youth, but be an example to the believers in word, in conduct, in love, in spirit, in faith, in purity.
You will not need to fight in this battle. Position yourselves, stand still and see the salvation of the LORD, who is with you
We do not dare to compare ourselves with those who think they are very important. They use themselves to measure themselves, and they judge themselves by what they themselves are. This shows that they know nothing.
We fight with weapons that are different from those the world uses. Our weapons have power from God that can destroy the enemy’s strong places. We destroy people’s arguments and every proud thing that raises itself against the knowledge of God. We capture every thought and make it give up and obey Christ.
Casting down arguments and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God, bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ,
We are pressed on every side by troubles, but we are not crushed. We are perplexed, but not driven to despair. We are hunted down, but never abandoned by God. We get knocked down, but we are not destroyed
Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation, the old has gone, the new has come!
Nevertheless, do not let this one fact escape you, beloved, that with the Lord one day is as a thousand years and a thousand years as one day. The Lord does not delay and is not tardy or slow about what He promises, according to some people’s conception of slowness, but He is long-suffering (extraordinarily patient) toward you, not desiring that any should perish, but that all should turn to repentance.
For God did not give us a spirit of timidity (of cowardice, of craven and cringing and fawning fear), but [He has given us a spirit] of power and of love and of calm and well-balanced mind and discipline and self-control.
The Lord will save me when anyone tries to hurt me, and he will bring me safely to his heavenly kingdom. Glory forever and ever be the Lord’s. Amen.
Can two walk together, unless they are agreed?
So you also are complete through your union with Christ, who is the head over every ruler and authority.
Therefore, as God’s chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience.
bearing with one another, and forgiving one another, if anyone has a complaint against another, even as Christ forgave you, so you also must do
And the LORD will make you the head and not the tail, you shall be above only, and not be beneath, if you heed the commandments of the LORD your God, which I command you today, and are careful to observe them.
How could one chase a thousand, and two put ten thousand to flight
Therefore know that the LORD your God, He is God, the faithful God who keeps covenant and mercy for a thousand generations with those who love Him and keep His commandments,
To everything there is a season, a time for every purpose under heaven:
Then I observed that most people are motivated to success because they envy their neighbors. But this, too, is meaningless
Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their labor. For if they fall, one will lift up his companion. But woe to him who is alone when he falls, for he has no one to help him up. Again, if two lie down together, they will keep warm, but how can one be warm alone? Though one may be overpowered by another, two can withstand him. And a threefold cord is not quickly broken.
Live joyfully with the wife whom you love all the days of your vain life which He has given you under the sun, all your days of vanity, for that is your portion in life, and in the labor which you perform under the sun.
just as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before Him in love, having predestined us to adoption as sons by Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the good pleasure of His will, to the praise of the glory of His grace, by which He made us accepted in the Beloved.
For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them
Now all glory to God, who is able, through his mighty power at work within us, to accomplish infinitely more than we might ask or think. Glory to him in the church and in Christ Jesus through all generations forever and ever! Amen.
Now to Him Who, by (in consequence of) the [action of His] power that is at work within us, is able to [carry out His purpose and] do superabundantly, far over and above all that we [dare] ask or think [infinitely beyond our highest prayers, desires, thoughts, hopes, or dreams]
For the husband is head of the wife, as also Christ is head of the church, and He is the Savior of the body.
For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh.
Our fight is not against people on earth but against the rulers and authorities and the powers of this world’s darkness, against the spiritual powers of evil in the heavenly world.
The LORD will fight for you, and you shall hold your peace.
In [this] freedom Christ has made us free [and completely liberated us], stand fast then, and do not be hampered and held ensnared and submit again to a yoke of slavery [which you have once put off].
The acts of the sinful nature are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity and debauchery, idolatry and witchcraft, hatred, discord, jealousy, fits of rage, selfish ambition, dissensions, factions and envy, drunkenness, orgies, and the like. I warn you, as I did before, that those who live like this will not inherit the kingdom of God.
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law.
Let us not become conceited, provoking one another, envying one another.
Pay careful attention to your own work, for then you will get the satisfaction of a job well done, and you won
Do not be deceived, God is not mocked, for whatever a man sows, that he will also reap. For he who sows to his flesh will of the flesh reap corruption, but he who sows to the Spirit will of the Spirit reap everlasting life.
And let us not grow weary while doing good, for in due season we shall reap if we do not lose heart. Therefore, as we have opportunity, let us do good to all, especially to those who are of the household of faith.
So God created man in His own image, in the image of God He created him, male and female He created them.
Then God blessed them, and God said to them, Be fruitful and multiply; fill the earth and subdue it; have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over every living thing that moves on the earth.
Now the Lord God said, It is not good (sufficient, satisfactory) that the man should be alone, I will make him a helper meet (suitable, adapted, complementary) for him.
Now the Lord God said, It is not good (sufficient, satisfactory) that the man should be alone, I will make him a helper meet (suitable, adapted, complementary) for him.
Then the rib which the LORD God had taken from man He made into a woman, and He brought her to the man. And Adam said:
Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and they shall become one flesh.
But as for you, you meant evil against me, but God meant it for good, in order to bring it about as it is this day, to save many people alive.
And the Lord answered me and said, Write the vision and engrave it so plainly upon tablets that everyone who passes may [be able to] read [it easily and quickly] as he hastens by
For the vision is yet for an appointed time and it hastens to the end [fulfilment], it will not deceive or disappoint. Though it tarry, wait [earnestly] for it, because it will surely come, it will not be behindhand on its appointed day
For the vision is yet for an appointed time, But at the end it will speak, and it will not lie. Though it tarries, wait for it, Because it will surely come, it will not tarry.
You should not stay away from the church meetings, as some are doing, but you should meet together and encourage each other. Do this even more as you see the day coming.
For you have need of endurance, so that after you have done the will of God, you may receive the promise:
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.
Therefore we also, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which so easily ensnares us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us,
Marriage is honourable among all, and the bed undefiled, but fornicators and adulterers God will judge.
Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever.
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.
But those who wait on the LORD Shall renew their strength, they shall mount up with wings like eagles, they shall run and not be weary, they shall walk and not faint.
But forget all that, it is nothing compared to what I am going to do.
See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up, do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the desert and streams in the wasteland.
No weapon formed against you shall prosper, and every tongue which rises against you in judgment You shall condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and their righteousness is from Me,
For My thoughts are not your thoughts, nor are your ways My ways, says the LORD. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are My ways higher than your ways, and My thoughts than your thoughts.
The Spirit of the Sovereign LORD is on me, because the LORD has anointed me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim freedom for the captives and release from darkness for the prisoners,
Instead of their shame my people will receive a double portion, and instead of disgrace they will rejoice in their inheritance, and so they will inherit a double portion in their land, and everlasting joy will be theirs.
For since the beginning of the world men have not heard nor perceived by the ear, nor has the eye seen any God besides You, who acts for the one who waits for Him.
Blessed is the man who perseveres under trial, because when he has stood the test, he will receive the crown of life that God has promised to those who love him.
My brethren, count it all joy when you fall into various trials, knowing that the testing of your faith produces patience. But let patience have its perfect work, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking nothing.
If you need wisdom, ask our generous God, and he will give it to you. He will not rebuke you for asking.
But when he asks, he must believe and not doubt, because he who doubts is like a wave of the sea,
You ought instead to say, If the Lord is willing, we shall live and we shall do this or that [thing].
Is any one of you sick? He should call the elders of the church to pray over him and anoint him with oil in the name of the Lord. And the prayer offered in faith will make the sick person well, the Lord will raise him up. If he has sinned, he will be forgiven.
Before I formed you in the womb I knew [and] approved of you [as My chosen instrument], and before you were born I separated and set you apart, consecrating you, [and] I appointed you as a prophet to the nations.
Though He slay me, yet will I trust in Him:
I know that You can do everything, and that no purpose of Yours can be withheld from You.
Resentment kills a fool, and envy slays the simple.
But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, to those who believe in His name: who were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.
The thief comes only in order to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have and enjoy life, and have it in abundance (to the full, till it overflows).
My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me.
When Jesus received the message, He said, This sickness is not to end in death, but [on the contrary] it is to honor God and to promote His glory, that the Son of God may be glorified through (by) it.
No, I will not abandon you as orphans
Peace I leave with you, My peace I give to you, not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.
This is My commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. Greater love has no one than this, than to lay down one
You did not choose Me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit, and that your fruit should remain, that whatever you ask the Father in My name He may give you.
Remain in me, and I will remain in you. No branch can bear fruit by itself, it must remain in the vine. Neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in me. I am the vine, you are the branches. If a man remains in me and I in him, he will bear much fruit, apart from me you can do nothing.
If you live in Me [abide vitally united to Me] and My words remain in you and continue to live in your hearts, ask whatever you will, and it shall be done for you.
As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Now remain in my love.
For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.
John answered, A man can receive nothing [he can claim nothing, he can take unto himself nothing] except as it has been granted to him from heaven. [A man must be content to receive the gift which is given him from heaven, there is no other source.]
And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.
Therefore if the Son makes you free, you shall be free indeed.
No one will be able to stand up against you all the days of your life. As I was with Moses, so I will be with you, I will never leave you nor forsake you.
Do not seek revenge or bear a grudge against one of your people, but love your neighbor as yourself. I am the LORD.
He who hears you hears Me, he who rejects you rejects Me, and he who rejects Me rejects Him who sent Me
So he answered and said to his father, ‘Lo, these many years I have been serving you; I never transgressed your commandment at any time; and yet you never gave me a young goat, that I might make merry with my friends. But as soon as this son of yours came, who has devoured your livelihood with harlots, you killed the fatted calf for him.’ “And he said to him, ‘Son, you are always with me, and all that I have is yours. It was right that we should make merry and be glad, for your brother was dead and is alive again, and was lost and is found.’”
Then Jesus said, Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they do. And they divided His garments and cast lots.
The Spirit of the Lord [is] upon Me, because He has anointed Me [the Anointed One, the Messiah] to preach the good news (the Gospel) to the poor, He has sent Me to announce release to the captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to send forth as delivered those who are oppressed [who are downtrodden, bruised, crushed, and broken down by calamity],
One of those days Jesus went out to a mountainside to pray, and spent the night praying to God. When morning came, he called his disciples to him and chose twelve of them, whom he also designated apostles:
But I say to you who hear: Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you,
But if you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? For even sinners love those who love them. And if you do good to those who do good to you, what credit is that to you? For even sinners do the same
But love your enemies, do good, and lend, hoping for nothing in return, and your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High. For He is kind to the unthankful and evil. Therefore be merciful, just as your Father also is merciful.
Give, and it will be given to you: good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over will be put into your bosom. For with the same measure that you use, it will be measured back to you.
Give, and you will receive. You will be given much. Pressed down, shaken together, and running over, it will spill into your lap. The way you give to others is the way God will give to you.
For assuredly, I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, Be removed and be cast into the sea, and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that those things he says will be done, he will have whatever he says.
And when you stand praying, if you hold anything against anyone, forgive him, so that your Father in heaven may forgive you your sins.
And whoever will not receive and accept and welcome you nor listen to your message, as you leave that house or town, shake the dust [of it] from your feet.
What is the price of two sparrows, one copper coin? But not a single sparrow can fall to the ground without your Father knowing it. And the very hairs on your head are all numbered. So don’t be afraid; you are more valuable to God than a whole flock of sparrows.
Come to Me, all you who labour and are heavy-laden and overburdened, and I will cause you to rest. [I will ease and relieve and refresh your souls.] Take My yoke upon you and learn of Me, for I am gentle (meek) and humble (lowly) in heart, and you will find rest (relief and ease and refreshment and recreation and blessed quiet) for your souls. For My yoke is wholesome (useful, good–not harsh, hard, sharp, or pressing, but comfortable, gracious, and pleasant), and My burden is light and easy to be borne.
For where two or three are gathered together in My name, I am there in the midst of them.
Then his master, after he had called him, said to him, You wicked servant! I forgave you all that debt because you begged me. Should you not also have had compassion on your fellow servant, just as I had pity on you? And his master was angry, and delivered him to the torturers until he should pay all that was due to him.So My heavenly Father also will do to you if each of you, from his heart, does not forgive his brother his trespasses.
So the last will be first, and the first last. For many are called, but few chosen.
All of you must keep awake (give strict attention, be cautious and active) and watch and pray, that you may not come into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.
Teaching them to observe everything that I have commanded you, and behold, I am with you all the days (perpetually, uniformly, and on every occasion), to the [very] close and consummation of the age. Amen (so let it be).
Therefore if you bring your gift to the altar, and there remember that your brother has something 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.
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 someone strikes you on the right cheek, turn to him the other also.
But I tell you: Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, that you may be sons of your Father in heaven. He causes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous. If you love those who love you, what reward will you get? Are not even the tax collectors doing that? And if you greet only your brothers, what are you doing more than others? Do not even pagans do that? Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect.
For if you forgive men when they sin against you, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. But if you do not forgive men their sins, your Father will not forgive your sins.
Look at the birds of the air, they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they?
Seek first God’s kingdom and what God wants. Then all your other needs will be met as well.
If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask Him!
And why do you look at the speck in your brother’s eye, but do not consider the plank in your own eye?
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.
God is not a human being, and he will not lie. He is not a human, and he does not change his mind. What he says he will do, he does. What he promises, he makes come true.
And I am certain that God, who began the good work within you, will continue his work until it is finally finished on the day when Christ Jesus returns.
Brethren, I do not count myself to have apprehended, but one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind and reaching forward to those things which are ahead, I press toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.
Not that I speak in regard to need, for I have learned in whatever state I am, to be content: I know how to be abased, and I know how to abound. Everywhere and in all things I have learned both to be full and to be hungry, both to abound and to suffer need. I can do all things through Christ[b] who strengthens me.
I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.
And my God will meet all your needs according to his glorious riches in Christ Jesus
Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.
Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but when the desire comes, it is a tree of life.
A sound heart is life to the body, but envy is rottenness to the bones.
A merry heart makes a cheerful countenance, But by sorrow of the heart the spirit is broken.
Where there is no counsel, purposes are frustrated, but with many counsellors they are accomplished.
A man’s heart plans his way, but the LORD directs his steps.
A man of many companions may come to ruin, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.
Cease listening to instruction, my son, and you will stray from the words of knowledge.
A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he who breathes out lies shall not escape
Yes, if you cry out for discernment, and lift up your voice for understanding, if you seek her as silver, and search for her as for hidden treasures, Then you will understand the fear of the LORD, and find the knowledge of God. For the LORD gives wisdom, from His mouth come knowledge and understanding,
Do not say, I’ll pay you back for this wrong! Wait for the LORD, and he will deliver you.
Let not your heart envy sinners, but continue in the reverent and worshipful fear of the Lord all the day long.
Do not be envious of evil men, nor desire to be with them
Do not fret because of evildoers, Nor be envious of the wicked, For there will be no prospect for the evil man, The lamp of the wicked will be put out.
[Put first things first.] Prepare your work outside and get it ready for yourself in the field, and afterward build your house and establish a home.
Do not say, I’ll do to him as he has done to me, I’ll pay that man back for what he did.
I applied my heart to what I observed, and learned a lesson from what I saw
Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding.
In all your ways know, recognize, and acknowledge Him, and He will direct and make straight and plain your paths.
A capable, intelligent, and virtuous woman–who is he who can find her? She is far more precious than jewels and her value is far above rubies or pearls.
Charm and grace are deceptive, and beauty is vain [because it is not lasting], but a woman who reverently and worshipfully fears the Lord, she shall be praised!
Keep your heart with all diligence, for out of it spring the issues of life.
Know that the LORD, He is God, It is He who has made us, and not we ourselves, We are His people and the sheep of His pasture.
He sent His word and healed them, and delivered them from their destructions.
I will not die but live, and will proclaim what the LORD has done.
The stone which the builders rejected Has become the chief cornerstone.”
This is the day the LORD has made, let us rejoice and be glad in it.
In my anguish I cried to the LORD, and he answered by setting me free
It is good for me that I have been afflicted, that I may learn Your statutes.
I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help. My help cometh from the Lord, which made heaven and earth. He will not suffer thy foot to be moved: he that keepeth thee will not slumber.I will lift up my eyes to the hills
What if the Lord had not been on our side when people attacked us? They would have swallowed us alive in their burning anger.
Those who sow in tears shall reap in joy
For you created my inmost being, you knit me together in my mother’s womb. I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made, your works are wonderful, I know that full well.
Cause me to hear Your loving-kindness in the morning, For in You do I trust, Cause me to know the way in which I should walk, For I lift up my soul to You.
He heals the brokenhearted and bandages their wounds.
Show Your marvelous lovingkindness by Your right hand, O You who save those who trust in You From those who rise up against them.
Keep me as the apple of Your eye, hide me under the shadow of Your wings,
You prepare a feast for me in the presence of my enemies. You honor me by anointing my head with oil. My cup overflows with blessings.”
Let integrity and uprightness preserve me, for I wait for You.
No one whose hope is in you will ever be put to shame
Indeed, let no one who waits on You be ashamed,
Lead me in Your truth and teach me, for You are the God of my salvation, on You I wait all the day
Even if my father and mother abandon me, the Lord will hold me close.
O LORD my God, I cried out to You, and You healed me.
Weeping may endure for a night, But joy comes in the morning.
We wait in hope for the LORD, he is our help and our shield.
The LORD is close to the brokenhearted, he rescues those whose spirits are crushed
The LORD is near to those who have a broken heart, and saves such as have a contrite spirit.
The steps of a good man are ordered by the LORD, and He delights in his way.
Delight yourself also in the LORD, And He shall give you the desires of your heart.
Be still, and know that I am God,
Within your temple, O God, we meditate on your unfailing love.
The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit, A broken and a contrite heart
For You, O God, have tested us, You have refined us as silver is refined. You brought us into the net, You laid affliction on our backs. You have caused men to ride over our heads, We went through fire and through water, But You brought us out to rich fulfillment.
The Lord also will be a refuge and a high tower for the oppressed, a refuge and a stronghold in times of trouble (high cost, destitution, and desperation).
The Scripture says, No man who believes in Him [who adheres to, relies on, and trusts in Him] will [ever] be put to shame or be disappointed
Therefore, I urge you, brothers, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God
Wish good for those who harm you, wish them well and do not curse them.
Do not conform any longer 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
Having then gifts differing according to the grace that is given to us, let us use them: if prophecy, let us prophesy in proportion to our faith, or ministry, let us use it in our ministering, he who teaches, in teaching, he who exhorts, in exhortation, he who gives, with liberality, he who leads, with diligence, he who shows mercy, with cheerfulness.
But clothe yourself with the Lord Jesus Christ (the Messiah), and make no provision for [indulging] the flesh [put a stop to thinking about the evil cravings of your physical nature] to [gratify its] desires (lusts).
And having been set free from sin, you became slaves of righteousness.
He did not waver at the promise of God through unbelief, but was strengthened in faith, giving glory to God, and being fully convinced that what He had promised He was also able to perform.
Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus,
But if we hope for what we do not yet have, we wait for it patiently.
But if we hope for what we do not see, we eagerly wait for it with perseverance.
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.
What, then, shall we say in response to this? If God is for us, who can be against us?
Yet in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us.
For I am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels nor principalities nor powers, nor things present nor things to come, nor height nor depth, nor any other created thing, shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Turn to the stronghold, prisoners of hope, even today I declare that I will return to you double.
We are hard-pressed on every side, yet not crushed; we are perplexed, but not in despair; persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed