Giving Up

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

Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the Lord thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest.

Be ye strong therefore, and let not your hands be weak: for your work shall be rewarded.

Not slothful in business; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord; — read the full passage →

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

Watch ye, stand fast in the faith, quit you like men, be strong.

And Jesus looking upon them saith, With men it is impossible, but not with God: for with God all things are possible.

Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.

But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day. — read the full passage →

I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.

For if there be first a willing mind, it is accepted according to that a man hath, and not according to that he hath not.

Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord.

Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down: for the Lord upholdeth him with his hand.

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 →

Take heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be seen of them: otherwise ye have no reward of your Father which is in heaven. — read the full passage →

I have shewed you all things, how that so labouring ye ought to support the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he said, It is more blessed to give than to receive.

Every man according as he purposeth in his heart, so let him give; not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver.

What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own? — read the full passage →

Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.

Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the Lord of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it.

Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed; — read the full passage →

Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.

For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.

Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ:

Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying. — read the full passage →

O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body of this death?

Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.

For a just man falleth seven times, and riseth up again: but the wicked shall fall into mischief.

Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. — read the full passage →

Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to you again.

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.

And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.

Neither pray I for these alone, but for them also which shall believe on me through their word; — read the full passage →

Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.

God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.

And the Lord, he it is that doth go before thee; he will be with thee, he will not fail thee, neither forsake thee: fear not, neither be dismayed.

Be strong and of a good courage, fear not, nor be afraid of them: for the Lord thy God, he it is that doth go with thee; he will not fail thee, nor forsake thee.

My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations; — read the full passage →

Now he that ministereth seed to the sower both minister bread for your food, and multiply your seed sown, and increase the fruits of your righteousness;)

There were present at that season some that told him of the Galileans, whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices. — read the full passage →

How doth the city sit solitary, that was full of people! how is she become as a widow! she that was great among the nations, and princess among the provinces, how is she become tributary! — read the full passage →

Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God. — read the full passage →

Be of good courage, and he shall strengthen your heart, all ye that hope in the Lord.

The Lord is my strength and my shield; my heart trusted in him, and I am helped: therefore my heart greatly rejoiceth; and with my song will I praise him.

For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day. — read the full passage →

And hope maketh not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us.

The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel; — read the full passage →

Delight thyself also in the Lord; and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart.

The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. — read the full passage →

Rejoice evermore. — read the full passage →

When the morning was come, all the chief priests and elders of the people took counsel against Jesus to put him to death: — read the full passage →

But thou shalt remember the Lord thy God: for it is he that giveth thee power to get wealth, that he may establish his covenant which he sware unto thy fathers, as it is this day.

But to do good and to communicate forget not: for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.

Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.

Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not highminded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy;

If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God. — read the full passage →

Strengthened with all might, according to his glorious power, unto all patience and longsuffering with joyfulness; — read the full passage →

Being enriched in every thing to all bountifulness, which causeth through us thanksgiving to God.

Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.

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

And he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint;

How think ye? if a man have an hundred sheep, and one of them be gone astray, doth he not leave the ninety and nine, and goeth into the mountains, and seeketh that which is gone astray?

Cast thy burden upon the Lord, and he shall sustain thee: he shall never suffer the righteous to be moved.

Upon the first day of the week let every one of you lay by him in store, as God hath prospered him, that there be no gatherings when I come.

Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.

Give to every man that asketh of thee; and of him that taketh away thy goods ask them not again.

For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.

A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches, and loving favour rather than silver and gold. — read the full passage →

The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John: — read the full passage →

And hereby we know that we are of the truth, and shall assure our hearts before him. — 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.

For God is not unrighteous to forget your work and labour of love, which ye have shewed toward his name, in that ye have ministered to the saints, and do minister.

But exhort one another daily, while it is called To day; lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin.

But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus.

I know both how to be abased, and I know how to abound: every where and in all things I am instructed both to be full and to be hungry, both to abound and to suffer need. — read the full passage →

And Jesus sat over against the treasury, and beheld how the people cast money into the treasury: and many that were rich cast in much. — read the full passage →

Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world: — read the full passage →

Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill you: and ye shall be hated of all nations for my name’s sake. — read the full passage →

The hand of the diligent shall bear rule: but the slothful shall be under tribute. — read the full passage →

Withhold not good from them to whom it is due, when it is in the power of thine hand to do it.

Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth.

But whoso hath this world’s good, and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels of compassion from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him? — read the full passage →

The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.

Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.

If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food, — 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, — read the full passage →

Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. — read the full passage →

And let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works:

Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, according to the promise of life which is in Christ Jesus, — read the full passage →

And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross. — read the full passage →

And this they did, not as we hoped, but first gave their own selves to the Lord, and unto us by the will of God.

For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day. — read the full passage →

Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing instant in prayer;

But Jesus beheld them, and said unto them, With men this is impossible; but with God all things are possible.

Be not thou envious against evil men, neither desire to be with them. — read the full passage →

He coveteth greedily all the day long: but the righteous giveth and spareth not.

The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold; therefore shall he beg in harvest, and have nothing. — read the full passage →

But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.