Steadfast Love

It is of the Lord’s mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not. — read the full passage →

O give thanks unto the Lord; for he is good: because his mercy endureth for ever. — read the full passage →

O praise the Lord, all ye nations: praise him, all ye people. — read the full passage →

But thou, O Lord, art a God full of compassion, and gracious, longsuffering, and plenteous in mercy and truth.

But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.

Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, — read the full passage →

Know therefore that the Lord thy God, he is God, the faithful God, which keepeth covenant and mercy with them that love him and keep his commandments to a thousand generations;

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 →

We love him, because he first loved us.

Let brotherly love continue. — read the full passage →

But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us, — read the full passage →

The Lord thy God in the midst of thee is mighty; he will save, he will rejoice over thee with joy; he will rest in his love, he will joy over thee with singing.

O give thanks unto the God of heaven: for his mercy endureth for ever.

Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy lovingkindness: according unto the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions. — read the full passage →

How excellent is thy lovingkindness, O God! therefore the children of men put their trust under the shadow of thy wings.

And the Lord passed by before him, and proclaimed, The Lord, The Lord God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in goodness and truth,

I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.

And we have known and believed the love that God hath to us. God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him.

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 →

Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us. — read the full passage →

Make a joyful noise unto the Lord, all ye lands. — read the full passage →

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 →

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.

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

Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God.

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.

Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not.

And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity.

By whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God. — read the full passage →

Seek the Lord and his strength, seek his face continually.

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

For with God nothing shall be impossible.

This I recall to my mind, therefore have I hope. — read the full passage →

The heaven, even the heavens, are the Lord’s: but the earth hath he given to the children of men.

Thy mercy, O Lord, is in the heavens; and thy faithfulness reacheth unto the clouds.

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

Who laid the foundations of the earth, that it should not be removed for ever.

In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him. — read the full passage →

Ye therefore, beloved, seeing ye know these things before, beware lest ye also, being led away with the error of the wicked, fall from your own stedfastness.

And above all these things put on charity, which is the bond of perfectness.

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

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

And I, brethren, when I came to you, came not with excellency of speech or of wisdom, declaring unto you the testimony of God. — read the full passage →

For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.

Blessed be he that cometh in the name of the Lord: we have blessed you out of the house of the Lord.

Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.

Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time: — 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.

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.

I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men; — read the full passage →

Let all your things be done with charity.

To him that stretched out the earth above the waters: for his mercy endureth for ever.

And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge; — read the full passage →

Pray without ceasing.

That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive;

Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,

Love worketh no ill to his neighbour: therefore love is the fulfilling of the law.

For in him we live, and move, and have our being; as certain also of your own poets have said, For we are also his offspring.

If ye love me, keep my commandments.

And then shall he send his angels, and shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from the uttermost part of the earth to the uttermost part of heaven.

To him that by wisdom made the heavens: for his mercy endureth for ever.

The stone which the builders refused is become the head stone of the corner.

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 →

Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings, — read the full passage →

Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.

Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering; (for he is faithful that promised;)

For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, — 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.

Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thine heart:

For the Lord is good; his mercy is everlasting; and his truth endureth to all generations.

Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.

Charity never faileth: but whether there be prophecies, they shall fail; whether there be tongues, they shall cease; whether there be knowledge, it shall vanish away.

Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.

This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you.

As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you: continue ye in my love. — read the full passage →

But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do: for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking.

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.

Can a woman forget her sucking child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? yea, they may forget, yet will I not forget thee. — read the full passage →

Many waters cannot quench love, neither can the floods drown it: if a man would give all the substance of his house for love, it would utterly be contemned.

Whoso is wise, and will observe these things, even they shall understand the lovingkindness of the Lord.

And when thy days be fulfilled, and thou shalt sleep with thy fathers, I will set up thy seed after thee, which shall proceed out of thy bowels, and I will establish his kingdom. — 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.

I am not worthy of the least of all the mercies, and of all the truth, which thou hast shewed unto thy servant; for with my staff I passed over this Jordan; and now I am become two bands.

Which hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and stedfast, and which entereth into that within the veil;

That they may teach the young women to be sober, to love their husbands, to love their children,

And the Lord direct your hearts into the love of God, and into the patient waiting for Christ.

For I would that ye knew what great conflict I have for you, and for them at Laodicea, and for as many as have not seen my face in the flesh; — read the full passage →

Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand; — 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.

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.

Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.

And the stars of heaven shall fall, and the powers that are in heaven shall be shaken.

Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.

Better is a dinner of herbs where love is, than a stalled ox and hatred therewith.

Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all sins.

I love them that love me; and those that seek me early shall find me.

For whom the Lord loveth he correcteth; even as a father the son in whom he delighteth.

Blessed are the undefiled in the way, who walk in the law of the Lord. — read the full passage →

Make thy face to shine upon thy servant: save me for thy mercies’ sake.