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Sabbath
- Remember the Sabbath day by keeping it holy. Six days you shall labor and do all your work, but the seventh day is a sabbath to the Lord your God. On it you shall not do any work, neither you, nor your son or daughter, nor your male or female servant, nor your animals, nor any foreigner residing in your towns. For in six days the Lord made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, but he rested on the seventh day. Therefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and made it holy.
- Observe the Sabbath day by keeping it holy, as the Lord your God has commanded you. Six days you shall labor and do all your work, but the seventh day is a sabbath to the Lord your God. On it you shall not do any work, neither you, nor your son or daughter, nor your male or female servant, nor your ox, your donkey or any of your animals, nor any foreigner residing in your towns, so that your male and female servants may rest, as you do.
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- I am the Lord your God; follow my decrees and be careful to keep my laws. Keep my Sabbaths holy, that they may be a sign between us. Then you will know that I am the Lord your God.
- Then God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on it he rested from all the work of creating that he had done.
- One Sabbath Jesus was going through the grainfields, and as his disciples walked along, they began to pick some heads of grain. The Pharisees said to him, “Look, why are they doing what is unlawful on the Sabbath?” He answered, “Have you never read what David did when he and his companions were hungry and in need? In the days of Abiathar the high priest, he entered the house of God and ate the consecrated bread, which is lawful only for priests to eat. And he also gave some to his companions.” Then he said to them, “The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath. So the Son of Man is Lord even of the Sabbath.”
- “If you keep your feet from breaking the Sabbath
and from doing as you please on my holy day,
if you call the Sabbath a delight
and the Lord’s holy day honorable,
and if you honor it by not going your own way
and not doing as you please or speaking idle words,
then you will find your joy in the Lord,
and I will cause you to ride in triumph on the heights of the land
and to feast on the inheritance of your father Jacob.”
For the mouth of the Lord has spoken.
- How much more valuable is a person than a sheep! Therefore it is lawful to do good on the Sabbath.
- One person considers one day more sacred than another; another considers every day alike. Each of them should be fully convinced in their own mind.
Romans 14:5obediencewisdomneighbor
- Therefore do not let anyone judge you by what you eat or drink, or with regard to a religious festival, a New Moon celebration or a Sabbath day. These are a shadow of the things that were to come; the reality, however, is found in Christ.
Colossians 2:16-17foodjudgmentJesus
- There are six days when you may work, but the seventh day is a day of sabbath rest, a day of sacred assembly. You are not to do any work; wherever you live, it is a sabbath to the Lord.
- On a Sabbath Jesus was teaching in one of the synagogues, and a woman was there who had been crippled by a spirit for eighteen years. She was bent over and could not straighten up at all. When Jesus saw her, he called her forward and said to her, “Woman, you are set free from your infirmity.” Then he put his hands on her, and immediately she straightened up and praised God. Indignant because Jesus had healed on the Sabbath, the synagogue leader said to the people, “There are six days for work. So come and be healed on those days, not on the Sabbath.” The Lord answered him, “You hypocrites! Doesn’t each of you on the Sabbath untie your ox or donkey from the stall and lead it out to give it water? Then should not this woman, a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan has kept bound for eighteen long years, be set free on the Sabbath day from what bound her?” When he said this, all his opponents were humiliated, but the people were delighted with all the wonderful things he was doing.
- There remains, then, a Sabbath-rest for the people of God; for anyone who enters God’s rest also rests from their works, just as God did from his.
- Let us, therefore, make every effort to enter that rest, so that no one will perish by following their example of disobedience.
- Observe my Sabbaths and have reverence for my sanctuary. I am the Lord.
- Remember that you were slaves in Egypt and that the Lord your God brought you out of there with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm. Therefore the Lord your God has commanded you to observe the Sabbath day.
Sacrifice
- Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.
- And walk in the way of love, just as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us as a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.
- So Christ was sacrificed once to take away the sins of many; and he will appear a second time, not to bear sin, but to bring salvation to those who are waiting for him.
- For whoever wants to save their life will lose it, but whoever loses their life for me will save it.
- To do what is right and just
is more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice.
Proverbs 21:3honestyrighteousness
- But go and learn what this means: ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice.’ For I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.
Matthew 9:13mercyrighteousnessrepentance
- For what I received I passed on to you as of first importance: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures.
1 Corinthians 15:3-4sinJesusresurrection
- For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.
Mark 10:45humilityJesussalvation
- Who gave himself for us to redeem us from all wickedness and to purify for himself a people that are his very own, eager to do what is good.
Titus 2:14purificationgoodnesssin
- They stripped him and put a scarlet robe on him, and then twisted together a crown of thorns and set it on his head. They put a staff in his right hand. Then they knelt in front of him and mocked him. “Hail, king of the Jews!” they said.
Matthew 27:28-29sufferingeaster
- He who did not spare his own Son, but gave him up for us all—how will he not also, along with him, graciously give us all things?
- Honor the Lord with your wealth,
with the firstfruits of all your crops.
Proverbs 3:9moneygivingharvest
- Do not offer any part of yourself to sin as an instrument of wickedness, but rather offer yourselves to God as those who have been brought from death to life; and offer every part of yourself to him as an instrument of righteousness.
Romans 6:13sinrighteousnessconversion
- You see, at just the right time, when we were still powerless, Christ died for the ungodly.
- But I, with shouts of grateful praise,
will sacrifice to you.
What I have vowed I will make good.
I will say, ‘Salvation comes from the Lord.’
Jonah 2:9salvationgratitudeobedience
- But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, purifies us from all sin.
1 John 1:7purificationcommunitylight
- Just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.
Matthew 20:28Jesusservingsalvation
- How much more, then, will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself unblemished to God, cleanse our consciences from acts that lead to death, so that we may serve the living God!
Hebrews 9:14JesusSpiritpurification
- “Abba, Father,” he said, “everything is possible for you. Take this cup from me. Yet not what I will, but what you will.”
- Jesus called out with a loud voice, “Father, into your hands I commit my spirit.” When he had said this, he breathed his last.
- We are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be delivered over to the chief priests and the teachers of the law. They will condemn him to death and will hand him over to the Gentiles to be mocked and flogged and crucified. On the third day he will be raised to life!
Matthew 20:18-19easterJesusresurrection
- My sacrifice, O God, is a broken spirit;
a broken and contrite heart
you, God, will not despise.
Sadness
- The righteous cry out, and the Lord hears them;
he delivers them from all their troubles.
The Lord is close to the brokenhearted
and saves those who are crushed in spirit.
Psalm 34:17-18salvationredeemernearness
- The Lord himself goes before you and will be with you; he will never leave you nor forsake you. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged.
Deuteronomy 31:8followingfearencouragement
- Blessed are those who mourn,
for they will be comforted.
- Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you.
1 Peter 5:7fearworryingweakness
- For his anger lasts only a moment,
but his favor lasts a lifetime;
weeping may stay for the night,
but rejoicing comes in the morning.
- For with much wisdom comes much sorrow;
the more knowledge, the more grief.
Ecclesiastes 1:18wisdommindworrying
- All my longings lie open before you, Lord;
my sighing is not hidden from you.
- And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, “Look! God’s dwelling place is now among the people, and he will dwell with them. They will be his people, and God himself will be with them and be their God. ‘He will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death’ or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away.”
Revelation 21:3-4Godworryingdeath
- So then, banish anxiety from your heart
and cast off the troubles of your body,
for youth and vigor are meaningless.
Ecclesiastes 11:10worryinghearthealth
- Sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; poor, yet making many rich; having nothing, and yet possessing everything.
2 Corinthians 6:10joymoneymaterialism
- Rejoice with those who rejoice; mourn with those who mourn.
- ‘Never again will they hunger;
never again will they thirst.
The sun will not beat down on them,’
nor any scorching heat.
For the Lamb at the center of the throne
will be their shepherd;
‘he will lead them to springs of living water.’
‘And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.’
Revelation 7:16-17encouragementprotectioncomforter
- “Even now,” declares the Lord,
“return to me with all your heart,
with fasting and weeping and mourning.”
Joel 2:12conversionfastingheart
- At this, Job got up and tore his robe and shaved his head. Then he fell to the ground in worship and said:
“Naked I came from my mother’s womb,
and naked I will depart.
The Lord gave and the Lord has taken away;
may the name of the Lord be praised.”
Job 1:20-21worshipsufferingworrying
- Go back and tell Hezekiah, the ruler of my people, ‘This is what the Lord, the God of your father David, says: I have heard your prayer and seen your tears; I will heal you. On the third day from now you will go up to the temple of the Lord.’
2 Kings 20:5prayerhealingprophecy
- A wise son brings joy to his father,
but a foolish son brings grief to his mother.
- The Lord gives sight to the blind,
the Lord lifts up those who are bowed down,
the Lord loves the righteous.
Psalm 146:8sicknesshealingrighteousness
- The vine is dried up
and the fig tree is withered;
the pomegranate, the palm and the apple tree—
all the trees of the field—are dried up.
Surely the people’s joy
is withered away.
- And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, with whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.
Ephesians 4:30Holy Spiritsecond coming
- Hear my prayer, Lord,
listen to my cry for help;
do not be deaf to my weeping.
I dwell with you as a foreigner,
a stranger, as all my ancestors were.
Safety
- But the Lord is faithful, and he will strengthen you and protect you from the evil one.
2 Thessalonians 3:3reliabilitystrengthdevil
- The Lord is my light and my salvation—
whom shall I fear?
The Lord is the stronghold of my life—
of whom shall I be afraid?
- Whoever dwells in the shelter 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.”
- God is our refuge and strength,
an ever-present help in trouble.
Psalm 46:1reliabilityprotection
- You are my hiding place;
you will protect me from trouble
and surround me with songs of deliverance.
Psalm 32:7joyprotectionsinging
- In peace I will lie down and sleep,
for you alone, Lord,
make me dwell in safety.
- The Lord is good,
a refuge in times of trouble.
He cares for those who trust in him.
Nahum 1:7protectiongoodnesstrust
- Cast your cares on the Lord
and he will sustain you;
he will never let
the righteous be shaken.
Psalm 55:22reliabilityrighteousness
- The prudent see danger and take refuge,
but the simple keep going and pay the penalty.
Proverbs 27:12mindprotectionpunishment
- He will cover you with his feathers,
and under his wings you will find refuge;
his faithfulness will be your shield and rampart.
Psalm 91:4protectionreliabilityfaithfulness
- You will keep in perfect peace
those whose minds are steadfast,
because they trust in you.
- My prayer is not that you take them out of the world but that you protect them from the evil one.
- The Lord will vindicate me;
your love, Lord, endures forever—
do not abandon the works of your hands.
Psalm 138:8reliabilityGodfaithfulness
- Whoever walks in integrity walks securely,
but whoever takes crooked paths will be found out.
- So then, let us not be like others, who are asleep, but let us be awake and sober.
1 Thessalonians 5:6self-control
- It is better to take refuge in the Lord
than to trust in humans.
- I will refresh the weary and satisfy the faint.
- The name of the Lord is a fortified tower;
the righteous run to it and are safe.
- Truly he is my rock and my salvation;
he is my fortress, I will never be shaken.
Psalm 62:2salvationprotectionreliability
- Trust in the Lord and do good;
dwell in the land and enjoy safe pasture.
- The Lord is a refuge for the oppressed,
a stronghold in times of trouble.
- Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
James 4:7obedienceaddictiondevil
- I establish my covenant with you: Never again will all life be destroyed by the waters of a flood; never again will there be a flood to destroy the earth.
- Sing to God, sing in praise of his name,
extol him who rides on the clouds;
rejoice before him—his name is the Lord.
A father to the fatherless, a defender of widows,
is God in his holy dwelling.
Psalm 68:4-5holinessworshipwidows
- Heal me, Lord, and I will be healed;
save me and I will be saved,
for you are the one I praise.
Jeremiah 17:14sicknesspraisehealing
- Therefore put on the full armor of God, so that when the day of evil comes, you may be able to stand your ground, and after you have done everything, to stand.
Ephesians 6:13protectionevildevil
- Though an army besiege me,
my heart will not fear;
though war break out against me,
even then I will be confident.
Salvation
- Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to mankind by which we must be saved.
- They replied, “Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved—you and your household.”
- He has saved us and called us to a holy life—not because of anything we have done but because of his own purpose and grace. This grace was given us in Christ Jesus before the beginning of time.
2 Timothy 1:9graceholinesscalling
- Truly my soul finds rest in God;
my salvation comes from him.
- And everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.
- Or do you not know that wrongdoers will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral nor idolaters nor adulterers nor men who have sex with men nor thieves nor the greedy nor drunkards nor slanderers nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God.
1 Corinthians 6:9-10sinkingdomidols
- For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you profess your faith and are saved.
Romans 10:10faithspeakingacknowledging
- For the grace of God has appeared that offers salvation to all people. It teaches us to say “No” to ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright and godly lives in this present age.
Titus 2:11-12gracerighteousnessworld
- For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.
- The Lord is not slow in keeping his promise, as some understand slowness. Instead he is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance.
2 Peter 3:9patienceconversionrepentance
- Jesus replied, “What is impossible with man is possible with God.”
- Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned.
Mark 16:16faithbaptismjudgment
- Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it. But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it.
- Though you have not seen him, you love him; and even though you do not see him now, you believe in him and are filled with an inexpressible and glorious joy, for you are receiving the end result of your faith, the salvation of your souls.
- So Christ was sacrificed once to take away the sins of many; and he will appear a second time, not to bear sin, but to bring salvation to those who are waiting for him.
- For this is what the Lord has commanded us:
“I have made you a light for the Gentiles,
that you may bring salvation to the ends of the earth.”
- For as in Adam all die, so in Christ all will be made alive.
- For I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God that brings salvation to everyone who believes: first to the Jew, then to the Gentile.
- Very rarely will anyone die for a righteous person, though for a good person someone might possibly dare to die. But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
- For if, while we were God’s enemies, we were reconciled to him through the death of his Son, how much more, having been reconciled, shall we be saved through his life!
Romans 5:10Saviorreconciliation
- Jesus looked at them and said, “With man this is impossible, but not with God; all things are possible with God.”
- You make your saving help my shield,
and your right hand sustains me;
your help has made me great.
You provide a broad path for my feet,
so that my ankles do not give way.
Psalm 18:35-36Word of Godprotection
- “Go,” said Jesus, “your faith has healed you.” Immediately he received his sight and followed Jesus along the road.
- Though the fig tree does not bud
and there are no grapes on the vines,
though the olive crop fails
and the fields produce no food,
though there are no sheep in the pen
and no cattle in the stalls,
yet I will rejoice in the Lord,
I will be joyful in God my Savior.
Habakkuk 3:17-18joyworshipharvest
- Since you are precious and honored in my sight,
and because I love you,
I will give people in exchange for you,
nations in exchange for your life.
- For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God—not by works, so that no one can boast.
- For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him.
- For, “Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.”
- My salvation and my honor depend on God;
he is my mighty rock, my refuge.
- I am the gate; whoever enters through me will be saved. They will come in and go out, and find pasture.
- For the Lord himself will come down from heaven, with a loud command, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet call of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first. After that, we who are still alive and are left will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And so we will be with the Lord forever.
1 Thessalonians 4:16-17deathheavenangels
- For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.
1 Corinthians 1:18strengthcrucifixion
- 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 3:16graceeternal lifefaith
- Whoever has the Son has life; whoever does not have the Son of God does not have life.
- I love you, Lord, my strength.
The Lord is my rock, my fortress and my deliverer;
my God is my rock, in whom I take refuge,
my shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.
- For whoever wants to save their life will lose it, but whoever loses their life for me will find it.
- Therefore he is able to save completely those who come to God through him, because he always lives to intercede for them.
Hebrews 7:25eternal lifeSavior
- That God was reconciling the world to himself in Christ, not counting people’s sins against them. And he has committed to us the message of reconciliation.
2 Corinthians 5:19sinJesusworld
- But the one who stands firm to the end will be saved.
- The righteous cry out, and the Lord hears them;
he delivers them from all their troubles.
The Lord is close to the brokenhearted
and saves those who are crushed in spirit.
Psalm 34:17-18redeemernearnesssadness
- Now, brothers and sisters, I want to remind you of the gospel I preached to you, which you received and on which you have taken your stand. By this gospel you are saved, if you hold firmly to the word I preached to you. Otherwise, you have believed in vain.
1 Corinthians 15:1-2faithevangelism
- I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you; I will remove from you your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh.
- But our citizenship is in heaven. And we eagerly await a Savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ.
- Therefore, get rid of all moral filth and the evil that is so prevalent and humbly accept the word planted in you, which can save you.
James 1:21Word of Godevilconversion
- The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full.
- For I know that through your prayers and God’s provision of the Spirit of Jesus Christ what has happened to me will turn out for my deliverance.
- Guide me in your truth and teach me,
for you are God my Savior,
and my hope is in you all day long.
- For the Lord is our judge,
the Lord is our lawgiver,
the Lord is our king;
it is he who will save us.
Isaiah 33:22righteousnesskingdom
- I consider that our present sufferings are not worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed in us.
Romans 8:18eternal lifesuffering
- For just as through the disobedience of the one man the many were made sinners, so also through the obedience of the one man the many will be made righteous.
- For in the gospel the righteousness of God is revealed—a righteousness that is by faith from first to last, just as it is written: “The righteous will live by faith.”
- The Lord will rescue his servants;
no one who takes refuge in him will be condemned.
Psalm 34:22lifeprotectionserving
- And, once made perfect, he became the source of eternal salvation for all who obey him.
Hebrews 5:9Savioreternal lifeblameless
- I know that my redeemer lives,
and that in the end he will stand on the earth.
- As far as the east is from the west,
so far has he removed our transgressions from us.
- I have swept away your offenses like a cloud,
your sins like the morning mist.
Return to me,
for I have redeemed you.
Isaiah 44:22sinconversionredeemer
- Jesus looked at them and said, “With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.”
Matthew 19:26miraclesunderstanding
- For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.
Mark 10:45humilityJesussacrifice
- For whoever wants to save their life will lose it, but whoever loses their life for me and for the gospel will save it.
- And this water symbolizes baptism that now saves you also—not the removal of dirt from the body but the pledge of a clear conscience toward God. It saves you by the resurrection of Jesus Christ.
1 Peter 3:21baptismpurificationresurrection
- Like newborn babies, crave pure spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up in your salvation.
1 Peter 2:2foodWord of Godrebirth
- How beautiful on the mountains
are the feet of those who bring good news,
who proclaim peace,
who bring good tidings,
who proclaim salvation,
who say to Zion,
“Your God reigns!”
- Restore us, Lord God Almighty;
make your face shine on us,
that we may be saved.
Psalm 80:19dependencealmightylight
- He saved us, not because of righteous things we had done, but because of his mercy. He saved us through the washing of rebirth and renewal by the Holy Spirit.
Titus 3:5Holy Spiritrebirthmercy
- For this is what the high and exalted One says—
he who lives forever, whose name is holy:
“I live in a high and holy place,
but also with the one who is contrite and lowly in spirit,
to revive the spirit of the lowly
and to revive the heart of the contrite.”
- From the Lord comes deliverance.
May your blessing be on your people.
- Heal me, Lord, and I will be healed;
save me and I will be saved,
for you are the one I praise.
Jeremiah 17:14sicknesspraisehealing
- Truly he is my rock and my salvation;
he is my fortress, I will never be shaken.
Psalm 62:2protectionreliabilitysafety
- Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life, but whoever rejects the Son will not see life, for God’s wrath remains on them.
John 3:36eternal lifefaithobedience
- But as for me, I watch in hope for the Lord,
I wait for God my Savior;
my God will hear me.
- You, dear children, are from God and have overcome them, because the one who is in you is greater than the one who is in the world.
1 John 4:4overcomingalmightyprophecy
- But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s special possession, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light.
1 Peter 2:9evangelismholinesslight
- Praise be to the Lord, to God our Savior,
who daily bears our burdens.
- For he has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of the Son he loves, in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.
Colossians 1:13-14devilJesusblood
- This poor man called, and the Lord heard him;
he saved him out of all his troubles.
- Help us, God our Savior,
for the glory of your name;
deliver us and forgive our sins
for your name’s sake.
- My times are in your hands;
deliver me from the hands of my enemies,
from those who pursue me.
Psalm 31:15persecutionredeemer
- Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven.
Matthew 7:21obediencekingdomheaven
- But I, with shouts of grateful praise,
will sacrifice to you.
What I have vowed I will make good.
I will say, ‘Salvation comes from the Lord.’
Jonah 2:9gratitudesacrificeobedience
- Then he called the crowd to him along with his disciples and said: “Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me.”
Mark 8:34Jesusfollowingselfishness
- I do not set aside the grace of God, for if righteousness could be gained through the law, Christ died for nothing!
Galatians 2:21gracerighteousnesslaw
- Just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.
Matthew 20:28Jesusservingsacrifice
- Let your face shine on your servant;
save me in your unfailing love.
- Lord, save us!
Lord, grant us success!
Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.
From the house of the Lord we bless you.
Psalm 118:25-26easterblessingovercoming
- If this is so, then the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from trials and to hold the unrighteous for punishment on the day of judgment.
2 Peter 2:9temptationjudgmentpunishment
- Wives, submit yourselves to your own husbands as you do to the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church, his body, of which he is the Savior.
Ephesians 5:22-23marriageJesusrelationships
- There is only one Lawgiver and Judge, the one who is able to save and destroy. But you—who are you to judge your neighbor?
Savior
- This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins.
1 John 4:10sinlovereconciliation
- I know that my redeemer lives,
and that in the end he will stand on the earth.
- He is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not only for ours but also for the sins of the whole world.
- Today in the town of David a Savior has been born to you; he is the Messiah, the Lord.
- Who, being in very nature God,
did not consider equality with God something to be used to his own advantage;
rather, he made himself nothing
by taking the very nature of a servant,
being made in human likeness.
And being found in appearance as a man,
he humbled himself
by becoming obedient to death—
even death on a cross!
Philippians 2:6-8obedienceJesuscrucifixion
- I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I now live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.
Galatians 2:20faithlifeselfishness
- For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, and all are justified freely by his grace through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus.
Romans 3:23-24singraceconfession
- Therefore he is able to save completely those who come to God through him, because he always lives to intercede for them.
Hebrews 7:25eternal lifesalvation
- In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, in accordance with the riches of God’s grace.
Ephesians 1:7sinforgivenessblood
- For you know that it was not with perishable things such as silver or gold that you were redeemed from the empty way of life handed down to you from your ancestors, but with the precious blood of Christ, a lamb without blemish or defect.
- Fixing our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of faith. For the joy set before him he endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.
Hebrews 12:2faithJesuscrucifixion
- But I have been the Lord your God
ever since you came out of Egypt.
You shall acknowledge no God but me,
no Savior except me.
- And, once made perfect, he became the source of eternal salvation for all who obey him.
Hebrews 5:9salvationeternal lifeblameless
- For if, while we were God’s enemies, we were reconciled to him through the death of his Son, how much more, having been reconciled, shall we be saved through his life!
Romans 5:10salvationreconciliation
- For this reason Christ is the mediator of a new covenant, that those who are called may receive the promised eternal inheritance—now that he has died as a ransom to set them free from the sins committed under the first covenant.
Hebrews 9:15lawmediatorcovenant
- The angel said to the women, “Do not be afraid, for I know that you are looking for Jesus, who was crucified. He is not here; he has risen, just as he said. Come and see the place where he lay.”
Matthew 28:5-6Jesuseasterresurrection
- For he has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of the Son he loves, in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.
Colossians 1:13-14salvationdevilJesus
- But God has helped me to this very day; so I stand here and testify to small and great alike. I am saying nothing beyond what the prophets and Moses said would happen— that the Messiah would suffer and, as the first to rise from the dead, would bring the message of light to his own people and to the Gentiles.
Acts 26:22-23evangelismsufferingresurrection
Second Coming
- So you also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour when you do not expect him.
- And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds, not giving up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but encouraging one another—and all the more as you see the Day approaching.
Hebrews 10:24-25communityencouragementequipment
- He who testifies to these things says, “Yes, I am coming soon.”
Amen. Come, Lord Jesus.
- Therefore keep watch, because you do not know on what day your Lord will come.
- Look, I am coming soon! My reward is with me, and I will give to each person according to what they have done.
- The end of all things is near. Therefore be alert and of sober mind so that you may pray.
- I am coming soon. Hold on to what you have, so that no one will take your crown.
- “I am the Alpha and the Omega,” says the Lord God, “who is, and who was, and who is to come, the Almighty.”
Revelation 1:8eternal lifereliabilityGod
- They were looking intently up into the sky as he was going, when suddenly two men dressed in white stood beside them. “Men of Galilee,” they said, “why do you stand here looking into the sky? This same Jesus, who has been taken from you into heaven, will come back in the same way you have seen him go into heaven.”
Acts 1:10-11ascensionheavenJesus
- “Look, he is coming with the clouds,”
and “every eye will see him,
even those who pierced him”;
and all peoples on earth “will mourn because of him.”
So shall it be! Amen.
Revelation 1:7Jesuscrucifixion
- And now, dear children, continue in him, so that when he appears we may be confident and unashamed before him at his coming.
- Watch out for false prophets. They come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ferocious wolves.
- But do not forget this one thing, dear friends: With the Lord a day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years are like a day.
- Being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.
- And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, with whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.
Ephesians 4:30Holy Spiritsadness
- So if anyone tells you, ‘There he is, out in the wilderness,’ do not go out; or, ‘Here he is, in the inner rooms,’ do not believe it. For as lightning that comes from the east is visible even in the west, so will be the coming of the Son of Man.
Seeking
- You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart.
- The Lord is with you when you are with him. If you seek him, he will be found by you, but if you forsake him, he will forsake you.
2 Chronicles 15:2bnearnessreliability
- Look to the Lord and his strength;
seek his face always.
1 Chronicles 16:11strengthnearness
- You, God, are my God,
earnestly I seek you;
I thirst for you,
my whole being longs for you,
in a dry and parched land
where there is no water.
- Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you.
Matthew 7:7rewardreceivingpromises
- Take delight in the Lord,
and he will give you the desires of your heart.
- I sought the Lord, and he answered me;
he delivered me from all my fears.
- Those who know your name trust in you,
for you, Lord, have never forsaken those who seek you.
- Seek the Lord while he may be found;
call on him while he is near.
- Look to the Lord and his strength;
seek his face always.
- This is what the Lord says to Israel: “Seek me and live.”
- I revealed myself to those who did not ask for me;
I was found by those who did not seek me.
To a nation that did not call on my name,
I said, ‘Here am I, here am I.’
- For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.
- Blessed are those who keep his statutes
and seek him with all their heart.
- The lions may grow weak and hungry,
but those who seek the Lord lack no good thing.
- You have searched me, Lord,
and you know me.
You know when I sit and when I rise;
you perceive my thoughts from afar.
Psalm 139:1-2thoughtsunderstanding
- Seek good, not evil,
that you may live.
Then the Lord God Almighty will be with you,
just as you say he is.
- He who finds a wife finds what is good
and receives favor from the Lord.
Proverbs 18:22blessingmarriage
- Finally, be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power.
Ephesians 6:10Godstrengthalmighty
- 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.
- Know also that wisdom is like honey for you:
If you find it, there is a future hope for you,
and your hope will not be cut off.
- I will walk about in freedom,
for I have sought out your precepts.
Self control
- Like a city whose walls are broken through
is a person who lacks self-control.
- For the Spirit God gave us does not make us timid, but gives us power, love and self-discipline.
2 Timothy 1:7lovestrengthSpirit
- Better a patient person than a warrior,
one with self-control than one who takes a city.
- For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith goodness; and to goodness, knowledge; and to knowledge, self-control; and to self-control, perseverance; and to perseverance, godliness; and to godliness, mutual affection; and to mutual affection, love.
2 Peter 1:5-7faithgoodnessrelationships
- But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law.
Galatians 5:22-23lawSpiritblessing
- The tongue has the power of life and death,
and those who love it will eat its fruit.
Proverbs 18:21speakingblessingfruitfulness
- My dear brothers and sisters, take note of this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry.
James 1:19speakinglisteninganger
- No temptation has overtaken you except what is common to mankind. And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can endure it.
1 Corinthians 10:13reliabilitytemptationaddiction
- So then, let us not be like others, who are asleep, but let us be awake and sober.
- Fools show their annoyance at once,
but the prudent overlook an insult.
- For the grace of God has appeared that offers salvation to all people. It teaches us to say “No” to ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright and godly lives in this present age.
Titus 2:11-12gracerighteousnesssalvation
- No, I strike a blow to my body and make it my slave so that after I have preached to others, I myself will not be disqualified for the prize.
1 Corinthians 9:27judgmentbody
- Fools give full vent to their rage,
but the wise bring calm in the end.
- Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will.
Romans 12:2blamelessobediencelife
- Everyone who competes in the games goes into strict training. They do it to get a crown that will not last, but we do it to get a crown that will last forever.
1 Corinthians 9:25rewardeternal life
- For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms.
Ephesians 6:12Spiritheavenevil
- I made a covenant with my eyes
not to look lustfully at a young woman.
Job 31:1desirescovenantthoughts
- Watch out that you do not lose what we have worked for, but that you may be rewarded fully.
- Do not turn to the right or the left;
keep your foot from evil.
Proverbs 4:27evilrighteousnessfollowing
- Do not deprive each other except perhaps by mutual consent and for a time, so that you may devote yourselves to prayer. Then come together again so that Satan will not tempt you because of your lack of self-control.
1 Corinthians 7:5marriagedevil
Selfishness
- Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility value others above yourselves.
Philippians 2:3humilityneighbor
- No one should seek their own good, but the good of others.
1 Corinthians 10:24loveneighbor
- Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs.
1 Corinthians 13:4-5lovepatienceanger
- For where you have envy and selfish ambition, there you find disorder and every evil practice.
- A generous person will prosper;
whoever refreshes others will be refreshed.
Proverbs 11:25generosityfoodgiving
- Each of us should please our neighbors for their good, to build them up.
Romans 15:2encouragementneighbor
- Fools find no pleasure in understanding
but delight in airing their own opinions.
- The second is this: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no commandment greater than these.
- Do not deceive yourselves. If any of you think you are wise by the standards of this age, you should become “fools” so that you may become wise.
1 Corinthians 3:18wisdomworldthoughts
- Turn my heart toward your statutes
and not toward selfish gain.
- Then he called the crowd to him along with his disciples and said: “Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me.”
Mark 8:34salvationJesusfollowing
- However, I consider my life worth nothing to me; my only aim is to finish the race and complete the task the Lord Jesus has given me—the task of testifying to the good news of God’s grace.
- I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I now live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.
Serving
- Therefore, my dear brothers and sisters, stand firm. Let nothing move you. Always give yourselves fully to the work of the Lord, because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain.
1 Corinthians 15:58obediencerewardencouragement
- Never be lacking in zeal, but keep your spiritual fervor, serving the Lord.
- Whoever serves me must follow me; and where I am, my servant also will be. My Father will honor the one who serves me.
John 12:26followingFatherJesus
- Sitting down, Jesus called the Twelve and said, “Anyone who wants to be first must be the very last, and the servant of all.”
Mark 9:35humilityJesusunderstanding
- For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.
Mark 10:45humilityJesussacrifice
- His master replied, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant! You have been faithful with a few things; I will put you in charge of many things. Come and share your master’s happiness!’
Matthew 25:21reliabilityrewardblessing
- All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, so that the servant of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work.
2 Timothy 3:16-17Word of Godlifeequipment
- It is the Lord your God you must follow, and him you must revere. Keep his commands and obey him; serve him and hold fast to him.
Deuteronomy 13:4awelisteningfollowing
- You, my brothers and sisters, were called to be free. But do not use your freedom to indulge the flesh; rather, serve one another humbly in love.
Galatians 5:13freedomhumilitydesires
- And now, Israel, what does the Lord your God ask of you but to fear the Lord your God, to walk in obedience to him, to love him, to serve the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul, and to observe the Lord’s commands and decrees that I am giving you today for your own good?
Deuteronomy 10:12-13lawaweblessing
- The Lord makes firm the steps
of the one who delights in him.
Psalm 37:23obediencetrustfollowing
- Just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.
Matthew 20:28Jesussacrificesalvation
- Now that I, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also should wash one another’s feet.
John 13:14humilityJesusneighbor
- But if serving the Lord seems undesirable to you, then choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your ancestors served beyond the Euphrates, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you are living. But as for me and my household, we will serve the Lord.
Joshua 24:15familyidolsfollowing
- Not so with you. Instead, whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant, and whoever wants to be first must be your slave.
Matthew 20:26-27humilityneighborslavery
- But be very careful to keep the commandment and the law that Moses the servant of the Lord gave you: to love the Lord your God, to walk in obedience to him, to keep his commands, to hold fast to him and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul.
- For we are co-workers in God’s service; you are God’s field, God’s building.
1 Corinthians 3:9churchevangelism
- No one can serve two masters. Either you will hate the one and love the other, or you will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.
Matthew 6:24moneydebtmaterialism
- Live as free people, but do not use your freedom as a cover-up for evil; live as God’s slaves.
- The Lord will rescue his servants;
no one who takes refuge in him will be condemned.
Psalm 34:22salvationlifeprotection
- 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.
- Do not offer any part of yourself to sin as an instrument of wickedness, but rather offer yourselves to God as those who have been brought from death to life; and offer every part of yourself to him as an instrument of righteousness.
Romans 6:13sinrighteousnesssacrifice
- How much more, then, will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself unblemished to God, cleanse our consciences from acts that lead to death, so that we may serve the living God!
Hebrews 9:14JesusSpiritpurification
Sickness
- Is anyone among you sick? Let them call the elders of the church to pray over them and anoint them with oil in the name of the Lord. And the prayer offered in faith will make the sick person well; the Lord will raise them up. If they have sinned, they will be forgiven.
James 5:14-15prayerfaithhealing
- Worship the Lord your God, and his blessing will be on your food and water. I will take away sickness from among you.
Exodus 23:25worshipblessinghealth
- Dear friend, I pray that you may enjoy good health and that all may go well with you, even as your soul is getting along well.
- He heals the brokenhearted
and binds up their wounds.
- A cheerful heart is good medicine,
but a crushed spirit dries up the bones.
Proverbs 17:22healingheartweakness
- Surely he took up our pain
and bore our suffering,
yet we considered him punished by God,
stricken by him, and afflicted.
Isaiah 53:4sufferingJesuscrucifixion
- If you listen carefully to the Lord your God and do what is right in his eyes, if you pay attention to his commands and keep all his decrees, I will not bring on you any of the diseases I brought on the Egyptians, for I am the Lord, who heals you.
Exodus 15:26listeninghealingrighteousness
- Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse those who have leprosy, drive out demons. Freely you have received; freely give.
Matthew 10:8healinggivingreceiving
- Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective.
James 5:16righteousnesshealingprayer
- Heal the sick who are there and tell them, ‘The kingdom of God has come near to you.’
Luke 10:9healingnearnesskingdom
- Hope deferred makes the heart sick,
but a longing fulfilled is a tree of life.
- Heal me, Lord, and I will be healed;
save me and I will be saved,
for you are the one I praise.
Jeremiah 17:14praisehealingsalvation
- When I kept silent,
my bones wasted away
through my groaning all day long.
Psalm 32:3sinconfessionspeaking
- The Lord gives sight to the blind,
the Lord lifts up those who are bowed down,
the Lord loves the righteous.
Psalm 146:8healingrighteousnesssadness
- He was despised and rejected by mankind,
a man of suffering, and familiar with pain.
Like one from whom people hide their faces
he was despised, and we held him in low esteem.
- And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, “Look! God’s dwelling place is now among the people, and he will dwell with them. They will be his people, and God himself will be with them and be their God. ‘He will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death’ or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away.”
Revelation 21:3-4Godsadnessworrying
Sin
- Or do you not know that wrongdoers will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral nor idolaters nor adulterers nor men who have sex with men nor thieves nor the greedy nor drunkards nor slanderers nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God.
1 Corinthians 6:9-10salvationkingdomidols
- If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness.
1 John 1:9purificationevilrepentance
- For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, and all are justified freely by his grace through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus.
Romans 3:23-24graceSaviorconfession
- Put to death, therefore, whatever belongs to your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires and greed, which is idolatry.
Colossians 3:5desiresmaterialismidols
- What then? Shall we sin because we are not under the law but under grace? By no means!
- If your brother or sister sins, go and point out their fault, just between the two of you. If they listen to you, you have won them over.
Matthew 18:15speakinglisteningreconciliation
- Direct my footsteps according to your word;
let no sin rule over me.
Psalm 119:133followingevildevil
- You adulterous people, don’t you know that friendship with the world means enmity against God? Therefore, anyone who chooses to be a friend of the world becomes an enemy of God.
- Have mercy on me, O God,
according to your unfailing love;
according to your great compassion
blot out my transgressions.
Wash away all my iniquity
and cleanse me from my sin.
- Whoever walks in integrity walks securely,
but whoever takes crooked paths will be found out.
- Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother’s eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye?
- A good man brings good things out of the good stored up in his heart, and an evil man brings evil things out of the evil stored up in his heart. For the mouth speaks what the heart is full of.
- Above all, love each other deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins.
- If we claim to have fellowship with him and yet walk in the darkness, we lie and do not live out the truth.
- Have nothing to do with the fruitless deeds of darkness, but rather expose them. It is shameful even to mention what the disobedient do in secret.
Ephesians 5:11-12speakingidolsfruitfulness
- Brothers and sisters, if someone is caught in a sin, you who live by the Spirit should restore that person gently. But watch yourselves, or you also may be tempted.
Galatians 6:1temptationdesiresconversion
- Blessed is the one
who does not walk in step with the wicked
or stand in the way that sinners take
or sit in the company of mockers.
Psalm 1:1righteousnessblessing
- “He himself bore our sins” in his body on the cross, so that we might die to sins and live for righteousness; “by his wounds you have been healed.”
1 Peter 2:24righteousnesshealingbody
- Come near to God and he will come near to you. Wash your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.
James 4:8purificationrighteousnessrepentance
- Out of the same mouth come praise and cursing. My brothers and sisters, this should not be.
James 3:10speakingworshipblessing
- He went on: “What comes out of a person is what defiles them. For it is from within, out of a person’s heart, that evil thoughts come—sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery, greed, malice, deceit, lewdness, envy, slander, arrogance and folly. All these evils come from inside and defile a person.”
Mark 7:20-23purificationtemptationanger
- So Christ was sacrificed once to take away the sins of many; and he will appear a second time, not to bear sin, but to bring salvation to those who are waiting for him.
Hebrews 9:28sacrificesalvation
- But among you there must not be even a hint of sexual immorality, or of any kind of impurity, or of greed, because these are improper for God’s holy people.
- Therefore no one will be declared righteous in God’s sight by the works of the law; rather, through the law we become conscious of our sin.
- For if you forgive other people when they sin against you, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.
- Remember, Lord, your great mercy and love,
for they are from of old.
Do not remember the sins of my youth
and my rebellious ways;
according to your love remember me,
for you, Lord, are good.
- Whoever conceals their sins does not prosper,
but the one who confesses and renounces them finds mercy.
Proverbs 28:13confessionmercyforgiveness
- Whoever sows to please their flesh, from the flesh will reap destruction; whoever sows to please the Spirit, from the Spirit will reap eternal life.
Galatians 6:8eternal lifeSpiritharvest
- Those who are in the realm of the flesh cannot please God.
- Jesus replied, “Very truly I tell you, everyone who sins is a slave to sin.”
- “In your anger do not sin”: Do not let the sun go down while you are still angry, and do not give the devil a foothold.
Ephesians 4:26-27angerevildevil
- The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law.
- For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Romans 6:23eternal liferewardjudgment
- Repent, then, and turn to God, so that your sins may be wiped out, that times of refreshing may come from the Lord.
Acts 3:19conversionforgivenessrepentance
- Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, love for the Father is not in them.
- Wash and make yourselves clean.
Take your evil deeds out of my sight;
stop doing wrong.
- What shall we say, then? Shall we go on sinning so that grace may increase? By no means! We are those who have died to sin; how can we live in it any longer?
- Repent! Turn away from all your offenses; then sin will not be your downfall.
Ezekiel 18:30bconversionpunishment
- So I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh.
- There is a way that appears to be right,
but in the end it leads to death.
Proverbs 14:12righteousnesslifethoughts
- Sin is not ended by multiplying words,
but the prudent hold their tongues.
- For sin shall no longer be your master, because you are not under the law, but under grace.
- God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.
2 Corinthians 5:21righteousnessmediator
- For where you have envy and selfish ambition, there you find disorder and every evil practice.
- Then I acknowledged my sin to you
and did not cover up my iniquity.
I said, “I will confess my transgressions to the Lord.”
And you forgave the guilt of my sin.
Psalm 32:5confessionforgivenessacknowledging
- We have sinned and done wrong. We have been wicked and have rebelled; we have turned away from your commands and laws.
- Do not offer any part of yourself to sin as an instrument of wickedness, but rather offer yourselves to God as those who have been brought from death to life; and offer every part of yourself to him as an instrument of righteousness.
Romans 6:13righteousnesssacrificeconversion
- But Scripture has locked up everything under the control of sin, so that what was promised, being given through faith in Jesus Christ, might be given to those who believe.
Galatians 3:22trustfaithpromises
- But he was pierced for our transgressions,
he was crushed for our iniquities;
the punishment that brought us peace was on him,
and by his wounds we are healed.
- That God was reconciling the world to himself in Christ, not counting people’s sins against them. And he has committed to us the message of reconciliation.
- Who is a God like you,
who pardons sin and forgives the transgression
of the remnant of his inheritance?
You do not stay angry forever
but delight to show mercy.
- What you have said in the dark will be heard in the daylight, and what you have whispered in the ear in the inner rooms will be proclaimed from the roofs.
Luke 12:3speakinglisteninglight
- If anyone sins and does what is forbidden in any of the Lord’s commands, even though they do not know it, they are guilty and will be held responsible.
- I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.
Luke 5:32repentanceconversionJesus
- Whoever keeps commandments keeps their life,
but whoever shows contempt for their ways will die.
- The name of the righteous is used in blessings,
but the name of the wicked will rot.
Proverbs 10:7righteousnessblessing
- You desire but do not have, so you kill. You covet but you cannot get what you want, so you quarrel and fight. You do not have because you do not ask God.
- “Come now, let us settle the matter,”
says the Lord.
“Though your sins are like scarlet,
they shall be as white as snow;
though they are red as crimson,
they shall be like wool.”
Isaiah 1:18forgivenesspurificationblood
- Blessed is the one
whose transgressions are forgiven,
whose sins are covered.
- He is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not only for ours but also for the sins of the whole world.
1 John 2:2Saviorforgivenessworld
- I tell you that in the same way there will be more rejoicing in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous persons who do not need to repent.
Luke 15:7conversionrepentancejoy
- In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, in accordance with the riches of God’s grace.
Ephesians 1:7Saviorforgivenessblood
- A wicked person earns deceptive wages,
but the one who sows righteousness reaps a sure reward.
Proverbs 11:18righteousnessreward
- Righteousness exalts a nation,
but sin condemns any people.
- When anyone becomes aware that they are guilty in any of these matters, they must confess in what way they have sinned.
- Everyone who sins breaks the law; in fact, sin is lawlessness.
- This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins.
1 John 4:10loveSaviorreconciliation
- I have hidden your word in my heart
that I might not sin against you.
- But if a wicked person turns away from all the sins they have committed and keeps all my decrees and does what is just and right, that person will surely live; they will not die.
Ezekiel 18:21conversionlawobedience
- Come back to your senses as you ought, and stop sinning; for there are some who are ignorant of God—I say this to your shame.
1 Corinthians 15:34righteousnessconversionunderstanding
- I have swept away your offenses like a cloud,
your sins like the morning mist.
Return to me,
for I have redeemed you.
Isaiah 44:22salvationconversionredeemer
- You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt loses its saltiness, how can it be made salty again? It is no longer good for anything, except to be thrown out and trampled underfoot.
Matthew 5:13obedienceevangelismaddiction
- All who sin apart from the law will also perish apart from the law, and all who sin under the law will be judged by the law.
Romans 2:12lawjudgmentpunishment
- As far as the east is from the west,
so far has he removed our transgressions from us.
- The way of the Lord is a refuge for the blameless,
but it is the ruin of those who do evil.
- When I kept silent,
my bones wasted away
through my groaning all day long.
Psalm 32:3confessionspeakingsickness
- Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles. And let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us.
- For what I received I passed on to you as of first importance: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures.
1 Corinthians 15:3-4sacrificeJesusresurrection
- This is the message we have heard from him and declare to you: God is light; in him there is no darkness at all.
- Therefore, since Christ suffered in his body, arm yourselves also with the same attitude, because whoever suffers in the body is done with sin.
- You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall not commit adultery.’ But I tell you that anyone who looks at a woman lustfully has already committed adultery with her in his heart.
Matthew 5:27-28marriagedesiresheart
- And now what are you waiting for? Get up, be baptized and wash your sins away, calling on his name.
- For if we have been united with him in a death like his, we will certainly also be united with him in a resurrection like his. For we know that our old self was crucified with him so that the body ruled by sin might be done away with, that we should no longer be slaves to sin.
Romans 6:5-6resurrectionaddictionslavery
- If your right eye causes you to stumble, gouge it out and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one part of your body than for your whole body to be thrown into hell.
- Help us, God our Savior,
for the glory of your name;
deliver us and forgive our sins
for your name’s sake.
Psalm 79:9salvationworshipredeemer
- The one who does what is sinful is of the devil, because the devil has been sinning from the beginning. The reason the Son of God appeared was to destroy the devil’s work.
- Is anyone among you sick? Let them call the elders of the church to pray over them and anoint them with oil in the name of the Lord. And the prayer offered in faith will make the sick person well; the Lord will raise them up. If they have sinned, they will be forgiven.
James 5:14-15sicknessprayerfaith
- But now that you have been set free from sin and have become slaves of God, the benefit you reap leads to holiness, and the result is eternal life.
Romans 6:22freedomredeemerholiness
- Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world.
James 1:27blamelesswidowsorphans
- The Son is the radiance of God’s glory and the exact representation of his being, sustaining all things by his powerful word. After he had provided purification for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty in heaven.
Hebrews 1:3purificationWord of God
- Then Peter came to Jesus and asked, “Lord, how many times shall I forgive my brother or sister who sins against me? Up to seven times?” Jesus answered, “I tell you, not seven times, but seventy-seven times.”
Matthew 18:21-22forgivenessneighbormercy
- And when you stand praying, if you hold anything against anyone, forgive them, so that your Father in heaven may forgive you your sins.
Mark 11:25prayerforgivenessFather
- Better is one day in your courts
than a thousand elsewhere;
I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God
than dwell in the tents of the wicked.
- For we do not have a high priest who is unable to empathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who has been tempted in every way, just as we are—yet he did not sin.
Hebrews 4:15temptationcompassionweakness
- Very rarely will anyone die for a righteous person, though for a good person someone might possibly dare to die. But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
- I will show the holiness of my great name, which has been profaned among the nations, the name you have profaned among them. Then the nations will know that I am the Lord, declares the Sovereign Lord, when I am proved holy through you before their eyes.
- Many will be purified, made spotless and refined, but the wicked will continue to be wicked. None of the wicked will understand, but those who are wise will understand.
Daniel 12:10purificationunderstandingwisdom
- But if you do not forgive others their sins, your Father will not forgive your sins.
- How much more, then, will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself unblemished to God, cleanse our consciences from acts that lead to death, so that we may serve the living God!
Hebrews 9:14JesusSpiritpurification
- For he has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of the Son he loves, in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.
- But the face of the Lord is against those who do evil,
to blot out their name from the earth.
- So that, just as sin reigned in death, so also grace might reign through righteousness to bring eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
- What shall we say, then? Is the law sinful? Certainly not! Nevertheless, I would not have known what sin was had it not been for the law. For I would not have known what coveting really was if the law had not said, “You shall not covet.”
- You belong to your father, the devil, and you want to carry out your father’s desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, not holding to the truth, for there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks his native language, for he is a liar and the father of lies.
- Then the eyes of both of them were opened, and they realized they were naked; so they sewed fig leaves together and made coverings for themselves.
- But the gift is not like the trespass. For if the many died by the trespass of the one man, how much more did God’s grace and the gift that came by the grace of the one man, Jesus Christ, overflow to the many!
Romans 5:15graceJesuspunishment
- Better the little that the righteous have
than the wealth of many wicked;
for the power of the wicked will be broken,
but the Lord upholds the righteous.
Psalm 37:16-17moneyrighteousness
- He reveals deep and hidden things;
he knows what lies in darkness,
and light dwells with him.
- When God raised up his servant, he sent him first to you to bless you by turning each of you from your wicked ways.
Acts 3:26resurrectionJesusblessing
- Who gave himself for us to redeem us from all wickedness and to purify for himself a people that are his very own, eager to do what is good.
Titus 2:14sacrificepurificationgoodness
- If your brother or sister sins against you, rebuke them; and if they repent, forgive them. Even if they sin against you seven times in a day and seven times come back to you saying ‘I repent,’ you must forgive them.
Luke 17:3b-4repentanceforgivenessspeaking
- For I will forgive their wickedness
and will remember their sins no more.
- And so I tell you, every kind of sin and slander can be forgiven, but blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven.
Singing
- But I will sing of your strength,
in the morning I will sing of your love;
for you are my fortress,
my refuge in times of trouble.
Psalm 59:16reliabilitystrengthprotection
- The Lord your God is with you,
the Mighty Warrior who saves.
He will take great delight in you;
in his love he will no longer rebuke you,
but will rejoice over you with singing.
- Because your love is better than life,
my lips will glorify you.
I will praise you as long as I live,
and in your name I will lift up my hands.
- Let the message of Christ dwell among you richly as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom through psalms, hymns, and songs from the Spirit, singing to God with gratitude in your hearts.
Colossians 3:16Word of Godlearningworship
- About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the other prisoners were listening to them.
Acts 16:25worshipprayerlistening
- You are my hiding place;
you will protect me from trouble
and surround me with songs of deliverance.
- Sing to God, sing in praise of his name,
extol him who rides on the clouds;
rejoice before him—his name is the Lord.
A father to the fatherless, a defender of widows,
is God in his holy dwelling.
Psalm 68:4-5holinesssafetyworship
- I will be glad and rejoice in you;
I will sing the praises of your name, O Most High.
- But I trust in your unfailing love;
my heart rejoices in your salvation.
I will sing the Lord’s praise,
for he has been good to me.
- My lips will shout for joy
when I sing praise to you—
I whom you have delivered.
Psalm 71:23worshipredeemersoul
- I will praise you, Lord, among the nations;
I will sing of you among the peoples.
- I cried out to him with my mouth;
his praise was on my tongue.
Psalm 66:17worshipprayerpraise
- God sets the lonely in families,
he leads out the prisoners with singing;
but the rebellious live in a sun-scorched land.
Psalm 68:6freedomobediencefriendship
- Because I rescued the poor who cried for help,
and the fatherless who had none to assist them.
The one who was dying blessed me;
I made the widow’s heart sing.
Job 29:12-13widowsorphanspoverty
Slavery
- It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery.
Galatians 5:1Jesusliferedeemer
- Jesus replied, “Very truly I tell you, everyone who sins is a slave to sin.”
- The Spirit you received does not make you slaves, so that you live in fear again; rather, the Spirit you received brought about your adoption to sonship. And by him we cry, “Abba, Father.”
- Remember that you were slaves in Egypt and that the Lord your God brought you out of there with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm. Therefore the Lord your God has commanded you to observe the Sabbath day.
- So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed.
- The rich rule over the poor,
and the borrower is slave to the lender.
- But now that you have been set free from sin and have become slaves of God, the benefit you reap leads to holiness, and the result is eternal life.
- Is not this the kind of fasting I have chosen:
to loose the chains of injustice
and untie the cords of the yoke,
to set the oppressed free
and break every yoke?
- Live as free people, but do not use your freedom as a cover-up for evil; live as God’s slaves.
- Teach slaves to be subject to their masters in everything, to try to please them, not to talk back to them, and not to steal from them, but to show that they can be fully trusted, so that in every way they will make the teaching about God our Savior attractive.
- Not so with you. Instead, whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant, and whoever wants to be first must be your slave.
Matthew 20:26-27humilityservingneighbor
- For if we have been united with him in a death like his, we will certainly also be united with him in a resurrection like his. For we know that our old self was crucified with him so that the body ruled by sin might be done away with, that we should no longer be slaves to sin.
Romans 6:5-6sinresurrectionaddiction
- The Spirit of the Lord is on me,
because he has anointed me
to proclaim good news to the poor.
He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners
and recovery of sight for the blind,
to set the oppressed free.
Luke 4:18Spiritevangelismfreedom
- There is neither Jew nor Gentile, neither slave nor free, nor is there male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.
Galatians 3:28Jesuscommunityunderstanding
- Diligent hands will rule,
but laziness ends in forced labor.
- For we were all baptized by one Spirit so as to form one body—whether Jews or Gentiles, slave or free—and we were all given the one Spirit to drink.
1 Corinthians 12:13baptismSpiritcommunity
Soul
- But if from there you seek the Lord your God, you will find him if you seek him with all your heart and with all your soul.
- What good will it be for someone to gain the whole world, yet forfeit their soul? Or what can anyone give in exchange for their soul?
Matthew 16:26materialismlifeworld
- Truly my soul finds rest in God;
my salvation comes from him.
- Why, my soul, are you downcast?
Why so disturbed within me?
Put your hope in God,
for I will yet praise him,
my Savior and my God.
- This is what the Lord says:
“Stand at the crossroads and look;
ask for the ancient paths,
ask where the good way is, and walk in it,
and you will find rest for your souls.
But you said, ‘We will not walk in it.’”
- Jesus replied: ‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’
- Dear friend, I pray that you may enjoy good health and that all may go well with you, even as your soul is getting along well.
3 John 1:2blessingprayersickness
- 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.
Psalm 139:13-14creationmiraclesbeauty
- You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart.
- You, God, are my God,
earnestly I seek you;
I thirst for you,
my whole being longs for you,
in a dry and parched land
where there is no water.
- Praise the Lord, my soul;
all my inmost being, praise his holy name.
Psalm 103:1holinessworshippraise
- Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Rather, be afraid of the One who can destroy both soul and body in hell.
- Gracious words are a honeycomb,
sweet to the soul and healing to the bones.
Proverbs 16:24gentlenessspeakingfood
- Save me, Lord,
from lying lips
and from deceitful tongues.
Psalm 120:2speakingredeemerlying
- I wait for the Lord, my whole being waits,
and in his word I put my hope.
- The law of the Lord is perfect,
refreshing the soul.
The statutes of the Lord are trustworthy,
making wise the simple.
Psalm 19:7lawwisdomWord of God
- But be very careful to keep the commandment and the law that Moses the servant of the Lord gave you: to love the Lord your God, to walk in obedience to him, to keep his commands, to hold fast to him and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul.
- My lips will shout for joy
when I sing praise to you—
I whom you have delivered.
Psalm 71:23worshipredeemersinging
- Now I am about to go the way of all the earth. You know with all your heart and soul that not one of all the good promises the Lord your God gave you has failed. Every promise has been fulfilled; not one has failed.
Joshua 23:14reliabilityheartdeath
Speaking
- The tongue has the power of life and death,
and those who love it will eat its fruit.
Proverbs 18:21blessingself-controlfruitfulness
- A good man brings good things out of the good stored up in his heart, and an evil man brings evil things out of the evil stored up in his heart. For the mouth speaks what the heart is full of.
- Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen.
- Those who guard their lips preserve their lives,
but those who speak rashly will come to ruin.
- Do not repay evil with evil or insult with insult. On the contrary, repay evil with blessing, because to this you were called so that you may inherit a blessing.
- The soothing tongue is a tree of life,
but a perverse tongue crushes the spirit.
Proverbs 15:4Spiritlyinggossip
- Even fools are thought wise if they keep silent,
and discerning if they hold their tongues.
- But I tell you that everyone will have to give account on the day of judgment for every empty word they have spoken.
- My dear brothers and sisters, take note of this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry.
James 1:19listeningangerself-control
- Sin is not ended by multiplying words,
but the prudent hold their tongues.
- Speak up for those who cannot speak for themselves,
for the rights of all who are destitute.
- A person finds joy in giving an apt reply—
and how good is a timely word!
- A gentle answer turns away wrath,
but a harsh word stirs up anger.
- Dear children, let us not love with words or speech but with actions and in truth.
- We all stumble in many ways. Anyone who is never at fault in what they say is perfect, able to keep their whole body in check.
- A gossip betrays a confidence,
but a trustworthy person keeps a secret.
Proverbs 11:13reliabilitygossiplying
- Words from the mouth of the wise are gracious,
but fools are consumed by their own lips.
- If your brother or sister sins, go and point out their fault, just between the two of you. If they listen to you, you have won them over.
Matthew 18:15sinlisteningreconciliation
- My mouth is filled with your praise,
declaring your splendor all day long.
- What you have said in the dark will be heard in the daylight, and what you have whispered in the ear in the inner rooms will be proclaimed from the roofs.
- Out of the same mouth come praise and cursing. My brothers and sisters, this should not be.
- If you declare with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.
Romans 10:9faithJesusconfession
- In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us through wordless groans.
Romans 8:26Spiritprayerweakness
- Plans fail for lack of counsel,
but with many advisers they succeed.
- And when you pray, do not keep on babbling like pagans, for they think they will be heard because of their many words.
- Give praise to the Lord, proclaim his name;
make known among the nations what he has done.
Psalm 105:1evangelismworshippraise
- Be wise in the way you act toward outsiders; make the most of every opportunity. Let your conversation be always full of grace, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how to answer everyone.
Colossians 4:5-6gentlenesswisdom
- So is my word that goes out from my mouth:
It will not return to me empty,
but will accomplish what I desire
and achieve the purpose for which I sent it.
Isaiah 55:11Word of Godreliabilityfruitfulness
- Gracious words are a honeycomb,
sweet to the soul and healing to the bones.
Proverbs 16:24gentlenesssoulfood
- Fools find no pleasure in understanding
but delight in airing their own opinions.
Proverbs 18:2wisdomselfishness
- Save me, Lord,
from lying lips
and from deceitful tongues.
- May these words of my mouth and this meditation of my heart
be pleasing in your sight,
Lord, my Rock and my Redeemer.
- With their mouths the godless destroy their neighbors,
but through knowledge the righteous escape.
Proverbs 11:9righteousnesswisdomgossip
- All hard work brings a profit,
but mere talk leads only to poverty.
Proverbs 14:23reliabilityencouragementpoverty
- The lips of the righteous know what finds favor,
but the mouth of the wicked only what is perverse.
Proverbs 10:32truthrighteousnesslying
- If I speak in the tongues of men or of angels, but do not have love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal.
- Keep your tongue from evil
and your lips from telling lies.
- And whatever you do, whether in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.
Colossians 3:17gratitudefollowingwork
- The lips of fools bring them strife,
and their mouths invite a beating.
- Anxiety weighs down the heart,
but a kind word cheers it up.
- Keep your mouth free of perversity;
keep corrupt talk far from your lips.
- It is to one’s honor to avoid strife,
but every fool is quick to quarrel.
- Above all, my brothers and sisters, do not swear—not by heaven or by earth or by anything else. All you need to say is a simple “Yes” or “No.” Otherwise you will be condemned.
James 5:12honestytruthjudgment
- Have nothing to do with the fruitless deeds of darkness, but rather expose them. It is shameful even to mention what the disobedient do in secret.
Ephesians 5:11-12sinidolsfruitfulness
- Whoever conceals hatred with lying lips
and spreads slander is a fool.
- You, however, must teach what is appropriate to sound doctrine.
- Jesus replied, “Truly I tell you, if you have faith and do not doubt, not only can you do what was done to the fig tree, but also you can say to this mountain, ‘Go, throw yourself into the sea,’ and it will be done.”
Matthew 21:21faithmiraclestrust
- The tongue of the righteous is choice silver,
but the heart of the wicked is of little value.
Proverbs 10:20valuablerighteousness
- Whenever you are arrested and brought to trial, do not worry beforehand about what to say. Just say whatever is given you at the time, for it is not you speaking, but the Holy Spirit.
Mark 13:11SpiritworryingHoly Spirit
- For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you profess your faith and are saved.
- Blessings crown the head of the righteous,
but violence overwhelms the mouth of the wicked.
Proverbs 10:6righteousnessblessing
- In my distress I called to the Lord;
I cried to my God for help.
From his temple he heard my voice;
my cry came before him, into his ears.
- Speak up and judge fairly;
defend the rights of the poor and needy.
Proverbs 31:9righteousnessgivingwidows
- When I kept silent,
my bones wasted away
through my groaning all day long.
Psalm 32:3sinconfessionsickness
- They saw what seemed to be tongues of fire that separated and came to rest on each of them. All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit enabled them.
Acts 2:3-4SpiritpentecostHoly Spirit
- Before a word is on my tongue
you, Lord, know it completely.
Psalm 139:4almightyunderstanding
- I will give thanks to you, Lord, with all my heart;
I will tell of all your wonderful deeds.
Psalm 9:1worshipgratitudemiracles
- By the word of the Lord the heavens were made,
their starry host by the breath of his mouth.
- I will extol the Lord at all times;
his praise will always be on my lips.
Psalm 34:1worshipblessingpraise
- For prophecy never had its origin in the human will, but prophets, though human, spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit.
2 Peter 1:21prophecySpiritHoly Spirit
- I have not departed from the commands of his lips;
I have treasured the words of his mouth more than my daily bread.
Job 23:12lawobedienceWord of God
- The Lord detests lying lips,
but he delights in people who are trustworthy.
Proverbs 12:22lyinghonestytruth
- I fell to the ground and heard a voice say to me, ‘Saul! Saul! Why do you persecute me?’
- You are already clean because of the word I have spoken to you.
John 15:3purificationWord of Godevil
- In that day you will say:
“Give praise to the Lord, proclaim his name;
make known among the nations what he has done,
and proclaim that his name is exalted.”
Isaiah 12:4evangelismworshippraise
- And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light.
- After they prayed, the place where they were meeting was shaken. And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and spoke the word of God boldly.
Acts 4:31pentecostHoly Spiritprayer
- If your brother or sister sins against you, rebuke them; and if they repent, forgive them. Even if they sin against you seven times in a day and seven times come back to you saying ‘I repent,’ you must forgive them.
Luke 17:3b-4sinrepentanceforgiveness
- Eloquent lips are unsuited to a godless fool—
how much worse lying lips to a ruler!
- You may say to yourselves, “How can we know when a message has not been spoken by the Lord?” If what a prophet proclaims in the name of the Lord does not take place or come true, that is a message the Lord has not spoken. That prophet has spoken presumptuously, so do not be alarmed.
Spirit
- I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love.
- May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.
Romans 15:13faithhopeHoly Spirit
- Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.
2 Corinthians 3:17freedomHoly Spirit
- But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law.
Galatians 5:22-23lawblessinggentleness
- Do you not know that your bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; you were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your bodies.
1 Corinthians 6:19-20worshiplifehealth
- This is how we know that we live in him and he in us: He has given us of his Spirit.
- God is spirit, and his worshipers must worship in the Spirit and in truth.
- Since we live by the Spirit, let us keep in step with the Spirit.
- They saw what seemed to be tongues of fire that separated and came to rest on each of them. All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit enabled them.
Acts 2:3-4speakingpentecostHoly Spirit
- For the Spirit God gave us does not make us timid, but gives us power, love and self-discipline.
2 Timothy 1:7loveself-controlstrength
- In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us through wordless groans.
Romans 8:26speakingprayerweakness
- The Spirit of the Sovereign Lord is on me,
because the Lord has anointed me
to proclaim 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.
Isaiah 61:1hoperedeemerfreedom
- If you then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!
Luke 11:13prayerfamilygenerosity
- Don’t you know that you yourselves are God’s temple and that God’s Spirit dwells in your midst?
1 Corinthians 3:16holinessHoly Spiritchurch
- For those who are led by the Spirit of God are the children of God.
- And hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, who has been given to us.
- This is the word of the Lord to Zerubbabel: ‘Not by might nor by power, but by my Spirit,’ says the Lord Almighty.
Zechariah 4:6GodstrengthHoly Spirit
- Dear friends, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world.
- But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.
Acts 1:8evangelismstrengthpentecost
- I keep asking that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, may give you the Spirit of wisdom and revelation, so that you may know him better.
Ephesians 1:17wisdomunderstanding
- And I will put my Spirit in you and move you to follow my decrees and be careful to keep my laws.
Ezekiel 36:27lawfollowingHoly Spirit
- The Spirit himself testifies with our spirit that we are God’s children.
- Teach me to do your will,
for you are my God;
may your good Spirit
lead me on level ground.
Psalm 143:10learningobedienceHoly Spirit
- The mind governed by the flesh is death, but the mind governed by the Spirit is life and peace.
- For the flesh desires what is contrary to the Spirit, and the Spirit what is contrary to the flesh. They are in conflict with each other, so that you are not to do whatever you want.
- In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters.
Genesis 1:1-2creationheavenHoly Spirit
- And we all, who with unveiled faces contemplate the Lord’s glory, are being transformed into his image with ever-increasing glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit.
2 Corinthians 3:18transformation
- The Spirit you received does not make you slaves, so that you live in fear again; rather, the Spirit you received brought about your adoption to sonship. And by him we cry, “Abba, Father.”
Romans 8:15fearchildrenslavery
- For who knows a person’s thoughts except their own spirit within them? In the same way no one knows the thoughts of God except the Spirit of God.
1 Corinthians 2:11Holy Spiritthoughtsunderstanding
- For I know that through your prayers and God’s provision of the Spirit of Jesus Christ what has happened to me will turn out for my deliverance.
Philippians 1:19salvationprayer
- Never be lacking in zeal, but keep your spiritual fervor, serving the Lord.
- So I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh.
- Peter replied, “Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins. And you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.”
Acts 2:38forgivenessbaptismconversion
- We are witnesses of these things, and so is the Holy Spirit, whom God has given to those who obey him.
Acts 5:32obediencereceivingHoly Spirit
- Whenever you are arrested and brought to trial, do not worry beforehand about what to say. Just say whatever is given you at the time, for it is not you speaking, but the Holy Spirit.
Mark 13:11speakingworryingHoly Spirit
- Make every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace.
- For prophecy never had its origin in the human will, but prophets, though human, spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit.
2 Peter 1:21prophecyspeakingHoly Spirit
- Where can I go from your Spirit?
Where can I flee from your presence?
If I go up to the heavens, you are there;
if I make my bed in the depths, you are there.
- While they were worshiping the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, “Set apart for me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them.”
- When all the people were being baptized, Jesus was baptized too. And as he was praying, heaven was opened and the Holy Spirit descended on him in bodily form like a dove. And a voice came from heaven: “You are my Son, whom I love; with you I am well pleased.”
Luke 3:21-22baptismprayerJesus
- Create in me a pure heart, O God,
and renew a steadfast spirit within me.
- And I myself did not know him, but the one who sent me to baptize with water told me, ‘The man on whom you see the Spirit come down and remain is the one who will baptize with the Holy Spirit.’
John 1:33JesusbaptismHoly Spirit
- I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you.
John 14:18comforterJesusreliability
- And if the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead is living in you, he who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies because of his Spirit who lives in you.
- I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you; I will remove from you your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh.
- When the day of Pentecost came, they were all together in one place. Suddenly a sound like the blowing of a violent wind came from heaven and filled the whole house where they were sitting.
- For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms.
Ephesians 6:12heavenevilself-control
- The one who keeps God’s commands lives in him, and he in them. And this is how we know that he lives in us: We know it by the Spirit he gave us.
- So again I ask, does God give you his Spirit and work miracles among you by the works of the law, or by your believing what you heard?
- And so I tell you, every kind of sin and slander can be forgiven, but blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven.
- These are the things God has revealed to us by his Spirit. The Spirit searches all things, even the deep things of God.
1 Corinthians 2:10Godplanningunderstanding
- Flesh gives birth to flesh, but the Spirit gives birth to spirit.
- Jesus answered, “Very truly I tell you, no one can enter the kingdom of God unless they are born of water and the Spirit.”
- The soothing tongue is a tree of life,
but a perverse tongue crushes the spirit.
Proverbs 15:4speakinglyinggossip
- There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called to one hope when you were called.
- Whoever sows to please their flesh, from the flesh will reap destruction; whoever sows to please the Spirit, from the Spirit will reap eternal life.
Galatians 6:8sineternal lifeharvest
- Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us, to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever! Amen.
Ephesians 3:20-21humilityworshipstrength
- But very truly I tell you, it is for your good that I am going away. Unless I go away, the Advocate will not come to you; but if I go, I will send him to you.
John 16:7comforterreceivingtruth
- For we were all baptized by one Spirit so as to form one body—whether Jews or Gentiles, slave or free—and we were all given the one Spirit to drink.
1 Corinthians 12:13baptismcommunityslavery
- And he who searches our hearts knows the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for God’s people in accordance with the will of God.
- Therefore, with minds that are alert and fully sober, set your hope on the grace to be brought to you when Jesus Christ is revealed at his coming.
1 Peter 1:13graceJesusthoughts
- The Spirit of the Lord is on me,
because he has anointed me
to proclaim good news to the poor.
He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners
and recovery of sight for the blind,
to set the oppressed free.
Luke 4:18evangelismfreedomhealing
- Repent at my rebuke!
Then I will pour out my thoughts to you,
I will make known to you my teachings.
Proverbs 1:23conversionrepentancewisdom
- How much more, then, will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself unblemished to God, cleanse our consciences from acts that lead to death, so that we may serve the living God!
Hebrews 9:14Jesuspurificationsacrifice
- Beyond all question, the mystery from which true godliness springs is great:
He appeared in the flesh,
was vindicated by the Spirit,
was seen by angels,
was preached among the nations,
was believed on in the world,
was taken up in glory.
1 Timothy 3:16Jesusangelsevangelism
- Jesus called out with a loud voice, “Father, into your hands I commit my spirit.” When he had said this, he breathed his last.
- When he had received the drink, Jesus said, “It is finished.” With that, he bowed his head and gave up his spirit.
Strength
- So do not fear, for I am with you;
do not be dismayed, for I am your God.
I will strengthen you and help you;
I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.
Isaiah 41:10fearworryingequipment
- But those who hope in the Lord
will renew their strength.
They will soar on wings like eagles;
they will run and not grow weary,
they will walk and not be faint.
Isaiah 40:31hopeencouragementpromises
- My flesh and my heart may fail,
but God is the strength of my heart
and my portion forever.
Psalm 73:26lifedependenceweakness
- I can do all this through him who gives me strength.
Philippians 4:13Godprotectionweakness
- He gives strength to the weary
and increases the power of the weak.
Isaiah 40:29dependenceequipmentgenerosity
- That is why, for Christ’s sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong.
2 Corinthians 12:10joypersecutionweakness
- For the Spirit God gave us does not make us timid, but gives us power, love and self-discipline.
2 Timothy 1:7loveself-controlSpirit
- I love you, Lord, my strength.
The Lord is my rock, my fortress and my deliverer;
my God is my rock, in whom I take refuge,
my shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.
- Look to the Lord and his strength;
seek his face always.
1 Chronicles 16:11seekingnearness
- But the Lord is faithful, and he will strengthen you and protect you from the evil one.
2 Thessalonians 3:3reliabilitysafetydevil
- Be on your guard; stand firm in the faith; be courageous; be strong.
1 Corinthians 16:13faithcourageencouragement
- But I will sing of your strength,
in the morning I will sing of your love;
for you are my fortress,
my refuge in times of trouble.
Psalm 59:16reliabilityprotectionsinging
- Ah, Sovereign Lord, you have made the heavens and the earth by your great power and outstretched arm. Nothing is too hard for you.
Jeremiah 32:17creationheavenalmighty
- The Sovereign Lord is my strength;
he makes my feet like the feet of a deer,
he enables me to tread on the heights.
Habakkuk 3:19blessingequipment
- The Lord is my strength and my shield;
my heart trusts in him, and he helps me.
My heart leaps for joy,
and with my song I praise him.
- Finally, be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power.
Ephesians 6:10Godseekingalmighty
- For the word of God is alive and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart.
Hebrews 4:12Word of Godthoughts
- Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us, to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever! Amen.
Ephesians 3:20-21humilityworshipSpirit
- Yours, Lord, is the greatness and the power
and the glory and the majesty and the splendor,
for everything in heaven and earth is yours.
Yours, Lord, is the kingdom;
you are exalted as head over all.
1 Chronicles 29:11worshipkingdomalmighty
- Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.
- This is the word of the Lord to Zerubbabel: ‘Not by might nor by power, but by my Spirit,’ says the Lord Almighty.
Zechariah 4:6GodSpiritHoly Spirit
- For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.
1 Corinthians 1:18salvationcrucifixion
- For who is God besides the Lord?
And who is the Rock except our God?
- For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities—his eternal power and divine nature—have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that people are without excuse.
- It was not by their sword that they won the land,
nor did their arm bring them victory;
it was your right hand, your arm,
and the light of your face, for you loved them.
- For in Christ all the fullness of the Deity lives in bodily form, and in Christ you have been brought to fullness. He is the head over every power and authority.
Colossians 2:9-10Jesusequipment
- The Lord gives strength to his people;
the Lord blesses his people with peace.
- But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me.
2 Corinthians 12:9graceweaknessJesus
- Though one may be overpowered,
two can defend themselves.
A cord of three strands is not quickly broken.
Ecclesiastes 4:12relationshipsfriendship
- Wealth and honor come from you;
you are the ruler of all things.
In your hands are strength and power
to exalt and give strength to all.
1 Chronicles 29:12almightymoney
- You then, my son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus.
- The Almighty is beyond our reach and exalted in power;
in his justice and great righteousness, he does not oppress.
- His divine power has given us everything we need for a godly life through our knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and goodness.
- Who has done this and carried it through,
calling forth the generations from the beginning?
I, the Lord—with the first of them
and with the last—I am he.
- But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.
Acts 1:8evangelismSpiritpentecost
- I long to see you so that I may impart to you some spiritual gift to make you strong— that is, that you and I may be mutually encouraged by each other’s faith.
Romans 1:11-12friendshipencouragementfaith
- I will strengthen Judah
and save the tribes of Joseph.
I will restore them
because I have compassion on them.
They will be as though
I had not rejected them,
for I am the Lord their God
and I will answer them.
Zechariah 10:6prayerlisteningcompassion
- The angel answered, “The Holy Spirit will come on you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. So the holy one to be born will be called the Son of God.”
Suffering
- And the God of all grace, who called you to his eternal glory in Christ, after you have suffered a little while, will himself restore you and make you strong, firm and steadfast.
1 Peter 5:10graceeternal lifepromises
- Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves receive from God.
2 Corinthians 1:3-4worshipencouragementcomforter
- Not only so, but we also glory in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character; and character, hope.
- I consider that our present sufferings are not worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed in us.
Romans 8:18eternal lifesalvation
- The righteous person may have many troubles,
but the Lord delivers him from them all.
Psalm 34:19righteousnessredeemerfreedom
- For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all.
2 Corinthians 4:17eternal lifeencouragementreward
- Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword?
Romans 8:35lovepersecutionpoverty
- Therefore, since Christ suffered in his body, arm yourselves also with the same attitude, because whoever suffers in the body is done with sin.
- But even if you should suffer for what is right, you are blessed. “Do not fear their threats; do not be frightened.”
- For it has been granted to you on behalf of Christ not only to believe in him, but also to suffer for him.
Philippians 1:29gracefaithmercy
- Carry each other’s burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ.
- He was despised and rejected by mankind,
a man of suffering, and familiar with pain.
Like one from whom people hide their faces
he was despised, and we held him in low esteem.
- Surely he took up our pain
and bore our suffering,
yet we considered him punished by God,
stricken by him, and afflicted.
Isaiah 53:4Jesussicknesscrucifixion
- Whoever does not take up their cross and follow me is not worthy of me.
Matthew 10:38Jesusfollowingcrucifixion
- I want to know Christ—yes, to know the power of his resurrection and participation in his sufferings, becoming like him in his death.
Philippians 3:10Jesusresurrection
- For just as we share abundantly in the sufferings of Christ, so also our comfort abounds through Christ.
2 Corinthians 1:5comforterJesusencouragement
- To this you were called, because Christ suffered for you, leaving you an example, that you should follow in his steps.
1 Peter 2:21followingcallingobedience
- At this, Job got up and tore his robe and shaved his head. Then he fell to the ground in worship and said:
“Naked I came from my mother’s womb,
and naked I will depart.
The Lord gave and the Lord has taken away;
may the name of the Lord be praised.”
Job 1:20-21worshipsadnessworrying
- Whoever finds their life will lose it, and whoever loses their life for my sake will find it.
- He humbled you, causing you to hunger and then feeding you with manna, which neither you nor your ancestors had known, to teach you that man does not live on bread alone but on every word that comes from the mouth of the Lord.
Deuteronomy 8:3Word of Godlifefood
- If I give all I possess to the poor and give over my body to hardship that I may boast, but do not have love, I gain nothing.
1 Corinthians 13:3lovegivingpride
- They stripped him and put a scarlet robe on him, and then twisted together a crown of thorns and set it on his head. They put a staff in his right hand. Then they knelt in front of him and mocked him. “Hail, king of the Jews!” they said.
Matthew 27:28-29sacrificeeaster
- Blessed is the one whom God corrects;
so do not despise the discipline of the Almighty.
- In Hades, where he was in torment, he looked up and saw Abraham far away, with Lazarus by his side. So he called to him, ‘Father Abraham, have pity on me and send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue, because I am in agony in this fire.’
- But God has helped me to this very day; so I stand here and testify to small and great alike. I am saying nothing beyond what the prophets and Moses said would happen— that the Messiah would suffer and, as the first to rise from the dead, would bring the message of light to his own people and to the Gentiles.
Acts 26:22-23evangelismresurrectionSavior
Temptation
- No temptation has overtaken you except what is common to mankind. And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can endure it.
1 Corinthians 10:13reliabilityaddictiondesires
- Blessed is the one who perseveres under trial because, having stood the test, that person will receive the crown of life that the Lord has promised to those who love him.
- Can a man walk on hot coals
without his feet being scorched?
- Watch and pray so that you will not fall into temptation. The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.
Matthew 26:41prayerdesiresaddiction
- He went on: “What comes out of a person is what defiles them. For it is from within, out of a person’s heart, that evil thoughts come—sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery, greed, malice, deceit, lewdness, envy, slander, arrogance and folly. All these evils come from inside and defile a person.”
Mark 7:20-23sinpurificationanger
- When tempted, no one should say, “God is tempting me.” For God cannot be tempted by evil, nor does he tempt anyone.
James 1:13desiresunderstanding
- All my longings lie open before you, Lord;
my sighing is not hidden from you.
- And lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from the evil one.
Matthew 6:13desiresevilprotection
- Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, left the Jordan and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness, where for forty days he was tempted by the devil. He ate nothing during those days, and at the end of them he was hungry.
- Because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance.
- Brothers and sisters, if someone is caught in a sin, you who live by the Spirit should restore that person gently. But watch yourselves, or you also may be tempted.
Galatians 6:1sindesiresconversion
- For we do not have a high priest who is unable to empathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who has been tempted in every way, just as we are—yet he did not sin.
Hebrews 4:15sincompassionweakness
- The seed falling among the thorns refers to someone who hears the word, but the worries of this life and the deceitfulness of wealth choke the word, making it unfruitful.
Matthew 13:22Word of Godworryingmoney
- If this is so, then the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from trials and to hold the unrighteous for punishment on the day of judgment.
2 Peter 2:9judgmentpunishmentsalvation
- Therefore put on the full armor of God, so that when the day of evil comes, you may be able to stand your ground, and after you have done everything, to stand.
Ephesians 6:13protectionevildevil
- Rather, clothe yourselves with the Lord Jesus Christ, and do not think about how to gratify the desires of the flesh.
Romans 13:14desiresaddictionJesus
Thoughts
- Search me, God, and know my heart;
test me and know my anxious thoughts.
See if there is any offensive way in me,
and lead me in the way everlasting.
Psalm 139:23-24eternal lifeholinessrighteousness
- He went on: “What comes out of a person is what defiles them. For it is from within, out of a person’s heart, that evil thoughts come—sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery, greed, malice, deceit, lewdness, envy, slander, arrogance and folly. All these evils come from inside and defile a person.”
Mark 7:20-23sinpurificationtemptation
- Commit to the Lord whatever you do,
and he will establish your plans.
Proverbs 16:3trustplanningblessing
- “For my thoughts are not your thoughts,
neither are your ways my ways,”
declares the Lord.
- Above all else, guard your heart,
for everything you do flows from it.
Proverbs 4:23lifeheartprotection
- Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will.
Romans 12:2blamelessobediencelife
- Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things.
Philippians 4:8truthrighteousnesspraise
- You have searched me, Lord,
and you know me.
You know when I sit and when I rise;
you perceive my thoughts from afar.
Psalm 139:1-2seekingunderstanding
- A person may think their own ways are right,
but the Lord weighs the heart.
Proverbs 21:2righteousnessjudgmentunderstanding
- For the word of God is alive and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart.
Hebrews 4:12Word of Godstrength
- I appeal to you, brothers and sisters, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you agree with one another in what you say and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be perfectly united in mind and thought.
1 Corinthians 1:10communityfamilytransformation
- Give careful thought to the paths for your feet
and be steadfast in all your ways.
- For who knows a person’s thoughts except their own spirit within them? In the same way no one knows the thoughts of God except the Spirit of God.
1 Corinthians 2:11SpiritHoly Spiritunderstanding
- Do not deceive yourselves. If any of you think you are wise by the standards of this age, you should become “fools” so that you may become wise.
1 Corinthians 3:18wisdomworldselfishness
- I made a covenant with my eyes
not to look lustfully at a young woman.
Job 31:1desiresself-controlcovenant
- There is a way that appears to be right,
but in the end it leads to death.
Proverbs 14:12righteousnesslifesin
- Therefore, with minds that are alert and fully sober, set your hope on the grace to be brought to you when Jesus Christ is revealed at his coming.
- And when you pray, do not keep on babbling like pagans, for they think they will be heard because of their many words.
- Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes?
- Let the wicked forsake their ways
and the unrighteous their thoughts.
Let them turn to the Lord, and he will have mercy on them,
and to our God, for he will freely pardon.
Isaiah 55:7righteousnessconversionforgiveness
- For by the grace given me I say to every one of you: Do not think of yourself more highly than you ought, but rather think of yourself with sober judgment, in accordance with the faith God has distributed to each of you.
- Do not worry about your life, what you will eat; or about your body, what you will wear. For life is more than food, and the body more than clothes.
Luke 12:22b-23worryingfoodlife
- Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us, to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever! Amen.
Ephesians 3:20-21humilityworshipstrength
Transformation
- And we all, who with unveiled faces contemplate the Lord’s glory, are being transformed into his image with ever-increasing glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit.
- Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will.
Romans 12:2blamelessobediencelife
- May the Lord direct your hearts into God’s love and Christ’s perseverance.
2 Thessalonians 3:5lovefollowingfaithfulness
- But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law.
Galatians 5:22-23lawSpiritblessing
- Put to death, therefore, whatever belongs to your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires and greed, which is idolatry.
Colossians 3:5sindesiresmaterialism
- I appeal to you, brothers and sisters, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you agree with one another in what you say and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be perfectly united in mind and thought.
1 Corinthians 1:10communityfamilyblameless
- But whoever drinks the water I give them will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give them will become in them a spring of water welling up to eternal life.
John 4:14eternal lifereceiving
- Rend your heart
and not your garments.
Return to the Lord your God,
for he is gracious and compassionate,
slow to anger and abounding in love,
and he relents from sending calamity.
- Repent, then, and turn to God, so that your sins may be wiped out, that times of refreshing may come from the Lord.
Acts 3:19conversionsinforgiveness
- Do not lie to each other, since you have taken off your old self with its practices and have put on the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge in the image of its Creator.
Colossians 3:9-10lyinglifeconversion
- You see, at just the right time, when we were still powerless, Christ died for the ungodly.
- From that time on Jesus began to preach, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven has come near.”
Matthew 4:17Jesusconversionevangelism
- Peter replied, “Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins. And you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.”
Acts 2:38forgivenessSpiritbaptism
Trust
- Trust in the Lord with all your heart
and lean not on your own understanding;
in all your ways submit to him,
and he will make your paths straight.
Proverbs 3:5-6dependenceheartequipment
- But blessed is the one who trusts in the Lord,
whose confidence is in him.
They will be like a tree planted by the water
that sends out its roots by the stream.
It does not fear when heat comes;
its leaves are always green.
It has no worries in a year of drought
and never fails to bear fruit.
Jeremiah 17:7-8blessingfruitfulness
- When I am afraid, I put my trust in you.
- Commit to the Lord whatever you do,
and he will establish your plans.
Proverbs 16:3planningblessingwork
- When you pass through the waters,
I will be with you;
and when you pass through the rivers,
they will not sweep over you.
When you walk through the fire,
you will not be burned;
the flames will not set you ablaze.
Isaiah 43:2encouragementpromises
- Let the morning bring me word of your unfailing love,
for I have put my trust in you.
Show me the way I should go,
for to you I entrust my life.
- This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us.
- Whoever dwells in the shelter 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.”
Psalm 91:1-2safetyrestalmighty
- For we live by faith, not by sight.
- My salvation and my honor depend on God;
he is my mighty rock, my refuge.
- But when you ask, you must believe and not doubt, because the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind.
- He will not let your foot slip—
he who watches over you will not slumber.
Psalm 121:3reliabilitydependence
- 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?
Matthew 6:26valuableFatherwork
- The Lord is near to all who call on him,
to all who call on him in truth.
- So we say with confidence,
“The Lord is my helper; I will not be afraid.
What can mere mortals do to me?”
- Fear of man will prove to be a snare,
but whoever trusts in the Lord is kept safe.
- Whom have I in heaven but you?
And earth has nothing I desire besides you.
- And my God will meet all your needs according to the riches of his glory in Christ Jesus.
- Whoever gives heed to instruction prospers,
and blessed is the one who trusts in the Lord.
Proverbs 16:20blessinglistening
- Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, because God has said, “Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you.”
Hebrews 13:5moneymaterialismdebt
- Trust in the Lord and do good;
dwell in the land and enjoy safe pasture.
- Commit your way to the Lord;
trust in him and he will do this:
He will make your righteous reward shine like the dawn,
your vindication like the noonday sun.
Psalm 37:5-6righteousnesslifelight
- And so we know and rely on the love God has for us. God is love. Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in them.
- In God, whose word I praise—
in God I trust and am not afraid.
What can mere mortals do to me?
Psalm 56:4fearWord of Godpraise
- How abundant are the good things
that you have stored up for those who fear you,
that you bestow in the sight of all,
on those who take refuge in you.
- Dear friends, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world.
- Wait for the Lord;
be strong and take heart
and wait for the Lord.
- The Lord is good,
a refuge in times of trouble.
He cares for those who trust in him.
Nahum 1:7protectiongoodnesssafety
- And if we know that he hears us—whatever we ask—we know that we have what we asked of him.
- It is better to take refuge in the Lord
than to trust in humans.
- Do not let your hearts be troubled. You believe in God; believe also in me.
- The Lord is my strength and my shield;
my heart trusts in him, and he helps me.
My heart leaps for joy,
and with my song I praise him.
Psalm 28:7worshipstrengthpraise
- You will keep in perfect peace
those whose minds are steadfast,
because they trust in you.
- Dear friends, if our hearts do not condemn us, we have confidence before God and receive from him anything we ask, because we keep his commands and do what pleases him.
- Those who know your name trust in you,
for you, Lord, have never forsaken those who seek you.
- But if we hope for what we do not yet have, we wait for it patiently.
- Keep me safe, my God,
for in you I take refuge.
Psalm 16:1dependenceprotection
- I am not saying this because I am in need, for I have learned to be content whatever the circumstances.
Philippians 4:11dependencecontentment
- He replied, “Because you have so little faith. Truly I tell you, if you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you.”
- But I trust in your unfailing love;
my heart rejoices in your salvation.
I will sing the Lord’s praise,
for he has been good to me.
Psalm 13:5-6worshipheartsinging
- May your unfailing love be with us, Lord,
even as we put our hope in you.
- The Lord makes firm the steps
of the one who delights in him.
Psalm 37:23servingobediencefollowing
- Though an army besiege me,
my heart will not fear;
though war break out against me,
even then I will be confident.
- Truly I tell you, if anyone says to this mountain, ‘Go, throw yourself into the sea,’ and does not doubt in their heart but believes that what they say will happen, it will be done for them.
- “Though the mountains be shaken
and the hills be removed,
yet my unfailing love for you will not be shaken
nor my covenant of peace be removed,”
says the Lord, who has compassion on you.
Isaiah 54:10lovepeacereliability
- Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.
1 Corinthians 13:6-7lovetruthevil
- I remain confident of this:
I will see the goodness of the Lord
in the land of the living.
- We have come to share in Christ, if indeed we hold our original conviction firmly to the very end.
- And by faith even Sarah, who was past childbearing age, was enabled to bear children because she considered him faithful who had made the promise.
Hebrews 11:11faithrewardfruitfulness
- But Scripture has locked up everything under the control of sin, so that what was promised, being given through faith in Jesus Christ, might be given to those who believe.
- Jesus replied, “Truly I tell you, if you have faith and do not doubt, not only can you do what was done to the fig tree, but also you can say to this mountain, ‘Go, throw yourself into the sea,’ and it will be done.”
Matthew 21:21faithspeakingmiracles
- Do not envy the violent
or choose any of their ways.
For the Lord detests the perverse
but takes the upright into his confidence.
Proverbs 3:31-32righteousnessplanning
- And now, dear children, continue in him, so that when he appears we may be confident and unashamed before him at his coming.
- Let everyone be subject to the governing authorities, for there is no authority except that which God has established. The authorities that exist have been established by God.
- Truly he is my rock and my salvation;
he is my fortress, I will not be shaken.
Truth
- The one whose walk is blameless,
who does what is righteous,
who speaks the truth from their heart;
whose tongue utters no slander,
who does no wrong to a neighbor,
and casts no slur on others.
Psalm 15:2-3blamelessgossiplying
- Dear children, let us not love with words or speech but with actions and in truth.
- I have no greater joy than to hear that my children are walking in the truth.
- If we claim to have fellowship with him and yet walk in the darkness, we lie and do not live out the truth.
- To the Jews who had believed him, Jesus said, “If you hold to my teaching, you are really my disciples. Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”
John 8:31-32Word of Godfollowingaddiction
- Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things.
Philippians 4:8righteousnessthoughtspraise
- Instead, speaking the truth in love, we will grow to become in every respect the mature body of him who is the head, that is, Christ.
- Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.”
- Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who does not need to be ashamed and who correctly handles the word of truth.
- Guide me in your truth and teach me,
for you are God my Savior,
and my hope is in you all day long.
Psalm 25:5learninghopesalvation
- The lips of the righteous know what finds favor,
but the mouth of the wicked only what is perverse.
Proverbs 10:32righteousnessspeakinglying
- Keep your tongue from evil
and your lips from telling lies.
- Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see.
- God is spirit, and his worshipers must worship in the Spirit and in truth.
- I have chosen the way of faithfulness;
I have set my heart on your laws.
- Every word of God is flawless;
he is a shield to those who take refuge in him.
Proverbs 30:5Word of Godprotection
- Above all, my brothers and sisters, do not swear—not by heaven or by earth or by anything else. All you need to say is a simple “Yes” or “No.” Otherwise you will be condemned.
James 5:12honestyspeakingjudgment
- As for you, the anointing you received from him remains in you, and you do not need anyone to teach you. But as his anointing teaches you about all things and as that anointing is real, not counterfeit—just as it has taught you, remain in him.
- He chose to give us birth through the word of truth, that we might be a kind of firstfruits of all he created.
- We know also that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding, so that we may know him who is true. And we are in him who is true by being in his Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.
1 John 5:20Jesusunderstandingeternal life
- For the word of the Lord is right and true;
he is faithful in all he does.
Psalm 33:4reliabilityWord of God
- Keep your mouth free of perversity;
keep corrupt talk far from your lips.
- The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.
- When the Advocate comes, whom I will send to you from the Father—the Spirit of truth who goes out from the Father—he will testify about me.
John 15:26comforterHoly SpiritFather
- But very truly I tell you, it is for your good that I am going away. Unless I go away, the Advocate will not come to you; but if I go, I will send him to you.
- The Lord detests lying lips,
but he delights in people who are trustworthy.
Proverbs 12:22lyingspeakinghonesty
- Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.
1 Corinthians 13:6-7loveevilprotection
- There is nothing concealed that will not be disclosed, or hidden that will not be made known.
- An honest witness does not deceive,
but a false witness pours out lies.
- You belong to your father, the devil, and you want to carry out your father’s desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, not holding to the truth, for there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks his native language, for he is a liar and the father of lies.
- Teach me your way, Lord,
that I may rely on your faithfulness;
give me an undivided heart,
that I may fear your name.
Psalm 86:11learningreliabilityheart
- You may say to yourselves, “How can we know when a message has not been spoken by the Lord?” If what a prophet proclaims in the name of the Lord does not take place or come true, that is a message the Lord has not spoken. That prophet has spoken presumptuously, so do not be alarmed.
Understanding
- Call to me and I will answer you and tell you great and unsearchable things you do not know.
- As you do not know the path of the wind,
or how the body is formed in a mother’s womb,
so you cannot understand the work of God,
the Maker of all things.
- Whoever is patient has great understanding,
but one who is quick-tempered displays folly.
Proverbs 14:29wisdompatienceanger
- The beginning of wisdom is this: Get wisdom.
Though it cost all you have, get understanding.
- I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go;
I will counsel you with my loving eye on you.
Psalm 32:8encouragementlearning
- A person may think their own ways are right,
but the Lord weighs the heart.
Proverbs 21:2righteousnessjudgmentthoughts
- So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen, since what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.
2 Corinthians 4:18eternal lifematerialism
- I keep asking that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, may give you the Spirit of wisdom and revelation, so that you may know him better.
- Many are the plans in a person’s heart,
but it is the Lord’s purpose that prevails.
Proverbs 19:21planningdependence
- But test them all; hold on to what is good, reject every kind of evil.
1 Thessalonians 5:21-22evilprophecy
- The unfolding of your words gives light;
it gives understanding to the simple.
- Jesus looked at them and said, “With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.”
Matthew 19:26miraclessalvation
- As the heavens are higher than the earth,
so are my ways higher than your ways
and my thoughts than your thoughts.
- Do you not know?
Have you not heard?
The Lord is the everlasting God,
the Creator of the ends of the earth.
He will not grow tired or weary,
and his understanding no one can fathom.
- For though we live in the world, we do not wage war as the world does.
- Oh, the depth of the riches of the wisdom and knowledge of God!
How unsearchable his judgments,
and his paths beyond tracing out!
- Woe to those who quarrel with their Maker,
those who are nothing but potsherds
among the potsherds on the ground.
Does the clay say to the potter,
‘What are you making?’
Does your work say,
‘The potter has no hands’?
- But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be glory both now and forever! Amen.
- When tempted, no one should say, “God is tempting me.” For God cannot be tempted by evil, nor does he tempt anyone.
- There is neither Jew nor Gentile, neither slave nor free, nor is there male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.
Galatians 3:28Jesuscommunityslavery
- Jesus replied, “Very truly I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God unless they are born again.”
- A thousand years in your sight
are like a day that has just gone by,
or like a watch in the night.
- Sitting down, Jesus called the Twelve and said, “Anyone who wants to be first must be the very last, and the servant of all.”
- Great is the Lord and most worthy of praise;
his greatness no one can fathom.
Psalm 145:3worshipalmightypraise
- Before the mountains were born
or you brought forth the whole world,
from everlasting to everlasting you are God.
- Get wisdom, get understanding;
do not forget my words or turn away from them.
Proverbs 4:5wisdomWord of Godobedience
- Blessed are those who find wisdom,
those who gain understanding.
- The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom,
and knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.
Proverbs 9:10awewisdomholiness
- My goal is that they may be encouraged in heart and united in love, so that they may have the full riches of complete understanding, in order that they may know the mystery of God, namely, Christ.
Colossians 2:2Jesusencouragementlove
- You have searched me, Lord,
and you know me.
You know when I sit and when I rise;
you perceive my thoughts from afar.
- We know also that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding, so that we may know him who is true. And we are in him who is true by being in his Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.
1 John 5:20Jesustrutheternal life
- He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the human heart; yet no one can fathom what God has done from beginning to end.
Ecclesiastes 3:11creationlifedependence
- I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope to which he has called you, the riches of his glorious inheritance in his holy people.
Ephesians 1:18hopereceivinglight
- Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge,
but whoever hates correction is stupid.
Proverbs 12:1learninglistening
- These are the things God has revealed to us by his Spirit. The Spirit searches all things, even the deep things of God.
1 Corinthians 2:10GodSpiritplanning
- Come back to your senses as you ought, and stop sinning; for there are some who are ignorant of God—I say this to your shame.
1 Corinthians 15:34righteousnesssinconversion
- Many will be purified, made spotless and refined, but the wicked will continue to be wicked. None of the wicked will understand, but those who are wise will understand.
Daniel 12:10purificationsinwisdom
- For who knows a person’s thoughts except their own spirit within them? In the same way no one knows the thoughts of God except the Spirit of God.
1 Corinthians 2:11SpiritHoly Spiritthoughts
- Before a word is on my tongue
you, Lord, know it completely.
- Our God is in heaven;
he does whatever pleases him.
Psalm 115:3Godheavendependence
- Finally the other disciple, who had reached the tomb first, also went inside. He saw and believed. (They still did not understand from Scripture that Jesus had to rise from the dead.)
Valuable
- Since you are precious and honored in my sight,
and because I love you,
I will give people in exchange for you,
nations in exchange for your life.
Isaiah 43:4lovesalvationencouragement
- A wife of noble character who can find?
She is worth far more than rubies.
Proverbs 31:10marriagerelationships
- Arise, shine, for your light has come,
and the glory of the Lord rises upon you.
- Let love and faithfulness never leave you;
bind them around your neck,
write them on the tablet of your heart.
Then you will win favor and a good name
in the sight of God and man.
- 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?
- Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? Yet not one of them will fall to the ground outside your Father’s care. And even the very hairs of your head are all numbered. So don’t be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows.
- However, I consider my life worth nothing to me; my only aim is to finish the race and complete the task the Lord Jesus has given me—the task of testifying to the good news of God’s grace.
- Are not five sparrows sold for two pennies? Yet not one of them is forgotten by God. Indeed, the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Don’t be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows.
- How much more valuable is a person than a sheep! Therefore it is lawful to do good on the Sabbath.
- Now if you obey me fully and keep my covenant, then out of all nations you will be my treasured possession. Although the whole earth is mine.
Exodus 19:5obediencecovenantworld
- The tongue of the righteous is choice silver,
but the heart of the wicked is of little value.
Proverbs 10:20righteousnessspeaking
- For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision has any value. The only thing that counts is faith expressing itself through love.
- Consider the ravens: They do not sow or reap, they have no storeroom or barn; yet God feeds them. And how much more valuable you are than birds!
Weakness
- That is why, for Christ’s sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong.
2 Corinthians 12:10joystrengthpersecution
- But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me.
2 Corinthians 12:9gracestrengthJesus
- My flesh and my heart may fail,
but God is the strength of my heart
and my portion forever.
Psalm 73:26strengthlifedependence
- He gives strength to the weary
and increases the power of the weak.
Isaiah 40:29strengthdependenceequipment
- Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you.
1 Peter 5:7fearworryingsadness
- Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.
Matthew 11:28hopeencouragementrest
- In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us through wordless groans.
Romans 8:26speakingSpiritprayer
- I can do all this through him who gives me strength.
Philippians 4:13Godstrengthprotection
- Watch and pray so that you will not fall into temptation. The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.
Matthew 26:41prayertemptationdesires
- For the Spirit God gave us does not make us timid, but gives us power, love and self-discipline.
2 Timothy 1:7loveself-controlstrength
- A cheerful heart is good medicine,
but a crushed spirit dries up the bones.
Proverbs 17:22healingheartsickness
- For we do not have a high priest who is unable to empathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who has been tempted in every way, just as we are—yet he did not sin.
Hebrews 4:15sintemptationcompassion
- Speak up for those who cannot speak for themselves,
for the rights of all who are destitute.
- Defend the weak and the fatherless;
uphold the cause of the poor and the oppressed.
Psalm 82:3orphansneighborrighteousness
Widows
- Give proper recognition to those widows who are really in need.
1 Timothy 5:3neighborcommunity
- Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world.
- Sing to God, sing in praise of his name,
extol him who rides on the clouds;
rejoice before him—his name is the Lord.
A father to the fatherless, a defender of widows,
is God in his holy dwelling.
Psalm 68:4-5holinesssafetyworship
- Do not take advantage of the widow or the fatherless. If you do and they cry out to me, I will certainly hear their cry. My anger will be aroused, and I will kill you with the sword; your wives will become widows and your children fatherless.
- Learn to do right; seek justice.
Defend the oppressed.
Take up the cause of the fatherless;
plead the case of the widow.
Isaiah 1:17righteousnessneighbororphans
- This is what the Lord Almighty said: ‘Administer true justice; show mercy and compassion to one another. Do not oppress the widow or the fatherless, the foreigner or the poor. Do not plot evil against each other.’
Zechariah 7:9-10evilrighteousnessneighbor
- The Lord watches over the foreigner
and sustains the fatherless and the widow,
but he frustrates the ways of the wicked.
Psalm 146:9protectionorphanspunishment
- Speak up and judge fairly;
defend the rights of the poor and needy.
Proverbs 31:9righteousnessspeakinggiving
- Because I rescued the poor who cried for help,
and the fatherless who had none to assist them.
The one who was dying blessed me;
I made the widow’s heart sing.
Job 29:12-13orphanspovertysinging
- If you really change your ways and your actions and deal with each other justly, if you do not oppress the foreigner, the fatherless or the widow and do not shed innocent blood in this place, and if you do not follow other gods to your own harm, then I will let you live in this place, in the land I gave your ancestors for ever and ever.
Jeremiah 7:5-7conversionorphansblessing
Wine
- Go, eat your food with gladness, and drink your wine with a joyful heart, for God has already approved what you do.
- I am the vine; you are the branches. If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing.
John 15:5rewardJesusdependence
- In the same way, after the supper he took the cup, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in my blood, which is poured out for you.”
- When he had received the drink, Jesus said, “It is finished.” With that, he bowed his head and gave up his spirit.
- Though the fig tree does not bud
and there are no grapes on the vines,
though the olive crop fails
and the fields produce no food,
though there are no sheep in the pen
and no cattle in the stalls,
yet I will rejoice in the Lord,
I will be joyful in God my Savior.
Habakkuk 3:17-18joysalvationworship
- The vine is dried up
and the fig tree is withered;
the pomegranate, the palm and the apple tree—
all the trees of the field—are dried up.
Surely the people’s joy
is withered away.
- I ate no choice food; no meat or wine touched my lips; and I used no lotions at all until the three weeks were over.
Wisdom
- For the Lord gives wisdom;
from his mouth come knowledge and understanding.
- Be very careful, then, how you live—not as unwise but as wise, making the most of every opportunity, because the days are evil.
- If any of you lacks wisdom, you should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to you.
- But the wisdom that comes from heaven is first of all pure; then peace-loving, considerate, submissive, full of mercy and good fruit, impartial and sincere.
- How much better to get wisdom than gold,
to get insight rather than silver!
Proverbs 16:16moneymaterialism
- Do not say, “Why were the old days better than these?”
For it is not wise to ask such questions.
- Be wise in the way you act toward outsiders; make the most of every opportunity. Let your conversation be always full of grace, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how to answer everyone.
Colossians 4:5-6gentlenessspeaking
- Where there is strife, there is pride,
but wisdom is found in those who take advice.
- The one who gets wisdom loves life;
the one who cherishes understanding will soon prosper.
- Do not deceive yourselves. If any of you think you are wise by the standards of this age, you should become “fools” so that you may become wise.
1 Corinthians 3:18worldselfishnessthoughts
- Those who guard their lips preserve their lives,
but those who speak rashly will come to ruin.
- Who is wise and understanding among you? Let them show it by their good life, by deeds done in the humility that comes from wisdom.
- Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock.
Matthew 7:24Word of Godlisteningmind
- Teach us to number our days,
that we may gain a heart of wisdom.
- When pride comes, then comes disgrace,
but with humility comes wisdom.
- For those who find me find life
and receive favor from the Lord.
- “For my thoughts are not your thoughts,
neither are your ways my ways,”
declares the Lord.
Isaiah 55:8Godplanningthoughts
- Fools find no pleasure in understanding
but delight in airing their own opinions.
Proverbs 18:2speakingselfishness
- Wisdom’s instruction is to fear the Lord,
and humility comes before honor.
- The wise in heart accept commands,
but a chattering fool comes to ruin.
- All this also comes from the Lord Almighty,
whose plan is wonderful,
whose wisdom is magnificent.
- I thank and praise you, God of my ancestors:
You have given me wisdom and power,
you have made known to me what we asked of you,
you have made known to us the dream of the king.
Daniel 2:23worshipprayerpraise
- Whoever is patient has great understanding,
but one who is quick-tempered displays folly.
Proverbs 14:29patienceunderstandinganger
- Do you not know?
Have you not heard?
The Lord is the everlasting God,
the Creator of the ends of the earth.
He will not grow tired or weary,
and his understanding no one can fathom.
Isaiah 40:28creationunderstanding
- Even fools are thought wise if they keep silent,
and discerning if they hold their tongues.
- I keep asking that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, may give you the Spirit of wisdom and revelation, so that you may know him better.
Ephesians 1:17Spiritunderstanding
- The beginning of wisdom is this: Get wisdom.
Though it cost all you have, get understanding.
- For with much wisdom comes much sorrow;
the more knowledge, the more grief.
Ecclesiastes 1:18sadnessmindworrying
- The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge,
but fools despise wisdom and instruction.
- Blessed are those who find wisdom,
those who gain understanding.
Proverbs 3:13mindunderstanding
- The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom,
and knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.
Proverbs 9:10aweholinessunderstanding
- Know also that wisdom is like honey for you:
If you find it, there is a future hope for you,
and your hope will not be cut off.
- I instruct you in the way of wisdom
and lead you along straight paths.
Proverbs 4:11learningrighteousness
- Oh, the depth of the riches of the wisdom and knowledge of God!
How unsearchable his judgments,
and his paths beyond tracing out!
- Words from the mouth of the wise are gracious,
but fools are consumed by their own lips.
- Get wisdom, get understanding;
do not forget my words or turn away from them.
Proverbs 4:5understandingWord of Godobedience
- One person considers one day more sacred than another; another considers every day alike. Each of them should be fully convinced in their own mind.
Romans 14:5obedienceneighborsabbath
- The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom;
all who follow his precepts have good understanding.
To him belongs eternal praise.
- Walk with the wise and become wise,
for a companion of fools suffers harm.
- With their mouths the godless destroy their neighbors,
but through knowledge the righteous escape.
Proverbs 11:9righteousnessspeakinggossip
- My goal is that they may be encouraged in heart and united in love, so that they may have the full riches of complete understanding, in order that they may know the mystery of God, namely, Christ.
Colossians 2:2Jesusencouragementlove
- The law of the Lord is perfect,
refreshing the soul.
The statutes of the Lord are trustworthy,
making wise the simple.
- My son, if your heart is wise,
then my heart will be glad indeed.
- The lips of fools bring them strife,
and their mouths invite a beating.
- The father of a righteous child has great joy;
a man who fathers a wise son rejoices in him.
- A fool spurns a parent’s discipline,
but whoever heeds correction shows prudence.
Proverbs 15:5Fatherchildrenmind
- Fools give full vent to their rage,
but the wise bring calm in the end.
Proverbs 29:11angerself-control
- Fools show their annoyance at once,
but the prudent overlook an insult.
Proverbs 12:16angerself-control
- Repent at my rebuke!
Then I will pour out my thoughts to you,
I will make known to you my teachings.
Proverbs 1:23conversionrepentanceSpirit
- Many will be purified, made spotless and refined, but the wicked will continue to be wicked. None of the wicked will understand, but those who are wise will understand.
- A wise son brings joy to his father,
but a foolish son brings grief to his mother.
- Eloquent lips are unsuited to a godless fool—
how much worse lying lips to a ruler!
Work of God
- For the word of God is alive and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart.
- All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, so that the servant of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work.
2 Timothy 3:16-17lifeequipmentserving
- Your word is a lamp for my feet,
a light on my path.
- Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says.
- How can a young person stay on the path of purity?
By living according to your word.
- He replied, “Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and obey it.”
- The grass withers and the flowers fall,
but the word of our God endures forever.
Isaiah 40:8reliabilityGodbeauty
- As for God, his way is perfect:
The Lord’s word is flawless;
he shields all who take refuge in him.
Psalm 18:30blamelessprotection
- Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock.
Matthew 7:24wisdomlisteningmind
- Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away.
Matthew 24:35reliabilityheaven
- Do everything without grumbling or arguing, so that you may become blameless and pure, “children of God without fault in a warped and crooked generation.” Then you will shine among them like stars in the sky as you hold firmly to the word of life.
Philippians 2:14-16aholinesslifeblameless
- The unfolding of your words gives light;
it gives understanding to the simple.
Psalm 119:130understandinglight
- Jesus answered, “It is written: ‘Man shall not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.’”
- In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
- For the word of the Lord is right and true;
he is faithful in all he does.
- Whoever believes in me, as Scripture has said, rivers of living water will flow from within them.
- In God, whose word I praise—
in God I trust and am not afraid.
What can mere mortals do to me?
- Like newborn babies, crave pure spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up in your salvation.
1 Peter 2:2salvationfoodrebirth
- For the Lord gives wisdom;
from his mouth come knowledge and understanding.
- To the Jews who had believed him, Jesus said, “If you hold to my teaching, you are really my disciples. Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”
John 8:31-32truthfollowingaddiction
- Therefore, get rid of all moral filth and the evil that is so prevalent and humbly accept the word planted in you, which can save you.
James 1:21salvationevilconversion
- He humbled you, causing you to hunger and then feeding you with manna, which neither you nor your ancestors had known, to teach you that man does not live on bread alone but on every word that comes from the mouth of the Lord.
Deuteronomy 8:3sufferinglifefood
- You make your saving help my shield,
and your right hand sustains me;
your help has made me great.
You provide a broad path for my feet,
so that my ankles do not give way.
Psalm 18:35-36salvationprotection
- The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.
- The Son is the radiance of God’s glory and the exact representation of his being, sustaining all things by his powerful word. After he had provided purification for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty in heaven.
- You are my refuge and my shield;
I have put my hope in your word.
- So is my word that goes out from my mouth:
It will not return to me empty,
but will accomplish what I desire
and achieve the purpose for which I sent it.
Isaiah 55:11speakingreliabilityfruitfulness
- If you remain in me and my words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you.
- Every word of God is flawless;
he is a shield to those who take refuge in him.
- My son, pay attention to what I say;
turn your ear to my words.
Do not let them out of your sight,
keep them within your heart.
Proverbs 4:20-21listeningheartobedience
- Let the message of Christ dwell among you richly as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom through psalms, hymns, and songs from the Spirit, singing to God with gratitude in your hearts.
Colossians 3:16learningworshipgratitude
- I have hidden your word in my heart
that I might not sin against you.
- All your words are true;
all your righteous laws are eternal.
- As for God, his way is perfect:
The Lord’s word is flawless;
he shields all who take refuge in him.
2 Samuel 22:31blamelessprotection
- I wait for the Lord, my whole being waits,
and in his word I put my hope.
- As Scripture says, “Anyone who believes in him will never be put to shame.”
- For you have been born again, not of perishable seed, but of imperishable, through the living and enduring word of God.
- The law of the Lord is perfect,
refreshing the soul.
The statutes of the Lord are trustworthy,
making wise the simple.
- The one who calls you is faithful, and he will do it.
1 Thessalonians 5:24callingfaithfulnesspromises
- The seed falling among the thorns refers to someone who hears the word, but the worries of this life and the deceitfulness of wealth choke the word, making it unfruitful.
Matthew 13:22worryingmoneytemptation
- Therefore say to them, ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: None of my words will be delayed any longer; whatever I say will be fulfilled, declares the Sovereign Lord.’
Ezekiel 12:28reliabilityobedience
- Get wisdom, get understanding;
do not forget my words or turn away from them.
Proverbs 4:5wisdomunderstandingobedience
- He sent out his word and healed them;
he rescued them from the grave.
- Listen, my son, accept what I say,
and the years of your life will be many.
- You are already clean because of the word I have spoken to you.
John 15:3purificationspeakingevil
- I have not departed from the commands of his lips;
I have treasured the words of his mouth more than my daily bread.
- For truly I tell you, until heaven and earth disappear, not the smallest letter, not the least stroke of a pen, will by any means disappear from the Law until everything is accomplished.
Matthew 5:18reliabilitylawheaven
- Those who accepted his message were baptized, and about three thousand were added to their number that day.
- Jesus answered, “My teaching is not my own. It comes from the one who sent me.”
- Moses was there with the Lord forty days and forty nights without eating bread or drinking water. And he wrote on the tablets the words of the covenant—the Ten Commandments.
- Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made.
- Here is a trustworthy saying:
If we died with him,
we will also live with him.
Work
- Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for human masters, since you know that you will receive an inheritance from the Lord as a reward. It is the Lord Christ you are serving.
Colossians 3:23-24rewardlifereceiving
- Commit to the Lord whatever you do,
and he will establish your plans.
Proverbs 16:3trustplanningblessing
- Do everything in love.
- Therefore, my dear brothers and sisters, stand firm. Let nothing move you. Always give yourselves fully to the work of the Lord, because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain.
1 Corinthians 15:58obediencerewardencouragement
- The blessing of the Lord brings wealth,
without painful toil for it.
Proverbs 10:22moneyblessingdependence
- Diligent hands will rule,
but laziness ends in forced labor.
- And whatever you do, whether in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.
Colossians 3:17speakinggratitudefollowing
- Dishonest money dwindles away,
but whoever gathers money little by little makes it grow.
- And God is able to bless you abundantly, so that in all things at all times, having all that you need, you will abound in every good work.
2 Corinthians 9:8blessingworryinggoodness
- I know that there is nothing better for people than to be happy and to do good while they live. That each of them may eat and drink, and find satisfaction in all their toil—this is the gift of God.
Ecclesiastes 3:12-13joylifefood
- May the favor of the Lord our God rest on us;
establish the work of our hands for us—
yes, establish the work of our hands.
Psalm 90:17graceencouragementmercy
- Watch out that you do not lose what we have worked for, but that you may be rewarded fully.
- Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who does not need to be ashamed and who correctly handles the word of truth.
- Two are better than one,
because they have a good return for their labor.
Ecclesiastes 4:9friendshiprelationships
- 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?
Matthew 6:26valuabletrustFather
- Moreover, when God gives someone wealth and possessions, and the ability to enjoy them, to accept their lot and be happy in their toil—this is a gift of God.
Ecclesiastes 5:19moneyfoodreceiving
- Who is going to harm you if you are eager to do good?
- This is what I have observed to be good: that it is appropriate for a person to eat, to drink and to find satisfaction in their toilsome labor under the sun during the few days of life God has given them—for this is their lot.
Ecclesiastes 5:18foodlifereceiving
- And I saw that all toil and all achievement spring from one person’s envy of another. This too is meaningless, a chasing after the wind.
Ecclesiastes 4:4neighbordesiresmaterialism
- However, I consider my life worth nothing to me; my only aim is to finish the race and complete the task the Lord Jesus has given me—the task of testifying to the good news of God’s grace.
- All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, so that the servant of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work.
2 Timothy 3:16-17Word of Godlifeequipment
- There remains, then, a Sabbath-rest for the people of God; for anyone who enters God’s rest also rests from their works, just as God did from his.
- 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.
Hebrews 6:10righteousnessserving
- Very truly I tell you, whoever believes in me will do the works I have been doing, and they will do even greater things than these, because I am going to the Father.
John 14:12faithascensionFather
- Teach slaves to be subject to their masters in everything, to try to please them, not to talk back to them, and not to steal from them, but to show that they can be fully trusted, so that in every way they will make the teaching about God our Savior attractive.
World
- Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, love for the Father is not in them.
- Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will.
Romans 12:2blamelessobediencelife
- What good is it for someone to gain the whole world, yet forfeit their soul?
- I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.
John 16:33encouragementpeaceovercoming
- For the grace of God has appeared that offers salvation to all people. It teaches us to say “No” to ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright and godly lives in this present age.
Titus 2:11-12gracerighteousnesssalvation
- For though we live in the world, we do not wage war as the world does.
2 Corinthians 10:3lifeunderstanding
- The world and its desires pass away, but whoever does the will of God lives forever.
1 John 2:17eternal lifeobediencedesires
- You adulterous people, don’t you know that friendship with the world means enmity against God? Therefore, anyone who chooses to be a friend of the world becomes an enemy of God.
- For we brought nothing into the world, and we can take nothing out of it. But if we have food and clothing, we will be content with that.
1 Timothy 6:7-8foodmaterialismcontentment
- For everything in the world—the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life—comes not from the Father but from the world.
1 John 2:16desiresaddictionpride
- He said to them, “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to all creation.”
Mark 16:15obedienceevangelismJesus
- For everyone born of God overcomes the world. This is the victory that has overcome the world, even our faith.
- Do not deceive yourselves. If any of you think you are wise by the standards of this age, you should become “fools” so that you may become wise.
1 Corinthians 3:18wisdomselfishnessthoughts
- Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid.
John 14:27encouragementpeaceworrying
- What good will it be for someone to gain the whole world, yet forfeit their soul? Or what can anyone give in exchange for their soul?
Matthew 16:26materialismlifesoul
- When Jesus spoke again to the people, he said, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.”
- God chose the lowly things of this world and the despised things—and the things that are not—to nullify the things that are, so that no one may boast before him.
1 Corinthians 1:28-29humilitycallingpride
- See what great love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! And that is what we are! The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know him.
- Who is it that overcomes the world? Only the one who believes that Jesus is the Son of God.
1 John 5:5faithJesusovercoming
- Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world.
- For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities—his eternal power and divine nature—have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that people are without excuse.
Romans 1:20creationstrengthmind
- Through these he has given us his very great and precious promises, so that through them you may participate in the divine nature, having escaped the corruption in the world caused by evil desires.
2 Peter 1:4rewarddesirespromises
- 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 3:16graceeternal lifefaith
- My prayer is not that you take them out of the world but that you protect them from the evil one.
- How abundant are the good things
that you have stored up for those who fear you,
that you bestow in the sight of all,
on those who take refuge in you.
- He is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not only for ours but also for the sins of the whole world.
1 John 2:2sinSaviorforgiveness
- If the world hates you, keep in mind that it hated me first.
- Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things.
- The earth is the Lord’s, and everything in it,
the world, and all who live in it.
- Acknowledge and take to heart this day that the Lord is God in heaven above and on the earth below. There is no other.
Deuteronomy 4:39Godheavenidols
- You, dear children, are from God and have overcome them, because the one who is in you is greater than the one who is in the world.
1 John 4:4salvationovercomingalmighty
- For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him.
John 3:17salvationJesusjudgment
- That God was reconciling the world to himself in Christ, not counting people’s sins against them. And he has committed to us the message of reconciliation.
2 Corinthians 5:19sinsalvationJesus
- Therefore God exalted him to the highest place and gave him the name that is above every name, that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth.
Philippians 2:9-10Jesusworshipheaven
- I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven; whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven.
- This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him.
- Now if you obey me fully and keep my covenant, then out of all nations you will be my treasured possession. Although the whole earth is mine.
Exodus 19:5obediencecovenantvaluable
- I will praise you, Lord, among the nations;
I will sing of you among the peoples.
Psalm 108:3worshippraisesinging
- Beyond all question, the mystery from which true godliness springs is great:
He appeared in the flesh,
was vindicated by the Spirit,
was seen by angels,
was preached among the nations,
was believed on in the world,
was taken up in glory.
1 Timothy 3:16JesusSpiritangels
- I came from the Father and entered the world; now I am leaving the world and going back to the Father.
- God blessed them and said to them, “Be fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it. Rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky and over every living creature that moves on the ground.”
Genesis 1:28blessingcreationfruitfulness
- For truly I tell you, until heaven and earth disappear, not the smallest letter, not the least stroke of a pen, will by any means disappear from the Law until everything is accomplished.
Matthew 5:18reliabilityWord of Godlaw
- This, then, is how you should pray:
‘Our Father in heaven,
hallowed be your name,
your kingdom come,
your will be done,
on earth as it is in heaven.’
Matthew 6:9-10prayerFatherhumility
- I am the living bread that came down from heaven. Whoever eats this bread will live forever. This bread is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.
- Be exalted, O God, above the heavens;
let your glory be over all the earth.
- Do not suppose that I have come to bring peace to the earth. I did not come to bring peace, but a sword.
Worrying
- Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.
Philippians 4:6-7gratitudeprayerfear
- So do not fear, for I am with you;
do not be dismayed, for I am your God.
I will strengthen you and help you;
I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.
Isaiah 41:10fearstrengthequipment
- Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes?
- Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you.
1 Peter 5:7fearweaknesssadness
- Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.
- When anxiety was great within me,
your consolation brought me joy.
- Do not let your hearts be troubled. You believe in God; believe also in me.
- Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid.
John 14:27encouragementpeaceworld
- Anxiety weighs down the heart,
but a kind word cheers it up.
- All my longings lie open before you, Lord;
my sighing is not hidden from you.
- For with much wisdom comes much sorrow;
the more knowledge, the more grief.
Ecclesiastes 1:18wisdomsadnessmind
- Do not worry about your life, what you will eat; or about your body, what you will wear. For life is more than food, and the body more than clothes.
Luke 12:22b-23foodlifecontentment
- And God is able to bless you abundantly, so that in all things at all times, having all that you need, you will abound in every good work.
2 Corinthians 9:8blessinggoodnesswork
- So then, banish anxiety from your heart
and cast off the troubles of your body,
for youth and vigor are meaningless.
Ecclesiastes 11:10sadnesshearthealth
- Whenever you are arrested and brought to trial, do not worry beforehand about what to say. Just say whatever is given you at the time, for it is not you speaking, but the Holy Spirit.
Mark 13:11speakingSpiritHoly Spirit
- The seed falling among the thorns refers to someone who hears the word, but the worries of this life and the deceitfulness of wealth choke the word, making it unfruitful.
Matthew 13:22Word of Godmoneytemptation
- And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, “Look! God’s dwelling place is now among the people, and he will dwell with them. They will be his people, and God himself will be with them and be their God. ‘He will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death’ or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away.”
Revelation 21:3-4Godsadnessdeath
- At this, Job got up and tore his robe and shaved his head. Then he fell to the ground in worship and said:
“Naked I came from my mother’s womb,
and naked I will depart.
The Lord gave and the Lord has taken away;
may the name of the Lord be praised.”
Job 1:20-21worshipsufferingsadness
- Consider the ravens: They do not sow or reap, they have no storeroom or barn; yet God feeds them. And how much more valuable you are than birds!
- I know that my redeemer lives,
and that in the end he will stand on the earth.
Worship
- Lord, you are my God;
I will exalt you and praise your name,
for in perfect faithfulness
you have done wonderful things,
things planned long ago.
Isaiah 25:1reliabilityGodpraise
- Worship the Lord your God, and his blessing will be on your food and water. I will take away sickness from among you.
Exodus 23:25blessingsicknesshealth
- Let everything that has breath praise the Lord.
Praise the Lord.
- About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the other prisoners were listening to them.
Acts 16:25prayerlisteningpraise
- God is spirit, and his worshipers must worship in the Spirit and in truth.
- Praise the Lord, my soul;
all my inmost being, praise his holy name.
- Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good;
his love endures forever.
1 Chronicles 16:34reliabilitygratitudefaithfulness
- Though the fig tree does not bud
and there are no grapes on the vines,
though the olive crop fails
and the fields produce no food,
though there are no sheep in the pen
and no cattle in the stalls,
yet I will rejoice in the Lord,
I will be joyful in God my Savior.
Habakkuk 3:17-18joysalvationharvest
- You, God, are my God,
earnestly I seek you;
I thirst for you,
my whole being longs for you,
in a dry and parched land
where there is no water.
- Yours, Lord, is the greatness and the power
and the glory and the majesty and the splendor,
for everything in heaven and earth is yours.
Yours, Lord, is the kingdom;
you are exalted as head over all.
1 Chronicles 29:11kingdomstrengthalmighty
- My mouth is filled with your praise,
declaring your splendor all day long.
- Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves receive from God.
2 Corinthians 1:3-4sufferingencouragementcomforter
- How great you are, Sovereign Lord! There is no one like you, and there is no God but you, as we have heard with our own ears.
- Sing to God, sing in praise of his name,
extol him who rides on the clouds;
rejoice before him—his name is the Lord.
A father to the fatherless, a defender of widows,
is God in his holy dwelling.
Psalm 68:4-5holinesssafetywidows
- For from him and through him and for him are all things.
To him be the glory forever! Amen.
- Come, let us bow down in worship,
let us kneel before the Lord our Maker.
- Why, my soul, are you downcast?
Why so disturbed within me?
Put your hope in God,
for I will yet praise him,
my Savior and my God.
- Then you will call on me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you.
- It is written: ‘As surely as I live,’ says the Lord,
‘every knee will bow before me;
every tongue will acknowledge God.’
Romans 14:11humilityacknowledgingpraise
- Give praise to the Lord, proclaim his name;
make known among the nations what he has done.
Psalm 105:1speakingevangelismpraise
- Because your love is better than life,
my lips will glorify you.
I will praise you as long as I live,
and in your name I will lift up my hands.
- There is no one holy like the Lord;
there is no one besides you;
there is no Rock like our God.
- I spread out my hands to you;
I thirst for you like a parched land.
- I say to the Lord, “You are my Lord;
apart from you I have no good thing.”
- I cried out to him with my mouth;
his praise was on my tongue.
- Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and exalt and glorify the King of heaven, because everything he does is right and all his ways are just. And those who walk in pride he is able to humble.
Daniel 4:37righteousnesshumilitypride
- Out of the same mouth come praise and cursing. My brothers and sisters, this should not be.
- The Lord is my strength and my shield;
my heart trusts in him, and he helps me.
My heart leaps for joy,
and with my song I praise him.
- Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us, to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever! Amen.
Ephesians 3:20-21humilitystrengthSpirit
- Great is the Lord and most worthy of praise;
his greatness no one can fathom.
Psalm 145:3understandingalmightypraise
- Then I heard every creature in heaven and on earth and under the earth and on the sea, and all that is in them, saying: “To him who sits on the throne and to the Lamb be praise and honor and glory and power, for ever and ever!”
Revelation 5:13creationgratitudepraise
- I love the Lord, for he heard my voice;
he heard my cry for mercy.
Because he turned his ear to me,
I will call on him as long as I live.
- I will extol the Lord at all times;
his praise will always be on my lips.
Psalm 34:1blessingspeakingpraise
- The heavens declare the glory of God;
the skies proclaim the work of his hands.
Day after day they pour forth speech;
night after night they reveal knowledge.
- But I trust in your unfailing love;
my heart rejoices in your salvation.
I will sing the Lord’s praise,
for he has been good to me.
- Do you not know that your bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; you were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your bodies.
1 Corinthians 6:19-20Spiritlifehealth
- I will praise you, Lord, among the nations;
I will sing of you among the peoples.
- Let the message of Christ dwell among you richly as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom through psalms, hymns, and songs from the Spirit, singing to God with gratitude in your hearts.
Colossians 3:16Word of Godlearninggratitude
- Who is he, this King of glory?
The Lord Almighty—
he is the King of glory.
Psalm 24:10kingdomacknowledging
- I will give thanks to you, Lord, with all my heart;
I will tell of all your wonderful deeds.
Psalm 9:1gratitudemiraclesheart
- Not to us, Lord, not to us
but to your name be the glory,
because of your love and faithfulness.
Psalm 115:1lovehumilityfaithfulness
- My lips will shout for joy
when I sing praise to you—
I whom you have delivered.
Psalm 71:23redeemersoulsinging
- I will exalt you, my God the King;
I will praise your name for ever and ever.
- In that day you will say:
“Give praise to the Lord, proclaim his name;
make known among the nations what he has done,
and proclaim that his name is exalted.”
Isaiah 12:4speakingevangelismpraise
- Praise be to the Lord, to God our Savior,
who daily bears our burdens.
Psalm 68:19dependencesalvation
- By day the Lord directs his love,
at night his song is with me—
a prayer to the God of my life.
- Whom have I in heaven but you?
And earth has nothing I desire besides you.
- To our God and Father be glory for ever and ever. Amen.
Philippians 4:20humilityFather
- Every day they continued to meet together in the temple courts. They broke bread in their homes and ate together with glad and sincere hearts, praising God and enjoying the favor of all the people. And the Lord added to their number daily those who were being saved.
Acts 2:46-47foodcommunitypraise
- And everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.
- But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be glory both now and forever! Amen.
2 Peter 3:18graceunderstanding
- Since you are my rock and my fortress,
for the sake of your name lead and guide me.
- I will praise you with an upright heart
as I learn your righteous laws.
- Neither do people light a lamp and put it under a bowl. Instead they put it on its stand, and it gives light to everyone in the house. In the same way, let your light shine before others, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven.
Matthew 5:15-16evangelismgoodnesslight
- I will be glad and rejoice in you;
I will sing the praises of your name, O Most High.
- Be exalted, O God, above the heavens;
let your glory be over all the earth.
- So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God.
- Accept one another, then, just as Christ accepted you, in order to bring praise to God.
- Therefore God exalted him to the highest place and gave him the name that is above every name, that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth.
Philippians 2:9-10Jesusheavenworld
- Now to the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only God, be honor and glory for ever and ever. Amen.
1 Timothy 1:17almightykingdomGod
- The crowds that went ahead of him and those that followed shouted,
“Hosanna to the Son of David!”
“Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!”
“Hosanna in the highest heaven!”
- I thank and praise you, God of my ancestors:
You have given me wisdom and power,
you have made known to me what we asked of you,
you have made known to us the dream of the king.
- The Lord will rescue me from every evil attack and will bring me safely to his heavenly kingdom. To him be glory for ever and ever. Amen.
2 Timothy 4:18protectionevilheaven
- For, “Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.”
- The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom;
all who follow his precepts have good understanding.
To him belongs eternal praise.
- Glory to God in the highest heaven,
and on earth peace to those on whom his favor rests.
- At this, Job got up and tore his robe and shaved his head. Then he fell to the ground in worship and said:
“Naked I came from my mother’s womb,
and naked I will depart.
The Lord gave and the Lord has taken away;
may the name of the Lord be praised.”
Job 1:20-21sufferingsadnessworrying
- Help us, God our Savior,
for the glory of your name;
deliver us and forgive our sins
for your name’s sake.
Psalm 79:9salvationsinredeemer
- While they were worshiping the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, “Set apart for me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them.”
- The shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things they had heard and seen, which were just as they had been told.
- I also want the women to dress modestly, with decency and propriety, adorning themselves, not with elaborate hairstyles or gold or pearls or expensive clothes, but with good deeds, appropriate for women who profess to worship God.
1 Timothy 2:9-10beautymaterialismgoodness
- After Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, during the time of King Herod, Magi from the east came to Jerusalem and asked, “Where is the one who has been born king of the Jews? We saw his star when it rose and have come to worship him.”
- Be exalted, O God, above the heavens;
let your glory be over all the earth.