Joy to the world (2/4)

To make an apt answer is a joy to anyone, and a… Proverbs 15:23

To make an apt answer is a joy to anyone,
and a word in season, how good it is!
Proverbs 15:23 speaking joy
But the one who endures to the end will be saved.
Matthew 24:13 patience salvation end times

Little children, you are from God, and have conquered them; for the one who is in you is greater than the one who is in the world.
1 John 4:4 salvation overcoming almighty
For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him may not perish but may have eternal life.
John 3:16 grace eternal life faith
Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled, and do not let them be afraid.
John 14:27 encouragement peace worrying
That is, in Christ God was reconciling the world to himself, not counting their trespasses against them, and entrusting the message of reconciliation to us.
2 Corinthians 5:19 sin salvation Jesus
Religion that is pure and undefiled before God, the Father, is this: to care for orphans and widows in their distress, and to keep oneself unstained by the world.
James 1:27 sin blameless widows
Deceit is in the mind of those who plan evil,
but those who counsel peace have joy.
Proverbs 12:20 evil joy peace
Do all things without murmuring and arguing, so that you may be blameless and innocent, children of God without blemish in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, in which you shine like stars in the world. It is by your holding fast to the word of life.
Philippians 2:14-16a holiness Word of God life
He gives power to the faint,
and strengthens the powerless.
Isaiah 40:29 strength dependence equipment
Let us test and examine our ways,
and return to the Lord.
Lamentations 3:40 conversion repentance life
Father, I desire that those also, whom you have given me, may be with me where I am, to see my glory, which you have given me because you loved me before the foundation of the world.
John 17:24 Jesus Father prayer
I am the living bread that came down from heaven. Whoever eats of this bread will live forever; and the bread that I will give for the life of the world is my flesh.
John 6:51 bread Jesus body
Sing praises to the Lord, for he has done gloriously;
let this be known in all the earth.
Isaiah 12:5 singing worship world
I say to the Lord, “You are my Lord;
I have no good apart from you.”
Psalm 16:2 God worship
Your decrees are my heritage forever;
they are the joy of my heart.
Psalm 119:111 law joy heart
Do not swerve to the right or to the left;
turn your foot away from evil.
Proverbs 4:27 evil righteousness following
So that by God's will I may come to you with joy and be refreshed in your company.
Romans 15:32 obedience joy dependence
Pleasant words are like a honeycomb,
sweetness to the soul and health to the body.
Proverbs 16:24 gentleness speaking soul
For thus says the Lord to the house of Israel:
Seek me and live.
Amos 5:4 seeking life
God chose what is low and despised in the world, things that are not, to reduce to nothing things that are, so that no one might boast in the presence of God.
1 Corinthians 1:28-29 humility calling world
My soul yearns for you in the night,
my spirit within me earnestly seeks you.
For when your judgments are in the earth,
the inhabitants of the world learn righteousness.
Isaiah 26:9 righteousness judgment learning
See what love the Father has given us, that we should be called children of God; and that is what we are. The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know him.
1 John 3:1 love Father children
Without any doubt, the mystery of our religion is great:
He was revealed in flesh,
vindicated in spirit,
seen by angels,
proclaimed among Gentiles,
believed in throughout the world,
taken up in glory.
1 Timothy 3:16 Jesus Spirit angels
Commit your work to the Lord,
and your plans will be established.
Proverbs 16:3 trust planning blessing

His master said to him, ‘Well done, good and trustworthy slave; you have been trustworthy in a few things, I will put you in charge of many things; enter into the joy of your master.’