Thematic Bible: Encouragement to
Thematic Bible
Benevolence » The duty of » Encouragement to
He who has a generous eye will be blessed; for he shares his food with the poor.
and if you draw out your soul to the hungry, and satisfy the afflicted soul: then your light shall rise in darkness, and your obscurity be as the noonday;
Remember this: he who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly. He who sows bountifully will also reap bountifully.
Azariah the chief priest, of the house of Zadok, answered him and said, "Since people began to bring the offerings into the house of Yahweh, we have eaten and had enough, and have left plenty: for Yahweh has blessed his people; and that which is left is this great store."
He has dispersed, he has given to the poor. His righteousness endures forever. His horn will be exalted with honor.
The liberal soul shall be made fat. He who waters shall be watered also himself.
Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house, and test me now in this," says Yahweh of Armies, "if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough for.
"Give, and it will be given to you: good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over, will be given to you. For with the same measure you measure it will be measured back to you."
Hope » Encouragement to
I will give her vineyards from there, and the valley of Achor for a door of hope; and she will respond there, as in the days of her youth, and as in the day when she came up out of the land of Egypt.
Turn to the stronghold, you prisoners of hope! Even today I declare that I will restore double to you.
Missionaries » Encouragement to
Brothers, if any among you wanders from the truth, and someone turns him back, let him know that he who turns a sinner from the error of his way will save a soul from death, and will cover a multitude of sins.
The liberal soul shall be made fat. He who waters shall be watered also himself.
but God chose the foolish things of the world that he might put to shame those who are wise. God chose the weak things of the world, that he might put to shame the things that are strong;
The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life. He who is wise wins souls.
Perseverance » Encouragement to
looking to Jesus, the author and perfecter of faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising its shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God. For consider him who has endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, that you don't grow weary, fainting in your souls.
Intercessory prayer » Encouragement to
Confess your offenses to one another, and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The insistent prayer of a righteous person is powerfully effective.
If anyone sees his brother sinning a sin not leading to death, he shall ask, and God will give him life for those who sin not leading to death. There is a sin leading to death. I don't say that he should make a request concerning this.