Discouragement

For I have known the thoughts that I am thinking towards you--an affirmation of Jehovah; thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give to you posterity and hope.

Trust unto Jehovah with all thy heart, And unto thine own understanding lean not. — read the full passage →

`Have not I commanded thee? be strong and courageous; be not terrified nor affrighted, for with thee <FI>is<Fi> Jehovah thy God in every <FI>place<Fi> whither thou goest.'

these things I have spoken to you, that in me ye may have peace, in the world ye shall have tribulation, but take courage--I have overcome the world.'

and He said to me, `Sufficient for thee is My grace, for My power in infirmity is perfected;' most gladly, therefore, will I rather boast in my infirmities, that the power of the Christ may rest on me:

all your care having cast upon Him, because He careth for you.

And, in like manner also, the Spirit doth help our weaknesses; for, what we may pray for, as it behoveth <FI>us<Fi> , we have not known, but the Spirit himself doth make intercession for us with groanings unutterable,

What, then, shall we say unto these things? if God <FI>is<Fi> for us, who <FI>is<Fi> against us?

so that, my brethren beloved, become ye stedfast, unmovable, abounding in the work of the Lord at all times, knowing that your labour is not vain in the Lord.

and the God of the hope shall fill you with all joy and peace in the believing, for your abounding in the hope in power of the Holy Spirit.

be subject, then, to God; stand up against the devil, and he will flee from you;

Be strong, and He strengtheneth your heart, All ye who are waiting for Jehovah!

and Jehovah <FI>is<Fi> He who is going before thee, He himself is with thee; He doth not fail thee nor forsake thee; fear not, nor be affrighted.'

Who hath given credence to that which we heard? And the arm of Jehovah, On whom hath it been revealed? — read the full passage →

for the momentary light matter of our tribulation, more and more exceedingly an age-during weight of glory doth work out for us-- — read the full passage →

and apart from faith it is impossible to please well, for it behoveth him who is coming to God to believe that He is, and to those seeking Him He becometh a rewarder.

Therefore, we also having so great a cloud of witnesses set around us, every weight having put off, and the closely besetting sin, through endurance may we run the contest that is set before us,

`The thief doth not come, except that he may steal, and kill, and destroy; I came that they may have life, and may have <FI>it<Fi> abundantly.

Be not afraid, for with thee I <FI>am<Fi> , Look not around, for I <FI>am<Fi> thy God, I have strengthened thee, Yea, I have helped thee, yea, I upheld thee, With the right hand of My righteousness. — read the full passage →

An imagination supported Thou fortifiest peace--peace! For in Thee it is confident.

then thou dost prosper, if thou dost observe to do the statutes and the judgments that Jehovah charged Moses with concerning Israel; be strong and courageous; do not fear, nor be cast down.

for by grace ye are having been saved, through faith, and this not of you--of God the gift,

Hope prolonged is making the heart sick, And a tree of life <FI>is<Fi> the coming desire.

beloved, concerning all things I desire thee to prosper, and to be in health, even as thy soul doth prosper,

but seek ye first the reign of God and His righteousness, and all these shall be added to you.

But those expecting Jehovah pass <FI>to<Fi> power, They raise up the pinion as eagles, They run and are not fatigued, They go on and do not faint!

Cast on Jehovah that which He hath given thee, And He doth sustain thee, He doth not suffer for ever the moving of the righteous.

By David. Jehovah <FI>is<Fi> my light and my salvation, Whom do I fear? Jehovah <FI>is<Fi> the strength of my life, Of whom am I afraid?

but ye shall receive power at the coming of the Holy Spirit upon you, and ye shall be witnesses to me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea, and Samaria, and unto the end of the earth.'

The day I am afraid I am confident toward Thee.

Jehovah preserveth thy going out and thy coming in, From henceforth even unto the age!

And Ahab declareth to Jezebel all that Elijah did, and all how he slew all the prophets by the sword, — read the full passage →

in the hope rejoicing; in the tribulation enduring; in the prayer persevering;

A Psalm of David. Jehovah <FI>is<Fi> my shepherd, I do not lack, — read the full passage →

Be not afraid, for with thee I <FI>am<Fi> , Look not around, for I <FI>am<Fi> thy God, I have strengthened thee, Yea, I have helped thee, yea, I upheld thee, With the right hand of My righteousness.

and ye, brethren, may ye not be weary doing well,

on every side being in tribulation, but not straitened; perplexed, but not in despair; — read the full passage →

My little children, these things I write to you, that ye may not sin: and if any one may sin, an advocate we have with the Father, Jesus Christ, a righteous one, — read the full passage →

Without covetousness the behaviour, being content with the things present, for He hath said, `No, I will not leave, no, nor forsake thee,'

for nothing be anxious, but in everything by prayer, and by supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known unto God; — read the full passage →

And we have known that to those loving God all things do work together for good, to those who are called according to purpose;

for God did not give us a spirit of fear, but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind;

and in the doing good we may not be faint-hearted, for at the proper time we shall reap--not desponding;

And the Lord said unto him, `Be going on, because a choice vessel to Me is this one, to bear My name before nations and kings--the sons also of Israel;

these things I have spoken to you, that my joy in you may remain, and your joy may be full.

the things above mind ye, not the things upon the earth,

`And signs shall accompany those believing these things; in my name demons they shall cast out; with new tongues they shall speak; — read the full passage →

And I say, `Surely darkness bruiseth me, Then night <FI>is<Fi> light to me. — read the full passage →

A Song of the Ascents, by Solomon. If Jehovah doth not build the house, In vain have its builders laboured at it, If Jehovah doth not watch a city, In vain hath a watchman waked.

James, of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ a servant, to the Twelve Tribes who are in the dispersion: Hail! — read the full passage →

so that even unto the ailing were brought from his body handkerchiefs or aprons, and the sicknesses departed from them; the evil spirits also went forth from them.

Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, rejoice; — read the full passage →

for through faith we walk, not through sight--

No temptation hath taken you--except human; and God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above what ye are able, but He will make, with the temptation, also the outlet, for your being able to bear <FI>it<Fi> .

`Peace I leave to you; my peace I give to you, not according as the world doth give do I give to you; let not your heart be troubled, nor let it be afraid;

and be not conformed to this age, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, for your proving what <FI>is<Fi> the will of God--the good, and acceptable, and perfect.

Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, a called apostle, having been separated to the good news of God-- — read the full passage →

For which cause I remind thee to stir up the gift of God that is in thee through the putting on of my hands, — read the full passage →

`Let not your heart be troubled, believe in God, also in me believe;

and these were more noble than those in Thessalonica, they received the word with all readiness of mind, every day examining the Writings whether those things were so;

Attend to me, and answer me, I mourn in my meditation, and make a noise,

Words of Nehemiah son of Hachaliah. And it cometh to pass, in the month of Chisleu, the twentieth year, and I have been in Shushan the palace, — read the full passage →

And there was given to me a reed like to a rod, and the messenger stood, saying, `Rise, and measure the sanctuary of God, and the altar, and those worshipping in it; — read the full passage →

Paul, and Silvanus, and Timotheus, to the assembly of Thessalonians in God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ: — read the full passage →

in the house of my Father are many mansions; and if not, I would have told you; I go on to prepare a place for you;

And there was a man of the Pharisees, Nicodemus his name, a ruler of the Jews, — read the full passage →

Beloved, all diligence using to write to you concerning the common salvation, I had necessity to write to you, exhorting to agonize for the faith once delivered to the saints,

in which ye are glad, a little now, if it be necessary, being made to sorrow in manifold trials, — read the full passage →

and my God shall supply all your need, according to His riches in glory in Christ Jesus;

brethren, I do not reckon myself to have laid hold; and one thing--the things behind indeed forgetting, and to the things before stretching forth-- — read the full passage →

In me doth my soul bow itself, Therefore I remember Thee from the land of Jordan, And of the Hermons, from the hill Mizar. — read the full passage →

Not yet unto blood did ye resist--with the sin striving;

Blessed <FI>is<Fi> God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of the mercies, and God of all comfort, — read the full passage →

and they, having gone forth, did preach everywhere, the Lord working with <FI>them<Fi> , and confirming the word, through the signs following. Amen.

`Happy are ye whenever they may reproach you, and may persecute, and may say any evil thing against you falsely for my sake-- — read the full passage →

How hath she sat alone, The city abounding with people! She hath been as a widow, The mighty among nations! Princes among provinces, She hath become tributary! — read the full passage →

As to the rest, brethren, as many things as are true, as many as <FI>are<Fi> grave, as many as <FI>are<Fi> righteous, as many as <FI>are<Fi> pure, as many as <FI>are<Fi> lovely, as many as <FI>are<Fi> of good report, if any worthiness, and if any praise, these things think upon;

for, as many things as were written before, for our instruction were written before, that through the endurance, and the exhortation of the Writings, we might have the hope.

mighty works also--not common--was God working through the hands of Paul,

And it cometh to pass, after the death of Saul, that David hath returned from smiting the Amalekite, and David dwelleth in Ziklag two days, — read the full passage →

be humbled, then, under the powerful hand of God, that you He may exalt in good time, — read the full passage →

in every thing give thanks, for this <FI>is<Fi> the will of God in Christ Jesus in regard to you.

have ye not known that those running in a race--all indeed run, but one doth receive the prize? so run ye, that ye may obtain;

For I reckon that the sufferings of the present time <FI>are<Fi> not worthy <FI>to be compared<Fi> with the glory about to be revealed in us;

if the earthly things I said to you, and ye do not believe, how, if I shall say to you the heavenly things, will ye believe?

`Are not five sparrows sold for two assars? and one of them is not forgotten before God, — read the full passage →

And it cometh to pass, in the days of the judging of the judges, that there is a famine in the land, and there goeth a man from Beth-Lehem-Judah to sojourn in the fields of Moab, he, and his wife, and his two sons. — read the full passage →

All joy count <FI>it<Fi> , my brethren, when ye may fall into temptations manifold; — read the full passage →

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

who shall transform the body of our humiliation to its becoming conformed to the body of his glory, according to the working of his power, even to subject to himself the all things.

having been confident of this very thing, that He who did begin in you a good work, will perform <FI>it<Fi> till a day of Jesus Christ,

`Let not your heart be troubled, believe in God, also in me believe; — read the full passage →

`Ye search the Writings, because ye think in them to have life age-during, and these are they that are testifying concerning me;

Our oxen are carrying, there is no breach, And there is no outgoing, And there is no crying in our broad places.

And it cometh to pass, when Sanballat hath heard that we are building the wall, that it is displeasing to him, and he is very angry and mocketh at the Jews, — read the full passage →

we may come near, then, with freedom, to the throne of the grace, that we may receive kindness, and find grace--for seasonable help.

And thou--be speaking what doth become the sound teaching;

then those, indeed, who did gladly receive his word were baptized, and there were added on that day, as it were, three thousand souls,

for God did so love the world, that His Son--the only begotten--He gave, that every one who is believing in him may not perish, but may have life age-during. — read the full passage →

A revelation of Jesus Christ, that God gave to him, to shew to his servants what things it behoveth to come to pass quickly; and he did signify <FI>it<Fi> , having sent through his messenger to his servant John, — read the full passage →