Proverbs 14:26
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He who fears the LORD is secure in confidence, and his children shall have a place of refuge.
For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power, love, and self-control.
Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you believe in Him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.
being confident of this, that He who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.
Humble yourselves before the Lord, and He will exalt you.
No temptation has seized you except what is common to man. And God is faithful; He will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, He will also provide an escape, so that you can stand up under it.
In that day you will no longer ask Me anything. Truly, truly, I tell you, whatever you ask the Father in My name, He will give you.
It is better to take refuge in the LORD than to trust in man.
Consider it pure joy, my brothers, when you encounter trials of many kinds,
If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light,
Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ,
For I know the plans I have for you, declares the LORD, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, to give you a future and a hope.
It was the first day of the week, and that very evening, while the disciples were together with the doors locked for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood among them. “Peace be with you!” He said to them. After He had said this, He showed them His hands and His side. The disciples rejoiced when they saw the Lord. Again Jesus said to them, “Peace be with you. As the Father has sent Me, so also I am sending you.” When He had said this, He breathed on them and said, “Receive the Holy Spirit. If you forgive anyone his sins, they are forgiven; if you withhold forgiveness from anyone, it is withheld.” . . .
So we say with confidence: “The Lord is my helper; I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?”
Be on the alert. Stand firm in the faith. Be men of courage. Be strong.
But understand this: In the last days terrible times will come. For men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, unloving, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, without love of good, traitorous, reckless, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, having a form of godliness but denying its power. Turn away from such as these! . . .
For we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance as our way of life.
Let us not grow weary in well-doing, for in due time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.
Let us then approach the throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.
Do not fear, for I am with you; do not be afraid, for I am your God. I will strengthen you; I will surely help you; I will uphold you with My right hand of righteousness.
for the LORD will be your confidence and will keep your foot from the snare.
And this is the confidence that we have before Him: If we ask anything according to His will, He hears us.
“Do not call to mind the former things; pay no attention to the things of old. Behold, I am about to do something new; even now it is coming. Do you not see it? Indeed, I will make a way in the wilderness and streams in the desert.
I can do all things through Christ who gives me strength.
Have I not commanded you to be strong and courageous? Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged, for the LORD your God is with you wherever you go.”
I have written these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, so that you may know that you have eternal life. And this is the confidence that we have before Him: If we ask anything according to His will, He hears us.
Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ has been born of God, and everyone who loves the Father also loves those born of Him. By this we know that we love the children of God: when we love God and keep His commandments. For this is the love of God, that we keep His commandments. And His commandments are not burdensome, because everyone born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world: our faith. Who then overcomes the world? Only he who believes that Jesus is the Son of God. . . .
But blessed is the man who trusts in the LORD, whose confidence is in Him.
Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man has great power to prevail.
Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off every encumbrance and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with endurance the race set out for us.
So do not throw away your confidence; it holds a great reward.
Be sober-minded and alert. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.
Be strong and courageous; do not be afraid or terrified of them, for it is the LORD your God who goes with you; He will never leave you nor forsake you.”
Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in and dine with him, and he with Me.
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what is the good, pleasing, and perfect will of God.
And we know that God works all things together for the good of those who love Him, who are called according to His purpose.
My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you will not sin. But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate before the Father—Jesus Christ, the Righteous One.
Finally, brothers, pray for us, that the word of the Lord may spread quickly and be held in honor, just as it was with you. And pray that we may be delivered from wicked and evil men; for not everyone holds to the faith. But the Lord is faithful, and He will strengthen you and guard you from the evil one. And we have confidence in the Lord that you are doing and will continue to do what we command. May the Lord direct your hearts into God’s love and Christ’s perseverance. . . .
I am confident in the Lord that you will take no other view. The one who is troubling you will bear the judgment, whoever he may be.
You, little children, are from God and have overcome them, because greater is He who is in you than he who is in the world.
Is anything too difficult for the LORD? At the appointed time I will return to you—in about a year—and Sarah will have a son.”
And God has prepared us for this very purpose and has given us the Spirit as a pledge of what is to come.
Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make your paths straight.
Though an army encamps around me, my heart will not fear; though a war breaks out against me, I will keep my trust.
The weapons of our warfare are not the weapons of the world. Instead, they have divine power to demolish strongholds.
We know that anyone born of God does not keep on sinning; the One who was born of God protects him, and the evil one cannot touch him.
Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away. Behold, the new has come!
Therefore, brothers, stand firm and cling to the traditions we taught you, whether by speech or by letter.
And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, in whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.
Beloved, we are now children of God, and what we will be has not yet been revealed. We know that when Christ appears, we will be like Him, for we will see Him as He is.
All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for instruction, for conviction, for correction, and for training in righteousness,
So do not throw away your confidence; it holds a great reward. You need to persevere, so that after you have done the will of God, you will receive what He has promised.
God is not a man, that He should lie, or a son of man, that He should change His mind. Does He speak and not act? Does He promise and not fulfill?
In this way, love has been perfected among us, so that we may have confidence on the day of judgment; for in this world we are just like Him.
Such confidence before God is ours through Christ.
For it is we who are the circumcision, we who worship by the Spirit of God, who glory in Christ Jesus, and who put no confidence in the flesh—
Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”
And now, little children, remain in Christ, so that when He appears, we may be confident and unashamed before Him at His coming.
Some trust in chariots and others in horses, but we trust in the name of the LORD our God.
For this reason, even though I suffer as I do, I am not ashamed; for I know whom I have believed, and I am convinced that He is able to guard what I have entrusted to Him for that day.
When they saw the boldness of Peter and John and realized that they were unschooled, ordinary men, they marveled and took note that these men had been with Jesus.
Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast and immovable. Always excel in the work of the Lord, because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain.
But blessed is the man who trusts in the LORD, whose confidence is in Him. He is like a tree planted by the waters that sends out its roots toward the stream. It does not fear when the heat comes, and its leaves are always green. It does not worry in a year of drought, nor does it cease to produce fruit.
Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Today has enough trouble of its own.
In Him and through faith in Him we may enter God’s presence with boldness and confidence.
Above all, be strong and very courageous. Be careful to observe all the law that My servant Moses commanded you. Do not turn from it to the right or to the left, so that you may prosper wherever you go.
With him is only the arm of flesh, but with us is the LORD our God to help us and to fight our battles.” So the people were strengthened by the words of Hezekiah king of Judah.
My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you will not sin. But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate before the Father—Jesus Christ, the Righteous One. He Himself is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not only for ours but also for the sins of the whole world. By this we can be sure that we have come to know Him: if we keep His commandments. If anyone says, “I know Him,” but does not keep His commandments, he is a liar, and the truth is not in him. But if anyone keeps His word, the love of God has been truly perfected in him. By this we know that we are in Him: . . .
Now we command you, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to keep away from any brother who leads an undisciplined life that is not in keeping with the tradition you received from us.
if we are faithless, He remains faithful, for He cannot deny Himself.
In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of His grace
But those who wait upon the LORD will renew their strength; they will mount up with wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not faint.
And my God will supply all your needs according to His glorious riches in Christ Jesus.
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 if we know that He hears us in whatever we ask, we know that we already possess what we have asked of Him.
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; do not be afraid.
Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.
When all our enemies heard about this, all the surrounding nations were afraid and disheartened, for they realized that this task had been accomplished by our God.
For I do not trust in my bow, nor does my sword save me.
for, “Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.”
And I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Advocate to be with you forever—
But a time is coming and has now come when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and in truth, for the Father is seeking such as these to worship Him.
This is the bread that comes down from heaven, so that anyone may eat of it and not die. I am the living bread that came down from heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever. And this bread, which I will give for the life of the world, is My flesh.” At this, the Jews began to argue among themselves, “How can this man give us His flesh to eat?” So Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I tell you, unless you eat the flesh and drink the blood of the Son of Man, you have no life in you. Whoever eats My flesh and drinks My blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day. . . .
Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding;
Blessed are those whose way is blameless, who walk in the Law of the LORD. Blessed are those who keep His testimonies and seek Him with all their heart. They do no iniquity; they walk in His ways. You have ordained Your precepts, that we should keep them diligently. Oh, that my ways were committed to keeping Your statutes! . . .
Consequently, faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of Christ.
What then shall we say in response to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?
By this we can be sure that we have come to know Him: if we keep His commandments.
There is no fear in love, but perfect love drives out fear, because fear involves punishment. The one who fears has not been perfected in love.
At Caesarea there was a man named Cornelius, a centurion in what was called the Italian Regiment. He and all his household were devout and God-fearing. He gave generously to the people and prayed to God regularly. One day at about the ninth hour, he had a clear vision of an angel of God who came to him and said, “Cornelius!” Cornelius stared at him in fear and asked, “What is it, Lord?” The angel answered, “Your prayers and gifts to the poor have ascended as a memorial offering before God. Now send men to Joppa to call for a man named Simon who is called Peter. . . .
And in Him, having heard and believed the word of truth—the gospel of your salvation—you were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit, who is the pledge of our inheritance until the redemption of those who are God’s possession, to the praise of His glory.
You will keep in perfect peace the steadfast of mind, because he trusts in You.
For My flesh is real food, and My blood is real drink. Whoever eats My flesh and drinks My blood remains in Me, and I in him. Just as the living Father sent Me and I live because of the Father, so also the one who feeds on Me will live because of Me. This is the bread that came down from heaven. Unlike your fathers, who ate the manna and died, the one who eats this bread will live forever.” Jesus said this while teaching in the synagogue in Capernaum.
The wicked flee when no one pursues, but the righteous are as bold as a lion.
Where can I go to escape Your Spirit? Where can I flee from Your presence?
Wait patiently for the LORD; be strong and courageous. Wait patiently for the LORD!
Do not avenge yourselves, beloved, but leave room for God’s wrath. For it is written: “Vengeance is Mine; I will repay, says the Lord.”
For if, when we were enemies of God, we were reconciled to Him through the death of His Son, how much more, having been reconciled, shall we be saved through His life!
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