Then you will call out, and the Lord will respond; you will cry out, and he will reply, 'Here I am.' You must remove the burdensome yoke from among you and stop pointing fingers and speaking sinfully.

Before they even call out, I will respond; while they are still speaking, I will hear.

When you call out to me and come to me in prayer, I will hear your prayers.

Call on me in prayer and I will answer you. I will show you great and mysterious things which you still do not know about.'

For there is no distinction between the Jew and the Greek, for the same Lord is Lord of all, who richly blesses all who call on him.

During his earthly life Christ offered both requests and supplications, with loud cries and tears, to the one who was able to save him from death and he was heard because of his devotion.

I will be

Even when I must walk through the darkest valley, I fear no danger, for you are with me; your rod and your staff reassure me.

Even when I must walk in the midst of danger, you revive me. You oppose my angry enemies, and your right hand delivers me.

Don't be afraid, for I am with you! Don't be frightened, for I am your God! I strengthen you -- yes, I help you -- yes, I uphold you with my saving right hand!

Now, this is what the Lord says, the one who created you, O Jacob, and formed you, O Israel: "Don't be afraid, for I will protect you. I call you by name, you are mine.

teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And remember, I am with you always, to the end of the age."

Look, a time is coming -- and has come -- when you will be scattered, each one to his own home, and I will be left alone. Yet I am not alone, because my Father is with me.

The Lord said to Paul by a vision in the night, "Do not be afraid, but speak and do not be silent,

But the Lord stood by me and strengthened me, so that through me the message would be fully proclaimed for all the Gentiles to hear. And so I was delivered from the lion's mouth!

Deliver

The Lord helps them and rescues them; he rescues them from evil men and delivers them, for they seek his protection.

Indeed we felt as if the sentence of death had been passed against us, so that we would not trust in ourselves but in God who raises the dead.

Honour

Therefore the Lord, the God of Israel, says, 'I really did say that your house and your ancestor's house would serve me forever.' But now the Lord says, 'May it never be! For I will honor those who honor me, but those who despise me will be cursed!

How can you believe, if you accept praise from one another and don't seek the praise that comes from the only God?

If anyone wants to serve me, he must follow me, and where I am, my servant will be too. If anyone serves me, the Father will honor him.

Through him you now trust in God, who raised him from the dead and gave him glory, so that your faith and hope are in God.

who went into heaven and is at the right hand of God with angels and authorities and powers subject to him.

Then when the Chief Shepherd appears, you will receive the crown of glory that never fades away.

I will grant the one who conquers permission to sit with me on my throne, just as I too conquered and sat down with my Father on his throne.

General references

As for me, I will call out to God, and the Lord will deliver me.

In my time of trouble I cry out to you, for you will answer me.

Before they even call out, I will respond; while they are still speaking, I will hear.