Success

 

The house of the righteous contains great treasure, but the income of the wicked brings ruin.

• Proverbs 15:6

 

Humility and the fear of the lord bring wealth, honor and life

• Proverbs 22:4

 

He will also send you rain for the seed you sow in the ground, and the food that comes from the land will be rich and plentiful. In that day your cattle will graze in broad meadows.

• Isaiah 30:23

 

That everyone may eat and drink, and find satisfaction in all his toil—this is the gift of God.

• Ecclesiastes 3:13

 

The Lord will grant you abundant prosperity—in the fruit of your womb, the young of your livestock and the crops of your ground—in the land he swore to your ancestors to give you. The Lord will open the heavens, the storehouse of his bounty, to send rain on your land in season and to bless all the work of your hands. You will lend to many nations but will borrow from none. The Lord will make you the head, not the tail. If you pay attention to the commands of the Lord your God that I give you this day and carefully follow them, you will always be at the top, never at the bottom.

• Deuteronomy 28:11-13

 

Then the Lord your God will make you most prosperous in all the work of your hands and in the fruit of your womb, the young of your livestock and the crops of your land. The Lord will again delight in you and make you prosperous, just as he delighted in your ancestors.

• Deuteronomy 30:9

 

Moreover, when God gives any man wealth and possessions, and enables him to enjoy them, to accept his lot and be happy in his work—this is a gift of God.

• Ecclesiastes 5:19

 

What you decide on will be done, and light will shine on your ways.

• Job 22:28

 

With me are riches and honor, enduring wealth and prosperity. My fruit is better than fine gold; what I yield surpasses choice silver.

• Proverbs 8:18-19

 

Wealth and riches are in his house, and his righteousness endures forever.

• Psalm 112:3

 

And assign your nuggets to the dust, your gold of Ophir to the rocks in the ravines, then the Almighty will be your gold, the choicest silver for you.

• Job 22:24-25

 

I will provide grass in the fields for your cattle, and you will eat and be satisfied.

• Deuteronomy 11:15

 

You will eat the fruit of your labor; blessings and prosperity will be yours.

• Psalm 128:2

 

They will build houses and dwell in them; they will plant vineyards and eat their fruit. No longer will they build houses and others live in them, or plant and others eat. For as the days of a tree, so will be the days of my people; my chosen ones will long enjoy the work of their hands. They will not labor in vain, nor will they bear children doomed to misfortune; for they will be a people blessed by the Lord, they and their descendants with them.

• Isaiah 65:21-23

 

All these blessings will come upon you and accompany you if you obey the Lord your God: You will be blessed in the city and blessed in the country. The fruit of your womb will be blessed, and the crops of your land and the young of your livestock—the calves of your herds and the lambs of your flocks. Your basket and your kneading trough will be blessed. You will be blessed when you come in and blessed when you go out.

• Deuteronomy 28:2-6

Slander and Reproach

 

“Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of me. Rejoice and be glad, because great is your reward in heaven, for in the same way they persecuted the prophets who were before you.

• Matthew 5:11-12

 

If you are insulted because of the name of Christ, you are blessed, for the Spirit of glory and of God rests on you.

• 1 Peter 4:14

 

He sends from heaven and saves me, rebuking those who hotly pursue me—God sends his love and his faithfulness.

• Psalm 57:3

 

“Hear me, you who know what is right, you people who have taken my instruction to heart: Do not fear the reproach of mere mortals or be terrified by their insults.”

• Isaiah 51:7

 

In the shelter of your presence you hide them from the intrigues of men; you keep them safe in your dwelling from accusing tongues.

• Psalm 31:20

 

You will be protected from the lash of the tongue, and need not fear when destruction comes.

• Job 5:21

 

He will make your righteousness shine like the dawn, your vindication like the noonday sun.

• Psalm 37:6

Redemption from Sin

 

“She will give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name Jesus, because he will save his people from their sins.”

• Matthew 1:21

 

“Therefore, my friends, I want you to know that through Jesus the forgiveness of sins is proclaimed to you.”

• Acts 13:38

 

But you know that he appeared so that he might take away our sins. And in him is no sin.

• 1 John 3:5

 

My dear children, I write this to you so that you will not sin. But if anybody does sin, we have one who speaks to the Father in our defense—Jesus Christ, the Righteous One. He is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not only for ours but also for the sins of the whole world.

• 1 John 2:1-2

 

“He himself bore our sins” in his body on the cross, so that we might die to sins and live for righteousness; “by his wounds you have been healed.”

• 1 Peter 2:24

 

Here is a trustworthy saying that deserves full acceptance: Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners—of whom I am the worst.

• 1 Timothy 1:15

 

The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, “Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!”

• John 1:29

 

But he was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was upon him, and by his wounds we are healed. We all, like sheep, have gone astray, each of us has turned to our own way; and the Lord has laid on him the iniquity of us all.

• Isaiah 53:5-6

 

In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, in accordance with the riches of God’s grace.

• Ephesians 1:7

 

…who gave himself for our sins to rescue us from the present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father.

• Galatians 1:4

 

So Christ was sacrificed once to take away the sins of many; and he will appear a second time, not to bear sin, but to bring salvation to those who are waiting for him.

• Hebrews 9:28

 

For by one sacrifice he has made perfect forever those who are being made holy.

• Hebrews 10:14

Freedom from Sin

 

I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean; I will cleanse you from all your impurities and from all your idols. I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you; I will remove from you your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh.

• Ezekiel 36:25-26

 

“All the prophets testify about him that everyone who believes in him receives forgiveness of sins through his name.”

• Acts 10:43

 

For we know that our old self was crucified with him so that the body ruled by sin might be done away with, that we should no longer be slaves to sin—because anyone who has died has been set free from sin.

• Romans 6:6-7

 

Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come!

• 2 Corinthians 5:17

 

What shall we say, then? Shall we go on sinning so that grace may increase? By no means! We are those who have died to sin; how can we live in it any longer?

• Romans 6:1-2

 

In the same way, count yourselves dead to sin but alive to God in Christ Jesus.

• Romans 6:11

 

For sin shall no longer be your master, because you are not under the law, but under grace.

• Romans 6:14

Sickness

 

Is anyone among you sick? Let him call the elders of the church to pray over him and anoint him with oil in the name of the Lord. And the prayer offered in faith will make the sick person well; the Lord will raise him up. If he has sinned, he will be forgiven. Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man is powerful and effective.

• James 5:14-16

 

When he had gone indoors, the blind men came to him, and he asked them, “Do you believe that I am able to do this?” “Yes, Lord,” they replied. Then he touched their eyes and said, “According to your faith let it be done to you”; and their sight was restored. Jesus warned them sternly, “See that no one knows about this.”

• Matthew 9:28-30

 

Heal me, Lord, and I will be healed; save me and I will be saved, for you are the one I praise.

• Jeremiah 17:14

 

“But I want you to know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins.” So he said to the paralyzed man, “Get up, take your mat and go home.” Then the man got up and went home.

• Matthew 9:6-7

 

Worship the Lord your God, and his blessing will be on your food and water. I will take away sickness from among you.

• Exodus 23:25

 

Jesus went throughout Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, proclaiming the good news of the kingdom, and healing every disease and sickness among the people. News about him spread all over Syria, and people brought to him all who were ill with various diseases, those suffering severe pain, the demon-possessed, those having seizures, and the paralyzed; and he healed them.

• Matthew 4:23-24

 

“But I will restore you to health and heal your wounds,” declares the Lord, ‘because you are called an outcast, Zion for whom no one cares.’

• Jeremiah 30:17

 

“He himself bore our sins” in his body on the cross, so that we might die to sins and live for righteousness; “by his wounds you have been healed.”

• 1 Peter 2:24

 

But he was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was upon him, and by his wounds we are healed.

• Isaiah 53:5

Shame

 

As Scripture says, “Anyone who believes in him will never be put to shame.”

• Romans 10:11

 

Then I would not be put to shame when I consider all your commands.

• Psalm 119:6

 

And hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, who has been given to us.

• Romans 5:5

 

That is why I am suffering as I am. Yet this is no cause for shame, because I know whom I have believed, and am convinced that he is able to guard what I have entrusted to him until that day.

• 2 Timothy 1:12

 

As it is written: “See, I lay in Zion a stone that causes men to stumble and a rock that makes them fall, and the one who believes in him will never be put to shame.”

• Romans 9:33

 

Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who does not need to be ashamed and who correctly handles the word of truth.

• 2 Timothy 2:15

 

However, if you suffer as a Christian, do not be ashamed, but praise God that you bear that name.

• 1 Peter 4:16

 

May my heart be blameless toward your decrees, that I may not be put to shame.

• Psalm 119:80