Romans 8:28
And we are conscious that all things are working together for good to those who have love for God, and have been marked out by his purpose.
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Romans 8:28
And we are conscious that all things are working together for good to those who have love for God, and have been marked out by his purpose.
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Romans 8:29
Because those of whom he had knowledge before they came into existence, were marked out by him to be made like his Son, so that he might be the first among a band of brothers:
Romans 8:30
And those who were marked out by him were named; and those who were named were given righteousness; and to those to whom he gave righteousness, in the same way he gave glory.
1 Corinthians 1:9
God is true, through whom you have been given a part with his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.
1 Thessalonians 2:12
So that your lives might be pleasing to God, who has given you a part in his kingdom and his glory.
1 Peter 2:9
But you are a special people, a holy nation, priests and kings, a people given up completely to God, so that you may make clear the virtues of him who took you out of the dark into the light of heaven.
Ephesians 4:1
I then, the prisoner in the Lord, make this request from my heart, that you will see that your behaviour is a credit to the position which God's purpose has given you,
2 Peter 1:3
Because by his power he has given us everything necessary for life and righteousness, through the knowledge of him who has been our guide by his glory and virtue;
Acts 2:39
For the word of God is for you and for your children and for all those who are far off, even all those who may be marked out by the Lord our God.
Acts 11:23
Who, when he came and saw the grace of God, was glad; and he made clear to them the need of keeping near the Lord with all the strength of their hearts:
John 15:16
You did not take me for yourselves, but I took you for myself; and I gave you the work of going about and producing fruit which will be for ever; so that whatever request you make to the Father in my name he may give it to you.
Acts 3:26
To you, first, God sent his servant, blessing you by turning every one of you from his sins.
Romans 11:29
Because God's selection and his mercies may not be changed.
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2 Timothy 1:9
Who gave us salvation, marking us out for his purpose, not on account of our works, but in the measure of his purpose and his grace, which was given to us in Christ Jesus before times eternal,
2 Peter 1:10
For this reason, my brothers, take all the more care to make your selection and approval certain; for if you do these things you will never have a fall:
Ephesians 4:4
There is one body and one Spirit, even as you have been marked out by God in the one hope of his purpose for you;
Philippians 3:14
I go forward to the mark, even the reward of the high purpose of God in Christ Jesus.
1 Peter 1:15
But be holy in every detail of your lives, as he, whose servants you are, is holy;
Ephesians 2:8
Because by grace you have salvation through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is given by God:
Ephesians 2:10
For by his act we were given existence in Christ Jesus to do those good works which God before made ready for us so that we might do them.
Ephesians 1:5
As we were designed before by him for the position of sons to himself, through Jesus Christ, in the good pleasure of his purpose,
Romans 11:2
God has not put away the people of his selection. Or have you no knowledge of what is said about Elijah in the holy Writings? how he says words to God against Israel,
Romans 11:36
For of him, and through him, and to him, are all things. To him be the glory for ever. So be it.
Ephesians 1:3
Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has given us every blessing of the Spirit in the heavens in Christ:
Hebrews 9:15
And for this cause it is through him that a new agreement has come into being, so that after the errors under the first agreement had been taken away by his death, the word of God might have effect for those who were marked out for an eternal heritage.
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Romans 8:31
What may we say about these things? If God is for us, who is against us?
Romans 8:32
He who did not keep back his only Son, but gave him up for us all, will he not with him freely give us all things?
Romans 8:33
Who will say anything against the saints of God? It is God who makes us clear from evil;
Romans 8:34
Who will give a decision against us? It is Christ Jesus who not only was put to death, but came again from the dead, who is now at the right hand of God, taking our part.
Romans 8:35
Who will come between us and the love of Christ? Will trouble, or pain, or cruel acts, or the need of food or of clothing, or danger, or the sword?
Romans 8:36
As it is said in the holy Writings, Because of you we are put to death every day; we are like sheep ready for destruction.
Romans 8:37
But we are able to overcome all these things and more through his love.
Romans 8:38
For I am certain that not death, or life, or angels, or rulers, or things present, or things to come, or powers,
Romans 8:39
Or things on high, or things under the earth, or anything which is made, will be able to come between us and the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Luke 10:19
See, I have given you power to put your feet on snakes and evil beasts, and over all the strength of him who is against you: and nothing will do you damage.
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2 Corinthians 4:17
For our present trouble, which is only for a short time, is working out for us a much greater weight of glory;
James 1:12
There is a blessing on the man who undergoes testing; because, if he has God's approval, he will be given the crown of life, which the Lord has said he will give to those who have love for him.
1 Peter 1:6
You have cause for great joy in this, though it may have been necessary for you to be troubled for a little time, being tested in all sorts of ways,
1 Peter 1:7
So that the true metal of your faith, being of much greater value than gold (which, though it comes to an end, is tested by fire), may come to light in praise and glory and honour, at the revelation of Jesus Christ:
1 Peter 1:8
To whom your love is given, though you have not seen him; and the faith which you have in him, though you do not see him now, gives you joy greater than words and full of glory:
Romans 5:5
And hope does not put to shame; because our hearts are full of the love of God through the Holy Spirit which is given to us.
James 1:2
Let it be all joy to you, my brothers, when you undergo tests of every sort;
James 1:3
Because you have the knowledge that the testing of your faith gives you the power of going on in hope;
1 Peter 4:12
Dear brothers, do not be surprised, as if it was something strange, if your faith is tested as by fire:
Matthew 5:5
Happy are the gentle: for the earth will be their heritage.
Matthew 5:11
Happy are you when men give you a bad name, and are cruel to you, and say all evil things against you falsely, because of me.
James 5:11
We say that those men who have gone through pain are happy: you have the story of Job and the troubles through which he went and have seen that the Lord was full of pity and mercy in the end.
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2 Thessalonians 2:13
But it is right for us to give praise to God at all times for you, brothers, loved by the Lord, because it was the purpose of God from the first that you might have salvation, being made holy by the Spirit and by faith in what is true:
2 Thessalonians 2:14
And in this purpose he gave you a part through the good news of which we were the preachers, even that you might have part in the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Romans 9:23
And to make clear the wealth of his glory to vessels of mercy, which he had before made ready for glory,
Romans 9:24
Even us, who were marked out by him, not only from the Jews, but from the Gentiles?
Romans 9:11
Before the children had come into existence, or had done anything good or bad, in order that God's purpose and his selection might be effected, not by works, but by him whose purpose it is,
Ephesians 1:4
Even as he made selection of us in him from the first, so that we might be holy and free from all evil before him in love:
Hebrews 3:1
For this reason, holy brothers, marked out to have a part in heaven, give thought to Jesus the representative and high priest of our faith;
Revelation 17:14
These will make war against the Lamb, and the Lamb will overcome them, because he is the Lord of lords and King of kings; and those who are with him are named, marked out, and true.
Romans 11:7
What then? That which Israel was searching for he did not get, but those of the selection got it and the rest were made hard.
2 Thessalonians 1:11
For this reason, you are ever in our prayers, that you may seem to our God such as may have a part in his purpose and that by his power he will make all his good purpose, and the work of faith, complete;
Mark 13:20
And if the Lord had not made the time short, no flesh would have been kept from destruction; but because of the saints he has made the time short.
Colossians 3:12
As saints of God, then, holy and dearly loved, let your behaviour be marked by pity and mercy, kind feeling, a low opinion of yourselves, gentle ways, and a power of undergoing all things;
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James 2:5
Give ear, my dear brothers; are not those who are poor in the things of this world marked out by God to have faith as their wealth, and for their heritage the kingdom which he has said he will give to those who have love for him?
1 John 4:19
We have the power of loving, because he first had love for us.
1 John 4:20
If a man says, I have love for God, and has hate for his brother, his words are false: for how is the man who has no love for his brother whom he has seen, able to have love for God whom he has not seen?
1 John 5:2
In this way, we are certain that we have love for the children of God, when we have love for God and keep his laws.
1 John 5:3
For loving God is keeping his laws: and his laws are not hard.
1 Corinthians 16:22
If any man has not love for the Lord, let him be cursed. Maran atha (our Lord comes).
Ephesians 6:24
Grace be with all those who have true love for our Lord Jesus Christ.
1 John 3:14
We are conscious that we have come out of death into life because of our love for the brothers. He who has no love is still in death.
1 John 4:16
And we have seen and had faith in the love which God has for us. God is love, and everyone who has love is in God, and God is in him.
Psalms 116:1
I have given my love to the Lord, because he has given ear to the voice of my cry and my prayer.
James 1:25
But he who goes on looking into the true law which makes him free, being not a hearer without memory but a doer putting it into effect, this man will have a blessing on his acts.
1 John 4:10
And this is love, not that we had love for God, but that he had love for us, and sent his Son to be an offering for our sins.
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Ephesians 1:11
In whom we have a heritage, being marked out from the first in his purpose who does all things in agreement with his designs;
Ephesians 3:11
Which is seen in his eternal purpose in Christ Jesus our Lord:
Psalms 76:10
The...will give you praise; the rest of...
Isaiah 14:24
The Lord has taken an oath, saying, My design will certainly come about, and my purpose will be effected:
Isaiah 14:25
To let the Assyrian be broken in my land, and crushed under foot on my mountains: there will his yoke be taken away from them, and his rule over them come to an end.
Isaiah 14:26
This is the purpose for all the earth: and this is the hand stretched out over all nations.
Isaiah 14:27
For it is the purpose of the Lord of armies, and who will make it of no effect? when his hand is stretched out, by whom may it be turned back?
Isaiah 46:10
Making clear from the first what is to come, and from past times the things which have not so far come about; saying, My purpose is fixed, and I will do all my pleasure;
Isaiah 46:11
Sending for a bird of strong flight from the east, the man of my purpose from a far country; I have said it, and I will give effect to it; the thing designed by me will certainly be done.
Psalms 119:91
They are ruled this day by your decisions; for all things are your servants.
Acts 2:23
Him, when he was given up, by the decision and knowledge of God, you put to death on the cross, by the hands of evil men:
Acts 4:28
To do that which had been fixed before by your hand and your purpose.
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1 Corinthians 8:3
But if anyone has love for God, God has knowledge of him.
1 Corinthians 2:9
But as it says in the holy Writings, Things which the eye saw not, and which had not come to the ears or into the heart of man, such things as God has made ready for those who have love for him.
Exodus 20:6
And I will have mercy through a thousand generations on those who have love for me and keep my laws.
Psalms 145:20
The Lord will keep all his worshippers from danger; but he will send destruction on all sinners.
Psalms 31:23
O have love for the Lord, all you his saints; for the Lord keeps safe from danger all those who are true to him, and gives the workers of pride their right reward.
Psalms 97:10
You who are lovers of the Lord, be haters of evil; he keeps the souls of his saints; he takes them out of the hand of sinners.
Nehemiah 1:5
And said, O Lord, the God of heaven, the great God, greatly to be feared, keeping faith and mercy with those who have love for him and are true to his laws:
Psalms 69:36
The seed of his servants will have their part in it, and there the lovers of his name will have rest.
Deuteronomy 5:10
And I will have mercy through a thousand generations on those who have love for me and keep my laws.
Deuteronomy 7:9
Be certain, then, that the Lord your God is God; whose faith and mercy are unchanging, who keeps his word through a thousand generations to those who have love for him and keep his laws;
Deuteronomy 10:13
Doing the orders of the Lord and keeping his laws which I give you this day for your good?
Psalms 5:11
But let all those who put their faith in you be glad with cries of joy at all times, and let all the lovers of your name be glad in you.
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Romans 1:6
Among whom you in the same way have been marked out to be disciples of Jesus Christ:
Romans 1:7
To all those who are in Rome, loved by God, marked out as saints: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
1 Corinthians 1:24
But to those of God's selection, Jews and Greeks, Christ is the power and the wisdom of God.
Matthew 20:16
So the last will be first, and the first last.
Romans 11:5
In the same way, there are at this present time some who are marked out by the selection of grace.
1 Peter 1:1
Peter, an Apostle of Jesus Christ, to the saints who are living in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia,
1 Peter 2:21
This is God's purpose for you: because Jesus himself underwent punishment for you, giving you an example, so that you might go in his footsteps:
1 Peter 3:9
Not giving back evil for evil, or curse for curse, but in place of cursing, blessing; because this is the purpose of God for you that you may have a heritage of blessing.
Romans 1:1
Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, an Apostle by the selection of God, given authority as a preacher of the good news,
Matthew 22:14
For out of all to whom the good news has come, only a small number will get salvation.
Colossians 3:15
And let the peace of Christ be ruling in your hearts, as it was the purpose of God for you to be one body; and give praise to God at all times.
1 Thessalonians 5:9
For God's purpose for us is not wrath, but salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ,
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1 Peter 5:10
And after you have undergone pain for a little time, the God of all grace who has given you a part in his eternal glory through Christ Jesus, will himself give you strength and support, and make you complete in every good thing;
1 Peter 1:2
Who, through the purpose of God, have been made holy by the Spirit, disciples of Jesus, made clean by his blood: May you have grace and peace in full measure.
Acts 13:48
And the Gentiles, hearing this, were glad and gave glory to the word of God: and those marked out by God for eternal life had faith.
1 Corinthians 1:2
To the church of God which is in Corinth, to those who have been made holy in Christ Jesus, saints by the selection of God, with all those who in every place give honour to the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, their Lord and ours:
2 Corinthians 6:1
We then, working together with God, make our request to you not to take the grace of God to no purpose.
Ephesians 1:6
To the praise of the glory of his grace, which he freely gave to us in the Loved One:
Matthew 24:22
And if those days had not been made short there would have been no salvation for any, but because of the saints those days will be made short.
John 13:18
I am not talking of you all: I have knowledge of my true disciples, but things are as they are, so that the Writings may come true, The foot of him who takes bread with me is lifted up against me.
Galatians 1:15
But when it was the good pleasure of God, by whom I was marked out even from my mother's body, through his grace,
Ephesians 1:18
And that having the eyes of your heart full of light, you may have knowledge of what is the hope of his purpose, what is the wealth of the glory of his heritage in the saints,
Ephesians 2:9
Not by works, so that no man may take glory to himself.
Hebrews 2:10
Because it was right for him, for whom and through whom all things have being, in guiding his sons to glory, to make the captain of their salvation complete through pain.
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1 Corinthians 3:21
So let no one take pride in men. For all things are yours;
1 Corinthians 3:22
Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas, or the world, or life, or death, or things present, or things to come; all are yours;
Psalms 84:11
The Lord God is our sun and our strength: the Lord will give grace and glory: he will not keep back any good thing from those whose ways are upright.
1 Timothy 4:8
For the training of the body is of profit for a little, but religion is of profit in every way, giving hope for the life which now is, and for that which is to come.
Proverbs 19:23
The fear of the Lord gives life: and he who has it will have need of nothing; no evil will come his way.
Psalms 34:10
The young lions are in need and have no food; but those who are looking to the Lord will have every good thing.
Ecclesiastes 2:26
To the man with whom he is pleased, God gives wisdom and knowledge and joy; but to the sinner he gives the work of getting goods together and storing up wealth, to give to him in whom God has pleasure. This again is to no purpose and desire for wind.
Matthew 6:33
But let your first care be for his kingdom and his righteousness; and all these other things will be given to you in addition.
Deuteronomy 8:18
But keep in mind the Lord your God: for it is he who gives you the power to get wealth, so that he may give effect to the agreement which he made by his oath with your fathers, as at this day.
Psalms 84:2
The passion of my soul's desire is for the house of the Lord; my heart and my flesh are crying out for the living God.
Proverbs 10:22
The blessing of the Lord gives wealth: hard work makes it no greater.
Mark 10:30
Who will not get a hundred times as much now in this time, houses, and brothers, and sisters, and mothers, and children, and land--though with great troubles; and, in the world to come, eternal life.
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Romans 8:26
And in the same way the Spirit is a help to our feeble hearts: for we are not able to make prayer to God in the right way; but the Spirit puts our desires into words which are not in our power to say;
2 Corinthians 4:15
For we go through all things on account of you, because the greater the number to whom the grace is given, the greater is the praise to the glory of God.
Romans 8:16
The Spirit is witness with our spirit that we are children of God:
Romans 8:17
And if we are children, we have a right to a part in the heritage; a part in the things of God, together with Christ; so that if we have a part in his pain, we will in the same way have a part in his glory.
Romans 8:22
For we are conscious that all living things are weeping and sorrowing in pain together till now.
Romans 13:3
For rulers are not a cause of fear to the good work but to the evil. If you would have no fear of the authority, do good and you will have praise;
Isaiah 40:28
Have you no knowledge of it? has it not come to your ears? The eternal God, the Lord, the Maker of the ends of the earth, is never feeble or tired; there is no searching out of his wisdom.
Romans 5:10
For if, when we were haters of God, the death of his Son made us at peace with him, much more, now that we are his friends, will we have salvation through his life;
Romans 6:4
We have been placed with him among the dead through baptism into death: so that as Christ came again from the dead by the glory of the Father, we, in the same way, might be living in new life.
Romans 6:23
For the reward of sin is death; but what God freely gives is eternal life in Jesus Christ our Lord.
1 Thessalonians 1:3
Having ever in mind your work of faith and acts of love and the strength of your hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, before our God and Father;
2 Timothy 2:10
But I undergo all things for the saints, so that they may have salvation in Christ Jesus with eternal glory.
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Romans 8:27
And he who is the searcher of hearts has knowledge of the mind of the Spirit, because he is making prayers for the saints in agreement with the mind of God.
2 Timothy 2:19
But God's strong base is unchanging, having this sign, The Lord has knowledge of those who are his: and, Let everyone by whom the name of the Lord is named be turned away from evil.
Romans 8:24
For our salvation is by hope: but hope which is seen is not hope: for who is hoping for what he sees?
Romans 8:25
But if we have hope for that which we see not, then we will be able to go on waiting for it.
Job 19:25
But I am certain that he who will take up my cause is living, and that in time to come he will take his place on the dust;
Matthew 21:22
And all things, whatever you make request for in prayer, having faith, you will get.
2 Timothy 1:12
And for which I undergo these things: but I have no feeling of shame. For I have knowledge of him in whom I have faith, and I am certain that he is able to keep that which I have given into his care till that day.
Psalms 73:25
Whom have I in heaven but you? and having you I have no desire for anything on earth.
Psalms 91:9
Because you have said, I am in the hands of the Lord, the Most High is my safe resting-place;
Psalms 121:7
The Lord will keep you safe from all evil; he will take care of your soul.
Hosea 2:18
And in that day I will make an agreement for them with the beasts of the field and the birds of heaven and the things which go low on the earth; I will put an end to the bow and the sword and war in all the land, and will make them take their rest in peace.
2 Timothy 4:18
The Lord will keep me safe from every evil work and will give me salvation in his kingdom in heaven: to whom be glory for ever and ever. So be it.
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Hebrews 12:5
And you have not kept in mind the word which says to you as to sons, My son, do not make little of the Lord's punishment, and do not give up hope when you are judged by him;
Hebrews 12:6
For the Lord sends punishment on his loved ones; everyone whom he takes as his son has experience of his rod.
Hebrews 12:7
It is for your training that you undergo these things; God is acting to you as a father does to his sons; for what son does not have punishment from his father?
Hebrews 12:8
But if you have not that punishment of which we all have our part, then you are not true sons, but children of shame.
Hebrews 12:9
And again, if the fathers of our flesh gave us punishment and had our respect, how much more will we be under the authority of the Father of spirits, and have life?
Hebrews 12:10
For they truly gave us punishment for a short time, as it seemed good to them; but he does it for our profit, so that we may become holy as he is.
Hebrews 12:11
At the time all punishment seems to be pain and not joy: but after, those who have been trained by it get from it the peace-giving fruit of righteousness.
Psalms 119:71
It is good for me to have been through trouble; so that I might come to the knowledge of your rules.
Psalms 94:12
Happy is the man who is guided by you, O Jah, and to whom you give teaching out of your law;
Deuteronomy 8:16
Who gave you manna for your food in the waste land, a food which your fathers had never seen; so that your pride might be broken and your hearts tested for your good in the end;
Psalms 119:67
Before I was in trouble I went out of the way; but now I keep your word.
Psalms 119:75
I have seen, O Lord, that your decisions are right, and that in unchanging faith you have sent trouble on me.
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Genesis 50:19
And Joseph said, Have no fear: am I in the place of God?
Genesis 50:20
As for you, it was in your mind to do me evil, but God has given a happy outcome, the salvation of numbers of people, as you see today.
Genesis 45:5
Now do not be troubled or angry with yourselves for sending me away, because God sent me before you to be the saviour of your lives.
Genesis 45:6
For these two years have been years of need, and there are still five more years to come in which there will be no ploughing or cutting of grain.
Genesis 45:7
God sent me before you to keep you and yours living on earth so that you might become a great nation.
Genesis 45:8
So now it was not you who sent me here, but God: and he has made me as a father to Pharaoh, and lord of all his house, and ruler over all the land of Egypt.
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Deuteronomy 6:5
And the Lord your God is to be loved with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength.
Matthew 22:37
And he said to him, Have love for the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind.
Deuteronomy 10:12
And now, Israel, what would the Lord your God have you do, but to go in the fear of the Lord your God, walking in all his ways and loving him and doing his pleasure with all your heart and all your soul,
Mark 12:29
Jesus said in answer, The first is, Give ear, O Israel: The Lord our God is one Lord;
Mark 12:30
And you are to have love for the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind, and with all your strength.
Mark 12:31
The second is this, Have love for your neighbour as for yourself. There is no other law greater than these.
Mark 12:32
And the scribe said to him, Truly, Master, you have well said that he is one, and there is no other but he:
Deuteronomy 30:6
And the Lord your God will give to you and to your seed a circumcision of the heart, so that, loving him with all your heart and all your soul, you may have life.
Deuteronomy 11:13
And it will be that if you truly give ear to the orders which I put before you this day, loving the Lord your God and worshipping him with all your heart and all your soul,
Deuteronomy 30:16
In giving you orders today to have love for the Lord your God, to go in his ways and keep his laws and his orders and his decisions, so that you may have life and be increased, and that the blessing of the Lord your God may be with you in the land where you are going, the land of your heritage.
Deuteronomy 30:20
In loving the Lord your God, hearing his voice and being true to him: for he is your life and by him will your days be long: so that you may go on living in the land which the Lord gave by an oath to your fathers, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.
1 Kings 3:3
And Solomon, in his love for the Lord, kept the laws of David his father; but he made offerings and let them go up in smoke on the high places.
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1 Corinthians 3:23
And you are Christ's; and Christ is God's.
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Psalms 138:7
Even when trouble is round me, you will give me life; your hand will be stretched out against the wrath of my haters, and your right hand will be my salvation.
Psalms 30:5
For his wrath is only for a minute; in his grace there is life; weeping may be for a night, but joy comes in the morning.
Job 5:19
He will keep you safe from six troubles, and in seven no evil will come near you.
Psalms 34:19
Great are the troubles of the upright: but the Lord takes him safely out of them all.
Isaiah 43:2
When you go through the waters, I will be with you; and through the rivers, they will not go over you: when you go through the fire, you will not be burned; and the flame will have no power over you.
Psalms 42:5
Why are you crushed down, O my soul? and why are you troubled in me? put your hope in God; for I will again give him praise who is my help and my God.
Psalms 103:13
As a father has pity on his children, so the Lord has pity on his worshippers.
Isaiah 46:4
Even when you are old I will be the same, and when you are grey-haired I will take care of you: I will still be responsible for what I made; yes, I will take you and keep you safe.
Isaiah 63:9
It was no sent one or angel, but he himself who was their saviour: in his love and in his pity he took up their cause, and he took them in his arms, caring for them all through the years.
2 Corinthians 12:9
And he said to me, My grace is enough for you, for my power is made complete in what is feeble. Most gladly, then, will I take pride in my feeble body, so that the power of Christ may be on me.
Revelation 7:14
And I said to him, My lord, you have knowledge. And he said to me, These are they who came through the great testing, and their robes have been washed and made white in the blood of the Lamb.
Revelation 21:4
And he will put an end to all their weeping; and there will be no more death, or sorrow, or crying, or pain; for the first things have come to an end.
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Ephesians 1:9
Having made clear to us the secret of his purpose, in agreement with the design which he had in mind, to put into his hands
Ephesians 1:10
The ordering of the times when they are complete, so that all things might come to a head in Christ, the things in heaven and the things on the earth; in him, I say,
Jeremiah 51:29
And the land is shaking and in pain: for the purposes of the Lord are fixed, to make the land of Babylon an unpeopled waste.
Isaiah 23:9
It was the purpose of the Lord of armies to put pride to shame, to make sport of the glory of those who are honoured in the earth.
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Job 11:16
For your sorrow will go from your memory, like waters flowing away:
John 14:1
Let not your heart be troubled: have faith in God and have faith in me.
John 14:2
In my Father's house are rooms enough; if it was not so, would I have said that I am going to make ready a place for you?
Psalms 27:5
For in the time of trouble he will keep me safe in his tent: in the secret place of his tent he will keep me from men's eyes; high on a rock he will put me.
Psalms 119:50
This is my comfort in my trouble; that your sayings have given me life.
Isaiah 61:3
To give them a fair head-dress in place of dust, the oil of joy in place of the clothing of grief, praise in place of sorrow; so that they may be named trees of righteousness, the planting of the Lord, and so that he may have glory.
Matthew 5:4
Happy are those who are sad: for they will be comforted.
1 Thessalonians 3:7
For this cause, brothers, in all our trouble and grief we were comforted about you because of your faith;
1 Thessalonians 4:13
But it is our desire, brothers, that you may be certain about those who are sleeping; so that you may have no need for sorrow, as others have who are without hope.
Psalms 34:20
He keeps all his bones: not one of them is broken.
Psalms 41:3
The Lord will be his support on his bed of pain: by you will all his grief be turned to strength.
Psalms 50:15
Let your voice come up to me in the day of trouble; I will be your saviour, so that you may give glory to me.
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Proverbs 12:21
No trouble will come to upright men, but sinners will be full of evil.
Philippians 1:19
For I am conscious that this will be for my salvation, through your prayer and the giving out of the stored wealth of the Spirit of Jesus Christ,
John 10:27
My sheep give ear to my voice, and I have knowledge of them, and they come after me:
John 10:28
And I give them eternal life; they will never come to destruction, and no one will ever take them out of my hand.
John 10:29
That which my Father has given to me has more value than all; and no one is able to take anything out of the Father's hand.
John 10:30
I and my Father are one.
Psalms 37:28
For the Lord is a lover of righteousness, and takes care of his saints; they will be kept safe for ever; but the seed of the evil-doers will be cut off.
Matthew 10:30
But the hairs of your head are all numbered.
Jeremiah 32:40
And I will make an eternal agreement with them, that I will never give them up, but ever do them good; and I will put the fear of me in their hearts, so that they will not go away from me.
Luke 12:32
Have no fear, little flock, for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom.
Galatians 5:6
Because in Christ Jesus, having circumcision or not having circumcision are equally of no profit; but only faith working through love.
1 Peter 4:19
For this reason let those who by the purpose of God undergo punishment, keep on in well-doing and put their souls into the safe hands of their Maker.
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Psalms 91:14
Because he has given me his love, I will take him out of danger: I will put him in a place of honour, because he has kept my name in his heart.
1 Peter 1:3
Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who through his great mercy has given us a new birth and a living hope by the coming again of Jesus Christ from the dead,
1 Peter 1:4
And a heritage fair, holy and for ever new, waiting in heaven for you,
1 Peter 1:5
Who, by the power of God are kept, through faith, for that salvation, which will be seen at the last day.
Psalms 37:23
The steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord, and he takes delight in his way.
1 Corinthians 10:13
You have been put to no test but such as is common to man: and God is true, who will not let any test come on you which you are not able to undergo; but he will make with the test a way out of it, so that you may be able to go through it.
2 Samuel 16:12
It may be that the Lord will take note of my wrongs, and give me back good in answer to his cursing of me today.
Psalms 25:10
All the ways of the Lord are mercy and good faith for those who keep his agreement and his witness.
Genesis 5:24
And Enoch went on in God's ways: and he was not seen again, for God took him.
Genesis 42:36
And Jacob their father said to them, You have taken my children from me: Joseph is gone and Simeon is gone, and now you would take Benjamin away; all these things have come on me.
Romans 8:1
For this cause those who are in Christ Jesus will not be judged as sinners.
Jude 1:1
Jude, a servant of Jesus Christ and the brother of James, to those of God's selection who have been made holy by God the Father and are kept safe for Jesus Christ:
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2 Corinthians 5:1
For we are conscious that if this our tent of flesh is taken down, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal, in heaven.
Isaiah 50:7
For the Lord God is my helper; I will not be put to shame: so I have made my face like a rock, and I am certain that he will give me my right.
Matthew 24:24
For there will come up false Christs, and false prophets, who will do great signs and wonders; so that if possible even the saints might be tricked.
John 6:37
Whatever the Father gives to me will come to me; and I will not send away anyone who comes to me.
1 Peter 3:13
Who will do you any damage if you keep your minds fixed on what is good?
1 John 3:2
My loved ones, now we are children of God, and at present it is not clear what we are to be. We are certain that at his revelation we will be like him; for we will see him as he is.
Psalms 8:6
You have made him ruler over the works of your hands; you have put all things under his feet;
Isaiah 27:3
I, the Lord, am watching it; I will give it water at all times: I will keep it night and day, for fear that any damage comes to it.
Matthew 19:26
And Jesus, looking at them, said, With men this is not possible; but with God all things are possible.
Mark 9:23
And Jesus said to him, If you are able! All things are possible to him who has faith.
1 Corinthians 9:25
And every man who takes part in the sports has self-control in all things. Now they do it to get a crown which is of this world, but we for an eternal crown.
Philippians 4:7
And the peace of God, which is deeper than all knowledge, will keep your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus.
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Jeremiah 24:5
This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, has said: Like these good figs, so in my eyes will be the prisoners of Judah, whom I have sent from this place into the land of the Chaldaeans for their good.
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1 Peter 4:13
But be glad that you are given a part in the pains of Christ; so that at the revelation of his glory you may have great joy.
Romans 5:3
And not only so, but let us have joy in our troubles: in the knowledge that trouble gives us the power of waiting;
Romans 5:4
And waiting gives experience; and experience, hope:
2 Corinthians 4:18
While our minds are not on the things which are seen, but on the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are for a time; but the things which are not seen are eternal.
Matthew 5:12
Be glad and full of joy; for great is your reward in heaven: for so were the prophets attacked who were before you.
Romans 5:1
For which reason, because we have righteousness through faith, let us be at peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ;
2 Corinthians 4:16
For which cause we do not give way to weariness; but though our outer man is getting feebler, our inner man is made new day by day.
James 1:4
But let this power have its full effect, so that you may be made complete, needing nothing.
Job 2:10
And he said to her, You are talking like one of the foolish women. If we take the good God sends us, are we not to take the evil when it comes? In all this Job kept his lips from sin.
Psalms 1:3
He will be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, which gives its fruit at the right time, whose leaves will ever be green; and he will do well in all his undertakings.
2 Corinthians 1:5
For as we undergo more of the pain which Christ underwent, so through Christ does our comfort become greater.
1 Peter 1:9
For so you have the true end of your faith, even the salvation of your souls.
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1 Thessalonians 1:4
Being conscious, my brothers, dear to God, that you have been marked out by God's purpose;
1 Timothy 6:12
Be fighting the good fight of the faith; take for yourself the life eternal, for which you were marked out, and of which you gave witness in the eyes of all.
1 Thessalonians 4:7
Because it is God's purpose that our way of life may be not unclean but holy.
2 Timothy 3:10
But you took as your example my teaching, behaviour, purpose, and faith; my long waiting, my love, my quiet undergoing of trouble;
Acts 27:13
And when the south wind came softly, being of the opinion that their purpose might be effected, they let the ship go and went sailing down the side of Crete, very near to the land.
1 Corinthians 16:16
That you put yourselves under such, and under everyone who is helping the Lord's work.
Revelation 19:9
And he said to me, Put in the book, Happy are the guests at the bride-feast of the Lamb. And he said to me, These are the true words of God.
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John 14:15
If you have love for me, you will keep my laws.
John 14:21
He who has my laws and keeps them, he it is who has love for me: and he who has love for me will be loved by my Father, and I will have love for him and will let myself be seen clearly by him.
John 14:22
Judas (not Iscariot) said to him, How is it that you will let yourself be seen clearly by us and not by the world?
John 14:23
Jesus said to him in answer, If anyone has love for me, he will keep my words: and he will be dear to my Father; and we will come to him and make our living-place with him.
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Philippians 1:6
For I am certain of this very thing, that he by whom the good work was started in you will make it complete till the day of Jesus Christ:
John 6:44
No man is able to come to me if the Father who sent me does not give him the desire to come: and I will take him up from the dead on the last day.
Deuteronomy 23:5
But the Lord your God would not give ear to Balaam, but let the curse be changed into a blessing to you, because of his love for you.
2 Samuel 23:5
For is not my house so with God? For he has made with me an eternal agreement, ordered in all things and certain: as for all my salvation and all my desire, will he not give it increase?
Isaiah 43:4
Because of your value in my eyes, you have been honoured, and loved by me; so I will give men for you, and peoples for your life.
Jeremiah 17:9
The heart is a twisted thing, not to be searched out by man: who is able to have knowledge of it?
2 Corinthians 5:17
So if any man is in Christ, he is in a new world: the old things have come to an end; they have truly become new.
Galatians 4:9
But now that you have come to have knowledge of God, or more truly, God has knowledge of you, how is it that you go back again to the poor and feeble first things, desiring to be servants to them again?
Galatians 5:22
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, a quiet mind, kind acts, well-doing, faith,
Philippians 3:8
Yes truly, and I am ready to give up all things for the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, which is more than all: for whom I have undergone the loss of all things, and to me they are less than nothing, so that I may have Christ as my reward,
2 Thessalonians 3:3
But the Lord is true, who will give you strength and keep you safe from evil.
Revelation 21:7
He who overcomes will have these things for his heritage; and I will be his God, and he will be my son.
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Ezra 7:28
And has given mercy to me before the king and his government and before all the king's great captains. And I was made strong by the hand of the Lord my God which was on me, and I got together out of Israel chief men to go up with me.
Ezra 7:6
This Ezra went up from Babylon; and he was a scribe, expert in the law of Moses which the Lord, the God of Israel, had given: and the king, moved by the Lord his God, gave him whatever he made request for.
Ezra 7:9
For, starting his journey from Babylon on the first day of the first month, he came to Jerusalem on the first day of the fifth month, by the good help of his God.
Ezra 8:22
For I would not, for shame, make request to the king for a band of armed men and horsemen to give us help against those who might make attacks on us on the way: for we had said to the king, The hand of our God is on his servants for good, but his power and his wrath are against all those who are turned away from him.
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1 Chronicles 28:9
And you, Solomon my son, get knowledge of the God of your father, and be his servant with a true heart and with a strong desire, for the Lord is the searcher of all hearts, and has knowledge of all the designs of men's thoughts; if you make search for him, he will be near you; but if you are turned away from him, he will give you up for ever.
Proverbs 16:7
When a man's ways are pleasing to the Lord, he makes even his haters be at peace with him.
Psalms 33:18
See, the eye of the Lord is on those in whose hearts is the fear of him, on those whose hope is in his mercy;
Psalms 33:19
To keep their souls from death; and to keep them living in time of need.
Isaiah 3:10
Happy is the upright man! for he will have joy of the fruit of his ways.
1 Peter 3:12
For the eyes of the Lord are on the upright, and his ears are open to their prayers: but the face of the Lord is against those who do evil.
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Jeremiah 24:6
For I will keep my eyes on them for good, and I will take them back again to this land, building them up and not pulling them down, planting them and not uprooting them.
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Lamentations 3:22
It is through the Lord's love that we have not come to destruction, because his mercies have no limit.
Lamentations 3:23
They are new every morning; great is your good faith.
Lamentations 3:25
The Lord is good to those who are waiting for him, to the soul which is looking for him.
Lamentations 3:26
It is good to go on hoping and quietly waiting for the salvation of the Lord.
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Luke 10:27
And he, answering, said, Have love for the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind; and for your neighbour as for yourself.
Mark 12:33
And to have love for him with all the heart, and with all the mind, and with all the strength, and to have the same love for his neighbour as for himself, is much more than all forms of offerings.
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John 4:41
And a great number more of them came to have faith in him because of what he himself said.
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John 4:42
And they said to the woman, Now we have faith, but not because of your story: we ourselves have given ear to his words, and we are certain that he is truly the Saviour of the world.
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Romans 8:12
So then, my brothers, we are in debt, not to the flesh to be living in the way of the flesh:
James 2:22
You see that his faith was helping his works and was made complete by them;
John 16:7
But what I am saying is true: my going is for your good: for if I do not go away, the Helper will not come to you; but if I go, I will send him to you.
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Romans 2:2
And we are conscious that God is a true judge against those who do such things.
Romans 3:19
Now, we have knowledge that what the law says is for those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be stopped, and all men may be judged by God:
Romans 7:14
For we are conscious that the law is of the spirit; but I am of the flesh, given into the power of sin.
1 Timothy 1:8
We are conscious that the law is good, if a man makes a right use of it,
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Ephesians 5:20
Giving praise at all times for all things in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to God, even the Father;
1 Thessalonians 5:18
In everything give praise: for this is the purpose of God in Christ Jesus for you.
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1 John 3:24
He who keeps his laws is in God and God is in him. And the Spirit which he gave us is our witness that he is in us.
John 16:27
For the Father himself gives his love to you, because you have given your love to me and have had faith that I came from God.
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Revelation 7:13
And one of the rulers made answer, saying to me, These who have on white robes, who are they, and where did they come from?
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Exodus 1:12
But the more cruel they were to them, the more their number increased, till all the land was full of them. And the children of Israel were hated by the Egyptians.
Psalms 105:24
And his people were greatly increased, and became stronger than those who were against them.
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Mark 10:29
Jesus said, Truly I say to you, There is no man who has given up house, or brothers, or sisters, or mother, or father, or children, or land, because of me and the good news,
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2 Corinthians 1:6
But if we are troubled, it is for your comfort and salvation; or if we are comforted, it is for your comfort, which takes effect through your quiet undergoing of the same troubles which we undergo:
Colossians 1:24
Now I have joy in my pain because of you, and in my flesh I undergo whatever is still needed to make the sorrows of Christ complete, for the salvation of his body, the church;
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