DEUTERONOMY
31:6
…The Lord your God goes with you;
he will never leave you nor forsake you.
DEUTERONOMY
33:27
The eternal God is your refuge,
and underneath are the
everlasting arms.
everlasting arms.
2 CHRONICLES
20:12
We do not know what to do,
but our eyes are upon you
JOB 23:10-12
He knows the way that I take;
when he has tested me, I will
come forth as gold.
My feet have closely followed his steps;
I have kept to his way
without turning aside.
without turning aside.
I have not departed from the
commands of his lips;
I have
treasured the words of his
mouth more than my daily bread.
Then Job replied to the Lord:
“I know that you can do all things;
no plan of yours can be thwarted.
You asked, ‘Who is this that
obscures my counsel without knowledge?'
Surely I spoke of things
I did not understand,
I did not understand,
things too wonderful for me to know."
“My ears had heard of you
but now my eyes have seen you.”
PSALM 13:5-6
I trust in your unfailing love;
my heart rejoices in your salvation.
I will sing to the Lord,
for he has been good to me.
PSALM
31:14-15,24
But I trust in you, O Lord;
I say, “You are my God.”
My times are in your hands
Be strong and take heart,
all you who hope in the Lord.
PSALM
33:20-22
We wait in hope for the Lord;
he is our help and our shield.
In him our hearts rejoice,
for we trust in his holy name.
May your unfailing love rest upon us,
O Lord,
O Lord,
even as we put our hope in you.
PSALM
46:1-3, 10
God is our refuge and strength,
an ever-present help in trouble.
Therefore we will not fear,
though the earth give way and
the mountains fall into the heart
of the sea,
of the sea,
though its waters roar and foam
and the mountains quake
with their surging.
with their surging.
Be still and know that I am God.
PSALM 48:14
This God is our God
for ever and ever
he will be our guide even to the end.
PSALM 55:22
Cast your cares on the Lord
and he will sustain you;
he will never let the righteous fall.
PSALM 56:3-4
When I am afraid,
I will trust in you.
In God, whose word I praise,
in God I trust; I will not be afraid.
PSALM 61:1-3
Hear my cry, O God;
listen to my prayer.
From the ends of the earth I call to you,
I call as my heart grows faint;
lead me to the rock
that is higher than I.
that is higher than I.
For you have been my refuge,
a strong tower against the foe.
PSALM 68:19
Praise be to the Lord,
to God our Savior,
who daily bears our burdens.
PSALM 91:1-2
He who dwells in the shelter
of the Most High
will rest in the shadow
of the Almighty.
of the Almighty.
I will say of the Lord, “He is my
refuge and my fortress,
my God, in whom I trust.”
PSALM 119:68
You are good,
and what you do is good.
PSALM
121:1-2
I lift my eyes to the hills –
where does my help come from?
My help comes from the Lord,
the Maker of heaven and earth.
PSALM
139:13-16
For you created my inmost being;
you knit me together in my
mother’s womb.
I praise you because I am fearfully
and wonderfully made;
your works are wonderful,
I know that full well.
My frame was not hidden from you
when I was made in the secret place.
When I was woven together in the
depths of the earth,
your eyes saw my unformed body.
All the days ordained for me
were written in your book
before one of them came to be.
PROVERBS
3:5-6
Trust in the Lord with all your heart
and lean not on your
own understanding;
own understanding;
in all your ways acknowledge him,
and he will make your paths straight.
PROVERBS
16:9
In his heart a man plans his course,
but the Lord determines his steps.
PROVERBS
19:21
Many are the plans in a man’s heart,
but it is the Lord’s purpose
that prevails.
that prevails.
PROVERBS
20:24
A man’s steps are directed by the Lord.
How then can anyone
understand his own way?
understand his own way?
JEREMIAH
10:23
I know, O Lord, that a man’s life is
not his own;
it is not for man to direct his steps.
PROVERBS
21:30
There is no wisdom, no insight, no plan
that can succeed against the Lord.
ECCLESIASTES
3:1-2
There is a time for everything,
and a season for every activity
under heaven;
a time to be born and a time to die.
ISAIAH 14:24
The Lord Almighty has sworn,
“Surely, as I have planned it, so it will be,
and as I have purposed, so it will
stand."
ISAIAH
26:3-4,19
You will keep in perfect peace
him whose mind is steadfast,
because he trusts in you.
Trust in the Lord forever,
for the Lord, the Lord, is the
Rock eternal.
ISAIAH 33:6
He will be the sure foundation for
your times.
ISAIAH 41:10
“So do not fear, for I am with you;
do not be dismayed, for I am
your God.
your God.
I will strengthen you and help you;
I will uphold you with my
righteous right hand.”
ISAIAH 42:16
“I will lead the blind
by ways they have not known,
along unfamiliar paths I will guide them;
I will turn the darkness into light
before them
before them
and make the rough places smooth.
These are the things I will do;
I will not forsake them.”
ISAIAH
43:1-3,10-11,25
“Fear not, for I have redeemed you;
I have summoned you by name;
you are mine.
When you pass through the waters,
I will be with you;
and when you pass through the rivers,
they will not sweep over you.
When you walk through the fire,
you will not be burned;
the flames will not set you ablaze.
For I am the Lord, your God,
the Holy One of Israel, your
Savior."
ISAIAH 48:17
This is what the Lord says –
your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel:
“I am the Lord your God,
who teaches you what is best for you,
who directs you in the way you should
go."
ISAIAH 50:10
Let him who walks in the dark,
who has no light,
trust in the name of the Lord
and rely on his God.
ISAIAH
55:8-9
“For my thoughts are not your thoughts,
neither are your ways my ways,”
declares the Lord.
“As the heavens are higher than the earth,
so are my ways higher than your ways
and my thoughts than your thoughts."
ISAIAH 64:8
Yet, O Lord, you are our Father.
We are the clay, you are the potter,
we are all the work of your hand.
JEREMIAH
10:23
I know, O Lord, that a man’s life
is not his own;
it is not for man to direct his steps.
JEREMIAH
18:6
“O house of Israel,
can I not do with you as this potter does?"
declares the Lord.
“Like clay in the hand of the potter,
so are you in my hand, O house of Israel."
JEREMIAH
29:11
“For I know the plans I have for you,”
declares the Lord,
“Plans to prosper you and not to harm you,
plans to give you hope and a future.”
JEREMIAH
31:3
“I have loved you with an
everlasting love.”
LAMENTATIONS
3:21-23
Yet this I call to mind
and therefore I have hope:
Because of the Lord’s great love
we are not consumed,
for his compassions never fail.
They are new every morning;
great is your faithfulness.
I will say to myself, ‘The Lord is my portion;
therefore I will wait for Him.’
HABAKKUK
3:17-19
Thought the fig tree does not bud
and there are no grapes on the vines
thought the olive crop fails
and the fields produce no food,
though there are no sheep in the pen
and no cattle in the stalls,
yet I will rejoice in the Lord,
I will be joyful in God my Savior.
The Sovereign Lord is my strength;
he makes my feet like the feet of a deer,
he enables me to go on the heights.
MATTHEW 6:34
Therefore do not worry about tomorrow,
for tomorrow will worry about itself.
Each day has enough trouble of its own."
MATTHEW
10:29-31
“Are not two sparrows sold for a penny?
Yet not one of them will fall to the ground
apart from the will of your Father.
And even the very hairs of your head
are all numbered.
So don’t be afraid;
you are worth more than many sparrows."
MATTHEW
11:28-30
“Come to me, all you who are
weary and burdened,
and I will give you rest.
Take my yolk upon you and learn from me,
for I am gentle and humble in heart,
and you will find rest for your souls.
For my yolk is easy and my
burden is light.”
JOHN 8:26
“He who sent me is reliable.”
JOHN 14:1
“Do not let your hearts be troubled.
Trust in God;
trust also in me.
JOHN 14:27
“Peace I leave with you;
my peace I give you.
I do not give to you as the world gives.
Do not let your hearts be troubled
and do not be afraid.”
ROMANS 5:1-5
Therefore, since we have been
justified through faith,
we have peace with God through our
Lord Jesus Christ,
through whom we have gained
access by faith
into this grace in which we now stand.
And we rejoice in the hope of the
glory of God.
Not only so,
but we also rejoice in our sufferings,
because we know that suffering
produces perseverance;
perseverance, character; and
character, hope.
And hope does not disappoint us,
because God has poured out his
love into our hearts
by the Holy Spirit, whom he has
given us.
ROMANS
8:17-18,23-24.28-19
Now if we are children, then we are heirs –
heirs of God and coheirs with Christ,
if indeed we share in his sufferings
in order that we may also share
in his glory.
in his glory.
I consider that our present
sufferings are not worth comparing
with the glory that will be revealed in us.
…we wait eagerly for our adoption as sons,
the redemption of our bodies.
For in this hope we were saved.
And we know that in all things
God works for the good
of those who love him,
of those who love him,
who have been called
according to his purpose.
according to his purpose.
For those God foreknew
he also predestined
he also predestined
to be conformed to the likeness
of his Son,
of his Son,
that he might be the firstborn
among many brothers.
ROMANS
8:31,35,37-39
If God is for us,
who can be against us?
Who shall separate us
from the love of Christ?
from the love of Christ?
Shall trouble or hardship
or persecution or famine
or nakedness or danger or sword?
No, in all these things we are
more than conquerors through him
who loved us.
For I am convinced that neither
death nor life,
neither angels nor demons,
neither the present or the future,
nor any powers,
neither height nor depth,
nor anything else in all creation,
will be able to separate us from the
love of God
that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
1
CORINTHIANS 1:9
God, who has called you into fellowship
with his Son Jesus Christ our Lord,
is faithful.
2
CORINTHIANS 1:3-5
Praise be to the God and Father of
our Lord Jesus Christ,
the Father of compassion and the
God of all comfort,
who comforts us in all our troubles
so that we can comfort those
in any trouble
in any trouble
with the comfort that we ourselves
have received from God.
For just as the sufferings of Christ
flow over into our lives,
so also through Christ
our comfort overflows.
our comfort overflows.
2
CORINTHIANS 4:16-18
Therefore we do not lose heart.
Though outwardly we are wasting away,
yet inwardly we are being renewed
day by day.
For our light and momentary troubles
are achieving for us an eternal
glory that far outweighs them all.
So we fix our eyes not on what is seen,
but on what is unseen.
For what is seen is temporary,
but what is unseen is eternal.
2 CORINTHIANS
5-7
We live by faith, not by sight.
2
CORINTHIANS 12:9-10
He said to me,
“My grace is sufficient for you,
for my power is made perfect
in weakness."
in weakness."
Therefore I will boast all the more
gladly about my weaknesses,
so that Christ’s power may rest on me.
That is why, for Christ’s sake,
I delight in weaknesses, in insults,
in hardships, in persecutions,
in difficulties.
For when I am weak, then I am strong.
PHILIPPIANS
1:29
For it has been granted to you on
behalf of Christ
not only to believe on him, but also
to suffer for him.
PHILIPPIANS
3:10,13-14
I want to know Christ
and the power of his resurrection
and the fellowship
and the fellowship
of sharing in his sufferings
One thing I do:
Forgetting what is behind
and straining toward what is ahead,
I press on toward the goal to win the prize
for which God has called me heavenward
in Christ Jesus.
PHILIPPIANS
4:4-7,11-13,19
Rejoice in the Lord always.
I will say it again: Rejoice!
Let your gentleness be evident to all.
The Lord is near.
Do not be anxious about anything,
but in everything,
by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving,
present your requests to God.
And the peace of God, which
transcends all understanding,
will guard your hearts and minds
in Christ Jesus.
I have learned to be content
whatever the circumstances.
I know what it is to be in need, and I
know what it is to have plenty.
I have learned the secret of being content
in any and every situation,
whether well fed or hungry, whether
living in plenty or in want.
I can do everything through him
who gives me strength.
God will meet all your needs
according to his glorious riches in
Christ Jesus.
1
THESSALONIANS 5:16-18,24
Be joyful always;
pray continually;
give thanks in all circumstances,
for this is God’s will for you in
Christ Jesus.
The one who calls you is faithful.
HEBREWS
4:12-13
The word of God is living and active.
Sharper than any double-edged sword,
It penetrates even to dividing soul
and spirit, joints and marrow;
it judges the thoughts and attitudes
of the heart.
Nothing in all creation is hidden
from God’s sight.
Everything is uncovered and laid bare
before the eyes of him to whom we
must give account.
HEBREWS
6:19-20
We have this hope
as an anchor for the soul,
firm and secure.
It enters the inner sanctuary behind
the curtain,
where Jesus, who went before us,
has entered on our behalf.
HEBREWS 11:1
Faith is being sure of what we hope for
and certain of what we do not see.
HEBREWS
10:23
Let us hold unswervingly to the
hope we profess,
for he who promised is faithful.
HEBREWS
12:1-3
Since we are surrounded by such a
great cloud of witnesses,
let us throw off everything that hinders
and the sin that so easily entangles,
and let us run with perseverance
the race marked out for us.
Let us fix our eyes on Jesus,
the author and perfecter of our faith,
who for the joy set before him
endured the cross,
scorning its shame,
and sat down at the right hand of
the throne of God.
Consider him who endured such
opposition from sinful men,
so that you will not grow weary
and lose heart.
and lose heart.
HEBREWS
13:5,8
God has said,
“Never will I leave you;
never will I forsake you.”
Jesus Christ is the same
yesterday and today and forever.
JAMES 1:2-4
Consider it pure joy my brothers,
whenever you face trials of many kinds,
because you know that the testing
of your faith develops perseverance.
Perseverance must finish its work
so that you may be mature and complete,
not lacking anything.
JAMES 1:12
Blessed is the man
who perseveres under trial,
because when he had stood the test,
he will receive the crown of life
that God has promised
to those who love him.
to those who love him.
1 PETER
1:3-9
Praise be to the God and Father of
our Lord Jesus Christ!
In his great mercy
he has given us new birth
into a living hope
into a living hope
through the resurrection
of Jesus Christ from the dead,
of Jesus Christ from the dead,
and into an inheritance that can
never perish, spoil or fade –
kept in heaven for you,
who through faith
are shielded by God's power
are shielded by God's power
until the coming of the salvation
that is ready to be revealed
in the last time.
in the last time.
In this you greatly rejoice,
though now for a little while
you may have had to suffer grief in
all kinds of trials.
These have come so that your faith –
of greater worth than gold,
which perishes even though refined by fire –
may be proved genuine
and may result in praise, glory and honor
when Jesus Christ is revealed.
Though you have not seen him,
you love him;
you love him;
and even though you do not see him
now, you believe in him
and are filled with an inexpressible
and glorious joy,
for you are receiving
the goal of your faith,
the goal of your faith,
the salvation of your souls.
1 PETER
2:20-21
If you suffer for doing good
and you endure it,
this is commendable before God.
To this you were called,
because Christ suffered for you,
leaving you an example,
that you should follow in his steps.
1 PETER
4:12-13,16,19
Dear friends, do not be surprised at
the painful trial you are suffering,
as though something strange were
happening to you.
But rejoice that you participate in
the sufferings of Christ,
so that you may be overjoyed when
his glory is revealed.
If you suffer as a Christian, do not be ashamed,
but praise God that you bear that name.
Those who suffer according to God’s will
should commit themselves
to their faithful Creator
to their faithful Creator
and continue to do good.
1 PETER
5:6-7
Humble yourselves, therefore, under
God’s mighty hand,
that he may lift you up in due time.
Cast all your anxiety on him
because he cares for you.
REVELATION
1:17-18
“Do not be afraid.
I am the First and the Last.
I am the Living One;
I was dead, and behold I am alive
for ever and ever!
And I hold the keys
of death and Hades."
of death and Hades."