1 Corinthians 10:13 ESV / 24 helpful votes No temptation has overtaken you that is not common to man. God is faithful, and he will not let you be tempted beyond your ability, but with the temptation he will also provide the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it. Romans 12:2 ESV / 24 helpful votes Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect. John 15:5 ESV / 22 helpful votes I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing. John 3:16-17 ESV / 22 helpful votes “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him. Proverbs 3:5-6 ESV / 22 helpful votes Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths. Ephesians 2:8 ESV / 18 helpful votes For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, Romans 8:28 ESV / 18 helpful votes And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose. John 3:16 ESV / 18 helpful votes “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. Romans 8:8 ESV / 17 helpful votes Those who are in the flesh cannot please God. Matthew 6:34 ESV / 17 helpful votes “Therefore do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble. Matthew 6:2 ESV / 17 helpful votes “Thus, when you give to the needy, sound no trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may be praised by others. Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward. Isaiah 41:13 ESV / 17 helpful votes For I, the Lord your God, hold your right hand; it is I who say to you, “Fear not, I am the one who helps you.” Hebrews 4:16 ESV / 16 helpful votes Let us then with confidence draw near to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need. Philippians 4:6 ESV / 16 helpful votes Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. Romans 8:1-39 ESV / 16 helpful votes There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. For the law of the Spirit of life has set you free in Christ Jesus from the law of sin and death. For God has done what the law, weakened by the flesh, could not do. By sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and for sin, he condemned sin in the flesh, in order that the righteous requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not according to the flesh but according to the Spirit. For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit set their minds on the things of the Spirit. ... Romans 2:4 ESV / 15 helpful votes Or do you presume on the riches of his kindness and forbearance and patience, not knowing that God's kindness is meant to lead you to repentance? Romans 12:16 ESV / 14 helpful votes Live in harmony with one another. Do not be haughty, but associate with the lowly. Never be wise in your own sight. Isaiah 40:29 ESV / 14 helpful votes He gives power to the faint, and to him who has no might he increases strength. Psalm 127:1 ESV / 14 helpful votes A Song of Ascents. Of Solomon. Unless the Lord builds the house, those who build it labor in vain. Unless the Lord watches over the city, the watchman stays awake in vain. Psalm 121:3 ESV / 14 helpful votes He will not let your foot be moved; he who keeps you will not slumber. Psalm 118:5 ESV / 14 helpful votes Out of my distress I called on the Lord; the Lord answered me and set me free. Psalm 73:26 ESV / 14 helpful votes My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever. Psalm 23:1-2 ESV / 14 helpful votes A Psalm of David. The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. He makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside still waters. Philippians 4:11 ESV / 13 helpful votes Not that I am speaking of being in need, for I have learned in whatever situation I am to be content. Romans 12:4-5 ESV / 13 helpful votes For as in one body we have many members, and the members do not all have the same function, so we, though many, are one body in Christ, and individually members one of another. Romans 6:23 ESV / 13 helpful votes For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. Jeremiah 17:5-8 ESV / 13 helpful votes Thus says the Lord: “Cursed is the man who trusts in man and makes flesh his strength, whose heart turns away from the Lord. He is like a shrub in the desert, and shall not see any good come. He shall dwell in the parched places of the wilderness, in an uninhabited salt land. “Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord, whose trust is the Lord. He is like a tree planted by water, that sends out its roots by the stream, and does not fear when heat comes, for its leaves remain green, and is not anxious in the year of drought, for it does not cease to bear fruit.” Proverbs 19:21 ESV / 13 helpful votes Many are the plans in the mind of a man, but it is the purpose of the Lord that will stand. Proverbs 16:9 ESV / 13 helpful votes The heart of man plans his way, but the Lord establishes his steps. Proverbs 10:22 ESV / 13 helpful votes The blessing of the Lord makes rich, and he adds no sorrow with it. Psalm 121:1-2 ESV / 13 helpful votes A Song of Ascents. I lift up my eyes to the hills. From where does my help come? My help comes from the Lord, who made heaven and earth. Psalm 94:18 ESV / 13 helpful votes When I thought, “My foot slips,” your steadfast love, O Lord, held me up. Psalm 80:19 ESV / 13 helpful votes Restore us, O Lord God of hosts! Let your face shine, that we may be saved! Psalm 44:3 ESV / 13 helpful votes For not by their own sword did they win the land, nor did their own arm save them, but your right hand and your arm, and the light of your face, for you delighted in them. Psalm 34:6 ESV / 13 helpful votes This poor man cried, and the Lord heard him and saved him out of all his troubles. Psalm 16:8 ESV / 13 helpful votes I have set the Lord always before me; because he is at my right hand, I shall not be shaken. Psalm 16:1 ESV / 13 helpful votes A Miktam of David. Preserve me, O God, for in you I take refuge. 1 Chronicles 29:14 ESV / 13 helpful votes “But who am I, and what is my people, that we should be able thus to offer willingly? For all things come from you, and of your own have we given you. Exodus 14:14 ESV / 13 helpful votes The Lord will fight for you, and you have only to be silent.” 1 Peter 5:10 ESV / 12 helpful votes And after you have suffered a little while, the God of all grace, who has called you to his eternal glory in Christ, will himself restore, confirm, strengthen, and establish you. Hebrews 11:1-40 ESV / 12 helpful votes Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen. For by it the people of old received their commendation. By faith we understand that the universe was created by the word of God, so that what is seen was not made out of things that are visible. By faith Abel offered to God a more acceptable sacrifice than Cain, through which he was commended as righteous, God commending him by accepting his gifts. And through his faith, though he died, he still speaks. By faith Enoch was taken up so that he should not see death, and he was not found, because God had taken him. Now before he was taken he was commended as having pleased God. ... Isaiah 40:31 ESV / 12 helpful votes But they who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles; they shall run and not be weary; they shall walk and not faint. Proverbs 29:25 ESV / 12 helpful votes The fear of man lays a snare, but whoever trusts in the Lord is safe. 2 Timothy 2:15 ESV / 11 helpful votes Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth. Ephesians 2:8-9 ESV / 11 helpful votes For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast. Numbers 23:19 ESV / 11 helpful votes God is not man, that he should lie, or a son of man, that he should change his mind. Has he said, and will he not do it? Or has he spoken, and will he not fulfill it? Ephesians 5:18 ESV / 10 helpful votes And do not get drunk with wine, for that is debauchery, but be filled with the Spirit, Ephesians 2:10 ESV / 10 helpful votes For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them. Ephesians 2:2 ESV / 10 helpful votes In which you once walked, following the course of this world, following the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work in the sons of disobedience— Romans 8:5 ESV / 10 helpful votes For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit set their minds on the things of the Spirit. John 5:24 ESV / 10 helpful votes Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life. He does not come into judgment, but has passed from death to life. Psalm 34:19 ESV / 10 helpful votes Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but the Lord delivers him out of them all. 1 John 5:4 ESV / 9 helpful votes For everyone who has been born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world—our faith. 1 John 4:2 ESV / 9 helpful votes By this you know the Spirit of God: every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God, James 4:7 ESV / 9 helpful votes Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. James 1:5 ESV / 9 helpful votes If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God, who gives generously to all without reproach, and it will be given him. Hebrews 10:24-25 ESV / 9 helpful votes And let us consider how to stir up one another to love and good works, not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another, and all the more as you see the Day drawing near. 2 Corinthians 12:7-10 ESV / 9 helpful votes So to keep me from becoming conceited because of the surpassing greatness of the revelations, a thorn was given me in the flesh, a messenger of Satan to harass me, to keep me from becoming conceited. Three times I pleaded with the Lord about this, that it should leave me. But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me. For the sake of Christ, then, I am content with weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and calamities. For when I am weak, then I am strong. Romans 15:32 ESV / 9 helpful votes So that by God's will I may come to you with joy and be refreshed in your company. Romans 12:3 ESV / 9 helpful votes For by the grace given to me I say to everyone among you not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think, but to think with sober judgment, each according to the measure of faith that God has assigned. Romans 3:2 ESV / 9 helpful votes Much in every way. To begin with, the Jews were entrusted with the oracles of God. John 14:6 ESV / 9 helpful votes Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. John 14:2 ESV / 9 helpful votes In my Father's house are many rooms. If it were not so, would I have told you that I go to prepare a place for you? John 10:2 ESV / 9 helpful votes But he who enters by the door is the shepherd of the sheep. John 3:2 ESV / 9 helpful votes This man came to Jesus by night and said to him, “Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher come from God, for no one can do these signs that you do unless God is with him.” Matthew 11:29 ESV / 9 helpful votes Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. Matthew 10:29-31 ESV / 9 helpful votes Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? And not one of them will fall to the ground apart from your Father. But even the hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not, therefore; you are of more value than many sparrows. Matthew 6:25-34 ESV / 9 helpful votes “Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing? Look at the birds of the air: they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they? And which of you by being anxious can add a single hour to his span of life? And why are you anxious about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin, yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. ... Matthew 6:1-11:30 ESV / 9 helpful votes “Beware of practicing your righteousness before other people in order to be seen by them, for then you will have no reward from your Father who is in heaven. “Thus, when you give to the needy, sound no trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may be praised by others. Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward. But when you give to the needy, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, so that your giving may be in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will reward you. “And when you pray, you must not be like the hypocrites. For they love to stand and pray in the synagogues and at the street corners, that they may be seen by others. Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward. ... Matthew 5:3 ESV / 9 helpful votes “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Zechariah 4:1-14 ESV / 9 helpful votes And the angel who talked with me came again and woke me, like a man who is awakened out of his sleep. And he said to me, “What do you see?” I said, “I see, and behold, a lampstand all of gold, with a bowl on the top of it, and seven lamps on it, with seven lips on each of the lamps that are on the top of it. And there are two olive trees by it, one on the right of the bowl and the other on its left.” And I said to the angel who talked with me, “What are these, my lord?” Then the angel who talked with me answered and said to me, “Do you not know what these are?” I said, “No, my lord.” ... Hosea 13:6 ESV / 9 helpful votes But when they had grazed, they became full, they were filled, and their heart was lifted up; therefore they forgot me. Lamentations 3:22-26 ESV / 9 helpful votes The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases; his mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness. “The Lord is my portion,” says my soul, “therefore I will hope in him.” The Lord is good to those who wait for him, to the soul who seeks him. It is good that one should wait quietly for the salvation of the Lord. Jeremiah 20:10 ESV / 9 helpful votes For I hear many whispering. Terror is on every side! “Denounce him! Let us denounce him!” say all my close friends, watching for my fall. “Perhaps he will be deceived; then we can overcome him and take our revenge on him.” Ecclesiastes 7:14 ESV / 9 helpful votes In the day of prosperity be joyful, and in the day of adversity consider: God has made the one as well as the other, so that man may not find out anything that will be after him. Ecclesiastes 3:1-11:10 ESV / 9 helpful votes For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven: a time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up what is planted; a time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up; a time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance; a time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing; ... Proverbs 30:5 ESV / 9 helpful votes Every word of God proves true; he is a shield to those who take refuge in him. Psalm 130:1-2 ESV / 9 helpful votes A Song of Ascents. Out of the depths I cry to you, O Lord! O Lord, hear my voice! Let your ears be attentive to the voice of my pleas for mercy! Psalm 115:3 ESV / 9 helpful votes Our God is in the heavens; he does all that he pleases. Psalm 68:19 ESV / 9 helpful votes Blessed be the Lord, who daily bears us up; God is our salvation. Selah Psalm 54:4 ESV / 9 helpful votes Behold, God is my helper; the Lord is the upholder of my life. Psalm 51:1-19 ESV / 9 helpful votes To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David, when Nathan the prophet went to him, after he had gone in to Bathsheba. Have mercy on me, O God, according to your steadfast love; according to your abundant mercy blot out my transgressions. Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin! For I know my transgressions, and my sin is ever before me. Against you, you only, have I sinned and done what is evil in your sight, so that you may be justified in your words and blameless in your judgment. Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity, and in sin did my mother conceive me. ... Psalm 23:1-6 ESV / 9 helpful votes A Psalm of David. The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. He makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside still waters. He restores my soul. He leads me in paths of righteousness for his name's sake. 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 3:1-8:9 ESV / 9 helpful votes A Psalm of David, when he fled from Absalom his son. O Lord, how many are my foes! Many are rising against me; many are saying of my soul, “There is no salvation for him in God.” Selah But you, O Lord, are a shield about me, my glory, and the lifter of my head. I cried aloud to the Lord, and he answered me from his holy hill. Selah I lay down and slept; I woke again, for the Lord sustained me. ... Job 1:20-21 ESV / 9 helpful votes Then Job arose and tore his robe and shaved his head and fell on the ground and worshiped. And he said, “Naked I came from my mother's womb, and naked shall I return. The Lord gave, and the Lord has taken away; blessed be the name of the Lord.” 1 Samuel 2:1-7:17 ESV / 9 helpful votes And Hannah prayed and said, “My heart exults in the Lord; my horn is exalted in the Lord. My mouth derides my enemies, because I rejoice in your salvation. “There is none holy like the Lord: for there is none besides you; there is no rock like our God. Talk no more so very proudly, let not arrogance come from your mouth; for the Lord is a God of knowledge, and by him actions are weighed. The bows of the mighty are broken, but the feeble bind on strength. Those who were full have hired themselves out for bread, but those who were hungry have ceased to hunger. The barren has borne seven, but she who has many children is forlorn. ... Genesis 1:2 ESV / 9 helpful votes The earth was without form and void, and darkness was over the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters. Genesis 1:1-31 ESV / 9 helpful votes In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. The earth was without form and void, and darkness was over the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters. And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. And God saw that the light was good. And God separated the light from the darkness. God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And there was evening and there was morning, the first day. ... James 4:3 ESV / 8 helpful votes You ask and do not receive, because you ask wrongly, to spend it on your passions. 1 Corinthians 10:3 ESV / 8 helpful votes And all ate the same spiritual food, Romans 14:2 ESV / 8 helpful votes One person believes he may eat anything, while the weak person eats only vegetables. Romans 12:1 ESV / 8 helpful votes I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship. Romans 10:4 ESV / 8 helpful votes For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to everyone who believes. Romans 2:2 ESV / 8 helpful votes We know that the judgment of God rightly falls on those who practice such things. Acts 12:5 ESV / 8 helpful votes So Peter was kept in prison, but earnest prayer for him was made to God by the church. Acts 12:2 ESV / 8 helpful votes He killed James the brother of John with the sword, John 15:2 ESV / 8 helpful votes Every branch in me that does not bear fruit he takes away, and every branch that does bear fruit he prunes, that it may bear more fruit. John 14:3 ESV / 8 helpful votes And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and will take you to myself, that where I am you may be also. John 5:2 ESV / 8 helpful votes Now there is in Jerusalem by the Sheep Gate a pool, in Aramaic called Bethesda, which has five roofed colonnades. Luke 18:2 ESV / 8 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful He said, “In a certain city there was a judge who neither feared God nor respected man., |