- Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged, for the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go.
- Truly he is my rock and my salvation;
he is my fortress, I will not be shaken. - The Lord is with me; I will not be afraid.
What can mere mortals do to me? - “For my thoughts are not your thoughts,
neither are your ways my ways,”
declares the Lord. - So then, let us not be like others, who are asleep, but let us be awake and sober.
- Dear children, let us not love with words or speech but with actions and in truth.
- “If you do not listen, and if you do not resolve to honor my name,” says the Lord Almighty, “I will send a curse on you, and I will curse your blessings. Yes, I have already cursed them, because you have not resolved to honor me.”
- ‘Return, faithless Israel,’ declares the Lord,
‘I will frown on you no longer,
for I am faithful,’ declares the Lord,
‘I will not be angry forever.’ - You shall not covet your neighbor’s house. You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, or his male or female servant, his ox or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor.
- Turn my heart toward your statutes
and not toward selfish gain. - Do not hate a fellow Israelite in your heart. Rebuke your neighbor frankly so you will not share in their guilt. Do not seek revenge or bear a grudge against anyone among your people, but love your neighbor as yourself. I am the Lord.
- Do you not know?
Have you not heard?
The Lord is the everlasting God,
the Creator of the ends of the earth.
He will not grow tired or weary,
and his understanding no one can fathom. - Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says.
- All my longings lie open before you, Lord;
my sighing is not hidden from you. - The Lord is not slow in keeping his promise, as some understand slowness. Instead he is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance.
- Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.
- Bless those who persecute you; bless and do not curse.
- Are not five sparrows sold for two pennies? Yet not one of them is forgotten by God. Indeed, the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Don’t be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows.
- Start children off on the way they should go,
and even when they are old they will not turn from it. - I keep my eyes always on the Lord.
With him at my right hand, I will not be shaken. - Of all the creatures living in the water, you may eat any that has fins and scales. But anything that does not have fins and scales you may not eat; for you it is unclean.
- Blessed is the one whom God corrects;
so do not despise the discipline of the Almighty. - Out of the same mouth come praise and cursing. My brothers and sisters, this should not be.
- God is not unjust; he will not forget your work and the love you have shown him as you have helped his people and continue to help them.
- My prayer is not that you take them out of the world but that you protect them from the evil one.
Bible verse of the day
Take delight in the Lord,and he will give you the desires of your heart.