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  • Revelation 2:10
    Do not fear any of those things which you are about to suffer. Indeed, the devil is about to throw some of you into prison, that you may be tested, and you will have tribulation ten days. Be faithful until death, and I will give you the crown of life.
     
  • Genesis 8:1
    Then God remembered Noah, and every living thing, and all the animals that were with him in the ark. And God made a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters subsided.
     
  • Job 33:6-22
    Truly I am as your spokesman before God;
    I also have been formed out of clay. Surely no fear of me will terrify you,
    Nor will my hand be heavy on you. “Surely you have spoken in my hearing,
    And I have heard the sound of your words, saying, ‘I am pure, without transgression;
    I am innocent, and there is no iniquity in me. Yet He finds occasions against me,
    He counts me as His enemy; He puts my feet in the stocks,
    He watches all my paths.’ “Look, in this you are not righteous.
    I will answer you,
    For God is greater than man. Why do you contend with Him?
    For He does not give an accounting of any of His words. For God may speak in one way, or in another,
    Yet man does not perceive it. In a dream, in a vision of the night,
    When deep sleep falls upon men,
    While slumbering on their beds, Then He opens the ears of men,
    And seals their instruction. In order to turn man from his deed,
    And conceal pride from man, He keeps back his soul from the Pit,
    And his life from perishing by the sword. “Man is also chastened with pain on his bed,
    And with strong pain in many of his bones, So that his life abhors bread,
    And his soul succulent food. His flesh wastes away from sight,
    And his bones stick out which once were not seen. Yes, his soul draws near the Pit,
    And his life to the executioners.
     
  • Job 33:29-30
    “ Behold, God works all these things,
    Twice, in fact, three times with a man, To bring back his soul from the Pit,
    That he may be enlightened with the light of life.
     
  • Job 42:1-6
    Then Job answered the LORD and said: "I know that You can do everything,
    And that no purpose of Yours can be withheld from You. You asked, "Who is this who hides counsel without knowledge?"
    Therefore I have uttered what I did not understand,
    Things too wonderful for me, which I did not know. Listen, please, and let me speak;
    You said, "I will question you, and you shall answer Me." "I have heard of You by the hearing of the ear,
    But now my eye sees You. Therefore I abhor myself,
    And repent in dust and ashes."
     
  • Proverbs 15:3
    The eyes of the LORD are in every place,
    Keeping watch on the evil and the good.

     
  • Isaiah 27:1
    In that day the LORD with His severe sword, great and strong,
    Will punish Leviathan the fleeing serpent,
    Leviathan that twisted serpent;
    And He will slay the reptile that is in the sea.
     
  • Romans 8:28-32
    And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose. For whom He foreknew, He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son, that He might be the firstborn among many brethren. Moreover whom He predestined, these He also called; whom He called, these He also justified; and whom He justified, these He also glorified. What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us? He who did not spare His own Son, but delivered Him up for us all, how shall He not with Him also freely give us all things?
     
  • Romans 10:17
    So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.
     
  • 1 Corinthians 10:13
    No temptation has overtaken you except such as is common to man; but God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able, but with the temptation will also make the way of escape, that you may be able to bear it.
     
  • Hebrews 4:12-13
    For the word of God is living and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the division of soul and spirit, and of joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart. And there is no creature hidden from His sight, but all things are naked and open to the eyes of Him to whom we must give account.
     
  • James 5:11
    Indeed we count them blessed who endure. You have heard of the perseverance of Job and seen the end intended by the Lord—that the Lord is very compassionate and merciful.
     
  • Genesis 9:14-15
    It shall be, when I bring a cloud over the earth, that the rainbow shall be seen in the cloud; and I will remember My covenant which is between Me and you and every living creature of all flesh; the waters shall never again become a flood to destroy all flesh.
     
  • Genesis 19:29
    And it came to pass, when God destroyed the cities of the plain, that God remembered Abraham, and sent Lot out of the midst of the overthrow, when He overthrew the cities in which Lot had dwelt.
     
  • Exodus 2:24-25
    So God heard their groaning, and God remembered His covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob. And God looked upon the children of Israel, and God acknowledged them.
     
  • Deuteronomy 8:2
    And you shall remember that the LORD your God led you all the way these forty years in the wilderness, to humble you and test you, to know what was in your heart, whether you would keep His commandments or not.
     
  • Deuteronomy 30:11
    "For this commandment which I command you today is not too mysterious for you, nor is it far off.
     
  • Job 1:8-11
    Then the LORD said to Satan, 'Have you considered My servant Job, that there is none like him on the earth, a blameless and upright man, one who fears God and shuns evil?' So Satan answered the LORD and said, “Does Job fear God for nothing? Have You not made a hedge around him, around his household, and around all that he has on every side? You have blessed the work of his hands, and his possessions have increased in the land. But now, stretch out Your hand and touch all that he has, and he will surely curse You to Your face!”
     
  • Job 2:3-5
    Then the LORD said to Satan, “Have you considered My servant Job, that there is none like him on the earth, a blameless and upright man, one who fears God and shuns evil? And still he holds fast to his integrity, although you incited Me against him, to destroy him without cause.” So Satan answered the LORD and said, 'Skin for skin! Yes, all that a man has he will give for his life. But stretch out Your hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh, and he will surely curse You to Your face!”
     
  • Job 3:1-16
    After this Job opened his mouth and cursed the day of his birth. And Job spoke, and said: “May the day perish on which I was born,
    And the night in which it was said,
    ‘A male child is conceived.’ May that day be darkness;
    May God above not seek it,
    Nor the light shine upon it. May darkness and the shadow of death claim it;
    May a cloud settle on it;
    May the blackness of the day terrify it. As for that night, may darkness seize it;
    May it not rejoice among the days of the year,
    May it not come into the number of the months. Oh, may that night be barren!
    May no joyful shout come into it! May those curse it who curse the day,
    Those who are ready to arouse Leviathan. May the stars of its morning be dark;
    May it look for light, but have none,
    And not see the dawning of the day; Because it did not shut up the doors of my mother’s womb,
    Nor hide sorrow from my eyes. “Why did I not die at birth?
    Why did I not perish when I came from the womb? Why did the knees receive me?
    Or why the breasts, that I should nurse? For now I would have lain still and been quiet,
    I would have been asleep;
    Then I would have been at rest With kings and counselors of the earth,
    Who built ruins for themselves, Or with princes who had gold,
    Who filled their houses with silver; Or why was I not hidden like a stillborn child,
    Like infants who never saw light?
     
  • Job 6:6-7
    Can flavorless food be eaten without salt?
    Or is there any taste in the white of an egg? My soul refuses to touch them;
    They are as loathsome food to me.
     
  • Job 7:17
    “What is man, that You should exalt him,
    That You should set Your heart on him,
     
  • Job 9:1-19
    Then Job answered and said: "Truly I know it is so,
    But how can a man be righteous before God? If one wished to contend with Him,
    He could not answer Him one time out of a thousand. God is wise in heart and mighty in strength.
    Who has hardened himself against Him and prospered? He removes the mountains, and they do not know
    When He overturns them in His anger; He shakes the earth out of its place,
    And its pillars tremble; He commands the sun, and it does not rise;
    He seals off the stars; He alone spreads out the heavens,
    And treads on the waves of the sea; He made the Bear, Orion, and the Pleiades,
    And the chambers of the south; He does great things past finding out,
    Yes, wonders without number. If He goes by me, I do not see Him;
    If He moves past, I do not perceive Him; If He takes away, who can hinder Him?
    Who can say to Him, ‘What are You doing?’ God will not withdraw His anger,
    The allies of the proud lie prostrate beneath Him. “How then can I answer Him,
    And choose my words to reason with Him? For though I were righteous, I could not answer Him;
    I would beg mercy of my Judge. If I called and He answered me,
    I would not believe that He was listening to my voice. For He crushes me with a tempest,
    And multiplies my wounds without cause. He will not allow me to catch my breath,
    But fills me with bitterness. If it is a matter of strength, indeed He is strong;
    And if of justice, who will appoint my day in court?
     
  • Job 13:15
    Though He slay me, yet will I trust Him.
    Even so, I will defend my own ways before Him.
     
  • Job 13:26
    For You write bitter things against me,
    And make me inherit the iniquities of my youth.
     
  • Job 14:16-17
    For now You number my steps,
    But do not watch over my sin. My transgression is sealed up in a bag,
    And You cover my iniquity.
     
  • Job 23:1-17
    Then Job answered and said: “Even today my complaint is bitter;
    My hand is listless because of my groaning. Oh, that I knew where I might find Him,
    That I might come to His seat! I would present my case before Him,
    And fill my mouth with arguments. I would know the words which He would answer me,
    And understand what He would say to me. Would He contend with me in His great power?
    No! But He would take note of me. There the upright could reason with Him,
    And I would be delivered forever from my Judge. “Look, I go forward, but He is not there,
    And backward, but I cannot perceive Him; When He works on the left hand, I cannot behold Him;
    When He turns to the right hand, I cannot see Him. But He knows the way that I take;
    When He has tested me, I shall come forth as gold. My foot has held fast to His steps;
    I have kept His way and not turned aside. I have not departed from the commandment of His lips;
    I have treasured the words of His mouth
    More than my necessary food. "But He is unique, and who can make Him change?
    And whatever His soul desires, that He does. For He performs what is appointed for me,
    And many such things are with Him. Therefore I am terrified at His presence;
    When I consider this, I am afraid of Him. For God made my heart weak,
    And the Almighty terrifies me; Because I was not cut off from the presence of darkness,
    And He did not hide deep darkness from my face.
     
  • Job 29:2
    “Oh, that I were as in months past,
    As in the days when God watched over me;
     
  • Job 29:7-17
    “When I went out to the gate by the city,
    When I took my seat in the open square, The young men saw me and hid,
    And the aged arose and stood; The princes refrained from talking,
    And put their hand on their mouth; The voice of nobles was hushed,
    And their tongue stuck to the roof of their mouth. When the ear heard, then it blessed me,
    And when the eye saw, then it approved me; Because I delivered the poor who cried out,
    The fatherless and the one who had no helper. The blessing of a perishing man came upon me,
    And I caused the widow’s heart to sing for joy. I put on righteousness, and it clothed me;
    My justice was like a robe and a turban. I was eyes to the blind,
    And I was feet to the lame. I was a father to the poor,
    And I searched out the case that I did not know. I broke the fangs of the wicked,
    And plucked the victim from his teeth.
     
  • Job 30:22
    You lift me up to the wind and cause me to ride on it;
    You spoil my success.
     
  • Job 31:1
    “I have made a covenant with my eyes;
    Why then should I look upon a young woman?
     
  • Job 32:1-3
    So these three men ceased answering Job, because he was righteous in his own eyes. Then the wrath of Elihu, the son of Barachel the Buzite, of the family of Ram, was aroused against Job; his wrath was aroused because he justified himself rather than God. Also against his three friends his wrath was aroused, because they had found no answer, and yet had condemned Job.
     
  • Job 34:18
    Is it fitting to say to a king, ‘You are worthless,’
    And to nobles, ‘You are wicked’?
     
  • Job 36:21-22
    Take heed, do not turn to iniquity,
    For you have chosen this rather than affliction. “ Behold, God is exalted by His power;
    Who teaches like Him?
     
  • Job 38:33
    Do you know the ordinances of the heavens?
    Can you set their dominion over the earth?
     
  • Job 38:41
    Who provides food for the raven,
    When its young ones cry to God,
    And wander about for lack of food?
     
  • Job 39:2-30
    Can you number the months that they fulfill?
    Or do you know the time when they bear young? They bow down,
    They bring forth their young,
    They deliver their offspring. Their young ones are healthy,
    They grow strong with grain;
    They depart and do not return to them. “Who set the wild donkey free?
    Who loosed the bonds of the onager, Whose home I have made the wilderness,
    And the barren land his dwelling? He scorns the tumult of the city;
    He does not heed the shouts of the driver. The range of the mountains is his pasture,
    And he searches after every green thing. “Will the wild ox be willing to serve you?
    Will he bed by your manger? Can you bind the wild ox in the furrow with ropes?
    Or will he plow the valleys behind you? Will you trust him because his strength is great?
    Or will you leave your labor to him? Will you trust him to bring home your grain,
    And gather it to your threshing floor? “The wings of the ostrich wave proudly,
    But are her wings and pinions like the kindly stork’s? For she leaves her eggs on the ground,
    And warms them in the dust; She forgets that a foot may crush them,
    Or that a wild beast may break them. She treats her young harshly, as though they were not hers;
    Her labor is in vain, without concern, Because God deprived her of wisdom,
    And did not endow her with understanding. When she lifts herself on high,
    She scorns the horse and its rider. “Have you given the horse strength?
    Have you clothed his neck with thunder? Can you frighten him like a locust?
    His majestic snorting strikes terror. He paws in the valley, and rejoices in his strength;
    He gallops into the clash of arms. He mocks at fear, and is not frightened;
    Nor does he turn back from the sword. The quiver rattles against him,
    The glittering spear and javelin. He devours the distance with fierceness and rage;
    Nor does he come to a halt because the trumpet has sounded. At the blast of the trumpet he says, ‘Aha!’
    He smells the battle from afar,
    The thunder of captains and shouting. “Does the hawk fly by your wisdom,
    And spread its wings toward the south? Does the eagle mount up at your command,
    And make its nest on high? On the rock it dwells and resides,
    On the crag of the rock and the stronghold. From there it spies out the prey;
    Its eyes observe from afar. Its young ones suck up blood;
    And where the slain are, there it is.
     
  • Job 40:2-14
    “Shall the one who contends with the Almighty correct Him?
    He who rebukes God, let him answer it.” Then Job answered the LORD and said: “ Behold, I am vile;
    What shall I answer You?
    I lay my hand over my mouth. Once I have spoken, but I will not answer;
    Yes, twice, but I will proceed no further.” Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said: “Now prepare yourself like a man;
    I will question you, and you shall answer Me: “ Would you indeed annul My judgment?
    Would you condemn Me that you may be justified? Have you an arm like God?
    Or can you thunder with a voice like His? Then adorn yourself with majesty and splendor,
    And array yourself with glory and beauty. Disperse the rage of your wrath;
    Look on everyone who is proud, and humble him. Look on everyone who is proud, and bring him low;
    Tread down the wicked in their place. Hide them in the dust together,
    Bind their faces in hidden darkness. Then I will also confess to you
    That your own right hand can save you.
     
  • Job 41:7-10
    Can you fill his skin with harpoons,
    Or his head with fishing spears? Lay your hand on him;
    Remember the battle—
    Never do it again! Indeed, any hope of overcoming him is false;
    Shall one not be overwhelmed at the sight of him? No one is so fierce that he would dare stir him up.
    Who then is able to stand against Me?
     
  • Job 41:15-17
    His rows of scales are his pride,
    Shut up tightly as with a seal; One is so near another
    That no air can come between them; They are joined one to another,
    They stick together and cannot be parted.
     
  • Psalm 40:1-5
    I waited patiently for the LORD;
    And He inclined to me,
    And heard my cry.
    He also brought me up out of a horrible pit,
    Out of the miry clay,
    And set my feet upon a rock,
    And established my steps.
    He has put a new song in my mouth'
    Praise to our God;
    Many will see it and fear,
    And will trust in the LORD. Blessed is that man who makes the LORD his trust,
    And does not respect the proud, nor such as turn aside to lies.
    Many, O LORD my God, are Your wonderful works
    Which You have done;
    And Your thoughts toward us
    Cannot be recounted to You in order;
    If I would declare and speak of them,
    They are more than can be numbered.
     
  • Psalm 74:14
    You broke the heads of Leviathan in pieces,
    And gave him as food to the people inhabiting the wilderness.

     
  • Psalm 84:11
    For the LORD God is a sun and shield;
    The LORD will give grace and glory;
    No good thing will He withhold
    From those who walk uprightly.
     
  • Psalm 90:12
    So teach us to number our days,
    That we may gain a heart of wisdom.
     
  • Psalm 119:67
    Before I was afflicted I went astray,
    But now I keep Your word.

     
  • Psalm 136:1-5
    Oh, give thanks to the LORD, for He is good!
    For His mercy endures forever.
    Oh, give thanks to the God of gods!
    For His mercy endures forever.
    Oh, give thanks to the Lord of lords!
    For His mercy endures forever: To Him who alone does great wonders,
    For His mercy endures forever;
    To Him who by wisdom made the heavens,
    For His mercy endures forever;

     
  • Psalm 136:11-12
    And brought out Israel from among them,
    For His mercy endures forever;
    With a strong hand, and with an outstretched arm,
    For His mercy endures forever;

     
  • Psalm 136:23-24
    Who remembered us in our lowly state,
    For His mercy endures forever;
    And rescued us from our enemies,
    For His mercy endures forever;

     
  • Proverbs 17:3
    The refining pot is for silver and the furnace for gold,
    But the LORD tests the hearts.

     
  • Proverbs 18:10
    The name of the LORD is a strong tower;
    The righteous run to it and are safe.

     
  • Ecclesiastes 5:2
    Do not be rash with your mouth,
    And let not your heart utter anything hastily before God.
    For God is in heaven, and you on earth;
    Therefore let your words be few.

     
  • Ecclesiastes 7:1-4
    A good name is better than precious ointment,
    And the day of death than the day of one's birth;
    Better to go to the house of mourning
    Than to go to the house of feasting,
    For that is the end of all men;
    And the living will take it to heart.
    Sorrow is better than laughter,
    For by a sad countenance the heart is made better.
    The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning,
    But the heart of fools is in the house of mirth.

     
  • Isaiah 14:12-14
    "How you are fallen from heaven,
    O Lucifer, son of the morning!
    How you are cut down to the ground,
    You who weakened the nations!
    For you have said in your heart:
    'I will ascend into heaven,
    I will exalt my throne above the stars of God;
    I will also sit on the mount of the congregation
    On the farthest sides of the north;
    I will ascend above the heights of the clouds,
    I will be like the Most High.'

     
  • Isaiah 53:3-8
    He is despised and rejected by men,
    A Man of sorrows and acquainted with grief.
    And we hid, as it were, our faces from Him;
    He was despised, and we did not esteem Him.
    Surely He has borne our griefs
    And carried our sorrows;
    Yet we esteemed Him stricken,
    Smitten by God, and afflicted.
    But He was wounded for our transgressions,
    He was bruised for our iniquities;
    The chastisement for our peace was upon Him,
    And by His stripes we are healed.
    All we like sheep have gone astray;
    We have turned, every one, to his own way;
    And the LORD has laid on Him the iniquity of us all.
    He was oppressed and He was afflicted,
    Yet He opened not His mouth;
    He was led as a lamb to the slaughter,
    And as a sheep before its shearers is silent,
    So He opened not His mouth.
    He was taken from prison and from judgment,
    And who will declare His generation?
    For He was cut off from the land of the living;
    For the transgressions of My people He was stricken.

     
  • Jeremiah 5:21
    'Hear this now, O foolish people,
    Without understanding,
    Who have eyes and see not,
    And who have ears and hear not:

     
  • Ezekiel 9:4-6
    and the LORD said to him, "Go through the midst of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem, and put a mark on the foreheads of the men who sigh and cry over all the abominations that are done within it." To the others He said in my hearing, "Go after him through the city and kill; do not let your eye spare, nor have any pity. Utterly slay old and young men, maidens and little children and women; but do not come near anyone on whom is the mark; and begin at My sanctuary." So they began with the elders who were before the temple.
     
  • Ezekiel 14:14
    Even if these three men, Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in it, they would deliver only themselves by their righteousness,' says the Lord GOD.
     
  • Ezekiel 28:12-15
    "Son of man, take up a lamentation for the king of Tyre, and say to him, 'Thus says the Lord GOD:
    "You were the seal of perfection,
    Full of wisdom and perfect in beauty.
    You were in Eden, the garden of God;
    Every precious stone was your covering:
    The sardius, topaz, and diamond,
    Beryl, onyx, and jasper,
    Sapphire, turquoise, and emerald with gold.
    The workmanship of your timbrels and pipes
    Was prepared for you on the day you were created.
    "You were the anointed cherub who covers;
    I established you;
    You were on the holy mountain of God;
    You walked back and forth in the midst of fiery stones.
    You were perfect in your ways from the day you were created,
    Till iniquity was found in you.

     
  • Ezekiel 28:17
    "Your heart was lifted up because of your beauty;
    You corrupted your wisdom for the sake of your splendor;
    I cast you to the ground,
    I laid you before kings,
    That they might gaze at you.

     
  • Matthew 5:4
    Blessed are those who mourn, For they shall be comforted.

     
  • Matthew 12:18-20
    “ Behold! My Servant whom I have chosen,
    My Beloved in whom My soul is well pleased!
    I will put My Spirit upon Him,
    And He will declare justice to the Gentiles.
    He will not quarrel nor cry out,
    Nor will anyone hear His voice in the streets.
    A bruised reed He will not break,
    And smoking flax He will not quench,
    Till He sends forth justice to victory;

     
  • Matthew 14:22
    Immediately Jesus made His disciples get into the boat and go before Him to the other side, while He sent the multitudes away.
     
  • Matthew 14:26-31
    And when the disciples saw Him walking on the sea, they were troubled, saying, “It is a ghost!” And they cried out for fear. But immediately Jesus spoke to them, saying, 'Be of good cheer! It is I; do not be afraid.' And Peter answered Him and said, “Lord, if it is You, command me to come to You on the water.” So He said, “Come.” And when Peter had come down out of the boat, he walked on the water to go to Jesus. But when he saw that the wind was boisterous, he was afraid; and beginning to sink he cried out, saying, “Lord, save me!” And immediately Jesus stretched out His hand and caught him, and said to him, 'O you of little faith, why did you doubt?'
     
  • Luke 4:18
    "The Spirit of the LORD is upon Me,
    Because He has anointed Me
    To preach the gospel to the poor;
    He has sent Me to heal the brokenhearted,
    To proclaim liberty to the captives
    And recovery of sight to the blind,
    To set at liberty those who are oppressed;

     
  • Luke 7:23
    And blessed is he who is not offended because of Me.”
     
  • Luke 18:8
    I tell you that He will avenge them speedily. Nevertheless, when the Son of Man comes, will He really find faith on the earth?"
     
  • John 6:29
    Jesus answered and said to them, "This is the work of God, that you believe in Him whom He sent."
     
  • John 15:5
    "I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit; for without Me you can do nothing.
     
  • John 17:15
    I do not pray that You should take them out of the world, but that You should keep them from the evil one.
     
  • John 18:10-11
    Then Simon Peter, having a sword, drew it and struck the high priest’s servant, and cut off his right ear. The servant’s name was Malchus. So Jesus said to Peter, “Put your sword into the sheath. Shall I not drink the cup which My Father has given Me?”
     
  • Romans 8:1
    There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, who do not walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit.
     
  • 1 Corinthians 1:9
    God is faithful, by whom you were called into the fellowship of His Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.
     
  • 1 Corinthians 13:12
    For now we see in a mirror, dimly, but then face to face. Now I know in part, but then I shall know just as I also am known.
     
  • 1 Corinthians 15:10
    But by the grace of God I am what I am, and His grace toward me was not in vain; but I labored more abundantly than they all, yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me.
     
  • 2 Corinthians 2:6
    This punishment which was inflicted by the majority is sufficient for such a man,
     
  • 2 Corinthians 5:17
    Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new.
     
  • 2 Corinthians 7:9-11
    Now I rejoice, not that you were made sorry, but that your sorrow led to repentance. For you were made sorry in a godly manner, that you might suffer loss from us in nothing. For godly sorrow produces repentance leading to salvation, not to be regretted; but the sorrow of the world produces death. For observe this very thing, that you sorrowed in a godly manner: What diligence it produced in you, what clearing of yourselves, what indignation, what fear, what vehement desire, what zeal, what vindication! In all things you proved yourselves to be clear in this matter.
     
  • 2 Corinthians 10:12
    For we dare not class ourselves or compare ourselves with those who commend themselves. But they, measuring themselves by themselves, and comparing themselves among themselves, are not wise.
     
  • 2 Corinthians 12:7-9
    And lest I should be exalted above measure by the abundance of the revelations, a thorn in the flesh was given to me, a messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I be exalted above measure. Concerning this thing I pleaded with the Lord three times that it might depart from me. And He said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for My strength is made perfect in weakness." Therefore most gladly I will rather boast in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.
     
  • Galatians 2:20
    I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me.
     
  • Ephesians 1:4
    just as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before Him in love,
     
  • Ephesians 1:8-12
    which He made to abound toward us in all wisdom and prudence, having made known to us the mystery of His will, according to His good pleasure which He purposed in Himself, that in the dispensation of the fullness of the times He might gather together in one all things in Christ, both which are in heaven and which are on earth—in Him. In Him also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestined according to the purpose of Him who works all things according to the counsel of His will, that we who first trusted in Christ should be to the praise of His glory.
     
  • Ephesians 5:14-16
    Therefore He says:
    " Awake, you who sleep,
    Arise from the dead,
    And Christ will give you light." See then that you walk circumspectly, not as fools but as wise, redeeming the time, because the days are evil.
     
  • Ephesians 6:12
    For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places.
     
  • Philippians 3:21
    who will transform our lowly body that it may be conformed to His glorious body, according to the working by which He is able even to subdue all things to Himself.
     
  • Philippians 4:13
    I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.
     
  • 1 Thessalonians 5:24
    He who calls you is faithful, who also will do it.
     
  • 2 Thessalonians 3:3
    But the Lord is faithful, who will establish you and guard you from the evil one.
     
  • Titus 1:2
    in hope of eternal life which God, who cannot lie, promised before time began,
     
  • Hebrews 5:8-9
    though He was a Son, yet He learned obedience by the things which He suffered. And having been perfected, He became the author of eternal salvation to all who obey Him,
     
  • Hebrews 11:1-3
    Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. For by it the elders obtained a good testimony. By faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that the things which are seen were not made of things which are visible.
     
  • Hebrews 11:13
    These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off were assured of them, embraced them and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.
     
  • Hebrews 12:5-11
    And you have forgotten the exhortation which speaks to you as to sons:
    “ My son, do not despise the chastening of the LORD,
    Nor be discouraged when you are rebuked by Him;
    For whom the LORD loves He chastens,
    And scourges every son whom He receives.' If you endure chastening, God deals with you as with sons; for what son is there whom a father does not chasten? But if you are without chastening, of which all have become partakers, then you are illegitimate and not sons. Furthermore, we have had human fathers who corrected us, and we paid them respect. Shall we not much more readily be in subjection to the Father of spirits and live? For they indeed for a few days chastened us as seemed best to them, but He for our profit, that we may be partakers of His holiness. Now no chastening seems to be joyful for the present, but painful; nevertheless, afterward it yields the peaceable fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it.
     
  • James 1:16-17
    Do not be deceived, my beloved brethren. Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and comes down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow of turning.
     
  • James 1:27
    Pure and undefiled religion before God and the Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their trouble, and to keep oneself unspotted from the world.
     
  • James 2:14-26
    What does it profit, my brethren, if someone says he has faith but does not have works? Can faith save him? If a brother or sister is naked and destitute of daily food, and one of you says to them, 'Depart in peace, be warmed and filled,' but you do not give them the things which are needed for the body, what does it profit? Thus also faith by itself, if it does not have works, is dead. But someone will say, "You have faith, and I have works." Show me your faith without your works, and I will show you my faith by my works. You believe that there is one God. You do well. Even the demons believe—and tremble! But do you want to know, O foolish man, that faith without works is dead? Was not Abraham our father justified by works when he offered Isaac his son on the altar? Do you see that faith was working together with his works, and by works faith was made perfect? And the Scripture was fulfilled which says, 'Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness.'And he was called the friend of God. You see then that a man is justified by works, and not by faith only. Likewise, was not Rahab the harlot also justified by works when she received the messengers and sent them out another way? For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also.
     
  • James 4:6-10
    But He gives more grace. Therefore He says:
    " God resists the proud,
    But gives grace to the humble." Therefore submit to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you. Draw near to God and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners; and purify your hearts, you double-minded. Lament and mourn and weep! Let your laughter be turned to mourning and your joy to gloom. Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and He will lift you up.
     
  • James 4:13-15
    Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go to such and such a city, spend a year there, buy and sell, and make a profit”; whereas you do not know what will happen tomorrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapor that appears for a little time and then vanishes away. Instead you ought to say, “If the Lord wills, we shall live and do this or that.”
     
  • 1 Peter 1:4-7
    to an inheritance incorruptible and undefiled and that does not fade away, reserved in heaven for you, who are kept by the power of God through faith for salvation ready to be revealed in the last time. In this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while, if need be, you have been grieved by various trials, that the genuineness of your faith, being much more precious than gold that perishes, though it is tested by fire, may be found to praise, honor, and glory at the revelation of Jesus Christ,
     
  • 1 Peter 4:1-2
    Therefore, since Christ suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves also with the same mind, for he who has suffered in the flesh has ceased from sin, that he no longer should live the rest of his time in the flesh for the lusts of men, but for the will of God.
     
  • 1 Peter 4:12-13
    Beloved, do not think it strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened to you; but rejoice to the extent that you partake of Christ's sufferings, that when His glory is revealed, you may also be glad with exceeding joy.
     
  • 2 Peter 1:4
    by which have been given to us exceedingly great and precious promises, that through these you may be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.
     
  • 1 John 2:1-2
    My little children, these things I write to you, so that you may not sin. And if anyone sins, we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous. And He Himself is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the whole world.
     
  • 1 John 5:4-5
    For whatever is born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world—our faith. Who is he who overcomes the world, but he who believes that Jesus is the Son of God?
     
  • 1 John 5:14-15
    Now this is the confidence that we have in Him, that if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us. And if we know that He hears us, whatever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we have asked of Him.
     
  • Revelation 12:3
    And another sign appeared in heaven: behold, a great, fiery red dragon having seven heads and ten horns, and seven diadems on his heads.
     
  • Revelation 12:10
    Then I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, 'Now salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of His Christ have come, for the accuser of our brethren, who accused them before our God day and night, has been cast down.
     
  • Revelation 22:12
    'And behold, I am coming quickly, and My reward is with Me, to give to every one according to his work.