Never Giving Up

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

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

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

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

Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath: — read the full passage →

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.

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:

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.

Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. — read the full passage →

But I will hope continually, and will yet praise thee more and more.

And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ’s sake hath forgiven you.

Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord.

When pride cometh, then cometh shame: but with the lowly is wisdom.

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.

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? — 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.

And when ye stand praying, forgive, if ye have ought against any: that your Father also which is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses.

Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.

Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all sins.

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

May be able to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height; — read the full passage →

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 →

I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.

I will praise thee, O Lord my God, with all my heart: and I will glorify thy name for evermore.

Mine eyes are ever toward the Lord; for he shall pluck my feet out of the net.

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

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 →

For where envying and strife is, there is confusion and every evil work.

So then neither is he that planteth any thing, neither he that watereth; but God that giveth the increase.

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 above all things have fervent charity among yourselves: for charity shall cover the multitude of sins.

As every man hath received the gift, even so minister the same one to another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God.

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

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.

Wherefore lift up the hands which hang down, and the feeble knees;

Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God. — read the full passage →

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.

Therefore seeing we have this ministry, as we have received mercy, we faint not;

Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me. — read the full passage →

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

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.

A fool’s wrath is presently known: but a prudent man covereth shame.

For who maketh thee to differ from another? and what hast thou that thou didst not receive? now if thou didst receive it, why dost thou glory, as if thou hadst not received it?

Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in honour preferring one another;

For the sin of their mouth and the words of their lips let them even be taken in their pride: and for cursing and lying which they speak.

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

Who can have compassion on the ignorant, and on them that are out of the way; for that he himself also is compassed with infirmity.

But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us.

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.

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

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.

Mine enemies would daily swallow me up: for they be many that fight against me, O thou most High.

Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother’s eye.

Rejoice evermore. — read the full passage →

A sound heart is the life of the flesh: but envy the rottenness of the bones.

And we desire that every one of you do shew the same diligence to the full assurance of hope unto the end: — read the full passage →

For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin.

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

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

He shall feed his flock like a shepherd: he shall gather the lambs with his arm, and carry them in his bosom, and shall gently lead those that are with young.

That by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for God to lie, we might have a strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us: — read the full passage →

Verily, verily, I say unto thee, We speak that we do know, and testify that we have seen; and ye receive not our witness.

Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.

For with God nothing shall be impossible.

But let every man prove his own work, and then shall he have rejoicing in himself alone, and not in another.

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

And Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, To day shalt thou be with me in paradise.

And Jesus, moved with compassion, put forth his hand, and touched him, and saith unto him, I will; be thou clean.

But I say unto you, That whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment: and whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the council: but whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of hell fire.

Let the lying lips be put to silence; which speak grievous things proudly and contemptuously against the righteous.

Then came Peter to him, and said, Lord, how oft shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? till seven times? — read the full passage →

He shall not cry, nor lift up, nor cause his voice to be heard in the street. — read the full passage →

Only by pride cometh contention: but with the well advised is wisdom.

Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world. — read the full passage →

If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not the truth: — read the full passage →

Honour all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honour the king.

My brethren, have not the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory, with respect of persons. — read the full passage →

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

Wherefore receive ye one another, as Christ also received us to the glory of God.

Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry: for anger resteth in the bosom of fools.

A man’s pride shall bring him low: but honour shall uphold the humble in spirit.

The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek after God: God is not in all his thoughts. — read the full passage →

These things have I spoken unto you, that ye should not be offended. — read the full passage →

A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another. — read the full passage →

In that day shall the Lord defend the inhabitants of Jerusalem; and he that is feeble among them at that day shall be as David; and the house of David shall be as God, as the angel of the Lord before them. — read the full passage →

Son of man, say unto the prince of Tyrus, Thus saith the Lord God; Because thine heart is lifted up, and thou hast said, I am a God, I sit in the seat of God, in the midst of the seas; yet thou art a man, and not God, though thou set thine heart as the heart of God:

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.

There is a generation, O how lofty are their eyes! and their eyelids are lifted up.

Proud and haughty scorner is his name, who dealeth in proud wrath.

Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall.

There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God, and eschewed evil. — read the full passage →

Notwithstanding Hezekiah humbled himself for the pride of his heart, both he and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so that the wrath of the Lord came not upon them in the days of Hezekiah.

Make you perfect in every good work to do his will, working in you that which is wellpleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ; to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen.

And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers; — read the full passage →

That there should be no schism in the body; but that the members should have the same care one for another.

For what if some did not believe? shall their unbelief make the faith of God without effect?

But when he saw the multitudes, he was moved with compassion on them, because they fainted, and were scattered abroad, as sheep having no shepherd.

Lord, my heart is not haughty, nor mine eyes lofty: neither do I exercise myself in great matters, or in things too high for me.