19 Bible Verses about God's Promises

Love the LORD, all you his saints! The LORD preserves the faithful but abundantly repays the one who acts in pride.

The Lord will rescue me from every evil deed and bring me safely into his heavenly kingdom. To him be the glory forever and ever. Amen.

"You are the LORD, you alone. You have made heaven, the heaven of heavens, with all their host, the earth and all that is on it, the seas and all that is in them; and you preserve all of them; and the host of heaven worships you.

For the LORDloves justice; he will not forsake his saints. They are preserved forever, but the children of the wicked shall be cut off.

The LORD watches over the sojourners; he upholds the widow and the fatherless, but the way of the wicked he brings to ruin.

He will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver, and he will purify the sons of Levi and refine them like gold and silver, and they will bring offerings in righteousness to the LORD.

"Come now, let us reason together, says the LORD: though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red like crimson, they shall become like wool.

"On that day there shall be a fountain opened for the house of David and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, to cleanse them from sin and uncleanness.

But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin.

and from Jesus Christ the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of kings on earth. To him who loves us and has freed us from our sins by his blood

I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you shall be clean from all your uncleannesses, and from all your idols I will cleanse you.

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

I have blotted out your transgressions like a cloud and your sins like mist; return to me, for I have redeemed you.

let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts; let him return to the LORD, that he may have compassion on him, and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.

Who is a God like you, pardoning iniquity and passing over transgression for the remnant of his inheritance? He does not retain his anger forever, because he delights in steadfast love.

But he said, "Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and keep it!"

Therefore you shall keep his statutes and his commandments, which I command you today, that it may go well with you and with your children after you, and that you may prolong your days in the land that the LORD your God is giving you for all time."

Jesus answered him, "If anyone loves me, he will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our home with him.

If anyone's will is to do God's will, he will know whether the teaching is from God or whether I am speaking on my own authority.

but showing steadfast love to thousands of those who love me and keep my commandments.

Then the righteous will shine like the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He who has ears, let him hear.

I have been young, and now am old, yet I have not seen the righteous forsaken or his children begging for bread.

The righteous who walks in his integrity-- blessed are his children after him!

The righteous flourish like the palm tree and grow like a cedar in Lebanon.

But the path of the righteous is like the light of dawn, which shines brighter and brighter until full day.

For if you forgive others their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you,

if you pour yourself out for the hungry and satisfy the desire of the afflicted, then shall your light rise in the darkness and your gloom be as the noonday.

The LORD sustains him on his sickbed; in his illness you restore him to full health.

"Blessed are the merciful, for they shall receive mercy.

He has distributed freely; he has given to the poor; his righteousness endures forever; his horn is exalted in honor.

He delivered us from such a deadly peril, and he will deliver us. On him we have set our hope that he will deliver us again.

He will deliver you from six troubles; in seven no evil shall touch you.

For he will deliver you from the snare of the fowler and from the deadly pestilence.

For you have delivered my soul from death, my eyes from tears, my feet from stumbling;

even to your old age I am he, and to gray hairs I will carry you. I have made, and I will bear; I will carry and will save.

If you abide in me, and my words abide in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you.

And I will put this third into the fire, and refine them as one refines silver, and test them as gold is tested. They will call upon my name, and I will answer them. I will say, 'They are my people'; and they will say, 'The LORD is my God.'"

When he calls to me, I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble; I will rescue him and honor him.

When the poor and needy seek water, and there is none, and their tongue is parched with thirst, I the LORD will answer them; I the God of Israel will not forsake them.

Then you shall call, and the LORD will answer; you shall cry, and he will say, 'Here I am.' If you take away the yoke from your midst, the pointing of the finger, and speaking wickedness,

If you abide in me, and my words abide in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you.

And I will put this third into the fire, and refine them as one refines silver, and test them as gold is tested. They will call upon my name, and I will answer them. I will say, 'They are my people'; and they will say, 'The LORD is my God.'"

When he calls to me, I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble; I will rescue him and honor him.

When the poor and needy seek water, and there is none, and their tongue is parched with thirst, I the LORD will answer them; I the God of Israel will not forsake them.

Then you shall call, and the LORD will answer; you shall cry, and he will say, 'Here I am.' If you take away the yoke from your midst, the pointing of the finger, and speaking wickedness,

but whoever listens to me will dwell secure and will be at ease, without dread of disaster."

His heart is steady; he will not be afraid, until he looks in triumph on his adversaries.

No ill befalls the righteous, but the wicked are filled with trouble.

Then you will walk on your way securely, and your foot will not stumble.

He will not let your foot be moved; he who keeps you will not slumber.

He will love you, bless you, and multiply you. He will also bless the fruit of your womb and the fruit of your ground, your grain and your wine and your oil, the increase of your herds and the young of your flock, in the land that he swore to your fathers to give you.

As for Ishmael, I have heard you; behold, I have blessed him and will make him fruitful and multiply him greatly. He shall father twelve princes, and I will make him into a great nation.

On that day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, "To your offspring I give this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the river Euphrates,

And the LORD appeared to him the same night and said, "I am the God of Abraham your father. Fear not, for I am with you and will bless you and multiply your offspring for my servant Abraham's sake."

And he brought him outside and said, "Look toward heaven, and number the stars, if you are able to number them." Then he said to him, "So shall your offspring be."

I will make the fruit of the tree and the increase of the field abundant, that you may never again suffer the disgrace of famine among the nations.

then your barns will be filled with plenty, and your vats will be bursting with wine.

Your threshing shall last to the time of the grape harvest, and the grape harvest shall last to the time for sowing. And you shall eat your bread to the full and dwell in your land securely.

And he will give rain for the seed with which you sow the ground, and bread, the produce of the ground, which will be rich and plenteous. In that day your livestock will graze in large pastures,

The LORD your God will make you abundantly prosperous in all the work of your hand, in the fruit of your womb and in the fruit of your cattle and in the fruit of your ground. For the LORD will again take delight in prospering you, as he took delight in your fathers,

But God, who comforts the downcast, comforted us by the coming of Titus,

You will say in that day: "I will give thanks to you, O LORD, for though you were angry with me, your anger turned away, that you might comfort me.

You will increase my greatness and comfort me again.

Show me a sign of your favor, that those who hate me may see and be put to shame because you, LORD, have helped me and comforted me.

For the LORDcomforts Zion; he comforts all her waste places and makes her wilderness like Eden, her desert like the garden of the LORD; joy and gladness will be found in her, thanksgiving and the voice of song.

Her priests I will clothe with salvation, and her saints will shout for joy.

The nations raged, but your wrath came, and the time for the dead to be judged, and for rewarding your servants, the prophets and saints, and those who fear your name, both small and great, and for destroying the destroyers of the earth."

For the LORDloves justice; he will not forsake his saints. They are preserved forever, but the children of the wicked shall be cut off.

Or do you not know that the saints will judge the world? And if the world is to be judged by you, are you incompetent to try trivial cases?

Precious in the sight of the LORD is the death of his saints.

The LORD is merciful and gracious, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love.

Go, and proclaim these words toward the north, and say, "'Return, faithless Israel, declares the LORD. I will not look on you in anger, for I am merciful, declares the LORD; I will not be angry forever.

keeping steadfast love for thousands,forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, but who will by no means clear the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children and the children's children, to the third and the fourth generation."

let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts; let him return to the LORD, that he may have compassion on him, and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.

My steadfast love I will keep for him forever, and my covenant will stand firm for him.

but they who wait for the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles; they shall run and not be weary; they shall walk and not faint.

May you be strengthened with all power, according to his glorious might, for all endurance and patience with joy,

fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your God; I will strengthen you, I will help you, I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.

that according to the riches of his glory he may grant you to be strengthened with power through his Spirit in your inner being,

For you equipped me with strength for the battle; you made those who rise against me sink under me.

And those who are wise shall shine like the brightness of the sky above; and those who turn many to righteousness, like the stars forever and ever.

For God is not unjust so as to overlook your work and the love that you have shown for his name in serving the saints, as you still do.

Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that in the Lord your labor is not in vain.

But the one who looks into the perfect law, the law of liberty, and perseveres, being no hearer who forgets but a doer who acts, he will be blessed in his doing.

For truly, I say to you, whoever gives you a cup of water to drink because you belong to Christ will by no means lose his reward.

And I tell you, ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.

If you ask me anything in my name, I will do it.

if my people who are called by my name humble themselves, and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and heal their land.

I love those who love me, and those who seek me diligently find me.

You will seek me and find me, when you seek me with all your heart.

For thus says the One who is high and lifted up, who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: "I dwell in the high and holy place, and also with him who is of a contrite and lowly spirit, to revive the spirit of the lowly, and to revive the heart of the contrite.

All these things my hand has made, and so all these things came to be, declares the LORD. But this is the one to whom I will look: he who is humble and contrite in spirit and trembles at my word.

The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise.

The LORD is near to the brokenhearted and saves the crushed in spirit.

and rend your hearts and not your garments." Return to the LORD your God, for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love; and he relents over disaster.

The LORD tears down the house of the proud but maintains the widow's boundaries.

Assyria shall not save us; we will not ride on horses; and we will say no more, 'Our God,' to the work of our hands. In you the orphan finds mercy."

He executes justice for the fatherless and the widow, and loves the sojourner, giving him food and clothing.

But you do see, for you note mischief and vexation, that you may take it into your hands; to you the helpless commits himself; you have been the helper of the fatherless.

Father of the fatherless and protector of widows is God in his holy habitation.

But not a hair of your head will perish.

The angel of the LORDencamps around those who fear him, and delivers them.

For the eyes of the LORD run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to give strong support to those whose heart is blameless toward him. You have done foolishly in this, for from now on you will have wars."

the LORD protects him and keeps him alive; he is called blessed in the land; you do not give him up to the will of his enemies.

He will cover you with his pinions, and under his wings you will find refuge; his faithfulness is a shield and buckler.

Just so, I tell you, there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous persons who need no repentance.

"Return, O faithless sons; I will heal your faithlessness." "Behold, we come to you, for you are the LORD our God.

And Peter said to them, "Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

"Blessed are you who are hungry now, for you shall be satisfied. "Blessed are you who weep now, for you shall laugh.

The LORD is near to the brokenhearted and saves the crushed in spirit.

and if children, then heirs--heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ, provided we suffer with him in order that we may also be glorified with him.

For you had compassion on those in prison, and you joyfully accepted the plundering of your property, since you knew that you yourselves had a better possession and an abiding one.

Then I saw thrones, and seated on them were those to whom the authority to judge was committed. Also I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for the testimony of Jesus and for the word of God, and those who had not worshiped the beast or its image and had not received its mark on their foreheads or their hands. They came to life and reigned with Christ for a thousand years.

if we endure, we will also reign with him; if we deny him, he also will deny us;

He considered the reproach of Christ greater wealth than the treasures of Egypt, for he was looking to the reward.

I have said these things to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take heart; I have overcome the world."

And when the Lord saw her, he had compassion on her and said to her, "Do not weep."

"Let not your hearts be troubled. Believe in God; believe also in me.

"I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you.

Jesus turned, and seeing her he said, "Take heart, daughter; your faith has made you well." And instantly the woman was made well.

"Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth.

but with righteousness he shall judge the poor, and decide with equity for the meek of the earth; and he shall strike the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips he shall kill the wicked.

The meek shall obtain fresh joy in the LORD, and the poor among mankind shall exult in the Holy One of Israel.

But the meek shall inherit the land and delight themselves in abundant peace.

The afflicted shall eat and be satisfied; those who seek him shall praise the LORD! May your hearts live forever!

I know that the LORD will maintain the cause of the afflicted, and will execute justice for the needy.

but with righteousness he shall judge the poor, and decide with equity for the meek of the earth; and he shall strike the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips he shall kill the wicked.

You would shame the plans of the poor, but the LORD is his refuge.

"Because the poor are plundered, because the needy groan, I will now arise," says the LORD; "I will place him in the safety for which he longs."

your flock found a dwelling in it; in your goodness, O God, you provided for the needy.

The righteous flourish like the palm tree and grow like a cedar in Lebanon.

And we all, with unveiled face, beholding the glory of the Lord,are being transformed into the same image from one degree of glory to another. For this comes from the Lord who is the Spirit.

But the path of the righteous is like the light of dawn, which shines brighter and brighter until full day.

Yet the righteous holds to his way, and he who has clean hands grows stronger and stronger.

They go from strength to strength; each one appears before God in Zion.

Behold, we consider those blessed who remained steadfast. You have heard of the steadfastness of Job, and you have seen the purpose of the Lord, how the Lord is compassionate and merciful.

Blessed is the man who remains steadfast under trial, for when he has stood the test he will receive the crown of life, which God has promised to those who love him.

and you will be hated by all for my name's sake. But the one who endures to the end will be saved.

It is for discipline that you have to endure. God is treating you as sons. For what son is there whom his father does not discipline?

For this is a gracious thing, when, mindful of God, one endures sorrows while suffering unjustly.

And Jesus said to him, "Today salvation has come to this house, since he also is a son of Abraham.

Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned.

And they said, "Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved, you and your household."

With long life I will satisfy him and show him my salvation."

But Israel is saved by the LORD with everlasting salvation; you shall not be put to shame or confounded to all eternity.

For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted."

Likewise, you who are younger, be subject to the elders. Clothe yourselves, all of you, with humility toward one another, for "God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble."

All these things my hand has made, and so all these things came to be, declares the LORD. But this is the one to whom I will look: he who is humble and contrite in spirit and trembles at my word.

and said to them, "Whoever receives this child in my name receives me, and whoever receives me receives him who sent me. For he who is least among you all is the one who is great."

For though the LORD is high, he regards the lowly, but the haughty he knows from afar.

If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God, who gives generously to all without reproach, and it will be given him.

For to the one who pleases him God has given wisdom and knowledge and joy, but to the sinner he has given the business of gathering and collecting, only to give to one who pleases God. This also is vanity and a striving after wind.

For the LORD gives wisdom; from his mouth come knowledge and understanding;

He changes times and seasons; he removes kings and sets up kings; he gives wisdom to the wise and knowledge to those who have understanding;

for I will give you a mouth and wisdom, which none of your adversaries will be able to withstand or contradict.

saying, "If you will diligently listen to the voice of the LORD your God, and do that which is right in his eyes, and give ear to his commandments and keep all his statutes, I will put none of the diseases on you that I put on the Egyptians, for I am the LORD, your healer."

And the LORD will take away from you all sickness, and none of the evil diseases of Egypt, which you knew, will he inflict on you, but he will lay them on all who hate you.

For they are life to those who find them, and healing to all their flesh.

For I will restore health to you, and your wounds I will heal, declares the LORD, because they have called you an outcast: 'It is Zion, for whom no one cares!'

and call upon me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you shall glorify me."

Blessed is the man whom you discipline, O LORD, and whom you teach out of your law,

The LORD sustains him on his sickbed; in his illness you restore him to full health.

Though I walk in the midst of trouble, you preserve my life; you stretch out your hand against the wrath of my enemies, and your right hand delivers me.

"Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever believes in me will also do the works that I do; and greater works than these will he do, because I am going to the Father.

if indeed you continue in the faith, stable and steadfast, not shifting from the hope of the gospel that you heard, which has been proclaimed in all creation under heaven, and of which I, Paul, became a minister.

For the Scripture says, "Everyone who believes in him will not be put to shame."

All your children shall be taught by the LORD, and great shall be the peace of your children.

Oh that you had paid attention to my commandments! Then your peace would have been like a river, and your righteousness like the waves of the sea;

"I will make with them a covenant of peace and banish wild beasts from the land, so that they may dwell securely in the wilderness and sleep in the woods.

Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

Because you have kept my word about patient endurance, I will keep you from the hour of trial that is coming on the whole world, to try those who dwell on the earth.

Little children, you are from God and have overcome them, for he who is in you is greater than he who is in the world.

Since we have these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from every defilement of body and spirit, bringing holiness to completion in the fear of God.

For all the promises of God find their Yes in him. That is why it is through him that we utter our Amen to God for his glory.

I am writing to you, fathers, because you know him who is from the beginning. I am writing to you, young men, because you have overcome the evil one. I write to you, children, because you know the Father.

Little children, you are from God and have overcome them, for he who is in you is greater than he who is in the world.

Who is it that overcomes the world except the one who believes that Jesus is the Son of God?

The one who conquers, I will grant him to sit with me on my throne, as I also conquered and sat down with my Father on his throne.

And they have conquered him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, for they loved not their lives even unto death.

Do not fear what you are about to suffer. Behold, the devil is about to throw some of you into prison, that you may be tested, and for ten days you will have tribulation. Be faithful unto death, and I will give you the crown of life.

He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who conquers I will give some of the hidden manna, and I will give him a white stone, with a new name written on the stone that no one knows except the one who receives it.'

For this light momentary affliction is preparing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison,

And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose.

but glory and honor and peace for everyone who does good, the Jew first and also the Greek.

He who plants and he who waters are one, and each will receive his wages according to his labor.

knowing that whatever good anyone does, this he will receive back from the Lord, whether he is a slave or free.

knowing that from the Lord you will receive the inheritance as your reward. You are serving the Lord Christ.

Great peace have those who love your law; nothing can make them stumble.

Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace.

Thus says the LORD, your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: "I am the LORD your God, who teaches you to profit, who leads you in the way you should go.

And I will lead the blind in a way that they do not know, in paths that they have not known I will guide them. I will turn the darkness before them into light, the rough places into level ground. These are the things I do, and I do not forsake them.

For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek.

For it stands in Scripture: "Behold, I am laying in Zion a stone, a cornerstone chosen and precious, and whoever believes in him will not be put to shame."

And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of Man be lifted up, that whoever believes in him may have eternal life.

Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life. He does not come into judgment, but has passed from death to life.

I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will counsel you with my eye upon you.

He leads the humble in what is right, and teaches the humble his way.

I have said these things to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take heart; I have overcome the world."

Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. Not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid.

Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change.

I give them eternal life, and they will never perish, and no one will snatch them out of my hand.

Jesus said to them, "I am the bread of life; whoever comes to me shall not hunger, and whoever believes in me shall never thirst.

and everyone who lives and believes in me shall never die. Do you believe this?"

But to all who did receive him, who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God,

Whoever believes in me, as the Scripture has said, 'Out of his heart will flow rivers of living water.'"

When he has brought out all his own, he goes before them, and the sheep follow him, for they know his voice.

to give light to those who sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace."

But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, expecting nothing in return, and your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High, for he is kind to the ungrateful and the evil.

Already the one who reaps is receiving wages and gathering fruit for eternal life, so that sower and reaper may rejoice together.

No temptation has overtaken you that is not common to man. God is faithful, and he will not let you be tempted beyond your ability, but with the temptation he will also provide the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it.

Then one of the elders addressed me, saying, "Who are these, clothed in white robes, and from where have they come?" I said to him, "Sir, you know." And he said to me, "These are the ones coming out of the great tribulation. They have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.

But he said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness." Therefore I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me.

"'Honor your father and your mother, as the LORD your God commanded you, that your days may be long, and that it may go well with you in the land that the LORD your God is giving you.

The one who conquers, I will grant him to sit with me on my throne, as I also conquered and sat down with my Father on his throne.

And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.

The one who conquers will have this heritage, and I will be his God and he will be my son.

The one who conquers, I will make him a pillar in the temple of my God. Never shall he go out of it, and I will write on him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, the new Jerusalem, which comes down from my God out of heaven, and my own new name.

He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who conquers I will give some of the hidden manna, and I will give him a white stone, with a new name written on the stone that no one knows except the one who receives it.'

The one who conquers and who keeps my works until the end, to him I will give authority over the nations,

He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more, neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain anymore, for the former things have passed away."

Beloved, do not be surprised at the fiery trial when it comes upon you to test you, as though something strange were happening to you. But rejoice insofar as you share Christ's sufferings, that you may also rejoice and be glad when his glory is revealed.

The one who conquers will be clothed thus in white garments, and I will never blot his name out of the book of life. I will confess his name before my Father and before his angels.

He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who conquers I will grant to eat of the tree of life, which is in the paradise of God.'

Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but the LORD delivers him out of them all. He keeps all his bones; not one of them is broken.

"Honor your father and mother" (this is the first commandment with a promise),

"And now, O sons, listen to me: blessed are those who keep my ways.

I love those who love me, and those who seek me diligently find me.

"Simon, Simon, behold, Satan demanded to have you,that he might sift you like wheat, but I have prayed for you that your faith may not fail. And when you have turned again, strengthen your brothers."

And whatever you ask in prayer, you will receive, if you have faith."

His master said to him, 'Well done, good and faithful servant. You have been faithful over a little; I will set you over much. Enter into the joy of your master.'

And whoever gives one of these little ones even a cup of cold water because he is a disciple, truly, I say to you, he will by no means lose his reward."

For thus says the LORD: "To the eunuchs who keep my Sabbaths, who choose the things that please me and hold fast my covenant, I will give in my house and within my walls a monument and a name better than sons and daughters; I will give them an everlasting name that shall not be cut off.

I will give them a heart to know that I am the LORD, and they shall be my people and I will be their God, for they shall return to me with their whole heart.

Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.

And I will give them one heart, and a new spirit I will put within them. I will remove the heart of stone from their flesh and give them a heart of flesh,

He will tend his flock like a shepherd; he will gather the lambs in his arms; he will carry them in his bosom, and gently lead those that are with young.

The God of peace will soon crush Satan under your feet. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you.

For because he himself has suffered when tempted, he is able to help those who are being tempted.

When the poor and needy seek water, and there is none, and their tongue is parched with thirst, I the LORD will answer them; I the God of Israel will not forsake them.

And your ears shall hear a word behind you, saying, "This is the way, walk in it," when you turn to the right or when you turn to the left.

"Blessed be the LORD who has given rest to his people Israel, according to all that he promised. Not one word has failed of all his good promise, which he spoke by Moses his servant.

For my father and my mother have forsaken me, but the LORD will take me in.

For you have been a stronghold to the poor, a stronghold to the needy in his distress, a shelter from the storm and a shade from the heat; for the breath of the ruthless is like a storm against a wall,

For it stands in Scripture: "Behold, I am laying in Zion a stone, a cornerstone chosen and precious, and whoever believes in him will not be put to shame."

And this is the confidence that we have toward him, that if we ask anything according to his will he hears us.

For we who have believed enter that rest, as he has said, "As I swore in my wrath, 'They shall not enter my rest,'"although his works were finished from the foundation of the world.

that this is God, our God forever and ever. He will guide us forever.

You guide me with your counsel, and afterward you will receive me to glory.

And those who are wise shall shine like the brightness of the sky above; and those who turn many to righteousness, like the stars forever and ever.

May the LORD give strength to his people! May the LORD bless his people with peace!