Matthew 5:3-4
"Happy are the poor in spirit; because theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven.
Matthew 6:16-18
"And, when ye fast, be not as the hypocrites, of a sad countenance; for they disfigure their faces, that they may appear to men to fast. Verily I say to you, they receive their reward.
Romans 2:4
Or, do you despise the riches of His kindness and forbearance and longsuffering, not knowing that the goodness of God is leading you to repentance?
Romans 5:20-21
And the law entered, that the trespass might abound; but where sin abounded, grace did super-abound;
Ephesians 2:4
but God, being rich in mercy, on account of His great love wherewith He loved us,
1 Timothy 4:8
for bodily exercise is profitable for a little; but godliness is profitable for all things, having promise of the life which is present and that to come.
James 1:19-20
Ye know this, my beloved brethren; but let every man be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath;