Help in Troubles

 

The salvation of the righteous comes from the Lord; he is their stronghold in time of trouble.

• Psalm 37:39

 

The Lord gives sight to the blind, the Lord lifts up those who are bowed down, the Lord loves the righteous.

• Psalm 146:8

 

The Lord is good, a refuge in times of trouble. He cares for those who trust in him.

• Nahum 1:7

 

Though he may stumble, he will not fall, for the Lord upholds him with his hand.

• Psalm 37:24

 

You are my hiding place; you will protect me from trouble and surround me with songs of deliverance.

• Psalm 32:7

 

Though you have made me see troubles, many and bitter, you will restore my life again; from the depths of the earth you will again bring me up.

• Psalm 71:20

 

Why, my soul, are you downcast? Why so disturbed within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise him, my Savior and my God.

• Psalm 42:11

 

My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.

• Psalm 73:26

 

No harm will overtake you, no disaster will come near your tent. For he will command his angels concerning you to guard you in all your ways.

• Psalm 91:10-11

 

Those who sow with tears will reap with songs of joy. Those who go out weeping, carrying seed to sow, will return with songs of joy, carrying sheaves with them.

• Psalm 126:5-6

 

Love the Lord, all his faithful people! The Lord preserves those who are true to him, but the proud he pays back in full.

• Psalm 31:23

 

“Even while you sleep among the sheep pens, the wings of my dove are sheathed with silver, its feathers with shining gold.”

• Psalm 68:13

 

“Surely God does not reject one who is blameless or strengthen the hands of evildoers. He will yet fill your mouth with laughter and your lips with shouts of joy.

• Job 8:20-21

 

From six calamities he will rescue you; in seven no harm will touch you.

• Job 5:19

 

For he has not despised or scorned the suffering of the afflicted one; he has not hidden his face from him but has listened to his cry for help.

• Psalm 22:24

 

The Lord is a refuge for the oppressed, a stronghold in times of trouble.

• Psalm 9:9

 

Though I walk in the midst of trouble, you preserve my life. You stretch out your hand against the anger of my foes; with your right hand you save me.

• Psalm 138:7

 

You, Lord, keep my lamp burning; my God turns my darkness into light.

• Psalm 18:28

 

The righteous person may have many troubles, but the Lord delivers him from them all.

• Psalm 34:19

 

For no one is cast by the Lord forever.  Though he brings grief, he will show compassion, so great is his unfailing love. For he does not willingly bring affliction or grief to anyone.

• Lamentations 3:31-33

 

The Lord is my rock, my fortress and my deliverer; my God is my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.

• Psalm 18:2

 

Do not gloat over me, my enemy! Though I have fallen, I will rise. Though I sit in darkness, the Lord will be my light.  Because I have sinned against him, I will bear the Lord’s wrath, until he pleads my case and upholds my cause. He will bring me out into the light; I will see his righteousness.

• Micah 7:8:9

 

“I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.”

• John 16:33

Guilt

 

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness.

• John 1:9

 

Let the wicked forsake their ways and the unrighteous their thoughts. Let them turn to the Lord, and he will have mercy on them, and to our God, for he will freely pardon.

• Isaiah 55:7

 

“If you return to the Lord, then your brothers and your children will be shown compassion by their captors and will return to this land, for the Lord your God is gracious and compassionate. He will not turn his face from you if you return to him.”

• 2 Chronicles 30:9

 

As far as the east is from the west, so far has he removed our transgressions from us.

• Psalm 103:12

 

If our hearts condemn us, we know that God is greater than our hearts, and he knows everything.

• 1 John 3:20

 

“For I will forgive their wickedness and will remember their sins no more.”

• Hebrews 8:12

 

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

• 2 Corinthians 5:17

 

“No longer will they teach their neighbor, or say to one another, ‘Know the Lord,’ because they will all know me, from the least of them to the greatest,” declares the Lord. “For I will forgive their wickedness and will remember their sins no more.”

• Jeremiah 31:34

 

I will cleanse them from all the sin they have committed against me and will forgive all their sins of rebellion against me.

• Jeremiah 33:8

 

I am writing to you, dear children, because your sins have been forgiven on account of his name.

• 1 John 2:12

 

“I, even I, am he who blots out your transgressions, for my own sake, and remembers your sins no more.

• Isaiah 43:25

 

But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, purifies us from all sin.

• 1 John 1:7

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