Matthew 5:3-4
Blessed are the poor in spirit; for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
Matthew 6:16-18
And when you fast, do not put on a sad countenance, as the hypocrites do; for they disfigure their faces, that they may appear to men to be fasting. Verily, I say to you, They have their reward.
Romans 2:4
Or, do you despise the riches of his goodness, and his forbearance, and his long suffering, not knowing that the goodness of God leads you to repentance?
Romans 5:20-21
But, besides the first offense, law was introduced, in order that offenses might abound: but where sin abounded, grace did much more abound:
Ephesians 2:4
but God, being rich in mercy, on account of his great love with which he loved us,
1 Timothy 4:8
For the exercise of the body is profitable for little; but godliness is profitable for all things, and has the promise of the life that now is, and also of that which is to come.
James 1:19-20
So, then, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath.