Guidance

 

Whether you turn to the right or to the left, your ears will hear a voice behind you, saying, “This is the way; walk in it.”

• Isaiah 30:21

 

For this God is our God for ever and ever; he will be our guide even to the end.

• Psalm 48:14

 

In their hearts humans plan their course, but the Lord establishes their steps.

• Proverbs 16:9

 

The Lord makes firm the steps of the one who delights in him.

• Psalm 37:23

 

His God instructs him and teaches him the right way.

• Isaiah 28:26

 

The righteousness of the blameless makes their paths straight, but the wicked are brought down by their own wickedness.

• Proverbs 11:5

 

in all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight.

• Proverbs 3:6

 

I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will counsel you with my loving eye on you.

• Psalm 32:8

 

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 and make the rough places smooth. These are the things I will do; I will not forsake them.

• Isaiah 42:16

 

Yet I am always with you; you hold me by my right hand. You guide me with your counsel, and afterward you will take me into glory.

• Psalm 73:23-24

Growth in Grace

 

This is to my Father’s glory, that you bear much fruit, showing yourselves to be my disciples.

• John 15:8

 

And this is my prayer: that your love may abound more and more in knowledge and depth of insight.

• Philippians 1:9

 

We ought always to thank God for you, brothers and sisters, and rightly so, because your faith is growing more and more, and the love every one of you has for each other is increasing.

• 2 Thessalonians 1:3

 

Filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ—to the glory and praise of God.

• Philippians 1:11

 

For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith goodness; and to goodness, knowledge.

• 2 Peter 1:5

 

Nevertheless, the righteous will hold to their ways, and those with clean hands will grow stronger.

• Job 17:9

 

And we all, who with unveiled faces contemplate the Lord’s glory, are being transformed into his image with ever-increasing glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit.

• 2 Corinthians 3:18

 

The Lord will vindicate me; your love, Lord, endures forever—do not abandon the works of your hands.

• Psalm 138:8

 

That has come to you. In the same way, the gospel is bearing fruit and growing throughout the whole world—just as it has been doing among you since the day you heard it and truly understood God’s grace.

• Colossians 1:6

 

I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus. All of us, then, who are mature should take such a view of things. And if on some point you think differently, that too God will make clear to you. Only let us live up to what we have already attained.

• Philippians 3:14-16

 

The path of the righteous is like the first gleam of dawn, shining ever brighter till the full light of day.

• Proverbs 4:18

Gossip

 

“ ‘Do not go about spreading slander among your people. “ ‘Do not do anything that endangers your neighbor’s life. I am the Lord. ’ “

• Leviticus 19:16

 

The words of a gossip are like choice morsels; they go down to the inmost parts.

• Proverbs 18:8

 

A gossip betrays a confidence; so avoid anyone who talks too much.

• Proverbs 20:19

 

A gossip betrays a confidence, but a trustworthy man keeps a secret.

• Proverbs 11:13

 

A perverse man stirs up dissension, and a gossip separates close friends.

• Proverbs 16:28

 

You who practice deceit, your tongue plots destruction; it is like a sharpened razor.

• Psalm 52:2

 

Like a north wind that brings unexpected rain is a sly tongue—which provokes a horrified look.

• Proverbs 25:23

 

keep your tongue from evil and your lips from telling lies.

• Psalm 34:13

 

Without wood a fire goes out; without a gossip a quarrel dies down. As charcoal to embers and as wood to fire, so is a quarrelsome person for kindling strife.

• Proverbs 26:20-21

Fruitfulness

 

“I am the true vine, and my Father is the gardener. He cuts off every branch in me that bears no fruit, while every branch that does bear fruit he prunes so that it will be even more fruitful. You are already clean because of the word I have spoken to you. Remain in me, as I also remain in you. No branch can bear fruit by itself; it must remain in the vine. Neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in me. “I am the vine; you are the branches. If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing.”

• John 15:1-5

 

He will be like a tree firmly planted by streams of water, Which yields its fruit in its season and its leaf does not wither; and in whatever he does, he prospers.

• Psalm 1:3

 

They will come and shout for joy on the heights of Zion; they will rejoice in the bounty of the Lord—the grain, the new wine and the olive oil, the young of the flocks and herds. They will be like a well-watered garden, and they will sorrow no more.

• Jeremiah 31:12

 

They will still bear fruit in old age, they will stay fresh and green.

• Psalm 92:14

 

I will be like the dew to Israel; he will blossom like a lily. Like a cedar of Lebanon he will send down his roots.

• Hosea 14:5

For if you possess these qualities in increasing measure, they will keep you from being ineffective and unproductive in your knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.

• 2 Peter 1:8

Forgiveness

 

But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, that you may be children of your Father in heaven. He causes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous.

• Matthew 5:44-45

 

“And when you stand praying, if you hold anything against anyone, forgive him, so that your Father in heaven may forgive you your sins.”

• Mark 11:25

 

For if you forgive other people when they sin against you, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.

• Matthew 6:14

 

“If your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him something to drink. In doing this, you will heap burning coals on his head.”

• Romans 12:20

 

But love your enemies, do good to them, and lend to them without expecting to get anything back. Then your reward will be great, and you will be children of the Most High, because he is kind to the ungrateful and wicked. Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful. “Do not judge, and you will not be judged. Do not condemn, and you will not be condemned. Forgive, and you will be forgiven. Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together and running over, will be poured into your lap. For with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.”

• Luke 6:35-38

 

Do not say, “I’ll pay you back for this wrong!” Wait for the Lord, and he will deliver you.

• Proverbs 20:22

Food and Clothing

 

You will have plenty to eat, until you are full, and you will praise the name of the Lord your God, who has worked wonders for you; never again will my people be shamed.

• Joel 2:26

 

He grants peace to your borders and satisfies you with the finest of wheat.

• Psalm 147:14

 

He provides food for those who fear him; he remembers his covenant forever.

• Psalm 111:5

 

The righteous eat to their hearts’ content, but the stomach of the wicked goes hungry.

• Proverbs 13:25

 

I will bless her with abundant provisions; her poor I will satisfy with food.

• Psalm 132:15

 

So do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ For the pagans run after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them.

• Matthew 6:31-32

Fear

 

He said to his disciples, “Why are you so afraid? Do you still have no faith?”

• Mark 4:40

 

“Do not be afraid, little flock, for your Father has been pleased to give you the kingdom.”

• Luke 12:32

 

For I am the Lord your God who takes hold of your right hand and says to you, Do not fear; I will help you.

• Isaiah 41:13

 

“But whoever listens to me will live in safety and be at ease, without fear of harm.”

• Proverbs 1:33

 

Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Rather, be afraid of the One who can destroy both soul and body in hell.

• Matthew 10:28

 

Have no fear of sudden disaster or of the ruin that overtakes the wicked, for the Lord will be at your side and will keep your foot from being snared.

• Proverbs 3:25-26

 

For God did not give us a spirit of timidity, but a spirit of power, of love and of self-discipline.

• 2 Timothy 1:7

 

On the day the Lord gives you relief from suffering and turmoil and cruel bondage.

• Isaiah 14:3 

 

When you lie down, you will not be afraid; when you lie down, your sleep will be sweet.

• Proverbs 3:24

 

“For the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous and his ears are attentive to their prayer, but the face of the Lord is against those who do evil.” Who is going to harm you if you are eager to do good? But even if you should suffer for what is right, you are blessed. “Do not fear their threats; do not be frightened.”

• 1 Peter 3:12-14

 

In righteousness you will be established: Tyranny will be far from you; you will have nothing to fear. Terror will be far removed; it will not come near you.

• Isaiah 54:14

 

The Spirit you received does not make you slaves, so that you live in fear again; rather, the Spirit you received brought about your adoption to sonship. And by him we cry, “Abba, Father.”

• Romans 8:15

 

So we say with confidence, “The Lord is my helper; I will not be afraid. What can mere mortals do to me?”

• Hebrews 13:6

 

God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble.

• Psalm 46:1

 

“I, even I, am he who comforts you. Who are you that you fear mortal men, the sons of men, who are but grass.”

• Isaiah 51:12

 

Fear of man will prove to be a snare, but whoever trusts in the Lord is kept safe.

• Proverbs 29:25

 

He will cover you with his feathers, and under his wings you will find refuge; his faithfulness will be your shield and rampart. You will not fear the terror of night, nor the arrow that flies by day, nor the pestilence that stalks in the darkness, nor the plague that destroys at midday.

• Psalm 91:4-6

 

“Do not be afraid; you will not be put to shame. Do not fear disgrace; you will not be humiliated.” You will forget the shame of your youth and remember no more the reproach of your widowhood.

• Isaiah 54:4

 

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.

• Isaiah 43:2

 

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.

• John 14:27

 

Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me. You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies. You anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows.

• Psalm 23:4-5

 

The Lord is my light and my salvation—whom shall I fear? The Lord is the stronghold of my life—of whom shall I be afraid? When the wicked advance against me to devour me, it is my enemies and my foes who will stumble and fall. Though an army besiege me, my heart will not fear; though war break out against me, even then I will be confident.

• Psalm 27:1-3

 

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 nor 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.

• Romans 8:37-39

God’s Faithfulness

 

Know therefore that the Lord your God is God; he is the faithful God,keeping his covenant of love to a thousand generations of those who love him and keep his commands.

• Deuteronomy 7:9

 

For the Lord your God is a merciful God; he will not abandon or destroy you or forget the covenant with your ancestors, which he confirmed to them by oath.

• Deuteronomy 4:31

 

He remembers his covenant forever, the promise he made, for a thousand generations.

• Psalm 105:8

 

God is not a man, that he should lie, nor a son of man, that he should change his mind. Does he speak and then not act? Does he promise and not fulfill?

• Numbers 23:19

 

Let us hold unswervingly to the hope we profess, for he who promised is faithful.

• Hebrews 10:23

 

If we are faithless, he remains faithful, for he cannot disown himself.

• 2 Timothy 2:13

 

The Lord is not slow in keeping his promise, as some understand slowness. Instead he is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance.

• 2 Peter 3:9

 

“Praise be to the Lord, who has given rest to his people Israel just as he promised. Not one word has failed of all the good promises he gave through his servant Moses.”

• 1 Kings 8:56

 

O Lord, you are my God; I will exalt you and praise your name, for in perfect faithfulness you have done wonderful things, things planned long ago.

• Isaiah 25:1

 

Those who know your name will trust in you, for you, Lord, have never forsaken those who seek you.

• Psalm 9:10

 

Your word, O Lord, is eternal; it stands firm in the heavens. Your faithfulness continues through all generations; you established the earth, and it endures.

• Psalm 119:89-90

 

“He who is the Glory of Israel does not lie or change his mind; for he is not a man, that he should change his mind.”

• 1 Samuel 15:29

 

For no matter how many promises God has made, they are “Yes” in Christ. And so through him the “Amen” is spoken by us to the glory of God.

• 2 Corinthians 1:20

 

I will not violate my covenant or alter what my lips have uttered.

• Psalm 89:34

 

Though the mountains be shaken and the hills be removed, yet my unfailing love for you will not be shaken nor my covenant of peace be removed,” says the Lord, who has compassion on you.

• Isaiah 54:10

 

From the east I summon a bird of prey; from a far-off land, a man to fulfill my purpose. What I have said, that I will bring about; what I have planned, that I will do.

• Isaiah 46:11

Faith

 

Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see.

• Hebrews 11:1

 

For we live by faith, not by sight.

• 2 Corinthians 5:7

 

And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him.

• Hebrews 11:6

 

If any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to him.  But when he asks, he must believe and not doubt, because he who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind.

• James 1:5-6

 

So then, just as you received Christ Jesus as Lord, continue to live your lives in him, rooted and built up in him, strengthened in the faith as you were taught, and overflowing with thankfulness.

• Colossians 2:6-7

 

For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God.

• Ephesians 2:8

 

You are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus.

• Galatians 3:26

 

But as for you, continue in what you have learned and have become convinced of, because you know those from whom you learned it, and how from infancy you have known the Holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.

• 2 Timothy 3:14-15

 

Be on your guard; stand firm in the faith; be courageous; be strong.

• 1 corinthians 16:13

 

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law.

• Galatians 5:22-23

 

I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I now live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.

• Galatians 2:20

 

“Have faith in God,” Jesus answered. “ I tell you the truth, if anyone says to this mountain, ‘Go, throw yourself into the sea,’ and does not doubt in his heart but believes that what he says will happen, it will be done for him.

• Mark 11:22-23

 

…so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the saints, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge—that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God.

• Ephesians 3:17—19

 

Therefore, 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.

• Hebrews 12:1-2

Eternal Life

 

I tell you the truth, he who believes has everlasting life.

• John 6:47

 

Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. The one who believes in me will live, even though he dies; and whoever lives by believing in me will never die. Do you believe this?”

• John 11:25-26

 

Listen, I tell you a mystery: We will not all sleep, but we will all be changed— in a flash, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed. For the perishable must clothe itself with the imperishable, and the mortal with immortality. When the perishable has been clothed with the imperishable, and the mortal with immortality, then the saying that is written will come true: “Death has been swallowed up in victory.” 

• 1 Corinthians 15:51-54

 

And this is what he promised us—eternal life.

• 1 John 2:25

 

For since death came through a man, the resurrection of the dead comes also through a man.

• 1 Corinthians 15:21

 

I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God so that you may know that you have eternal life.

• 1 John 5:13

 

“Do not be amazed at this, for a time is coming when all who are in their graves will hear his voice and come out—those who have done what is good will rise to live, and those who have done what is evil will rise to be condemned.”

• John 5:28-29

 

For the Lord himself will come down from heaven, with a loud command, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet call of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first.

• 1 Thessalonians 4:16

 

Therefore, “they are before the throne of God and serve him day and night in his temple; and he who sits on the throne will spread his tent over them. Never again will they hunger; never again will they thirst. The sun will not beat upon them, nor any scorching heat. For the Lamb at the center of the throne will be their shepherd; he will lead them to springs of living water. And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes. ”

• Revelation 7:15-17

 

“For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.”

• John 3:16

 

So will it be with the resurrection of the dead. The body that is sown is perishable, it is raised imperishable; it is sown in dishonor, it is raised in glory; it is sown in weakness, it is raised in power; it is sown a natural body, it is raised a spiritual body. If there is a natural body, there is also a spiritual body. So it is written: “The first man Adam became a living being”; the last Adam, a life-giving spirit. The spiritual did not come first, but the natural, and after that the spiritual.

• 1 Corinthians 15:42-46

 

And if the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead is living in you, he who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies because of his Spirit who lives in you.

• Romans 8:11

 

“He will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away.”

• Revelation 21:4

 

For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

• Romans 6:23

 

And after my skin has been destroyed, yet in my flesh I will see God; I myself will see him with my own eyes—I, and not another. How my heart yearns within me!

• Job 19:26-27

 

The one who sows to please his sinful nature, from that nature will reap destruction; the one who sows to please the Spirit, from the Spirit will reap eternal life.

• Galatians 6:8

 

Multitudes who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake: some to everlasting life, others to shame and everlasting contempt.

• Daniel 12:2

 

But your dead will live; their bodies will rise. You who dwell in the dust, wake up and shout for joy. Your dew is like the dew of the morning; the earth will give birth to her dead.

• Isaiah 26:19

 

…because you will not abandon me to the grave, nor will you let your Holy one see decay.

• Psalm 16:10

 

But it has now been revealed through the appearing of our Savior, Christ Jesus, who has destroyed death and has brought life and immortality to light through the gospel.

• 2 Timothy 1:10

 

And this is the testimony: God has given us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.

• 1 John 5:11

 

Now we know that if the earthly tent we live in is destroyed, we have a building from God, an eternal house in heaven, not built by human hands.

• 2 Corinthians 5:1

 

In my father’s house are many rooms; if it were not so, I would have told you. I am going there to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to be with me that you also may be where I am.

• John 14:2-3

 

“And this is the will of him who sent me, that I shall lose none of all that he has given me, but raise them up at the last day. For my Father’s will is that everyone who looks to the Son and believes in him shall have eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day.”

• John 6:39:40

 

But those who are considered worthy of taking part in that age and in the resurrection from the dead will neither marry nor be given in marriage, and they can no longer die; for they are like the angels. They are God’s children, since they are children of the resurrection.

• Luke 20:35-36

 

My sheep listen to my voice; I know them, and they follow me. I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; no one can snatch them out of my hand.

• John 10:27-28

 

Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day.

• John 6:54