Thematic Bible: Encouragement to
Thematic Bible
Benevolence » The duty of » Encouragement to
He that has a bountiful eye shall be blessed; for he gives of his bread to the poor.
And if you draw out your soul to the hungry, and satisfy the afflicted soul; then shall your light rise in the darkness, and your darkness be as the noon day:
But this I say, He who sows sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he who sows bountifully shall reap also bountifully.
And Azariah the chief priest of the house of Zadok answered him, and said, Since the people began to bring the offerings into the house of the LORD, we have had enough to eat, and have plenty left: for the LORD has blessed his people; and that which is left is this great abundance.
He has dispersed, he has given to the poor; his righteousness endures forever; his strength shall be exalted with honor.
The liberal soul shall be made rich: and he that waters shall be watered also himself.
Bring you all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house, and test me now in this, says the LORD of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it.
Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your lap. For with the same measure that you measure it shall be measured to you again.
Hope » Encouragement to
And I will give her her vineyards from there, and the valley of Achor for a door of hope: and she shall sing there, as in the days of her youth, and as in the day when she came up out of the land of Egypt.
Turn you to the stronghold, you prisoners of hope: even today do I declare that I will restore double unto you;
Missionaries » Encouragement to
Brethren, if any of you do err from the truth, and one convert him; Let him know, that he who converts the sinner from the error of his way shall save a soul from death, and shall hide a multitude of sins.
The liberal soul shall be made rich: and he that waters shall be watered also himself.
But God has chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God has chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty;
The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life; and he that wins souls is wise.
Perseverance » Encouragement to
Looking unto Jesus the author and perfecter of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God. For consider him that endured such hostility of sinners against himself, lest you be wearied and faint in your minds.
Intercessory prayer » Encouragement to
Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that you may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much.
If any man see his brother sin a sin which is not unto death, he shall ask, and he shall give him life for them that sin not unto death. There is a sin unto death: I do not say that he shall pray for it.