Determination

Know ye not that they which run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize? So run, that ye may obtain. — read the full passage →

I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.

I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith:

For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the Lord, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.

For whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our learning, that we through patience and comfort of the scriptures might have hope.

And Ruth said, Intreat me not to leave thee, or to return from following after thee: for whither thou goest, I will go; and where thou lodgest, I will lodge: thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God: — read the full passage →

I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. — read the full passage →

Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? — read the full passage →

Not as though I had already attained, either were already perfect: but I follow after, if that I may apprehend that for which also I am apprehended of Christ Jesus. — read the full passage →

Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,

And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.

And Jesus said unto him, No man, having put his hand to the plough, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God.

But ye, brethren, be not weary in well doing.

As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby:

If any man will do his will, he shall know of the doctrine, whether it be of God, or whether I speak of myself.

For the Lord God will help me; therefore shall I not be confounded: therefore have I set my face like a flint, and I know that I shall not be ashamed.

Commit thy works unto the Lord, and thy thoughts shall be established.

But Daniel purposed in his heart that he would not defile himself with the portion of the king’s meat, nor with the wine which he drank: therefore he requested of the prince of the eunuchs that he might not defile himself.

Not slothful in business; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord;

It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life.

All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: — read the full passage →

Wait on the Lord: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the Lord.

God that made the world and all things therein, seeing that he is Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands; — read the full passage →

And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.

Jesus answered and said unto them, Ye do err, not knowing the scriptures, nor the power of God.

He that rejecteth me, and receiveth not my words, hath one that judgeth him: the word that I have spoken, the same shall judge him in the last day.

Then the disciples, every man according to his ability, determined to send relief unto the brethren which dwelt in Judea:

He that is of God heareth God’s words: ye therefore hear them not, because ye are not of God.

For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.

For with God nothing shall be impossible.

Go, gather together all the Jews that are present in Shushan, and fast ye for me, and neither eat nor drink three days, night or day: I also and my maidens will fast likewise; and so will I go in unto the king, which is not according to the law: and if I perish, I perish.

Every word of God is pure: he is a shield unto them that put their trust in him. — read the full passage →

For I determined not to know any thing among you, save Jesus Christ, and him crucified.

If thou faint in the day of adversity, thy strength is small.

Then he answered and spake unto me, saying, This is the word of the Lord unto Zerubbabel, saying, Not by might, nor by power, but by my spirit, saith the Lord of hosts.

He layeth up sound wisdom for the righteous: he is a buckler to them that walk uprightly.

And God spake all these words, saying, — read the full passage →

But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.

For the which cause I also suffer these things: nevertheless I am not ashamed: for I know whom I have believed, and am persuaded that he is able to keep that which I have committed unto him against that day.

But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.

Seeing his days are determined, the number of his months are with thee, thou hast appointed his bounds that he cannot pass;

That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable unto his death;

Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me. — read the full passage →

Thou art wearied in the greatness of thy way; yet saidst thou not, There is no hope: thou hast found the life of thine hand; therefore thou wast not grieved.

And Saul was consenting unto his death. And at that time there was a great persecution against the church which was at Jerusalem; and they were all scattered abroad throughout the regions of Judea and Samaria, except the apostles. — read the full passage →

And it came to pass, when king Hezekiah heard it, that he rent his clothes, and covered himself with sackcloth, and went into the house of the Lord. — read the full passage →

For the Lord God is a sun and shield: the Lord will give grace and glory: no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.

For now we live, if ye stand fast in the Lord.

Blessed be the Lord my strength, which teacheth my hands to war, and my fingers to fight: — read the full passage →

And keep the charge of the Lord thy God, to walk in his ways, to keep his statutes, and his commandments, and his judgments, and his testimonies, as it is written in the law of Moses, that thou mayest prosper in all that thou doest, and whithersoever thou turnest thyself:

Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us,

And now, behold, I go bound in the spirit unto Jerusalem, not knowing the things that shall befall me there: — read the full passage →

Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was, I am.

And Solomon determined to build an house for the name of the Lord, and an house for his kingdom. — read the full passage →

All these men of war, that could keep rank, came with a perfect heart to Hebron, to make David king over all Israel: and all the rest also of Israel were of one heart to make David king.

Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever.

Wherefore we labour, that, whether present or absent, we may be accepted of him.

And it came to pass, when the time was come that he should be received up, he stedfastly set his face to go to Jerusalem,

Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.

And Saul cast a javelin at him to smite him: whereby Jonathan knew that it was determined of his father to slay David.

Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my words shall not pass away.

Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, whereunto thou art also called, and hast professed a good profession before many witnesses.

Therefore wait ye upon me, saith the Lord, until the day that I rise up to the prey: for my determination is to gather the nations, that I may assemble the kingdoms, to pour upon them mine indignation, even all my fierce anger: for all the earth shall be devoured with the fire of my jealousy.

And that from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.

Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall: — read the full passage →

Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him.

Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Timotheus our brother, — read the full passage →

I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.

A sower went out to sow his seed: and as he sowed, some fell by the way side; and it was trodden down, and the fowls of the air devoured it. — read the full passage →

If any man think himself to be a prophet, or spiritual, let him acknowledge that the things that I write unto you are the commandments of the Lord.

These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so.

And all things, whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive.

Now the Philistines gathered together their armies to battle, and were gathered together at Shochoh, which belongeth to Judah, and pitched between Shochoh and Azekah, in Ephes–dammim. — read the full passage →

Now Jericho was straitly shut up because of the children of Israel: none went out, and none came in. — read the full passage →

This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success. — read the full passage →

For I testify unto every man that heareth the words of the prophecy of this book, If any man shall add unto these things, God shall add unto him the plagues that are written in this book: — read the full passage →

Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right. — read the full passage →

Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal. — read the full passage →

And he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint; — read the full passage →

Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.

Even so ye, forasmuch as ye are zealous of spiritual gifts, seek that ye may excel to the edifying of the church.

I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing.

And Jesus entered and passed through Jericho. — read the full passage →

Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; and an idle soul shall suffer hunger. — read the full passage →

Give unto the Lord, O ye mighty, give unto the Lord glory and strength. — read the full passage →

And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the Lord: and the Lord delivered them into the hand of Midian seven years. — read the full passage →

For do I now persuade men, or God? or do I seek to please men? for if I yet pleased men, I should not be the servant of Christ.

And he arose from thence, and cometh into the coasts of Judea by the farther side of Jordan: and the people resort unto him again; and, as he was wont, he taught them again. — read the full passage →

O Lord, thou hast searched me, and known me. — read the full passage →

They that trust in the Lord shall be as mount Zion, which cannot be removed, but abideth for ever. — read the full passage →

Then Job answered the Lord, and said, — read the full passage →

And it came to pass, when king Hezekiah heard it, that he rent his clothes, and covered himself with sackcloth, and went into the house of the Lord. — read the full passage →

Furthermore then we beseech you, brethren, and exhort you by the Lord Jesus, that as ye have received of us how ye ought to walk and to please God, so ye would abound more and more. — read the full passage →

And it came to pass, that as he was come nigh unto Jericho, a certain blind man sat by the way side begging: — read the full passage →

Except the Lord build the house, they labour in vain that build it: except the Lord keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain. — read the full passage →

I will love thee, O Lord, my strength. — read the full passage →

And Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had done, and withal how he had slain all the prophets with the sword. — read the full passage →

And it came to pass a long time after that the Lord had given rest unto Israel from all their enemies round about, that Joshua waxed old and stricken in age. — read the full passage →

And Joshua rose early in the morning; and they removed from Shittim, and came to Jordan, he and all the children of Israel, and lodged there before they passed over. — read the full passage →

And these things, brethren, I have in a figure transferred to myself and to Apollos for your sakes; that ye might learn in us not to think of men above that which is written, that no one of you be puffed up for one against another.