Prayer

 

Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives; the one who seeks finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened.

• Matthew 7:7-8

 

“If you believe, you will receive whatever you ask for in prayer.”

• Matthew 21:22

 

People of Zion, who live in Jerusalem, you will weep no more. How gracious he will be when you cry for help! As soon as he hears, he will answer you.

• Isaiah 30:19

 

This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us. And if we know that he hears us—whatever we ask—we know that we have what we asked of him.

• 1 John 5:14-15

 

Then you will call upon me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you.

• Jeremiah 29:12

 

Before they call I will answer; while they are still speaking I will hear.

• Isaiah 65:24

 

You will pray to him, and he will hear you, and you will fulfill your vows.

• Job 22:27

 

If you remain in me and my words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be given you.

• John 15:7

 

In that day you will no longer ask me anything. Very truly I tell you, my Father will give you whatever you ask in my name. Until now you have not asked for anything in my name. Ask and you will receive, and your joy will be complete.

• John 16:23-24

 

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 5:16

 

And I will do whatever you ask in my name, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son. You may ask me for anything in my name, and I will do it.

• John 14:13-14

 

But when you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your Father, who is unseen. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.

• Matthew 6:6

 

“And call upon me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you will honor me.”

• Psalm 50:15

 

Then you will call, and the Lord will answer; you will cry for help, and he will say: Here am I.

• Isaiah 58:9

 

The Lord is far from the wicked, but he hears the prayer of the righteous.

• Proverbs 15:29

 

He will call upon me, and I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble, I will deliver him and honor him.

• Psalm 91:15

 

You who answer prayer, to you all people will come.

• Psalm 65:2

 

If you, then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good gifts to those who ask him!

• Matthew 7:11

 

The righteous cry out, and the Lord hears them; he delivers them from all their troubles.

• Psalm 34:17

 

Evening, morning and noon I cry out in distress, and he hears my voice.

• Psalm 55:17

 

The Lord is near to all who call on him, to all who call on him in truth. He fulfills the desires of those who fear him; he hears their cry and saves them.

• Psalm 145:18-19

 

Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask him.

• Matthew 6:8

 

And receive from him anything we ask, because we keep his commands and do what pleases him.

• 1 John 3:22

 

“This third I will put into the fire; I will refine them like silver and test them like gold. They will call on my name and I will answer them; I will say, ‘They are my people,’ and they will say, ‘The Lord is our God.’”

• Zechariah 13:9

 

‘Call to me and I will answer you and tell you great and unsearchable things you do not know.’

• Jeremiah 33:3

 

Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.

• Mark 11:24

Poverty

 

For he will deliver the needy who cry out, the afflicted who have no one to help. He will take pity on the weak and the needy and save the needy from death.

• Psalm 72:12-13

 

But he lifted the needy out of their affliction and increased their families like flocks.

• Psalm 107:41

 

The Lord hears the needy and does not despise his captive people.

• Psalm 69:33

 

Sing to the Lord! Give praise to the Lord! He rescues the life of the needy from the hands of the wicked.

• Jeremiah 20:13

 

He will respond to the prayer of the destitute; he will not despise their plea.

• Psalm 102:17

 

He raises the poor from the dust and lifts the needy from the ash heap.

• Psalm 113:7

 

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

• Psalm 132:15

 

Your people settled in it, and from your bounty, God, you provided for the poor.

• Psalm 68:10

Peace

 

Creating praise on their lips. “Peace, peace, to those far and near,” says the Lord. “And I will heal them.”

• Isaiah 57:19

 

Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, since as members of one body you were called to peace. And be thankful.

• Colossians 3:15

 

And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.

• Philippians 4:7

 

The fruit of righteousness will be peace; its effect will be quietness and confidence forever.

• Isaiah 32:17

 

Jesus said to the woman, “Your faith has saved you; go in peace.”

• Luke 7:50

 

Consider the blameless, observe the upright; a future awaits those who seek peace.

• Psalm 37:37

 

Now may the Lord of peace himself give you peace at all times and in every way. The Lord be with all of you.

• 2 Thessalonians 3:16

 

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

 

I will listen to what God the Lord says; he promises peace to his people, his faithful servants—but let them not turn to folly.

• Psalm 85:8

Patience

 

Be patient, then, brethren, until the Lord’s coming. See how the farmer waits for the land to yield its valuable crop, patiently waiting for the autumn and spring rains. You too, be patient and stand firm, because the Lord’s coming is near.

• James 5:7-8

 

But how is it to your credit if you receive a beating for doing wrong and endure it? But if you suffer for doing good and you endure it, this is commendable before God.

• 1 Peter 2:20

 

Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.

• Galatians 6:9

 

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

• Hebrews 10:23

 

But the one who stands firm to the end will be saved.

• Matthew 24:13

 

We do not want you to become lazy, but to imitate those who through faith and patience inherit what has been promised.

• Hebrews 6:12

 

You need to persevere so that when you have done the will of God, you will receive what he has promised.

• Hebrews 10:36

 

Consider it pure joy, my brothers, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance. Let perseverance finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything.

• James 1:2-4

 

Not only so, but we also glory in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character; and character, hope.

• Romans 5:3-4

Parents’ Duties

 

“For I have chosen him, so that he will direct his children and his household after him to keep the way of the Lord by doing what is right and just, so that the Lord will bring about for Abraham what he has promised him.”

• Genesis 18:19

 

We will not hide them from their children; we will tell the next generation the praiseworthy deeds of the Lord, his power, and the wonders he has done. He decreed statutes for Jacob and established the law in Israel, which he commanded our ancestors to teach their children, so the next generation would know them, even the children yet to be born, and they in turn would tell their children. Then they would put their trust in God and would not forget his deeds but would keep his commands.

• Psalm 78:4-7

 

Teach them to your children, talking about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up.

• Deuteronomy 11:19

 

“On that day tell your son, ‘I do this because of what the Lord did for me when I came out of Egypt.’ “

• Exodus 13:8

 

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

• Proverbs 22:6

 

Only be careful, and watch yourselves closely so that you do not forget the things your eyes have seen or let them fade from your heart as long as you live. Teach them to your children and to their children after them. Remember the day you stood before the Lord your God at Horeb, when he said to me, “Assemble the people before me to hear my words so that they may learn to revere me as long as they live in the land and may teach them to their children.”

• Deuteronomy 4:9-10

 

Discipline your children, and they will give you peace; they will bring you the delights you desire.

• Proverbs 29:17

 

Fathers, do not exasperate your children; instead, bring them up in the training and instruction of the Lord.

• Ephesians 6:4

 

Fathers, do not embitter your children, or they will become discouraged.

• Colossians 3:21

Obedience

 

See, I set before you today life and prosperity, death and destruction. For I command you today to love the Lord your God, to walk in obedience to him, and to keep his commands, decrees and laws; then you will live and increase, and the Lord your God will bless you in the land you are entering to possess.

• Deuteronomy 30:15-16

 

Do what is right and good in the Lord’s sight, so that it may go well with you and you may go in and take over the good land the Lord promised on oath to your ancestors.

• Deuteronomy 6:18

 

Hear, Israel, and be careful to obey so that it may go well with you and that you may increase greatly in a land flowing with milk and honey, just as the Lord, the God of your ancestors, promised you.

• Deuteronomy 6:3

 

If you pay attention to these laws and are careful to follow them, then the Lord your God will keep his covenant of love with you, as he swore to your ancestors.

• Deuteronomy 7:12

 

“Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock. The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall, because it had its foundation on the rock.

• Matthew 7:24-25

 

Oh, that their hearts would be inclined to fear me and keep all my commands always, so that it might go well with them and their children forever!

• Deuteronomy 5:29

 

Carefully follow the terms of this covenant, so that you may prosper in everything you do.

• Deuteronomy 29:9

 

Whatever you have learned or received or heard from me, or seen in me—put it into practice. And the God of peace will be with you.

• Philippians 4:9

 

Therefore anyone who sets aside one of the least of these commands and teaches others accordingly will be called least in the kingdom of heaven, but whoever practices and teaches these commands will be called great in the kingdom of heaven.

• Matthew 5:19

 

If they obey and serve him, they will spend the rest of their days in prosperity and their years in contentment.

• Job 36:11

 

And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.

• Romans 8:28

 

If you keep my commands, you will remain in my love, just as I have kept my Father’s commands and remain in his love.

• John 15:10

 

Now that you know these things, you will be blessed if you do them.

• John 13:17

 

But whoever looks intently into the perfect law that gives freedom, and continues in it—not forgetting what he has heard, but doing it—he will be blessed in what he does.

• James 1:25

 

And receive from him anything we ask, because we keep his commands and do what pleases him.

• 1 John 3:22

 

For it is not those who hear the law who are righteous in God’s sight, but it is those who obey the law who will be declared righteous.

• Romans 2:13

 

“Very truly I tell you, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life and will not be condemned; he has crossed over from death to life.”

• John 5:24

 

“For whoever does the will of my Father in heaven is my brother and sister and mother.”

• Matthew 12:50

 

The world and its desires pass away, but whoever does the will of God lives forever.

• 1 John 2:17

 

“Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven.”

• Matthew 7:21

 

Blessed are those who act justly, who always do what is right.

• Psalm 106:3

 

And, once made perfect, he became the source of eternal salvation for all who obey him

• Hebrews 5:9

 

Very truly I tell you, whoever obeys my word will never see death.”

• John 8:51

Money

 

Do not wear yourself out to get rich; do not trust your own cleverness. Cast but a glance at riches, and they are gone, for they will surely sprout wings and fly off to the sky like an eagle.

• Proverbs 23:4-5

 

Better the little that the righteous have than the wealth of many wicked.

• Psalm 37:16

 

Listen, my dear brothers: Has not God chosen those who are poor in the eyes of the world to be rich in faith and to inherit the kingdom he promised those who love him?

• James 2:5

 

Better one handful with tranquillity than two handfuls with toil and chasing after the wind.

• Ecclesiastes 4:6

 

“Because the poor are plundered and the needy groan, I will now arise,” says the Lord. “I will protect them from those who malign them.”

• Psalm 12:5

 

Whoever mocks the poor shows contempt for their Maker; whoever gloats over disaster will not go unpunished.

• Proverbs 17:5

 

Do not exploit the poor because they are poor and do not crush the needy in court.

• Proverbs 22:22

 

Command those who are rich in this present world not to be arrogant nor to put their hope in wealth, which is so uncertain, but to put their hope in God, who richly provides us with everything for our enjoyment. Command them to do good, to be rich in good deeds, and to be generous and willing to share. In this way they will lay up treasure for themselves as a firm foundation for the coming age, so that they may take hold of the life that is truly life.

• 1 Timothy 6:17-19

 

The sleep of a laborer is sweet, whether he eats little or much, but the abundance of a rich man permits him no sleep. I have seen a grievous evil under the sun: wealth hoarded to the harm of its owner, or wealth lost through some misfortune, so that when he has a son there is nothing left for him.

• Ecclesiastes 5:12-14

 

They will throw their silver into the streets, and their gold will be treated as a thing unclean. Their silver and gold will not be able to deliver them in the day of the Lord’s wrath. It will not satisfy their hunger or fill their stomachs, for it has caused them to stumble into sin.

• Ezekiel 7:19

 

But remember the Lord your God, for it is he who gives you the ability to produce wealth, and so confirms his covenant, which he swore to your ancestors, as it is today.

• Deuteronomy 8:18

 

But God will never forget the needy; the hope of the afflicted will never perish.

• Psalm 9:18

 

He saves the needy from the sword in their mouth; he saves them from the clutches of the powerful. So the poor have hope, and injustice shuts its mouth.

• Job 5:15-16

 

Those who trust in their riches will fall, but the righteous will thrive like a green leaf.

• Proverbs 11:28

 

A faithful person will be richly blessed, but one eager to get rich will not go unpunished.

• Proverbs 28:20

 

Wealth is worthless in the day of wrath, but righteousness delivers from death.

• Proverbs 11:4

 

One man pretends to be rich, yet has nothing; another pretends to be poor, yet has great wealth.

• Proverbs 13:7

 

Whoever loves money never has enough; whoever loves wealth is never satisfied with his income. This too is meaningless.

• Ecclesiastes 5:10

 

He who oppresses the poor to increase his wealth and he who gives gifts to the rich—both come to poverty.

• Proverbs 22:16

 

A stingy man is eager to get rich and is unaware that poverty awaits him.

• Proverbs 28:22

 

Rich and poor have this in common: The Lord is the Maker of them all.

• Proverbs 22:2

 

But those who suffer he delivers in their suffering; he speaks to them in their affliction.

• Job 36:15

 

Better a little with the fear of the Lord than great wealth with turmoil.

• Proverbs 15:16

 

Better the poor whose walk is blameless than the rich whose ways are perverse.

• Proverbs 28:6

 

Blessed are those who have regard for the weak; the Lord delivers them in times of trouble.

• Psalm 41:1

Mercy

 

Yet the Lord longs to be gracious to you; he rises to show you compassion. For the Lord is a God of justice. Blessed are all who wait for him!

• Isaiah 30:18

 

And disclose to you the secrets of wisdom, for true wisdom has two sides. Know this: God has even forgotten some of your sin.

• Job 11:6

 

As a father has compassion on his children, so the Lord has compassion on those who fear him.

• Psalm 103:13

 

But from everlasting to everlasting the Lord’s love is with those who fear him, and his righteousness with their children’s children.

• Psalm 103:17

 

And the Lord said, “I will cause all my goodness to pass in front of you, and I will proclaim my name, the Lord, in your presence. I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion.

• Exodus 33:19

 

“I will show my love to the one I called ‘Not my loved one.’ I will say to those called ‘Not my people,’ ‘You are my people’; and they will say, ‘You are my God.’ ”

• Hosea 2:23

 

“Foreigners will rebuild your walls, and their kings will serve you. Though in anger I struck you, in favor I will show you compassion.”

• Isaiah 60:10

 

For my own name’s sake I delay my wrath; for the sake of my praise I hold it back from you, so as not to destroy you completely.

• Isaiah 48:9

Meekness

 

Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth.

• Matthew 5:5

 

But with righteousness he will judge the needy, with justice he will give decisions for the poor of the earth. He will strike the earth with the rod of his mouth; with the breath of his lips he will slay the wicked.

• Isaiah 11:4

 

The poor will eat and be satisfied; those who seek the Lord will praise him—may your hearts live forever!

• Psalm 22:26

 

For the Lord takes delight in his people; he crowns the humble with victory.

• Psalm 149:4

 

The Lord sustains the humble but casts the wicked to the ground.

• Psalm 147:6

 

He guides the humble in what is right and teaches them his way.

• Psalm 25:9

 

Rather, it should be that of your inner self, the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is of great worth in God’s sight.

• 1 Peter 3:4

 

Seek the Lord, all you humble of the land, you who do what he commands. Seek righteousness, seek humility; perhaps you will be sheltered on the day of the Lord’s anger.

• Zephaniah 2:3

 

Once more the humble will rejoice in the Lord; the needy will rejoice in the Holy One of Israel.

• Isaiah 29:19

 

But the meek will inherit the land and enjoy peace and prosperity.

• Psalm 37:11

 

A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.

• Proverbs 15:1

Marriage

 

Enjoy life with your wife, whom you love, all the days of this meaningless life that God has given you under the sun—all your meaningless days. For this is your lot in life and in your toilsome labor under the sun.

• Ecclesiastes 9:9

 

Drink water from your own cistern, running water from your own well.

• Proverbs 5:15

 

May your fountain be blessed, and may you rejoice in the wife of your youth. A loving doe, a graceful deer—may her breasts satisfy you always, may you ever be captivated by her love. Why be captivated, my son, by an adulteress? Why embrace the bosom of another man’s wife?

• Proverbs 5:18-20

 

The husband should fulfill his marital duty to his wife, and likewise the wife to her husband.

• 1 Corinthians 7:3

 

Wives, submit yourselves to your own husbands as you do to the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church, his body, of which he is the Savior.

• Ephesians 5:22-23

 

Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her.

• Ephesians 5:25

 

In this same way, husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself.

• Ephesians 5:28

 

“For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.”

• Ephesians 5:31

 

If anyone does not provide for his relatives, and especially for his immediate family, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.

• 1 Timothy 5:8

 

Wives, submit yourselves to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord. Husbands, love your wives and do not be harsh with them.

• Colossians 3:18-19

 

Husbands, in the same way be considerate as you live with your wives, and treat them with respect as the weaker partner and as heirs with you of the gracious gift of life, so that nothing will hinder your prayers.

• 1 Peter 3:7

 

Then they can urge the younger women to love their husbands and children, to be self-controlled and pure, to be busy at home, to be kind, and to be subject to their husbands, so that no one will malign the word of God.

• Titus 2:4-5