30 Bible Verses about Promises concerning

But he knows the pathway that I take; if he tested me, I would come forth like gold.

Then I will bring the remaining third into the fire; I will refine them like silver is refined and will test them like gold is tested. They will call on my name and I will answer; I will say, 'These are my people,' and they will say, 'The Lord is my God.'"

For you, O God, tested us; you purified us like refined silver.

I will attack you; I will purify your metal with flux. I will remove all your slag.

Look, I have refined you, but not as silver; I have purified you in the furnace of misery.

Pray to me when you are in trouble! I will deliver you, and you will honor me!"

How blessed is the one whom you instruct, O Lord, the one whom you teach from your law,

The Lord supports him on his sickbed; you completely heal him from his illness.

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

For our momentary, light suffering is producing for us an eternal weight of glory far beyond all comparison

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

Then one of the elders asked me, "These dressed in long white robes -- who are they and where have they come from?" So I said to him, "My lord, you know the answer." Then he said to me, "These are the ones who have come 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 enough for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness." So then, I will boast most gladly about my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may reside in me.

He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death will not exist any more -- or mourning, or crying, or pain, for the former things have ceased to exist."

Dear friends, do not be astonished that a trial by fire is occurring among you, as though something strange were happening to you. But rejoice in the degree that you have shared in the sufferings of Christ, so that when his glory is revealed you may also rejoice and be glad.

The godly face many dangers, but the Lord saves them from each one of them. He protects all his bones; not one of them is broken.

When you pass through the waters, I am with you; when you pass through the streams, they will not overwhelm you. When you walk through the fire, you will not be burned; the flames will not harm you.

"Do not let your hearts be distressed. You believe in God; believe also in me. There are many dwelling places in my Father's house. Otherwise, I would have told you, because I am going away to make ready a place for you.

For his anger lasts only a brief moment, and his good favor restores one's life. One may experience sorrow during the night, but joy arrives in the morning.

For you will forget your trouble; you will remember it like water that has flowed away.

For just as in Adam all die, so also in Christ all will be made alive.

Though you have allowed me to experience much trouble and distress, revive me once again! Bring me up once again from the depths of the earth!

For the Lord himself will come down from heaven with a shout of command, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trumpet of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first.

Will I deliver them from the power of Sheol? No, I will not! Will I redeem them from death? No, I will not! O Death, bring on your plagues! O Sheol, bring on your destruction! My eyes will not show any compassion!

I have a hope in God (a hope that these men themselves accept too) that there is going to be a resurrection of both the righteous and the unrighteous.

Then those who respected the Lord spoke to one another, and the Lord took notice. A scroll was prepared before him in which were recorded the names of those who respected the Lord and honored his name.

Fearing the Lord is the beginning of moral knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and instruction.

If you fear the Lord, serving him and obeying him and not rebelling against what he says, and if both you and the king who rules over you follow the Lord your God, all will be well.

The Lord shows his faithful followers the way they should live.

How great is your favor, which you store up for your loyal followers! In plain sight of everyone you bestow it on those who take shelter in you.

A person's pride will bring him low, but one who has a lowly spirit will gain honor.

For this is what the high and exalted one says, the one who rules forever, whose name is holy: "I dwell in an exalted and holy place, but also with the discouraged and humiliated, in order to cheer up the humiliated and to encourage the discouraged.

It is better to be lowly in spirit with the afflicted than to share the spoils with the proud.

Whoever then humbles himself like this little child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.

The reward for humility and fearing the Lord is riches and honor and life.

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

He will treat the poor fairly, and make right decisions for the downtrodden of the earth. He will strike the earth with the rod of his mouth, and order the wicked to be executed.

The downtrodden will again rejoice in the Lord; the poor among humankind will take delight in the Holy One of Israel.

But the oppressed will possess the land and enjoy great prosperity.

Let the oppressed eat and be filled! Let those who seek his help praise the Lord! May you live forever!

For just as in Adam all die, so also in Christ all will be made alive.

Though you have allowed me to experience much trouble and distress, revive me once again! Bring me up once again from the depths of the earth!

For the Lord himself will come down from heaven with a shout of command, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trumpet of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first.

Will I deliver them from the power of Sheol? No, I will not! Will I redeem them from death? No, I will not! O Death, bring on your plagues! O Sheol, bring on your destruction! My eyes will not show any compassion!

I have a hope in God (a hope that these men themselves accept too) that there is going to be a resurrection of both the righteous and the unrighteous.

Then the righteous will shine like the sun in the kingdom of their Father. The one who has ears had better listen!

I was once young, now I am old. I have never seen a godly man abandoned, or his children forced to search for food.

The righteous person behaves in integrity; blessed are his children after him.

The godly grow like a palm tree; they grow high like a cedar in Lebanon.

But the path of the righteous is like the bright morning light, growing brighter and brighter until full day.

They are filled with food from your house, and you allow them to drink from the river of your delicacies.

The Lord will continually lead you; he will feed you even in parched regions. He will give you renewed strength, and you will be like a well-watered garden, like a spring that continually produces water.

As for me, because I am innocent I will see your face; when I awake you will reveal yourself to me.

who satisfies your life with good things, so your youth is renewed like an eagle's.

I will provide the priests with abundant provisions. My people will be filled to the full with the good things I provide."

I will raise up a prophet like you for them from among their fellow Israelites. I will put my words in his mouth and he will speak to them whatever I command.

Moses said, 'The Lord your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your brothers. You must obey him in everything he tells you.

because I have given them the words you have given me. They accepted them and really understand that I came from you, and they believed that you sent me.

I have many things to say and to judge about you, but the Father who sent me is truthful, and the things I have heard from him I speak to the world."

For I have not spoken from my own authority, but the Father himself who sent me has commanded me what I should say and what I should speak.

But the Advocate, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you everything, and will cause you to remember everything I said to you.

I want you to recall both the predictions foretold by the holy prophets and the commandment of the Lord and Savior through your apostles.

So after he was raised from the dead, his disciples remembered that he had said this, and they believed the scripture and the saying that Jesus had spoken.

Then the women remembered his words, and when they returned from the tomb they told all these things to the eleven and to all the rest.

(His disciples did not understand these things when they first happened, but when Jesus was glorified, then they remembered that these things were written about him and that these things had happened to him.)

because he taught them like one who had authority, not like their experts in the law.

Then Jesus came up and said to them, "All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me.

They were all amazed so that they asked each other, "What is this? A new teaching with authority! He even commands the unclean spirits and they obey him."

and he has granted the Son authority to execute judgment, because he is the Son of Man.

I know your deeds. (Look! I have put in front of you an open door that no one can shut.) I know that you have little strength, but you have obeyed my word and have not denied my name.

"If you love me, you will obey my commandments. Then I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Advocate to be with you forever --

Jesus replied, "If anyone loves me, he will obey my word, and my Father will love him, and we will come to him and take up residence with him.

Now by this we know that we have come to know God: if we keep his commandments.

Then he went down with them and came to Nazareth, and was obedient to them. But his mother kept all these things in her heart.

"I have revealed your name to the men you gave me out of the world. They belonged to you, and you gave them to me, and they have obeyed your word.

I tell you the solemn truth, if anyone obeys my teaching, he will never see death."