And those who are wise shall shine like the brightness of the sky above; and those who turn many to righteousness, like the stars forever and ever.

But as for me, I will look to the Lord; I will wait for the God of my salvation; my God will hear me.

Let not your hearts be troubled. Believe in God; believe also in me. 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? 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.

He who planted the ear, does he not hear? He who formed the eye, does he not see?

“For the mountains may depart and the hills be removed, but my steadfast love shall not depart from you, and my covenant of peace shall not be removed,” says the Lord, who has compassion on you.

He has told you, O man, what is good; and what does the Lord require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God?

But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, open to reason, full of mercy and good fruits, impartial and sincere.

 For we walk by faith, not by sight.

But he said, “Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and keep it!”

Simon Peter answered him, “Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life.”

Know therefore today, and lay it to your heart, that the Lord is God in heaven above and on the earth beneath; there is no other.

As for you, O Lord, you will not restrain your mercy from me; your steadfast love and your faithfulness will ever preserve me!

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

If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. And if I have prophetic powers, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. If I give away all I have, and if I deliver up my body to be burned, but have not love, I gain nothing.

And when Jesus heard it, he said to them, “Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick. I came not to call the righteous, but sinners.”

My dwelling place shall be with them, and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.

The Lord is gracious and merciful, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love. The Lord is good to all, and his mercy is over all that he has made.

For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation for all people, training us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright, and godly lives in the present age.

He saved us, not because of works done by us in righteousness, but according to his own mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewal of the Holy Spirit.

Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.

Whom have I in heaven but you? And there is nothing on earth that I desire besides you.

May the Lord direct your hearts to the love of God and to the steadfastness of Christ.

... who by God’s power are being guarded through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.

Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you.

This God—his way is perfect; the word of the Lord proves true; he is a shield for all those who take refuge in him.

When the righteous cry for help, the Lord hears and delivers them out of all their troubles.

And because of him you are in Christ Jesus, who became to us wisdom from God, righteousness and sanctification and redemption, so that, as it is written, “Let the one who boasts, boast in the Lord.”

For his anger is but for a moment, and his favor is for a lifetime. Weeping may tarry for the night, but joy comes with the morning.