PRAYER VIGIL PROMISES
compiled by PACRO
CONTENTS
CHILDREN
7
Spiritual Growth
7
Discipline
7
Promises for Children in Persecution
8
Teachers and Shepherds
9
COMFORT
10
In Failure
10
Cry unto Him, and He Will Answer
11
Separation from Loved Ones
12
DAD & MAMA
13
David
13
Maria
14
Security and Protection from Enemies
15
Sleep
15
Strength and Health
16
Staff and Units
16
FIELD HOMES
17
General References
17
Unity
18
FIGHTING THE ENEMY
19
Resisting the Devil
19
Fight the Good Fight
20
The Lord Will Fight for You
20
FIRST LOVE
21
HEALING & HEALTH
22
The Lord Gives Us Power to Heal!
23
LEADERSHIP
24
Prayer for Leaders and Shepherds
24
Sample, Not a Sermon
25
Training and Delegates Meetings
26
PERSECUTION
27
Promises of Persecution
27
Prayer Against Our Enemies
28
Protection from Our Enemies
32
Media Attack
36
Court Cases
37
Prayer for Lawyers
40
Prayer for Judges
40
Deliverance from Bonds
41
Martyrdom
44
POWER OF POSITIVE PRAISE
47
The Results of Praise
47
Being Content in All Things
47
Praising and Thanking the Lord
48
Promises of Happiness
49
PRAYER
50
God Will Answer Our Prayers
50
Pray in Faith
51
Private Prayer
52
Desperate Prayer
52
Resting in the Lord--Be Still
53
PREGNANCY & CHILDBIRTH
55
Pregnancy
55
Childbirth
56
REST, SLEEP & VACATIONS
57
Sleep
57
Word and Rest Days; Vacations
57
SECURITY
58
Wisdom and Discretion
58
Being On Guard
59
The Lord's Protection
59
SPIRITUAL GROWTH
60
Walking in the Newness of Life
62
STRENGTH & POWER
63
The Lord Is Your Strength
63
The Lord Gives Strength to Those Who Call on Him
64
Strength and Power to Preach the Word
65
Depend on the Lord Only
65
SUPPLY/STEWARDSHIP
67
Supply
67
Inheritances
68
Good Stewardship
69
Survival in Difficult Times
69
TYPHOONS, HURRICANES & STORMS
71
VISAS, LEGAL WORK & CLAIMING THE LAND
72
Visas
72
Claiming the Land (Housing)
72
Crossing Borders
73
WISDOM & DECISION MAKING
74
The Lord and His Word Will Guide Us
74
The Lord Will Give Us Wisdom
75
Wisdom in Godly Counsel
76
WITNESSING
77
Boldness and Conviction
77
Follow Up
78
Keeping Your Witness Simple
79
Performing
79
Tools and Distribution
79
Giving the Meat of the Word
80
THE WORD
81
The Benefits of Keeping God's Word
81
We Ought to Love God's Word
82
Study and Obey God's Word
82
The Word Will Not Fail
83
The Power of the Word!
83
Memorization
84
WEAKNESSES & SPIRITUAL ATTACKS (DELIVERANCE FROM)
85
Anger and Impatience
85
Bitterness and Lack of Forgiveness
85
Commitment and Discipleship (Lack of)
87
Comparing, Envy and Jealousy
88
Criticalness
88
Daydreaming
89
Disobedience
90
Doubts
90
Fear and Worry
92
Fear of the Lord (Lack of)
93
Honesty and Openness (Lack of)
94
Independence
94
Laziness and Idleness
95
Love for Others (Lack of)
96
Love for the Word (Lack of)
97
Negative Thinking
97
Pride
99
Selfishness and Self-Centeredness
99
Shyness and Self-Consciousness
100
Speech (Unedifying)
101
Unthankfulness and Murmuring
102
Unyieldedness
103
Worldliness and Relationship with the World
104
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CHILDREN
Spiritual Growth
PSA 34:11 Come, ye children, hearken unto me: I will teach you the fear of the Lord.
PSA 119:9 Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? by taking heed thereto according to thy word.
PSA 138:8 The Lord will perfect that which concerneth me: thy mercy, O Lord, endureth for ever: forsake not the works of thine own hands.
PSA 144:12 That our sons may be as plants grown up in their youth; that our daughters may be as corner stones, polished after the similitude of a palace:
PRO 3:1 My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments:
PRO 8:32,33 Now therefore hearken unto me, O ye children: for blessed are they that keep my ways. Hear instruction, and be wise, and refuse it not.
PRO 22:6 Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.
ISA 54:13 And all thy children shall be taught of the Lord; and great shall be the peace of thy children.
JN 21:15b Lovest thou me more than these? He saith unto him, Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I love thee. He saith unto him, Feed my lambs.
2TIM 2:22 Flee also youthful lusts: but follow righteousness, faith, charity, peace, with them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart.
3JN 1:4 I have no greater joy than to hear that my children walk in truth.
Discipline
PRO 3:12 For whom the Lord loveth he correcteth; even as a father the son in whom he delighteth.
PRO 13:24 He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes.
PRO 19:18 Chasten thy son while there is hope, and let not thy soul spare for his crying.
PRO 22:15 Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.
PRO 23:13 Withhold not correction from the child: for if thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die.
COL 3:21 Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged.
1TIM 3:4 One that ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection with all gravity;
HEB 12:5-9 And ye have forgotten the exhortation which speaketh unto you as unto children, My son, despise not thou the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked of him: For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth. If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is he whom the father chasteneth not? But if ye be without chastisement, whereof all are partakers, then are ye bastards, and not sons. Furthermore we have had fathers of our flesh which corrected us, and we gave them reverence: shall we not much rather be in subjection unto the Father of spirits, and live?
Promises for Children in Persecution
PSA 8:2 Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou ordained strength because of thine enemies, that thou mightest still the enemy and the avenger.
PSA 72:4 He shall judge the poor of the people, he shall save the children of the needy, and shall break in pieces the oppressor.
PSA 127:4,5 As arrows are in the hand of a mighty man; so are children of the youth. Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them: they shall not be ashamed, but they shall speak with the enemies in the gate.
PSA 144:10-12 It is he that giveth salvation unto kings: who delivereth David his servant from the hurtful sword. Rid me, and deliver me from the hand of strange children, whose mouth speaketh vanity, and their right hand is a right hand of falsehood: That our sons may be as plants grown up in their youth; that our daughters may be as corner stones, polished after the similitude of a palace:
ISA 11:6b A little child shall lead them.
ISA 49:24,25 Shall the prey be taken from the mighty, or the lawful captive delivered? But thus saith the Lord, Even the captives of the mighty shall be taken away, and the prey of the terrible shall be delivered: for I will contend with him that contendeth with thee, and I will save thy children.
ISA 61:9 And their seed shall be known among the Gentiles, and their offspring among the people: all that see them shall acknowledge them, that they are the seed which the Lord hath blessed.
MT 18:5,6 And whoso shall receive one such little child in my name receiveth me. But whoso shall offend one of these little ones which believe in me, it were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and that he were drowned in the depth of the sea.
MT 18:10 Take heed that ye despise not one of these little ones; for I say unto you, That in heaven their angels do always behold the face of my Father which is in heaven.
LK 17:1,2 Then said he unto the disciples, It is impossible but that offences will come: but woe unto him, through whom they come! It were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and he cast into the sea, than that he should offend one of these little ones.
PHIL 2:15,16a That ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world; Holding forth the word of life.
1JN 2:14b I have written unto you, young men, because ye are strong, and the word of God abideth in you, and ye have overcome the wicked one.
1JN 4:4 Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world.
Teachers & Shepherds
DEUT 6:7 And thou shalt teach them (the Words) diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.
DEUT 12:28 Observe and hear all these words which I command thee, that it may go well with thee, and with thy children after thee for ever, when thou doest that which is good and right in the sight of the Lord thy God.
DEUT 32:46,47a And he said unto them, Set your hearts unto all the words which I testify among you this day, which ye shall command your children to observe to do, all the words of this law. For it is not a vain thing for you; because it is your life: and through this thing ye shall prolong your days in the land.
PRO 4:4,5 He taught me also, and said unto me, Let thine heart retain my words: keep my commandments, and live. Get wisdom, get understanding: forget it not; neither decline from the words of my mouth.
PRO 20:7 The just man walketh in his integrity: his children are blessed after him.
NEH 4:14b Be not ye afraid of them: remember the Lord, which is great and terrible, and fight for your brethren, your sons, and your daughters, your wives, and your houses.
EPH 6:4b Bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.
2TIM 2:2 And the things that thou hast heard of me among many witnesses, the same commit thou to faithful men, who shall be able to teach others also.
COMFORT
In Failure
PSA 34:18 The Lord is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit.
PSA 34:22 The Lord redeemeth the soul of His servants: and none of them that trust in Him shall be desolate.
PSA 37:24 Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down: for the Lord upholdeth him with His hand.
PSA 71:20,21 Thou, which hast shewed me great and sore troubles, shalt quicken me again, and shalt bring me up again from the depths of the earth. Thou shalt increase my greatness, and comfort me on every side.
PSA 94:19 In the multitude of my thoughts within me Thy comforts delight my soul.
PSA 119:50 This is my comfort in my affliction: for thy word hath quickened me.
PSA 138:7a Though I walk in the midst of trouble, thou wilt revive me.
PSA 139:11,12 If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me; even the night shall be light about me. Yea, the darkness hideth not from thee; but the night shineth as the day: the darkness and the light are both alike to thee.
PSA 142:3a When my spirit was overwhelmed within me, then thou knewest my path.
ISA 25:4 For thou hast been a strength to the poor, a strength to the needy in his distress, a refuge from the storm, a shadow from the heat, when the blast of the terrible ones is as a storm against the wall.
ISA 41:10 Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.
ISA 41:17 When the poor and needy seek water, and there is none, and their tongue faileth for thirst, I the Lord will hear them, I the God of Israel will not forsake them.
ISA 41:18b I will make the wilderness a pool of water, and the dry land springs of water.
ISA 61:3b To give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the Lord, that he might be glorified.
LAM 3:31-33 For the Lord will not cast off for ever: But though He cause grief, yet will He have compassion according to the multitude of His mercies. For He doth not afflict willingly nor grieve the children of men.
ROM 8:28 And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to His purpose.
PHIL 1:6 Being confident of this very thing, that He which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ.
2TIM 2:12a If we suffer, we shall also reign with Him.
Cry unto Him, and He Will Answer
PSA 9:10 And they that know thy name will put their trust in thee: for thou, Lord, hast not forsaken them that seek thee.
PSA 34:17 The righteous cry, and the Lord heareth, and delivereth them out of all their troubles.
PSA 86:7 In the day of my trouble I will call upon thee: for thou wilt answer me.
PSA 91:15 He shall call upon Me, and I will answer him: I will be with him in trouble; I will deliver him, and honour him.
PSA 145:18,19 The Lord is nigh unto all them that call upon Him, to all that call upon Him in truth. He will fulfil the desire of them that fear Him: He also will hear their cry, and will save them.
Separation from Loved Ones
GEN 31:49b The Lord watch between me and thee, when we are absent one from another.
1SAM 1:27,28a For this child I prayed; and the Lord hath given me my petition which I asked of him: Therefore also I have lent him to the Lord; as long as he liveth he shall be lent to the Lord.
PSA 23:4 Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.
PSA 27:10 When my father and my mother forsake me, then the Lord will take me up.
PSA 34:18 The Lord is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit.
PSA 147:3 He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds.
SONG 8:7 Many waters cannot quench love, neither can the floods drown it.
JN 14:18 I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you.
ROM 8:18 For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us.
2COR 1:4 Who comforteth us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort them which are in any trouble, by the comfort wherewith we ourselves are comforted of God.
PHIL 3:7,8 But what things were gain to me, those I counted loss for Christ. Yea doubtless, and I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them but dung, that I may win Christ,
1THES 4:13 But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope.
1PET 1:7 That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ.
DAD & MAMA
David
1SAM 18:14 And David behaved himself wisely in all his ways; and the Lord was with him.
2SAM 8:6 And the Lord preserved David withersoever he went.
PSA 18:50 Great deliverance giveth he to his king; and sheweth mercy to his anointed, to David, and to his seed for evermore.
PSA 21:1,2 The king shall joy in thy strength, O Lord; and in thy salvation how greatly shall he rejoice! Thou hast given him his heart's desire, and hast not withholden the request of his lips.
PSA 21:5-7 His glory is great in thy salvation: honour and majesty hast thou laid upon him. For thou hast made him most blessed for ever: thou hast made him exceeding glad with thy countenance. For the king trusteth in the Lord, and through the mercy of the most High he shall not be moved.
PSA 31:24 Be of good courage, and he shall strengthen your heart, all ye that hope in the Lord.
PSA 34:17 The righteous cry, and the Lord heareth, and delivereth them out of all their troubles.
PSA 37:31 The law of his God is in his heart; none of his steps shall slide.
PSA 57:7 My heart is fixed, O God, my heart is fixed: I will sing and give praise.
PSA 61:6 Thou wilt prolong the king's life: and his years as many generations.
PSA 89:3,4 I have made a covenant with my chosen, I have sworn unto David my servant, Thy seed will I establish for ever, and build up thy throne to all generations.
PSA 89:20-24 I have found David my servant; with my holy oil have I anointed him: With whom my hand shall be established: mine arm also shall strengthen him. The enemy shall not exact upon him; nor the son of wickedness afflict him. And I will beat down his foes before his face, and plague them that hate him. But my faithfulness and my mercy shall be with him: and in my name shall his horn be exalted.
PSA 91:15,16 He shall call upon me, and I will answer him: I will be with him in trouble; I will deliver him, and honour him. With long life will I satisfy him, and shew him my salvation.
ISA 46:4 And even to your old age I am he; and even to hoar hairs will I carry you: I have made, and I will bear; even I will carry, and will deliver you.
ISA 50:4 The Lord GOD hath given me the tongue of the learned, that I should know how to speak a word in season to him that is weary: he wakeneth morning by morning, he wakeneth mine ear to hear as the learned.
ISA 55:3,4 Incline your ear, and come unto me: hear, and your soul shall live; and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, even the sure mercies of David. Behold, I have given him for a witness to the people, a leader and commander to the people.
Maria
DEUT 33:25b,27a As thy days, so shall thy strength be. The eternal God is thy refuge, and underneath are the everlasting arms.
JOSH 23:14b Not one thing hath failed of all the good things which the Lord your God spake concerning you; all are come to pass unto you, and not one thing hath failed thereof.
PSA 45:2 Thou art fairer than the children of men: grace is poured into thy lips: therefore God hath blessed thee for ever.
PSA 45:4,5 And in thy majesty ride prosperously because of truth and meekness and righteousness. Thine arrows are sharp in the heart of the king's enemies; whereby the people fall under thee. PSA 45:7 Thou lovest righteousness, and hatest wickedness: therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows.
PSA 46:5 God is in the midst of her; she shall not be moved: God shall help her, and that right early.
PSA 102:1,2b Hear my prayer, O Lord, and let my cry come unto thee. In the day when I call answer me speedily.
PSA 146:8 The Lord openeth the eyes of the blind: the Lord raiseth them that are bowed down: the Lord loveth the righteous:
MT 9:22b And when he saw her, he said, Daughter, be of good comfort; thy faith hath made thee whole. And the woman was made whole from that hour.
MT 9:29b According to your faith be it unto you.
LK 1:45 And blessed is she that believed: for there shall be a performance of those things which were told her from the Lord.
HEB 10:36 For ye have need of patience, that, after ye have done the will of God, ye might receive the promise.
Security & Protection from Enemies
LEV 25:18b And ye shall dwell in the land in safety.
DEUT 33:12b The beloved of the Lord shall dwell in safety by him; and the Lord shall cover him all the day long, and he shall dwell between his shoulders.
2SAM 7:29 Therefore now let it please thee to bless the house of thy servant, that it may continue for ever before thee: for thou, O Lord God, hast spoken it: and with thy blessing let the house of thy servant be blessed for ever.
2SAM 8:6b And the Lord preserved David whithersoever he went.
1CHR 17:8 And I have been with thee whithersoever thou hast walked, and have cut off all thine enemies from before thee, and have made thee a name like the name of the great men that are in the earth.
PSA 21:7-9 For the king trusteth in the Lord, and through the mercy of the most High he shall not be moved. Thine hand shall find out all thine enemies: thy right hand shall find out those that hate thee. Thou shalt make them as a fiery oven in the time of thine anger: the Lord shall swallow them up in his wrath, and the fire shall devour them.
PSA 63:11a,c But the king shall rejoice in God; but the mouth of them that speak lies shall be stopped.
PSA 132:17,18 There will I make the horn of David to bud: I have ordained a lamp for mine anointed. His enemies will I clothe with shame: but upon himself shall his crown flourish.
PSA 144:10 It is he that giveth salvation unto kings: who delivereth David his servant from the hurtful sword.
Sleep
JOB 11:18,19a And thou shalt be secure, because there is hope; yea, thou shalt dig about thee, and thou shalt take thy rest in safety. Also thou shalt lie down, and none shall make thee afraid.
PSA 3:5 I laid me down and slept; I awaked; for the Lord sustained me.
PSA 4:8 I will both lay me down in peace, and sleep: for thou, Lord, only makest me dwell in safety.
PSA 91:5 Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night; nor for the arrow that flieth by day;
PRO 3:24 When thou liest down, thou shalt not be afraid: yea, thou shalt lie down, and thy sleep shall be sweet.
Strength & Health
EXO 23:25 And ye shall serve the Lord your God, and he shall bless thy bread, and thy water; and I will take sickness away from the midst of thee.
2KIN 20:5b Thus saith the Lord, the God of David thy father, I have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tears: behold, I will heal thee.
1CHR 11:9 So David waxed greater and greater: for the Lord of hosts was with him.
PSA 21:1 The king shall joy in thy strength, O Lord; and in thy salvation how greatly shall he rejoice!
PSA 21:4 He asked life of thee, and thou gavest it him, even length of days for ever and ever.
PSA 21:6 For thou hast made him most blessed for ever: thou hast made him exceeding glad with thy countenance.
PSA 34:20 He keepeth all his bones: not one of them is broken.
PSA 71:17,18 O God, thou hast taught me from my youth: and hitherto have I declared thy wondrous works. Now also when I am old and grayheaded, O God, forsake me not; until I have shewed thy strength unto this generation, and thy power to every one that is to come.
PSA 112:7 He shall not be afraid of evil tidings: his heart is fixed, trusting in the Lord.
PSA 144:12 (For David & Techi) That our sons may be as plants grown up in their youth; that our daughters may be as corner stones, polished after the similitude of a palace:
PRO 3:23 Then shalt thou walk in thy way safely, and thy foot shall not stumble.
3JN 1:2 Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth.
Staff & Units
NUM 8:14,16 Thus shalt thou separate the Levites from among the children of Israel: and the Levites shall be mine. For they are wholly given unto me from among the children of Israel. I have taken them unto me.
1SAM 22:23 Abide thou with me, fear not: for he that seeketh my life seeketh thy life: but with me thou shalt be in safeguard.
2CHR 31:21 And in every work that he began in the service of the house of God, and in the law, and in the commandments, to seek his God, he did it with all his heart, and prospered.
PSA 65:4 Blessed is the man whom thou choosest, and causest to approach unto thee, that he may dwell in thy courts: we shall be satisfied with the goodness of thy house, even of thy holy temple.
FIELD HOMES
General References
2SAM 3:1 Now there was long war between the house of Saul and the house of David: but David waxed stronger & stronger, and the house of Saul waxed weaker & weaker.
PSA 1:3 And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.
PSA 37:3-5 Trust in the Lord, and do good; so shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed. Delight thyself also in the Lord; and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart. Commit thy way unto the Lord; trust also in him; and he shall bring it to pass.
PSA 85:12 Yea, the Lord shall give that which is good; and our land shall yield her increase.
PSA 92:12 The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree: he shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon.
PSA 128:2 For thou shalt eat the labour of thine hands: happy shalt thou be, and it shall be well with thee.
ISA 32:18 And my people shall dwell in a peaceable habitation, and in sure dwellings, and in quiet resting places.
EZE 11:16 Therefore say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Although I have cast them far off among the heathen, and although I have scattered them among the countries, yet will I be to them as a little sanctuary in the countries where they shall come.
MT 19:29 And every one that hath forsaken houses, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my name's sake, shall receive an hundredfold, and shall inherit everlasting life.
JN 15:4 Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me.
ROM 4:20,21 He staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief; but was strong in faith, giving glory to God; And being fully persuaded that, what he had promised, he was able also to perform.
ROM 10:15 And how shall they preach, except they be sent? as it is written, How beautiful are the feet of them that preach the gospel of peace, and bring glad tidings of good things!
COL 1:10 That ye might walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God;
1JN 5:4 For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith.
Unity
PSA 133:1 Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity!
ECC 4:9 Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labour.
JN 17:21 That they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that thou hast sent me.
ACTS 4:32a And the multitude of them that believed were of one heart and of one soul.
1COR 1:10 Now I beseech you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you; but that ye be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment.
PHIL 1:27b That ye stand fast in one spirit, with one mind striving together for the faith of the gospel.
FIGHTING THE ENEMY
Resisting the Devil
ISA 59:19b When the enemy shall come in like a flood, the Spirit of the Lord shall lift up a standard against him.
MT 10:1b He gave them power against unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal all manner of sickness and all manner of disease.
MT 16:19 And I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.
MK 8:33b Get thee behind me, Satan: for thou savourest not the things that be of God, but the things that be of men.
LK 9:1 Then he called his twelve disciples together, and gave them power and authority over all devils, and to cure diseases.
LK 10:17b Even the devils are subject unto us through thy name.
LK 10:19 Behold, I give unto you power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall by any means hurt you.
2COR 10:4,5 (For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;) Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ;
EPH 4:27 Neither give place to the devil.
EPH 6:10,11 Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might. Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.
1JN 4:4 Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world.
1PET 5:8,9a Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour: Whom resist stedfast in the faith.
1JN 3:8b For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil.
Fight the Good Fight
DEUT 20:3b Ye approach this day unto battle against your enemies: let not your hearts faint, fear not, and do not tremble, neither be ye terrified because of them;
PSA 144:1 Blessed be the Lord my strength, which teacheth my hands to war, and my fingers to fight:
MT 16:18b Upon this rock I will build My church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.
2COR 2:14 Now thanks be unto God, which always causeth us to triumph in Christ.
EPH 3:16 That he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man;
1TIM 6:12 Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, whereunto thou art also called, and hast professed a good profession before many witnesses.
2TIM 2:3 Thou therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ.
2TIM 2:4 No man that warreth entangleth himself with the affairs of this life; that he may please him who hath chosen him to be a soldier.
1JN 2:14b I have written unto you, young men, because ye are strong, and the word of God abideth in you, and ye have overcome the wicked one.
JUDE 3b Ye should earnestly contend for the faith which was once delivered unto the saints.
The Lord Will Fight for You
EXO 14:13a,14 Fear ye not, stand still, and see the salvation of the Lord, which he will shew to you to day: The Lord shall fight for you, and ye shall hold your peace.
PSA 35:1 Plead my cause, O Lord, with them that strive with me: fight against them that fight against me.
PSA 98:1 O sing unto the Lord a new song; for he hath done marvellous things: his right hand, and his holy arm, hath gotten him the victory.
ISA 35:4 Say to them that are of a fearful heart, Be strong, fear not: behold, your God will come with vengeance, even God with a recompence; he will come and save you.
2TIM 4:18 And the Lord shall deliver me from every evil work, and will preserve me unto his heavenly kingdom: to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen.
HEB 13:6 So that we may boldly say, The Lord is my helper, and I will not fear what man shall do unto me.
1JN 3:8b He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil.
REV 12:11 And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death.
FIRST LOVE
DEUT 6:5 And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might.
DEUT 10:12 And now, Israel, what doth the Lord thy God require of thee, but to fear the Lord thy God, to walk in all his ways, and to love him, and to serve the Lord thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul,
DEUT 30:20 That thou mayest love the Lord thy God, and that thou mayest obey his voice, and that thou mayest cleave unto him: for he is thy life, and the length of thy days: that thou mayest dwell in the land which the Lord sware unto thy fathers to give them.
1SAM 12:24 Only fear the Lord, and serve him in truth with all your heart: for consider how great things he hath done for you.
PSA 16:8,9 I have set the Lord always before me: because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved. Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoiceth: my flesh also shall rest in hope.
PSA 42:1,2 As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God. My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God: when shall I come and appear before God?
PSA 63:1 O God, thou art my God; early will I seek thee: my soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee in a dry and thirsty land, where no water is;
PSA 63:8 My soul followeth hard after thee: thy right hand upholdeth me.
PSA 73:25,26 Whom have I in heaven but thee? and there is none upon earth that I desire beside thee. My flesh and my heart faileth: but God is the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever.
PSA 107:9 For he satisfieth the longing soul, and filleth the hungry soul with goodness.
PSA 116:1,2 I love the Lord, because he hath heard my voice and my supplications. Because he hath inclined his ear unto me, therefore will I call upon him as long as I live.
MT 6:22 The light of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light.
MT 6:33 But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.
MT 19:29 And every one that hath forsaken houses, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my name's sake, shall receive an hundredfold, and shall inherit everlasting life.
JN 15:4 Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me.
COL 3:2 Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth.
1JN 5:3 For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments.
HEALING & HEALTH
EXO 15:26 If thou wilt diligently hearken to the voice of the Lord thy God, and wilt do that which is right in His sight, and wilt give ear to His commandments, and keep all His statutes, I will put none of these diseases upon thee, which I have brought upon the Egyptians: for I am the Lord that healeth thee.
2KIN 20:5b I have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tears: behold, I will heal thee.
PSA 22:24 For He hath not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the afflicted; neither hath He hid his face from him; but when he cried unto Him, He heard.
PSA 31:24 Be of good courage, and he shall strengthen your heart, all ye that hope in the Lord.
PSA 34:19 Many are the afflictions of the righteous: but the Lord delivereth him out of them all.
PSA 103:3 Who forgiveth all thine iniquities; who healeth all thy diseases;
PSA 107:20 He sent His word, and healed them, and delivered them from their destructions.
PSA 119:50 This is my comfort in my affliction: for thy word hath quickened me.
PSA 119:92 Unless thy law had been my delights, I should then have perished in mine affliction.
PSA 119:107 I am afflicted very much: quicken me, O Lord, according unto thy word.
PSA 147:3 He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds.
ISA 40:29 He giveth power to the faint; and to them that have no might He increaseth strength.
ISA 53:5 But He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon Him; and with His stripes we are healed.
ISA 58:8a Then shall thy light break forth as the morning, and thine health shall spring forth speedily.
ISA 59:1 Behold, the Lord's hand is not shortened, that it cannot save; neither His ear heavy, that it cannot hear:
JER 30:17a For I will restore health unto thee, and I will heal thee of thy wounds, saith the Lord.
JER 32:27 Behold, I am the Lord, the God of all flesh: is there any thing too hard for Me?
EZE 34:16a I will seek that which was lost, and bring again that which was driven away, and will bind up that which was broken, and will strengthen that which was sick.
MAL 4:2a But unto you that fear My name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in His wings.
MT 9:22b Be of good comfort; thy faith hath made thee whole.
LK 5:17b And the power of the Lord was present to heal them.
LK 17:14b And it came to pass, that, as they went, they were cleansed.
JAM 5:16a Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed.
The Lord Gives Us Power to Heal!
MK 16:17,18 And these signs shall follow them that believe; In My name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues; They shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover.
JAM 5:14,15,16b Is any sick among you? let him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord: And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up; and if he have committed sins, they shall be forgiven him. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.
LEADERSHIP
Prayer for Leaders & Shepherds
JOSH 1:7a,9 Only be thou strong and very courageous, that thou mayest observe to do according to all the law. Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the Lord thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest.
PSA 28:7,8 The Lord is my strength and my shield; my heart trusted in him, and I am helped: therefore my heart greatly rejoiceth; and with my song will I praise him. The Lord is their strength, and he is the saving strength of his anointed.
PSA 84:5,7a Blessed is the man whose strength is in thee; in whose heart are the ways of them. They go from strength to strength.
PSA 138:3 In the day when I cried thou answeredst me, and strengthenedst me with strength in my soul.
ISA 11:2,3 And the spirit of the Lord shall rest upon him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the Lord; And shall make him of quick understanding in the fear of the Lord: and he shall not judge after the sight of his eyes, neither reprove after the hearing of his ears:
ISA 40:31 But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.
ISA 50:4 The Lord GOD hath given me the tongue of the learned, that I should know how to speak a word in season to him that is weary: he wakeneth morning by morning, he wakeneth mine ear to hear as the learned.
ZECH 10:12 And I will strengthen them in the Lord; and they shall walk up and down in his name, saith the Lord.
MT 10:20 For it is not ye that speak, but the Spirit of your Father which speaketh in you.
MT 19:26b With men this is impossible; but with God all things are possible.
JN 15:5 I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing.
ACTS 4:13 Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and perceived that they were unlearned and ignorant men, they marvelled; and they took knowledge of them, that they had been with Jesus.
2COR 12:9,10 And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me. Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ's sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong.
Sample, Not a Sermon
PSA 86:11 Teach me thy way, O Lord; I will walk in thy truth: unite my heart to fear thy name.
JER 3:15 And I will give you pastors according to mine heart, which shall feed you with knowledge and understanding.
JER 9:24 But let him that glorieth glory in this, that he understandeth and knoweth me, that I am the Lord which exercise lovingkindness, judgment, and righteousness, in the earth: for in these things I delight, saith the Lord.
MT 23:11 But he that is greatest among you shall be your servant.
MK 10:45 For even the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.
LK 15:4 What man of you, having an hundred sheep, if he lose one of them, doth not leave the ninety and nine in the wilderness, and go after that which is lost, until he find it?
JN 10:4 And when he putteth forth his own sheep, he goeth before them, and the sheep follow him: for they know his voice.
JN 10:11 I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep.
JN 13:35 By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another.
JN 15:13 Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.
JN 21:16b He saith unto him, Feed my sheep.
1COR 2:4 And my speech and my preaching was not with enticing words of man's wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power:
1COR 11:1 Be ye followers of me, even as I also am of Christ.
PHIL 4:9 Those things, which ye have both learned, and received, and heard, and seen in me, do: and the God of peace shall be with you.
COL 3:12 Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering;
1TIM 4:12 Let no man despise thy youth; but be thou an example of the believers, in word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit, in faith, in purity.
1PET 5:3 Neither as being lords over God's heritage, but being ensamples to the flock.
1JN 3:16 Hereby perceive we the love of God, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.
Training & Delegates Meetings
(See also: Wisdom & Decision Making: The Lord & His Word Will Guide Us)
PSA 119:73b Give me understanding, that I may learn thy commandments.
PRO 19:20 Hear counsel, and receive instruction, that thou mayest be wise in thy latter end.
PRO 20:18 Every purpose is established by counsel: and with good advice make war.
PRO 27:23 Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, and look well to thy herds.
ISA 45:2,3 I will go before thee, and make the crooked places straight: I will break in pieces the gates of brass, and cut in sunder the bars of iron: And I will give thee the treasures of darkness, and hidden riches of secret places, that thou mayest know that I, the Lord, which call thee by thy name, am the God of Israel.
MT 20:26,27 But whosoever will be great among you, let him be your minister; And whosoever will be chief among you, let him be your servant:
2COR 13:1b In the mouth of two or three witnesses shall every word be established.
2TIM 2:2 And the things that thou hast heard of me among many witnesses, the same commit thou to faithful men, who shall be able to teach others also.
2TIM 2:15 Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.
2TIM 2:24,25a And the servant of the Lord must not strive; but be gentle unto all men, apt to teach, patient, In meekness instructing those that oppose themselves.
PERSECUTION
Promises of Persecution
MT 10:17,18 But beware of men: for they will deliver you up to the councils, and they will scourge you in their synagogues; And ye shall be brought before governors and kings for My sake, for a testimony against them and the Gentiles.
MT 10:19,20 But when they deliver you up, take no thought how or what ye shall speak: for it shall be given you in that same hour what ye shall speak. For it is not ye that speak, but the Spirit of your Father which speaketh in you.
MT 10:22,23 And ye shall be hated of all men for My name's sake: but He that endureth to the end shall be saved. But when they persecute you in this city, flee ye into another: for verily I say unto you, Ye shall not have gone over the cities of Israel, till the Son of man be come.
MT 10:28 And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear Him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.
MT 24:8-10 All these are the beginning of sorrows. Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill you: and ye shall be hated of all nations for My name's sake. And then shall many be offended, and shall betray one another, and shall hate one another.
MK 13:13 And ye shall be hated of all men for My name's sake: but he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.
LK 6:22,23 Blessed are ye, when men shall hate you, and when they shall separate you from their company, and shall reproach you, and cast out your name as evil, for the Son of man's sake. Rejoice ye in that day, and leap for joy: for, behold, your reward is great in heaven: for in the like manner did their fathers unto the prophets.
LK 21:17,18 And ye shall be hated of all men for My Name's sake. But there shall not an hair of your head perish.
JN 15:20,21 Remember the word that I said unto you, The servant is not greater than his lord. If they have persecuted Me, they will also persecute you; if they have kept My saying, they will keep yours also. But all these things will they do unto you for My name's sake, because they know not Him that sent Me.
JN 16:2-3 They shall put you out of the synagogues: yea, the time cometh, that whosoever killeth you will think that he doeth God service. And these things will they do unto you, because they have not known the Father, nor Me.
JN 16:33b In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.
JN 17:14 I have given them thy word; and the world hath hated them, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.
GAL 4:29 But as then he that was born after the flesh persecuted him that was born after the Spirit, even so it is now.
PHIL 1:29 For unto you it is given in the behalf of Christ, not only to believe on Him, but also to suffer for His sake;
2TIM 2:12 If we suffer, we shall also reign with him: if we deny him, he also will deny us:
2TIM 2:10 Therefore I endure all things for the elect's sakes, that they may also obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory.
2TIM 3:12 Yea, and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution.
HEB 13:12-13 Wherefore Jesus also, that He might sanctify the people with His own blood, suffered without the gate. Let us go forth therefore unto him without the camp, bearing His reproach.
1PET 3:14 But and if ye suffer for righteousness' sake, happy are ye: and be not afraid of their terror, neither be troubled;
1PET 4:14 If ye be reproached for the name of Christ, happy are ye; for the spirit of glory and of God resteth upon you: on their part He is evil spoken of, but on your part He is glorified.
1PET 4:16 Yet if any man suffer as a Christian, let him not be ashamed; but let him glorify God on this behalf.
REV 2:10 Fear none of those things which thou shalt suffer: behold, the devil shall cast some of you into prison, that ye may be tried; and ye shall have tribulation ten days: be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life.
Prayer Against Our Enemies
JUDG 5:31 So let all thine enemies perish, O Lord: but let them that love him be as the sun when he goeth forth in his might.
2CHR 36:16 But they mocked the messengers of God, and dispised his words, and misused his prophets, until the wrath of the Lord arose against his people, till there was no remedy.
PSA 3:7 Arise, O Lord; save me, O my God: for thou hast smitten all mine enemies upon the cheek bone; thou hast broken the teeth of the ungodly.
PSA 5:8-10 Lead me, O Lord, in thy righteousness because of mine enemies; make thy way straight before my face. For there is no faithfulness in their mouth; their inward part is very wickedness; their throat is an open sepulchre; they flatter with their tongue. Destroy thou them, O God; let them fall by their own counsels; cast them out in the multitude of their transgressions; for they have rebelled against thee.
PSA 10:2 The wicked in his pride doth persecute the poor: let them be taken in the devices that they have imagined.
PSA 11:5,6 The Lord trieth the righteous: but the wicked and him that loveth violence his soul hateth. Upon the wicked he shall rain snares, fire and brimstone, and an horrible tempest: this shall be the portion of their cup.
PSA 18:39,40 For thou hast girded me with strength unto the battle: thou hast subdued under me those that rose up against me. Thou hast also given me the necks of mine enemies; that I might destroy them that hate me.
PSA 21:9-11 Thou shalt make them as a fiery oven in the time of thine anger: the Lord shall swallow them up in his wrath, and the fire shall devour them. Their fruit shalt thou destroy from the earth, and their seed from among the children of men. For they intended evil against thee: they imagined a mischievous device, which they are not able to perform.
PSA 31:17b,18 Let the wicked be ashamed, and let them be silent in the grave. Let the lying lips be put to silence; which speak grievous things proudly and contemptuously against the righteous.
PSA 35:1-3 Plead my cause, O Lord, with them that strive with me: fight against them that fight against me. Take hold of shield and buckler, and stand up for mine help. Draw out also the spear, and stop the way against them that persecute me: say unto my soul, I am thy salvation.
PSA 35:5,6 Let them be as chaff before the wind: and let the angel of the Lord chase them. Let their way be dark and slippery: and let the angel of the Lord persecute them.
PSA 35:8 Let destruction come upon him at unawares; and let his net that he hath hid catch himself: into that very destruction let him fall.
PSA 35:26,27 Let them be ashamed and brought to confusion together that rejoice at mine hurt: let them be clothed with shame and dishonour that magnify themselves against me. Let them shout for joy, and be glad, that favour my righteous cause: yea, let them say continually, Let the Lord be magnified, which hath pleasure in the prosperity of his servant.
PSA 37:14,15,17 The wicked have drawn out the sword, and have bent their bow, to cast down the poor and needy, and to slay such as be of upright conversation. Their sword shall enter into their own heart, and their bows shall be broken. For the arms of the wicked shall be broken: but the Lord upholdeth the righteous.
PSA 37:28 For the Lord loveth judgment, and forsaketh not his saints; they are preserved for ever: but the seed of the wicked shall be cut off.
PSA 40:14-16 Let them be ashamed and confounded together that seek after my soul to destroy it; let them be driven backward and put to shame that wish me evil. Let them be desolate for a reward of their shame that say unto me, Aha, aha. Let all those that seek thee rejoice and be glad in thee: let such as love thy salvation say continually, The Lord be magnified.
PSA 59:13 Consume them in wrath, consume them, that they may not be: and let them know that God ruleth in Jacob unto the ends of the earth.
PSA 64:7 But God shall shoot at them with an arrow; suddenly shall they be wounded.
PSA 68:1-3 Let God arise, let his enemies be scattered: let them also that hate him flee before him. As smoke is driven away, so drive them away: as wax melteth before the fire, so let the wicked perish at the presence of God. But let the righteous be glad; let them rejoice before God: yea, let them exceedingly rejoice.
PSA 69:22,23 Let their table become a snare before them: and that which should have been for their welfare, let it become a trap. Let their eyes be darkened, that they see not; and make their loins continually to shake.
PSA 69:24,25,27,28 Pour out thine indignation upon them, and let thy wrathful anger take hold of them. Let their habitation be desolate; and let none dwell in their tents. Add iniquity unto their iniquity: and let them not come into thy righteousness. Let them be blotted out of the book of the living, and not be written with the righteous.
PSA 70:1,2 Make haste, O God, to deliver me; make haste to help me, O Lord. Let them be ashamed and confounded that seek after my soul: let them be turned backward, and put to confusion, that desire my hurt.
PSA 71:13 Let them be confounded and consumed that are adversaries to my soul; let them be covered with reproach and dishonour that seek my hurt.
PSA 83:13-15 O my God, make them like a wheel; as the stubble before the wind. As the fire burneth a wood, and as the flame setteth the mountains on fire; So persecute them with thy tempest, and make them afraid with thy storm.
PSA 83:17,18 Let them be confounded and troubled for ever; yea, let them be put to shame, and perish: That men may know that thou, whose name alone is Jehovah, art the most high over all the earth.
PSA 94:21-23 They gather themselves together against the soul of the righteous, and condemn the innocent blood. But the Lord is my defence; and my God is the rock of my refuge. And he shall bring upon them their own iniquity, and shall cut them off in their own wickedness; yea, the Lord our God shall cut them off.
PSA 108:12,13 Give us help from trouble: for vain is the help of man. Through God we shall do valiantly: for he it is that shall tread down our enemies.
PSA 109:5-8 And they have rewarded me evil for good, and hatred for my love. Set thou a wicked man over him: and let Satan stand at his right hand. When he shall be judged, let him be condemned: and let his prayer become sin. Let his days be few; and let another take his office.
PSA 109:17,18,20 As he loved cursing, so let it come unto him: as he delighted not in blessing, so let it be far from him. As he clothed himself with cursing like as with his garment, so let it come into his bowels like water, and like oil into his bones. Let this be the reward of mine adversaries from the Lord, and of them that speak evil against my soul.
PSA 143:11,12 Quicken me, O Lord, for thy name's sake: for thy righteousness' sake bring my soul out of trouble. And of thy mercy cut off mine enemies, and destroy all them that afflict my soul: for I am thy servant.
JER 17:17,18 Thou art my hope in the day of evil. Let them be confounded that persecute me, but let not me be confounded: let them be dismayed, but let not me be dismayed: bring upon them the day of evil, and destroy them with double destruction.
JER 18:22,23 Let a cry be heard from their houses, when thou shalt bring a troop suddenly upon them: for they have digged a pit to take me, and hid snares for my feet. Yet, Lord, thou knowest all their counsel against me to slay me: forgive not their iniquity, neither blot out their sin from thy sight, but let them be overthrown before thee; deal thus with them in the time of thine anger.
JER 20:11 But the Lord is with me as a mighty terrible one: therefore my persecutors shall stumble, and they shall not prevail: they shall be greatly ashamed; for they shall not prosper: their everlasting confusion shall never be forgotten.
JER 51:20,21 Thou art my battle axe and weapons of war: for with thee will I break in pieces the nations, and with thee will I destroy kingdoms; And with thee will I break in pieces the horse and his rider; and with thee will I break in pieces the chariot and his rider;
LAM 3:64-66 Render unto them a recompence, O Lord, according to the work of their hands. Give them sorrow of heart, thy curse unto them. Persecute and destroy them in anger from under the heavens of the Lord.
LK 18:8a I tell you that he will avenge them speedily.
2THES 1:6 Seeing it is a righteous thing with God to recompense tribulation to them that trouble you;
1JN 3:8b For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil.
Protection from Our Enemies
DEUT 4:30,31 When thou art in tribulation, and all these things are come upon thee, even in the latter days, if thou turn to the Lord thy God, and shalt be obedient unto his voice; (For the Lord thy God is a merciful God;) he will not forsake thee, neither destroy thee, nor forget the covenant of thy fathers which he sware unto them.
DEUT 20:3b,4 Ye approach this day unto battle against your enemies: let not your hearts faint, fear not, and do not tremble, neither be ye terrified because of them; For the Lord your God is he that goeth with you, to fight for you against your enemies, to save you.
DEUT 33:12a The beloved of the Lord shall dwell in safety by him; and the Lord shall cover him all the day long, and he shall dwell between his shoulders.
2CHR 14:11b Lord, it is nothing with thee to help, whether with many, or with them that have no power: help us, O Lord our God; for we rest on thee, and in thy name we go against this multitude. O Lord, thou art our God; let not man prevail against thee.
2CHR 20:12 O our God, wilt thou not judge them? for we have no might against this great company that cometh against us; neither know we what to do: but our eyes are upon thee.
PSA 3:1-3 Lord, how are they increased that trouble me! many are they that rise up against me. Many there be which say of my soul, There is no help for him in God. But thou, O Lord, art a shield for me; my glory, and the lifter up of mine head.
PSA 3:6,7 I will not be afraid of ten thousands of people, that have set themselves against me round about. Arise, O Lord; save me, O my God: for thou hast smitten all mine enemies upon the cheek bone; thou hast broken the teeth of the ungodly.
PSA 7:1 O Lord my God, in thee do I put my trust: save me from all them that persecute me, and deliver me:
PSA 9:13,14 Have mercy upon me, O Lord; consider my trouble which I suffer of them that hate me, thou that liftest me up from the gates of death: I will rejoice in thy salvation.
PSA 16:1 Preserve me, O God: for in thee do I put my trust.
PSA 17:8,9 Keep me as the apple of the eye, hide me under the shadow of thy wings, From the wicked that oppress me, from my deadly enemies, who compass me about.
PSA 18:3 I will call upon the Lord, who is worthy to be praised: so shall I be saved from mine enemies.
PSA 18:16,17 He sent from above, he took me, he drew me out of many waters. He delivered me from my strong enemy, and from them which hated me: for they were too strong for me.
PSA 27:5 For in the time of trouble he shall hide me in his pavilion: in the secret of his tabernacle shall he hide me; he shall set me up upon a rock.
PSA 31:13-17a For I have heard the slander of many: fear was on every side: while they took counsel together against me, they devised to take away my life. But I trusted in thee, O Lord: I said, Thou art my God. My times are in thy hand: deliver me from the hand of mine enemies, and from them that persecute me. Make thy face to shine upon thy servant: save me for thy mercies' sake. Let me not be ashamed, O Lord; for I have called upon thee.
PSA 37:39 But the salvation of the righteous is of the Lord: he is their strength in the time of trouble.
PSA 37:40 And the Lord shall help them, and deliver them: he shall deliver them from the wicked, and save them, because they trust in him.
PSA 40:17 But I am poor and needy; yet the Lord thinketh upon me: thou art My help and My deliverer; make no tarrying, O My God.
PSA 46:1-3 God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. Therefore will not we fear, though the earth be removed, and though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea; Though the waters thereof roar and be troubled, though the mountains shake with the swelling thereof.
PSA 50:15 And call upon Me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify Me.
PSA 56:9 When I cry unto thee, then shall mine enemies turn back: this I know; for God is for me.
PSA 59:1 Deliver me from mine enemies, O my God: defend me from them that rise up against me.
PSA 61:2,4 From the end of the earth will I cry unto thee, when my heart is overwhelmed: lead me to the rock that is higher than I. For thou hast been a shelter for me, and a strong tower from the enemy. I will abide in thy tabernacle for ever: I will trust in the covert of thy wings.
PSA 118:6 The Lord is on my side; I will not fear: what can man do unto me?
PSA 141:8-10 But mine eyes are unto thee, O GOD the Lord: in thee is my trust; leave not my soul destitute. Keep me from the snares which they have laid for me, and the gins of the workers of iniquity. Let the wicked fall into their own nets, whilst that I withal escape.
PSA 142:5-7 I cried unto thee, O Lord: I said, Thou art my refuge and my portion in the land of the living. Attend unto my cry; for I am brought very low: deliver me from my persecutors; for they are stronger than I. Bring my soul out of prison, that I may praise thy name: the righteous shall compass me about; for thou shalt deal bountifully with me.
PSA 143:8,9 Cause me to hear thy lovingkindness in the morning; for in thee do I trust: cause me to know the way wherein I should walk; for I lift up my soul unto thee. Deliver me, O Lord, from mine enemies: I flee unto thee to hide me.
PSA 144:1,2a Blessed be the Lord my strength, which teacheth my hands to war, and my fingers to fight: My goodness, and my fortress; my high tower, and my deliverer; my shield, and he in whom I trust.
PSA 145:18-20a The Lord is nigh unto all them that call upon him, to all that call upon him in truth. He will fulfil the desire of them that fear him: he also will hear their cry, and will save them. The Lord preserveth all them that love him: but all the wicked will he destroy.
ISA 35:3,4 Strengthen ye the weak hands, and confirm the feeble knees. Say to them that are of a fearful heart, Be strong, fear not: behold, your God will come with vengeance, even God with a recompence; he will come and save you.
ISA 41:10-13 Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness. Behold, all they that were incensed against thee shall be ashamed and confounded: they shall be as nothing; and they that strive with thee shall perish. Thou shalt seek them, and shalt not find them, even them that contended with thee: they that war against thee shall be as nothing, and as a thing of nought. For I the Lord thy God will hold thy right hand, saying unto thee, Fear not; I will help thee.
ISA 43:2 When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned; neither shall the flame kindle upon thee.
ISA 51:12,13 I, even I, am he that comforteth you: who art thou, that thou shouldest be afraid of a man that shall die, and of the son of man which shall be made as grass; And forgettest the Lord thy maker, that hath stretched forth the heavens, and laid the foundations of the earth; and hast feared continually every day because of the fury of the oppressor, as if he were ready to destroy? and where is the fury of the oppressor?
JER 1:8 Be not afraid of their faces: for I am with thee to deliver thee, saith the Lord.
DAN 12:1b There shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation even to that same time: and at that time thy people shall be delivered, every one that shall be found written in the book.
AMOS 3:7 Surely the Lord God will do nothing, but he revealeth his secret unto his servants the prophets.
ZEPH 3:17 The Lord thy God in the midst of thee is mighty; He will save, He will rejoice over thee with joy; He will rest in His love, He will joy over thee with singing.
2COR 4:8,9 We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair; Persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed;
2TIM 4:18 And the Lord shall deliver me from every evil work, and will preserve me unto his heavenly kingdom: to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen.
1PET 3:12,13 For the eyes of the Lord are over the righteous, and his ears are open unto their prayers: but the face of the Lord is against them that do evil. And who is he that will harm you, if ye be followers of that which is good?
Media Attack
DEUT 32:2,3a My doctrine shall drop as the rain, my speech shall distil as the dew, as the small rain upon the tender herb, and as the showers upon the grass: Because I will publish the name of the Lord.
2CHR 14:11b Lord, it is nothing with thee to help, whether with many, or with them that have no power: help us, O Lord our God; for we rest on thee, and in thy name we go against this multitude. O Lord, thou art our God; let not man prevail against thee.
PSA 31:13-17a For I have heard the slander of many: fear was on every side: while they took counsel together against me, they devised to take away my life. But I trusted in thee, O Lord: I said, Thou art my God. My times are in thy hand: deliver me from the hand of mine enemies, and from them that persecute me. Make thy face to shine upon thy servant: save me for thy mercies' sake. Let me not be ashamed, O Lord; for I have called upon thee.
PSA 63:11b The mouth of them that speak lies shall be stopped.
PSA 76:10a Surely the wrath of man shall praise thee.
PSA 107:29 He maketh the storm a calm, so that the waves thereof are still.
PRO 26:27 Whoso diggeth a pit shall fall therein: and he that rolleth a stone, it will return upon him.
JER 50:2a Declare ye among the nations, and publish, and set up a standard; publish, and conceal not.
EZE 2:6 And thou, son of man, be not afraid of them, neither be afraid of their words, though briers and thorns be with thee, and thou dost dwell among scorpions: be not afraid of their words, nor be dismayed at their looks, though they be a rebellious house.
Court Cases
EXO 23:20 Behold, I send an Angel before thee, to keep thee in the way, and to bring thee into the place which I have prepared.
DEUT 20:3b,4 Ye approach this day unto battle against your enemies: let not your hearts faint, fear not, and do not tremble, neither be ye terrified because of them; For the Lord your God is he that goeth with you, to fight for you against your enemies, to save you.
2SAM 22:19 They prevented me in the day of my calamity: but the Lord was my stay.
2SAM 22:20 He brought me forth also into a large place: he delivered me, because he delighted in me.
2CHR 20:12 O our God, wilt thou not judge them? for we have no might against this great company that cometh against us; neither know we what to do: but our eyes are upon thee.
PSA 3:3,4 But thou, O Lord, art a shield for me; My glory, and the lifter up of mine head. I cried unto the Lord with My voice, and He heard me out of His holy hill.
PSA 5:11 Let all those that put their trust in thee rejoice: let them ever shout for joy, because thou defendest them: let them also that love thy name be joyful in thee.
PSA 7:1 O Lord my God, in thee do I put my trust: save me from all them that persecute me, and deliver me:
PSA 18:48 He delivereth me from mine enemies: yea, thou liftest me up above those that rise up against me: thou hast delivered me from the violent man.
PSA 25:1-5 Unto thee, O Lord, do I lift up my soul. O my God, I trust in thee: let me not be ashamed, let not mine enemies triumph over me. Yea, let none that wait on thee be ashamed: let them be ashamed which transgress without cause. Shew me thy ways, O Lord.
PSA 27:12-14 Deliver me not over unto the will of mine enemies: for false witnesses are risen up against me, and such as breathe out cruelty. I had fainted, unless I had believed to see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living.
PSA 31:1-4 In thee, O Lord, do I put my trust; let me never be ashamed: deliver me in thy righteousness. Bow down thine ear to me; deliver me speedily: be thou my strong rock, for an house of defence to save me. For thou art my rock and my fortress; therefore for thy name's sake lead me, and guide me. Pull me out of the net that they have laid privily for me: for thou art my strength.
PSA 31:18 Let the lying lips be put to silence; which speak grievous things proudly and contemptuously against the righteous.
PSA 35:1-3 Plead my cause, O Lord, with them that strive with me: fight against them that fight against me. Take hold of shield and buckler, and stand up for mine help. Draw out also the spear, and stop the way against them that persecute me: say unto my soul, I am thy salvation.
PSA 35:7,8 For without cause have they hid for me their net in a pit, which without cause they have digged for my soul. Let destruction come upon him at unawares; and let his net that he hath hid catch himself: into that very destruction let him fall.
PSA 56:10,11 In God have I put my trust: I will not be afraid what man can do unto me.
PSA 59:16,17 But I will sing of thy power; yea, I will sing aloud of thy mercy in the morning: for thou hast been my defence and refuge in the day of my trouble. Unto thee, O my strength, will I sing: for God is my defence, and the God of my mercy.
PSA 62:6 He only is My rock and My salvation: He is My defence; I shall not be moved.
PSA 64:1-3 Hear my voice, O God, in my prayer: preserve my life from fear of the enemy. Hide me from the secret counsel of the wicked; from the insurrection of the workers of iniquity: Who whet their tongue like a sword, and bend their bows to shoot their arrows, even bitter words. But God shall shoot at them with an arrow; suddenly shall they be wounded. The righteous shall be glad in the Lord, and shall trust in him; and all the upright in heart shall glory.
PSA 86:17 Shew me a token for good; that they which hate me may see it, and be ashamed: because thou, Lord, hast holpen me, and comforted me.
PSA 108:12,13 Give us help from trouble: for vain is the help of man. Through God we shall do valiantly: for he it is that shall tread down our enemies.
PSA 119:69 The proud have forged a lie against me: but I will keep thy precepts with my whole heart.
PSA 119:98 Thou through thy commandments hast made me wiser than mine enemies: for they are ever with me.
PSA 119:110,154 The wicked have laid a snare for me: yet I erred not from thy precepts. Plead my cause, and deliver me: quicken me according to thy word.
PSA 141:8,9a,10 But mine eyes are unto thee, O GOD the Lord: in thee is my trust; leave not my soul destitute. Keep me from the snares which they have laid for me. Let the wicked fall into their own nets, whilst that I withal escape.
PSA 142:5-7 I cried unto thee, O Lord: I said, Thou art my refuge & my portion in the land of the living. Attend unto my cry; for I am brought very low: deliver me from my persecutors; for they are stronger than I. Bring my soul out of prision, that I may praise Thy name: the righteous shall compass me about; for thou shalt deal bountifully with me.
ISA 50:7,8 For the Lord GOD will help me; therefore shall I not be confounded: therefore have I set my face like a flint, and I know that I shall not be ashamed. He is near that justifieth me; who will contend with me? let us stand together: who is mine adversary? let him come near to me.
JER 39:17,18 But I will deliver thee in that day, saith the Lord: and thou shalt not be given into the hand of the men of whom thou art afraid. For I will surely deliver thee, and thou shalt not fall by the sword, but thy life shall be for a prey unto thee: because thou hast put thy trust in me, saith the Lord.
DAN 3:27 And the princes, governors, and captains, and the king's counsellors, being gathered together, saw these men, upon whose bodies the fire had no power, nor was an hair of their head singed, neither were their coats changed, nor the smell of fire had passed on them.
LK 21:12 But before all these, they shall lay their hands on you, and persecute you, delivering you up to the synagogues, and into prisons, being brought before kings and rulers for my name's sake.
LK 21:15 For I will give you a mouth and wisdom, which all your adversaries shall not be able to gainsay nor resist.
LK 21:17,18 And ye shall be hated of all men for my name's sake. But there shall not an hair of your head perish.
ACTS 4:29 And now, Lord, behold their threatenings: and grant unto thy servants, that with all boldness they may speak thy word,
ACTS 5:41 And they departed from the presence of the council, rejoicing that they were counted worthy to suffer shame for his name.
Prayer for Lawyers
PSA 17:6,7 I have called upon thee, for thou wilt hear me, O God: incline thine ear unto me, and hear my speech. Shew thy marvellous lovingkindness, O thou that savest by thy right hand them which put their trust in thee from those that rise up against them.
PSA 41:1,2 Blessed is he that considereth the poor: the Lord will deliver him in time of trouble. The Lord will preserve him, and keep him alive; and he shall be blessed upon the earth: and thou wilt not deliver him unto the will of his enemies.
PSA 59:1 Deliver me from mine enemies, O my God: defend me from them that rise up against me.
PSA 71:23,24 My lips shall greatly rejoice when I sing unto thee; and my soul, which thou hast redeemed. My tongue also shall talk of thy righteousness all the day long: for they are confounded, for they are brought unto shame, that seek my hurt.
PSA 118:6,7 The Lord is on my side; I will not fear: what can man do unto me? The Lord taketh my part with them that help me: therefore shall I see my desire upon them that hate me.
LK 13:17 And when he had said these things, all his adversaries were ashamed: and all the people rejoiced for all the glorious things that were done by him.
ACTS 4:29 And now, Lord, behold their threatenings: and grant unto thy servants, that with all boldness they may speak thy word,
ACTS 6:10 And they were not able to resist the wisdom and the spirit by which he spake.
HEB 7:25 Wherefore he is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by him, seeing he ever liveth to make intercession for them.
Prayer for Judges
1KIN 3:9 Give therefore thy servant an understanding heart to judge thy people, that I may discern between good and bad: for who is able to judge this thy so great a people?
PSA 72:2 He shall judge thy people with righteousness, and thy poor with judgment.
JN 7:24 Judge not according to the appearance, but judge righteous judgment.
ACTS 24:10b,11a I know that thou hast been of many years a judge unto this nation, I do the more cheerfully answer for myself: Because that thou mayest understand.
Deliverance from Bonds
GEN 50:21 Now therefore fear ye not: I will nourish you, and your little ones. And he comforted them, and spake kindly unto them.
EXO 6:6,7 I will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, and I will rid you out of their bondage, and I will redeem you with a stretched out arm, and with great judgments.
DEUT 31:8 And the Lord, he it is that doth go before thee; he will be with thee, he will not fail thee, neither forsake thee: fear not, neither be dismayed.
DEUT 33:12 The beloved of the Lord shall dwell in safety by him; and the Lord shall cover him all the day long, and he shall dwell between his shoulders.
2SAM 22:20 He brought me forth also into a large place: he delivered me, because he delighted in me.
JOB 11:18,19a And thou shalt be secure, because there is hope; yea, thou shalt dig about thee, and thou shalt take thy rest in safety. Also thou shalt lie down, and none shall make thee afraid.
PSA 5:11 But let all those that put their trust in thee rejoice: let them ever shout for joy, because thou defendest them: let them also that love thy name be joyful in thee.
PSA 9:13,14 Have mercy upon me, O Lord; consider my trouble which I suffer of them that hate me, thou that liftest me up from the gates of death: I will rejoice in thy salvation.
PSA 18:16,17 He sent from above, he took me, he drew me out of many waters. He delivered me from my strong enemy, and from them which hated me: for they were too strong for me.
PSA 22:20,21 Deliver my soul from the sword; my darling from the power of the dog. Save me from the lion's mouth: for thou hast heard me from the horns of the unicorns.
PSA 25:15 Mine eyes are ever toward the Lord; for he shall pluck my feet out of the net.
PSA 27:12-14 Deliver me not over unto the will of mine enemies: for false witnesses are risen up against me, and such as breathe out cruelty. I had fainted, unless I had believed to see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living. Wait on the Lord: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the Lord.
PSA 30:1-3 I will extol thee, O Lord; for thou hast lifted me up, and hast not made my foes to rejoice over me. O Lord my God, I cried unto thee, and thou hast healed me. O Lord, thou hast brought up my soul from the grave: thou hast kept me alive, that I should not go down to the pit.
PSA 30:10-12 Hear, O Lord, and have mercy upon me: Lord, be thou my helper. Thou hast turned for me my mourning into dancing: thou hast put off my sackcloth, and girded me with gladness; To the end that my glory may sing praise to thee, and not be silent. O Lord my God, I will give thanks unto thee for ever.
PSA 31:7,8 I will be glad and rejoice in thy mercy: for thou hast considered my trouble; thou hast known my soul in adversities; And hast not shut me up into the hand of the enemy: thou hast set my feet in a large room.
PSA 33:18,19 Behold, the eye of the Lord is upon them that fear him, upon them that hope in his mercy; To deliver their soul from death, and to keep them alive in famine.
PSA 34:7 The angel of the Lord encampeth round about them that fear him, and delivereth them.
PSA 37:28 For the Lord loveth judgment, and forsaketh not his saints; they are preserved for ever: but the seed of the wicked shall be cut off.
PSA 37:40 And the Lord shall help them, and deliver them: he shall deliver them from the wicked, and save them, because they trust in him.
PSA 50:15 And call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.
PSA 57:1 Be merciful unto me, O God, be merciful unto me: for My soul trusteth in thee: yea, in the shadow of thy wings will I make My refuge, until these calamities be overpast.
PSA 64:10 The righteous shall be glad in the Lord, and shall trust in him; and all the upright in heart shall glory.
PSA 66:12 Thou hast caused men to ride over our heads; we went through fire and through water: but thou broughtest us out into a wealthy place.
PSA 68:6a God setteth the solitary in families: he bringeth out those which are bound with chains.
PSA 71:1-5 In thee, O Lord, do I put my trust: let me never be put to confusion. Deliver me in thy righteousness, and cause me to escape: incline thine ear unto me, and save me. Be thou my strong habitation, whereunto I may continually resort: thou hast given commandment to save me; for thou art my rock and my fortress. Deliver me, O my God, out of the hand of the wicked, out of the hand of the unrighteous and cruel man. For thou art my hope, O Lord GOD: thou art my trust from my youth.
PSA 105:14,15 He suffered no man to do them wrong: yea, he reproved kings for their sakes; Saying, Touch not mine anointed, and do my prophets no harm.
PSA 116:8 For thou hast delivered my soul from death, mine eyes from tears, and my feet from falling.
PSA 124:6-8 Blessed be the Lord, who hath not given us as a prey to their teeth. Our soul is escaped as a bird out of the snare of the fowlers: the snare is broken, and we are escaped. Our help is in the name of the Lord, who made heaven and earth.
PSA 142:5-7 I cried unto thee, O Lord: I said, Thou art my refuge and my portion in the land of the living. Attend unto my cry; for I am brought very low: deliver me from my persecutors; for they are stronger than I. Bring my soul out of prison, that I may praise thy name: the righteous shall compass me about; for thou shalt deal bountifully with me.
ISA 42:6,7 I the Lord have called thee in righteousness, and will hold thine hand, and will keep thee. To open the blind eyes, to bring out the prisoners from the prison, and them that sit in darkness out of the prison house.
ISA 45:2 I will go before thee, and make the crooked places straight: I will break in pieces the gates of brass, and cut in sunder the bars of iron:
ISA 49:25b Even the captives of the mighty shall be taken away, and the prey of the terrible shall be delivered: for I will contend with him that contendeth with thee, and I will save thy children.
ISA 54:17 No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; and every tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord, and their righteousness is of me, saith the Lord.
JER 1:8 Be not afraid of their faces: for I am with thee to deliver thee, saith the Lord.
JER 15:20,21 And I will make thee unto this people a fenced brasen wall: and they shall fight against thee, but they shall not prevail against thee: for I am with thee to save thee and to deliver thee, saith the Lord. And I will deliver thee out of the hand of the wicked, and I will redeem thee out of the hand of the terrible.
JER 39:17,18 But I will deliver thee in that day, saith the Lord: and thou shalt not be given into the hand of the men of whom thou art afraid. For I will surely deliver thee, and thou shalt not fall by the sword, but thy life shall be for a prey unto thee: because thou hast put thy trust in me, saith the Lord.
LAM 3:55-57 I called upon thy name, O Lord, out of the low dungeon. Thou hast heard my voice: hide not thine ear at my breathing, at my cry. Thou drewest near in the day that I called upon thee: thou saidst, Fear not.
DAN 6:16b Thy God whom thou servest continually, He will deliver thee.
DAN 6:22 My God hath sent his angel, and hath shut the lions' mouths, that they have not hurt me: forasmuch as before him innocency was found in me; and also before thee, O king, have I done no hurt.
LK 17:1,2 Then said he unto the disciples, It is impossible but that offences will come: but woe unto him, through whom they come! It were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and he cast into the sea, than that he should offend one of these little ones.
ACTS 5:19 But the angel of the Lord by night opened the prison doors, & brought them forth.
PHIL 1:14 And many of the brethren in the Lord, waxing confident by my bonds, are much more bold to speak the word without fear.
COL 1:13 Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son:
2TIM 2:3 Thou therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ.
2TIM 2:9 Wherein I suffer trouble, as an evil doer, even unto bonds; but the word of God is not bound.
2TIM 2:10 Therefore I endure all things for the elect's sakes.
HEB 13:5 I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.
Martyrdom
PSA 23:4 Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.
PSA 44:22 Yea, for thy sake are we killed all the day long; we are counted as sheep for the slaughter.
PSA 116:15 Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of his saints.
DAN 11:33-35 And they that understand among the people shall instruct many: yet they shall fall by the sword, and by flame, by captivity, and by spoil, many days. Now when they shall fall, they shall be holpen with a little help: but many shall cleave to them with flatteries. And some of them of understanding shall fall, to try them, and to purge, and to make them white, even to the time of the end: because it is yet for a time appointed.
MT 24:9,10 Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill you: and ye shall be hated of all nations for my name's sake. And then shall many be offended, and shall betray one another, and shall hate one another.
LK 21:12 But before all these, they shall lay their hands on you, and persecute you, delivering you up to the synagogues, and into prisons, being brought before kings and rulers for my name's sake.
LK 21:16,17 And ye shall be betrayed both by parents, and brethren, and kinsfolks, and friends; and some of you shall they cause to be put to death. And ye shall be hated of all men for my name's sake.
ACTS 21:13b What mean ye to weep and to break mine heart? for I am ready not to be bound only, but also to die at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.
ROM 8:35 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? As it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter. Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us.
ROM 8:38,39 For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
2COR 5:8 We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord.
PHIL 1:23 For I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart, and to be with Christ; which is far better:
PHIL 1:29 For unto you it is given in the behalf of Christ, not only to believe on him, but also to suffer for his sake;
2TIM 4:7,8 I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith: Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day: and not to me only, but unto all them also that love his appearing.
HEB 2:14 Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took part of the same; that through death he might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil;
HEB 11:35-40 Women received their dead raised to life again: and others were tortured, not accepting deliverance; that they might obtain a better resurrection: And others had trial of cruel mockings and scourgings, yea, moreover of bonds and imprisonment: They were stoned, they were sawn asunder, were tempted, were slain with the sword: they wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins; being destitute, afflicted, tormented; (Of whom the world was not worthy:) they wandered in deserts, and in mountains, and in dens and caves of the earth. And these all, having obtained a good report through faith, received not the promise: God having provided some better thing for us, that they without us should not be made perfect.
REV 2:10 Fear none of those things which thou shalt suffer: behold, the devil shall cast some of you into prison, that ye may be tried; and ye shall have tribulation ten days: be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life.
REV 12:11 And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death.
REV 14:13 And I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Write, Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth: Yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labours; and their works do follow them.
REV 19:6,7 And I heard as it were the voice of a great multitude, and as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of mighty thunderings, saying, Alleluia: for the Lord God omnipotent reigneth. Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honour to him: for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife hath made herself ready.
REV 20:4 And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years.
REV 21:7 He that overcometh shall inherit all things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my son.
POWER OF POSITIVE PRAISE
The Results of Praise
2CHR 20:22 And when they began to sing and to praise, the Lord set ambushments against the children of Ammon, Moab, and mount Seir, which were come against Judah; and they were smitten.
NEH 8:10b The joy of the Lord is your strength.
PSA 50:23 Whoso offereth praise glorifieth me: and to him that ordereth his conversation aright will I shew the salvation of God.
PSA 89:15 Blessed is the people that know the joyful sound: they shall walk, O Lord, in the light of thy countenance.
JER 30:19 And out of them shall proceed thanksgiving and the voice of them that make merry: and I will multiply them, and they shall not be few; I will also glorify them, and they shall not be small.
ACTS 2:47 Praising God, and having favour with all the people. And the Lord added to the church daily such as should be saved.
PHIL 4:6,7 Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.
Being Content in All Things
MT 5:10-12 Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness' sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake. Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you.
LK 6:22,23 Blessed are ye, when men shall hate you, and when they shall separate you from their company, and shall reproach you, and cast out your name as evil, for the Son of man's sake. Rejoice ye in that day, and leap for joy: for, behold, your reward is great in heaven: for in the like manner did their fathers unto the prophets.
JN 16:33b In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.
ACTS 5:41 And they departed from the presence of the council, rejoicing that they were counted worthy to suffer shame for his name.
ROM 9:20 Nay but, O man, who art thou that repliest against God? Shall the thing formed say to him that formed it, Why hast thou made me thus?
2COR 6:10 As sorrowful, yet alway rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things.
PHIL 4:11b I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content.
1THES 5:18 In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.
HEB 10:34 For ye had compassion of me in my bonds, and took joyfully the spoiling of your goods, knowing in yourselves that ye have in heaven a better and an enduring substance.
1PET 1:8 Whom having not seen, ye love; in whom, though now ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory:
1PET 3:14 But and if ye suffer for righteousness' sake, happy are ye: and be not afraid of their terror, neither be troubled;
1PET 4:13,16 But rejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ's sufferings; that, when his glory shall be revealed, ye may be glad also with exceeding joy. Yet if any man suffer as a Christian, let him not be ashamed; but let him glorify God on this behalf.
Praising & Thanking the Lord
PSA 32:11 Be glad in the Lord, and rejoice, ye righteous: and shout for joy, all ye that are upright in heart.
PSA 33:1 Rejoice in the Lord, O ye righteous: for praise is comely for the upright.
PSA 34:1 I will bless the Lord at all times: his praise shall continually be in my mouth.
PSA 35:28 And my tongue shall speak of thy righteousness and of thy praise all the day long.
PSA 68:19 Blessed be the Lord, who daily loadeth us with benefits, even the God of our salvation.
PSA 71:8 Let my mouth be filled with thy praise and with thy honour all the day.
PSA 71:14 But I will hope continually, and will yet praise thee more and more.
PSA 92:1,2 It is a good thing to give thanks unto the Lord, and to sing praises unto thy name, O most High: To shew forth thy lovingkindness in the morning, and thy faithfulness every night.
PSA 100:4 Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise: be thankful unto him, and bless his name.
PSA 103:1,2 Bless the Lord, O my soul: and all that is within me, bless his holy name. Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits:
PSA 107:8 Oh that men would praise the Lord for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men!
PSA 107:22 And let them sacrifice the sacrifices of thanksgiving, and declare his works with rejoicing.
PSA 113:3 From the rising of the sun unto the going down of the same the Lord's name is to be praised.
LAM 3:41 Let us lift up our heart with our hands unto God in the heavens.
JONAH 2:9a But I will sacrifice unto thee with the voice of thanksgiving.
EPH 5:19,20 Speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord; Giving thanks always for all things unto God and the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ;
1THES 5:18 In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.
HEB 13:15 By him therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of our lips giving thanks to his name.
REV 19:5b Praise our God, all ye his servants, and ye that fear him, both small and great.
Promises of Happiness
PSA 5:11 But let all those that put their trust in thee rejoice: let them ever shout for joy, because thou defendest them: let them also that love thy name be joyful in thee.
PSA 16:11 Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy presence is fulness of joy; at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore.
PSA 30:5 For his anger endureth but a moment; in his favour is life: weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning.
PSA 126:5 They that sow in tears shall reap in joy.
PSA 128:1,2 Blessed is every one that feareth the Lord; that walketh in his ways. For thou shalt eat the labour of thine hands: happy shalt thou be, and it shall be well with thee.
ISA 35:10 And the ransomed of the Lord shall return, and come to Zion with songs and everlasting joy upon their heads: they shall obtain joy and gladness, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.
JN 15:11 These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy might remain in you, and that your joy might be full.
ROM 14:17 For the kingdom of God is not meat and drink; but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost.
PRAYER
God Will Answer Our Prayers
PSA 55:17 Evening, and morning, and at noon, will I pray, and cry aloud: and he shall hear my voice.
PSA 102:17 He will regard the prayer of the destitute, and not despise their prayer.
PSA 116:1,2 I love the Lord, because He hath heard My voice and My supplications. Because He hath inclined His ear unto me, therefore will I call upon Him as long as I live.
ISA 30:19b He will be very gracious unto thee at the voice of thy cry; when He shall hear it, He will answer thee.
ISA 65:24 And it shall come to pass, that before they call, I will answer; and while they are yet speaking, I will hear.
JER 33:3 Call unto Me, and I will answer thee, and shew thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not.
MT 6:4 That thine alms may be in secret: and thy Father which seeth in secret himself shall reward thee openly.
MT 18:18,19b,20 Verily I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever ye shall loose on earth shall be loosed in Heaven. If two of you shall agree on earth as touching any thing that they shall ask, it shall be done for them of My Father which is in Heaven. For where two or three are gathered together in My name, there am I in the midst of them.
JN 14:13,14 And whatsoever ye shall ask in My name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. If ye shall ask any thing in My name, I will do it.
JN 15:7 If ye abide in Me, and My words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you.
JN 16:23b,24 Whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in My name, He will give it you. Hitherto have ye asked nothing in My name: ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be full.
JAM 4:8a Draw nigh to God, and He will draw nigh to you.
1JN 3:22 And whatsoever we ask, we receive of Him, because we keep His commandments, and do those things that are pleasing in His sight.
1JN 5:14,15 And this is the confidence that we have in Him, that, if we ask any thing according to His will, He heareth us: And if we know that He hear us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we desired of Him.
Pray in Faith
ISA 45:11 Thus saith the Lord, the Holy One of Israel, and his Maker, Ask Me of things to come concerning My sons, and concerning the work of My hands command ye Me.
JER 29:13 And ye shall seek Me, and find Me, when ye shall search for Me with all your heart.
MT 21:21b,21d,22 If ye have faith, and doubt not, if ye shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; it shall be done. And all things, whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive.
MK 11:24 Therefore I say unto you, What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them.
LK 11:9,10 Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you. For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.
ROM 4:20,21 He staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief; but was strong in faith, giving glory to God; And being fully persuaded that, what he had promised, he was able also to perform.
EPH 3:20 Now unto Him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us.
HEB 4:16 Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.
HEB 11:6 But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.
JAM 1:6,7 But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed. For let not that man think that he shall receive any thing of the Lord.
1JN 5:14 And this is the confidence that we have in Him, that, if we ask anything according to His will, He heareth us:
Private Prayer
PSA 5:3 My voice shalt thou hear in the morning, O Lord; in the morning will I direct my prayer unto thee, and will look up.
PSA 63:1 O God, thou art my God; early will I seek thee: my soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee in a dry and thirsty land, where no water is.
PSA 119:2 Blessed are they that keep his testimonies, and that seek him with the whole heart.
MT 6:6b But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly.
Desperate Prayer
2SAM 22:5-7 When the waves of death compassed me, the floods of ungodly men made me afraid; The sorrows of hell compassed me about; the snares of death prevented me; In My distress I called upon the Lord, and cried to My God: and he did hear My voice out of His temple, and My cry did enter into His ears.
2CHR 14:7b Because we have sought the Lord our God, we have sought him, and he hath given us rest on every side.
PSA 22:24 For he hath not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the afflicted; neither hath he hid his face from him; but when he cried unto him, he heard.
PSA 50:15 And call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.
PSA 62:8 Trust in Him at all times; ye people, pour out your heart before Him: God is a refuge for us.
PSA 106:44,45 Nevertheless He regarded their affliction, when He heard their cry: And He remembered for them His covenant, and repented according to the multitude of His mercies.
PSA 119:10 With my whole heart have I sought thee: O let me not wander from thy commandments.
ISA 55:6 Seek ye the Lord while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near:
ISA 64:7a And there is none that calleth upon thy name, that stirreth up himself to take hold of thee: for thou hast hid thy face from us, and hast consumed us, because of our iniquities.
JER 29:13 And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart.
LAM 2:19 Arise, cry out in the night: in the beginning of the watches pour out thine heart like water before the face of the Lord: lift up thy hands toward him for the life of thy young children, that faint for hunger in the top of every street.
LAM 3:40,41 Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to the Lord. Let us lift up our heart with our hands unto God in the heavens.
JOEL 2:12 Therefore also now, saith the Lord, turn ye even to me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning:
MT 17:21 Howbeit this kind goeth not out but by prayer and fasting.
Resting in the Lord--Be Still
(See also: Psalms 25:1-22)
EXO 33:14 And He said, My presence shall go with thee, and I will give thee rest.
1SAM 9:27 Stand thou still a while, that I may shew thee the word of God.
2CHR 14:7b Because we have sought the Lord our God, we have sought him, and he hath given us rest on every side.
PSA 4:4 Stand in awe, and sin not: commune with your own heart upon your bed, and be still.
PSA 27:14 Wait on the Lord: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the Lord.
PSA 37:7 Rest in the Lord, and wait patiently for him: fret not thyself because of him who prospereth in his way, because of the man who bringeth wicked devices to pass.
PSA 40:1 I waited patiently for the Lord; and he inclined unto me, and heard my cry.
PSA 46:10a Be still, and know that I am God.
PSA 55:22 Cast thy burden upon the Lord, and He shall sustain thee: He shall never suffer the righteous to be moved.
PSA 62:8 Trust in him at all times; ye people, pour out your heart before him: God is a refuge for us.
ISA 26:3 Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee.
ISA 30:15b In returning and rest shall ye be saved; in quietness and in confidence shall be your strength.
ISA 32:17 And the work of righteousness shall be peace; and the effect of righteousness quietness and assurance for ever.
ISA 40:31 But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.
JER 17:7 Blessed is the man that trusteth in the Lord, and whose hope the Lord is.
JER 29:11 For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the Lord, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.
LAM 3:25,26 The Lord is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him. It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the Lord.
MT 11:28-30 Come unto Me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take My yoke upon you, and learn of Me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls. For My yoke is easy, and My burden is light.
PHIL 4:7 And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.
2TIM 1:12b For I know whom I have believed, and am persuaded that he is able to keep that which I have committed unto him against that day.
1PET 5:7 Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.
PREGNANCY & CHILDBIRTH
Pregnancy
GEN 49:25 Even by the God of thy father, who shall help thee; and by the Almighty, who shall bless thee with blessings of heaven above, blessings of the deep that lieth under, blessings of the breasts, and of the womb:
EXO 1:7 And the children of Israel were fruitful, and increased abundantly, and multiplied, and waxed exceeding mighty; and the land was filled with them.
DEUT 7:13a,14a And he will love thee, and bless thee, and multiply thee: he will also bless the fruit of thy womb. Thou shalt be blessed above all people: there shall not be male or female barren among you.
JOB 31:15 Did not he that made me in the womb make him? and did not one fashion us in the womb?
PSA 112:2 His seed shall be mighty upon earth: the generation of the upright shall be blessed.
PSA 113:9 He maketh the barren woman to keep house, and to be a joyful mother of children. Praise ye the Lord.
PSA 127:3 Lo, children are an heritage of the Lord: and the fruit of the womb is his reward.
PSA 139:13 For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast covered me in my mother's womb.
PSA 147:13 For he hath strengthened the bars of thy gates; he hath blessed thy children within thee.
ISA 40:11 He shall feed his flock like a shepherd: he shall gather the lambs with his arm, and carry them in his bosom, and shall gently lead those that are with young.
ISA 44:3,4 For I will pour water upon him that is thirsty, and floods upon the dry ground: I will pour my spirit upon thy seed, and my blessing upon thine offspring: And they shall spring up as among the grass, as willows by the water courses.
JER 1:5 Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations.
LK 1:45 And blessed is she that believed: for there shall be a performance of those things which were told her from the Lord.
HEB 11:11 Through faith also Sara herself received strength to conceive seed, and was delivered of a child when she was past age, because she judged him faithful who had promised.
Childbirth
PSA 18:19 He brought me forth also into a large place; he delivered me, because he delighted in me.
PSA 31:2 Bow down thine ear to me; deliver me speedily: be thou my strong rock, for an house of defence to save me.
PSA 34:7 The angel of the Lord encampeth round about them that fear him, and delivereth them.
PSA 40:13 Be pleased, O Lord, to deliver me: O Lord, make haste to help me.
PSA 40:17 But I am poor and needy; yet the Lord thinketh upon me: thou art my help and my deliverer; make no tarrying, O my God.
PSA 50:15 And call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.
PSA 61:2 From the end of the earth will I cry unto thee, when my heart is overwhelmed: lead me to the rock that is higher than I.
PSA 91:14 Because he hath set his love upon me, therefore will I deliver him: I will set him on high, because he hath known my name.
PRO 11:21b The seed of the righteous shall be delivered.
ISA 40:29-31 He giveth power to the faint; and to them that have no might he increaseth strength. But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.
ISA 65:23 They shall not labour in vain, nor bring forth for trouble; for they are the seed of the blessed of the Lord, and their offspring with them.
ISA 66:7,9 Before she travailed, she brought forth; before her pain came, she was delivered of a man child. Shall I bring to the birth, and not cause to bring forth? saith the Lord: shall I cause to bring forth, and shut the womb? saith thy God.
JER 39:17a But I will deliver thee in that day, saith the Lord.
JN 16:21 A woman when she is in travail hath sorrow, because her hour is come: but as soon as she is delivered of the child, she remembereth no more the anguish, for joy that a man is born into the world.
1COR 10:13 There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.
2COR 12:9 And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.
GAL 6:9 And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.
PHIL 4:13 I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.
1TIM 2:15 Notwithstanding she shall be saved in childbearing.
REST, SLEEP & VACATIONS
Sleep
PSA 3:5 I laid me down and slept; I awaked; for the Lord sustained me.
PSA 4:8 I will both lay me down in peace, and sleep: for thou, Lord, only makest me dwell in safety.
PSA 91:5 Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night; nor for the arrow that flieth by day;
PSA 127:2b He giveth his beloved sleep.
PRO 3:24 When thou liest down, thou shalt not be afraid: yea, thou shalt lie down, and thy sleep shall be sweet.
ECC 5:12a The sleep of a labouring man is sweet.
ISA 57:2 He shall enter into peace: they shall rest in their beds, each one walking in his uprightness.
Word & Rest Days; Vacations
1KIN 8:56a Blessed be the Lord, that hath given rest unto his people Israel, according to all that he promised: there hath not failed one word of all his good promise.
JOB 11:18 And thou shalt be secure, because there is hope; yea, thou shalt dig about thee, and thou shalt take thy rest in safety.
ISA 57:2 He shall enter into peace: they shall rest in their beds, each one walking in his uprightness.
ISA 58:13,14a If thou turn away thy foot from the sabbath, from doing thy pleasure on my holy day; and call the sabbath a delight, the holy of the Lord, honourable; and shalt honour him, not doing thine own ways, nor finding thine own pleasure, nor speaking thine own words: Then shalt thou delight thyself in the Lord; and I will cause thee to ride upon the high places of the earth.
1COR 10:31 Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God.
HEB 4:9,10 There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God. For he that is entered into his rest, he also hath ceased from his own works, as God did from his.
SECURITY
Wisdom & Discretion
2SAM 23:2 The Spirit of the Lord spake by me, and his word was in my tongue.
PSA 39:1b I will keep my mouth with a bridle, while the wicked is before me.
PSA 119:98 Thou through thy commandments hast made me wiser than mine enemies: for they are ever with me.
PSA 141:3 Set a watch, O Lord, before my mouth; keep the door of my lips.
PRO 2:7,11 He layeth up sound wisdom for the righteous: he is a buckler to them that walk uprightly. Discretion shall preserve thee, understanding shall keep thee.
PRO 11:13 A talebearer revealeth secrets: but he that is of a faithful spirit concealeth the matter.
PRO 13:3 He that keepeth his mouth keepeth his life: but he that openeth wide his lips shall have destruction.
PRO 14:15 The simple believeth every word: but the prudent man looketh well to his going.
PRO 15:28 The heart of the righteous studieth to answer: but the mouth of the wicked poureth out evil things.
PRO 16:13 Righteous lips are the delight of kings; and they love him that speaketh right.
PRO 17:27,28 He that hath knowledge spareth his words: and a man of understanding is of an excellent spirit. Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise: and he that shutteth his lips is esteemed a man of understanding.
PRO 21:23 Whoso keepeth his mouth and his tongue keepeth his soul from troubles.
PRO 27:12 A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself; but the simple pass on, and are punished.
PRO 29:11 A fool uttereth all his mind: but a wise man keepeth it in till afterwards.
AMOS 5:13 Therefore the prudent shall keep silence in that time; for it is an evil time.
MT 10:16 Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.
2COR 2:11 Lest Satan should get an advantage of us: for we are not ignorant of his devices.
1THES 5:22 Abstain from all appearance of evil.
Being On Guard
1CHR 16:11 Seek the Lord and his strength, seek his face continually.
EZE 38:7 Be thou prepared, and prepare for thyself, thou, and all thy company that are assembled unto thee, and be thou a guard unto them.
LK 18:1b That men ought always to pray, and not to faint;
1THES 5:6 Therefore let us not sleep, as do others; but let us watch and be sober.
1PET 5:8 Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour.
1JN 4:1 Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.
The Lord's Protection
DEUT 33:27a The eternal God is thy refuge, and underneath are the everlasting arms.
PSA 4:8 I will both lay me down in peace, and sleep: for thou, Lord, only makest me dwell in safety.
PSA 16:8 I have set the Lord always before me: because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved.
PSA 34:7 The angel of the Lord encampeth round about them that fear him, and delivereth them.
PSA 46:1 God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.
PSA 91:9,10 Because thou hast made the Lord, which is my refuge, even the most High, thy habitation; There shall no evil befall thee, neither shall any plague come nigh thy dwelling.
PSA 127:1 Except the Lord build the house, they labour in vain that build it: except the Lord keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain.
PRO 3:26 For the Lord shall be thy confidence, and shall keep thy foot from being taken.
PRO 14:26 In the fear of the Lord is strong confidence: and his children shall have a place of refuge.
PRO 18:10 The name of the Lord is a strong tower: the righteous runneth into it, and is safe.
PRO 21:31 The horse is prepared against the day of battle: but safety is of the Lord.
PRO 30:5b He is a shield unto them that put their trust in him.
AMOS 3:7 Surely the Lord GOD will do nothing, but he revealeth his secret unto his servants the prophets.
SPIRITUAL GROWTH
JOB 23:10 But he knoweth the way that I take: when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.
PRO 3:12 For whom the Lord loveth he correcteth; even as a father the son in whom he delighteth.
JER 18:4 And the vessel that he made of clay was marred in the hand of the potter: so he made it again another vessel, as seemed good to the potter to make it.
EZE 22:14 Can thine heart endure, or can thine hands be strong, in the days that I shall deal with thee? I the Lord have spoken it, and will do it.
MT 7:24 Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock:
MT 9:17 Neither do men put new wine into old bottles: else the bottles break, and the wine runneth out, and the bottles perish: but they put new wine into new bottles, and both are preserved.
LK 12:48b For unto whomsoever much is given, of him shall be much required: and to whom men have committed much, of him they will ask the more.
LK 22:31b,32 Simon, Simon, behold, Satan hath desired to have you, that he may sift you as wheat: But I have prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not: and when thou art converted, strengthen thy brethren.
JN 3:30 He must increase, but I must decrease.
JN 12:24 Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except a corn of wheat fall into the ground and die, it abideth alone: but if it die, it bringeth forth much fruit.
JN 15:2 Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away: and every branch that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit.
JN 15:4 Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me.
ROM 6:13 Neither yield ye your members as instruments of unrighteousness unto sin: but yield yourselves unto God, as those that are alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness unto God.
ROM 12:1,2 I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.
2COR 4:16,17 For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day. For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory;
1COR 10:13 There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.
2COR 10:3,4 For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh: (For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;)
2COR 12:9,10 And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me. Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ's sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong.
PHIL 1:6 Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ:
1TIM 6:12 Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, whereunto thou art also called, and hast professed a good profession before many witnesses.
2TIM 2:3 Thou therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ.
JAM 1:2,3 My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations; Knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience.
JAM 4:7 Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
1PET 1:6,7 Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations: That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ:
1PET 4:12,13 Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened unto you: But rejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ's sufferings; that, when his glory shall be revealed, ye may be glad also with exceeding joy.
Walking in the Newness of Life
PSA 40:3 And he hath put a new song in my mouth, even praise unto our God: many shall see it, and fear, and shall trust in the Lord.
EZE 36:26 A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh.
ROM 6:4 Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life.
2COR 5:17 Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.
EPH 4:23,24 And be renewed in the spirit of your mind; And that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness.
PHIL 3:13,14 Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before, I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.
STRENGTH & POWER
The Lord Is Your Strength
DEUT 20:4 For the Lord your God is he that goeth with you, to fight for you against your enemies, to save you.
1CHR 28:20b Be strong and of good courage, and do it: fear not, nor be dismayed: for the Lord God, even my God, will be with thee; he will not fail thee, nor forsake thee, until thou hast finished all the work for the service of the house of the Lord.
2CHR 32:8b With him is an arm of flesh; but with us is the Lord our God to help us, and to fight our battles.
PSA 8:2 Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou ordained strength because of thine enemies, that thou mightest still the enemy and the avenger.
PSA 18:29,30b,32 For by thee I have run through a troop; and by my God have I leaped over a wall. He is a buckler to all those that trust in him. It is God that girdeth me with strength, and maketh my way perfect.
PSA 20:7,8b Some trust in chariots, and some in horses: but we will remember the name of the Lord our God.
PSA 27:13,14 I had fainted, unless I had believed to see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living. Wait on the Lord: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the Lord.
PSA 28:7,8 The Lord is my strength and my shield; my heart trusted in him, and I am helped: therefore my heart greatly rejoiceth; and with my song will I praise him. The Lord is their strength, and he is the saving strength of his anointed.
PSA 37:39 But the salvation of the righteous is of the Lord: he is their strength in the time of trouble.
PSA 73:26 My flesh and my heart faileth: but God is the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever.
PSA 84:5,7A Blessed is the man whose strength is in thee; in whose heart are the ways of them. They go from strength to strength.
PSA 118:14 The Lord is my strength and song, and is become my salvation.
PSA 119:28 My soul melteth for heaviness: strengthen thou me according unto thy word.
ISA 25:4 For thou hast been a strength to the poor, a strength to the needy in his distress, a refuge from the storm, a shadow from the heat, when the blast of the terrible ones is as a storm against the wall.
ISA 40:29 He giveth power to the faint; and to them that have no might he increaseth strength.
ISA 41:10 Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.
MT 19:26 With men this is impossible; but with God all things are possible.
ROM 8:31 What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us?
2COR 3:5 Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think any thing as of ourselves; but our sufficiency is of God;
2COR 10:4 (For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;)
2COR 12:9,10 And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me. Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ's sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong.
EPH 3:16 That he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man;
EPH 6:10 Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might.
PHIL 4:13 I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.
1JN 4:4 Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world.
The Lord Gives Strength to Those Who Call on Him
PSA 61:2 From the end of the earth will I cry unto thee, when my heart is overwhelmed: lead me to the rock that is higher than I.
PSA 72:12 For he shall deliver the needy when he crieth; the poor also, and him that hath no helper.
PSA 138:3 In the day when I cried thou answeredst me, and strengthenedst me with strength in my soul.
ISA 40:31 But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.
Strength & Power to Preach the Word
JOSH 1:9 Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the Lord thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest.
JER 5:14 Wherefore thus saith the Lord God of hosts, Because ye speak this word, behold, I will make my words in thy mouth fire, and this people wood, and it shall devour them.
ZEC 10:12 And I will strengthen them in the Lord; and they shall walk up and down in his name, saith the Lord.
MT 10:20 For it is not ye that speak, but the Spirit of your Father which speaketh in you.
ACTS 1:8 But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.
ACTS 4:13 Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and perceived that they were unlearned and ignorant men, they marvelled; and they took knowledge of them, that they had been with Jesus.
1COR 1:18 For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us which are saved it is the power of God.
1COR 2:4,5 And my speech and my preaching was not with enticing words of man's wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power: That your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God.
Depend on the Lord Only
EXO 14:13,14 Fear ye not, stand still, and see the salvation of the Lord, which he will shew to you to day. The Lord shall fight for you, and ye shall hold your peace.
DEUT 20:1 When thou goest out to battle against thine enemies, and seest horses, and chariots, and a people more than thou, be not afraid of them: for the Lord thy God is with thee, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.
DEUT 31:8 And the Lord, he it is that doth go before thee; he will be with thee, he will not fail thee, neither forsake thee: fear not, neither be dismayed.
JOSH 23:10 One man of you shall chase a thousand: for the Lord your God, he it is that fighteth for you, as he hath promised you.
1SAM 2:9 He will keep the feet of his saints, and the wicked shall be silent in darkness; for by strength shall no man prevail.
1SAM 14:6b There is no restraint to the Lord to save by many or by few.
1SAM 17:47 And all this assembly shall know that the Lord saveth not with sword and spear: for the battle is the Lord's, and he will give you into our hands.
2CHR 32:7,8a Be strong and courageous, be not afraid nor dismayed for the king of Assyria, nor for all the multitude that is with him: for there be more with us than with him: With him is an arm of flesh; but with us is the Lord our God to help us, and to fight our battles.
PSA 17:5 Hold up my goings in thy paths, that my footsteps slip not.
PSA 26:1b I have trusted also in the Lord; therefore I shall not slide.
PSA 60:11 Give us help from trouble: for vain is the help of man.
PSA 62:5 My soul, wait thou only upon God; for my expectation is from him.
PSA 84:5,7a Blessed is the man whose strength is in thee; in whose heart are the ways of them. They go from strength to strength.
PSA 112:7,8 He shall not be afraid of evil tidings: his heart is fixed, trusting in the Lord. His heart is established, he shall not be afraid, until he see his desire upon his enemies.
PSA 118:8 It is better to trust in the Lord than to put confidence in man.
PSA 143:8 Cause me to hear thy lovingkindness in the morning; for in thee do I trust: cause me to know the way wherein I should walk; for I lift up my soul unto thee.
PRO 3:5,6 Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.
ISA 30:15b In quietness and in confidence shall be your strength.
ZECH 4:6b Not by might, nor by power, but by my spirit, saith the Lord of hosts.
JN 15:5 I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing.
1JN 5:4 For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith.
SUPPLY/STEWARDSHIP
Supply
PSA 23:1 The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.
PSA 24:1 The earth is the Lord's, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein.
PSA 34:10 The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger: but they that seek the Lord shall not want any good thing.
PSA 68:19 Blessed be the Lord, who daily loadeth us with benefits, even the God of our salvation.
PSA 81:10b Open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it.
PSA 84:11b No good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.
PSA 132:15 I will abundantly bless her provision: I will satisfy her poor with bread.
PSA 136:25 Who giveth food to all flesh: for his mercy endureth for ever.
PSA 145:15b,16 Thou givest them their meat in due season. Thou openest thine hand, and satisfiest the desire of every living thing.
PRO 10:3b The Lord will not suffer the soul of the righteous to famish.
PRO 13:25 The righteous eateth to the satisfying of his soul: but the belly of the wicked shall want.
ISA 1:19 If ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat the good of the land:
EZE 34:26 And I will make them and the places round about my hill a blessing; and I will cause the shower to come down in his season; there shall be showers of blessing.
MAL 3:10 Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the Lord of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it.
MT 6:8b Your Father knoweth what things ye have need of, before ye ask him.
MT 6:33 Seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.
MT 7:7,8 Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you: For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.
MT 7:11 If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Father which is in heaven give good things to them that ask him?
MT 21:22 And all things, whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive.
LK 22:35 And he said unto them, When I sent you without purse, and scrip, and shoes, lacked ye any thing? And they said, Nothing.
1COR 9:14 Even so hath the Lord ordained that they which preach the gospel should live of the gospel.
PHIL 4:19 But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus.
1JN 3:22 And whatsoever we ask, we receive of him, because we keep his commandments, and do those things that are pleasing in his sight.
Inheritances
JOSH 14:9b Surely the land whereon thy feet have trodden shall be thine inheritance, and thy children's for ever, because thou hast wholly followed the Lord my God.
JOB 27:15a,16,17 Those that remain of him shall be buried in death: Though he heap up silver as the dust, and prepare raiment as the clay; He may prepare it, but the just shall put it on, and the innocent shall divide the silver.
PSA 2:8 Ask of me, and I shall give thee the heathen for thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession.
PSA 68:9 Thou, O God, didst send a plentiful rain, whereby thou didst confirm thine inheritance, when it was weary.
PSA 105:44 And gave them the lands of the heathen: and they inherited the labour of the people;
PSA 112:1,3 Praise ye the Lord. Blessed is the man that feareth the Lord, that delighteth greatly in his commandments. Wealth and riches shall be in his house: and his righteousness endureth for ever.
PRO 13:22b The wealth of the sinner is laid up for the just.
PRO 21:1 The king's heart is in the hand of the Lord, as the rivers of water: he turneth it whithersoever he will.
ROM 8:32 He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all things?
Good Stewardship
PSA 31:23 For the Lord preserveth the faithful & plentifully rewardeth the proud doer.
PRO 10:4 He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.
PRO 12:22 Lying lips are abomination to the Lord: but they that deal truly are his delight.
PRO 13:4 The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing: but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.
PRO 18:9 He also that is slothful in his work is brother to him that is a great waster.
PRO 22:29 Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before mean men.
PRO 28:20a A faithful man shall abound with blessings.
PRO 31:27 She looketh well to the ways of her household, and eateth not the bread of idleness.
ECC 10:18 By much slothfulness the building decayeth; and through idleness of the hands the house droppeth through.
MT 25:23b Well done thou good & faithful servant, thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things. Enter thou into the joy of thy lord.
LK 16:10 He that is faithful in that which is least is faithful also in much: and he that is unjust in the least is unjust also in much.
1COR 4:2 Moreover it is required in stewards, that a man be found faithful.
Survival in Difficult Times
1KIN 17:16a And the barrel of meal wasted not, neither did the cruse of oil fail, according to the word of the Lord.
JOB 5:20 In famine he shall redeem thee from death: and in war from the power of the sword.
PSA 9:9,10 The Lord also will be a refuge for the oppressed, a refuge in times of trouble. And they that know thy name will put their trust in thee: for thou, Lord, hast not forsaken them that seek thee.
PSA 37:18,19b The Lord knoweth the days of the upright: and their inheritance shall be for ever. In the days of famine they shall be satisfied.
PSA 37:25 I have been young, and now am old; yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging bread.
PSA 46:1-3 God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. Therefore will not we fear, though the earth be removed, and though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea; Though the waters thereof roar and be troubled, though the mountains shake with the swelling thereof.
PSA 62:8 Trust in him at all times; ye people, pour out your heart before him: God is a refuge for us.
PSA 91:2 I will say of the Lord, He is my refuge and my fortress: my God; in him will I trust.
PSA 105:39-41 He spread a cloud for a covering; and fire to give light in the night. The people asked, and he brought quails, and satisfied them with the bread of heaven. He opened the rock, and the waters gushed out; they ran in the dry places like a river.
ISA 44:3 For I will pour water upon him that is thirsty, and floods upon the dry ground: I will pour my spirit upon thy seed, and my blessing upon thine offspring:
MT 6:30,31 Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which to day is, and to morrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much more clothe you, O ye of little faith? Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed?
ROM 8:35-39 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? As it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter. Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us. For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
2COR 4:8,9 We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair; Persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed;
REV 12:6 And the woman fled into the wilderness, where she hath a place prepared of God, that they should feed her there a thousand two hundred and threescore days.
TYPHOONS, HURRICANES & STORMS
JOB 26:8-10 He bindeth up the waters in his thick clouds; and the cloud is not rent under them. He holdeth back the face of his throne, and spreadeth his cloud upon it. He hath compassed the waters with bounds, until the day and night come to an end.
PSA 46:1-3 God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. Therefore will not we fear, though the earth be removed, and though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea; Though the waters thereof roar and be troubled, though the mountains shake with the swelling thereof.
PSA 89:9 Thou rulest the raging of the sea: when the waves thereof arise, thou stillest them.
PSA 93:4 The Lord on high is mightier than the noise of many waters, yea, than the mighty waves of the sea.
PSA 107:29 He maketh the storm a calm, so that the waves thereof are still.
ISA 4:6 And there shall be a tabernacle for a shadow in the daytime from the heat, and for a place of refuge, and for a covert from storm and from rain.
ISA 25:4 For thou hast been a strength to the poor, a strength to the needy in his distress, a refuge from the storm, a shadow from the heat, when the blast of the terrible ones is as a storm against the wall.
ISA 43:2 When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned; neither shall the flame kindle upon thee.
NAH 1:7 The Lord is good, a strong hold in the day of trouble; and he knoweth them that trust in him.
MT 8:26,27 And he saith unto them, Why are ye fearful, O ye of little faith? Then he arose, and rebuked the winds and the sea; and there was a great calm. But the men marvelled, saying, What manner of man is this, that even the winds and the sea obey him!
LK 10:19 Behold, I give unto you power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall by any means hurt you.
VISAS, LEGAL WORK & CLAIMING THE LAND
PSA 37:23 The steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord: and he delighteth in his way.
JN 10:4 And when he putteth forth his own sheep, he goeth before them, and the sheep follow him: for they know his voice.
EPH 3:20 Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us.
1JN 5:14 And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us.
Visas
NUM 14:8a If the Lord delight in us, then he will bring us into this land, and give it us.
PSA 37:5 Commit thy way unto the Lord; trust also in him; and he shall bring it to pass.
PRO 3:6 In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.
MT 6:33 But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.
1COR 9:11 If we have sown unto you spiritual things, is it a great thing if we shall reap your carnal things?
1COR 16:9 For a great door and effectual is opened unto me, and there are many adversaries.
REV 3:8 I know thy works: behold, I have set before thee an open door, and no man can shut it: for thou hast a little strength, and hast kept my word, and hast not denied my name.
Claiming the Land (Housing)
GEN 13:17 Arise, walk through the land in the length of it and in the breadth of it; for I will give it unto thee.
LEV 25:23 The land shall not be sold for ever: for the land is mine; for ye are strangers and sojourners with me.
DEUT 11:24a Every place whereon the soles of your feet shall tread shall be yours.
2SAM 22:20 He brought me forth also into a large place: he delivered me, because he delighted in me.
PSA 2:8 Ask of me, and I shall give thee the heathen for thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession.
PSA 107:6,7 Then they cried unto the Lord in their trouble, and he delivered them out of their distresses. And he led them forth by the right way, that they might go to a city of habitation.
ISA 30:21 And thine ears shall hear a word behind thee, saying, This is the way, walk ye in it, when ye turn to the right hand, and when ye turn to the left.
MT 7:7 Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:
HEB 11:8 By faith Abraham, when he was called to go out into a place which he should after receive for an inheritance, obeyed; and he went out, not knowing whither he went.
Crossing Borders
GEN 28:15 And, behold, I am with thee, and will keep thee in all places whither thou goest, and will bring thee again into this land; for I will not leave thee, until I have done that which I have spoken to thee of.
EXO 23:20 Behold, I send an Angel before thee, to keep thee in the way, and to bring thee into the place which I have prepared.
EXO 32:34 Therefore now go, lead the people unto the place of which I have spoken unto thee: behold, mine Angel shall go before thee.
EXO 33:14 And he said, My presence shall go with thee, and I will give thee rest.
DEUT 28:6 Blessed shalt thou be when thou comest in, and blessed shalt thou be when thou goest out.
PSA 105:13-15 They went from one nation to another, from one kingdom to another people; He suffered no man to do them wrong: yea, he reproved kings for their sakes; Saying, Touch not mine anointed, and do my prophets no harm.
PSA 107:28-30 Then they cry unto the Lord in their trouble, and he bringeth them out of their distresses. He maketh the storm a calm, so that the waves thereof are still. Then are they glad because they be quiet; so he bringeth them unto their desired haven.
PSA 121:8 The Lord shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in from this time forth, and even for evermore.
PSA 139:9,10 If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea; Even there shall thy hand lead me, and thy right hand shall hold me.
ISA 45:2,3 I will go before thee, and make the crooked places straight: I will break in pieces the gates of brass, and cut in sunder the bars of iron: And I will give thee the treasures of darkness, and hidden riches of secret places, that thou mayest know that I, the Lord, which call thee by thy name, am the God of Israel.
EZE 11:16 Therefore say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Although I have cast them far off among the heathen, and although I have scattered them among the countries, yet will I be to them as a little sanctuary in the countries where they shall come.
WISDOM & DECISION MAKING
The Lord & His Word Will Guide Us
PSA 5:8 Lead me, O Lord, in thy righteousness because of mine enemies; make thy way straight before my face.
PSA 25:4,5 Shew me thy ways, O Lord; teach me thy paths. Lead me in thy truth, and teach me: for thou art the God of my salvation; on thee do I wait all the day.
PSA 25:9 The meek will he guide in judgment: and the meek will he teach his way.
PSA 27:11 Teach me thy way, O Lord, and lead me in a plain path, because of mine enemies.
PSA 32:8 I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: I will guide thee with mine eye.
PSA 37:23 The steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord: and he delighteth in his way.
PSA 73:24 Thou shalt guide me with thy counsel, and afterward receive me to glory.
PSA 119:105 Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.
PSA 119:18 Open thou mine eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of thy law.
PSA 119:130 The entrance of thy words giveth light; it giveth understanding unto the simple.
PSA 119:133 Order my steps in thy word: and let not any iniquity have dominion over me.
PSA 143:8 Cause me to hear thy lovingkindness in the morning; for in thee do I trust: cause me to know the way wherein I should walk; for I lift up my soul unto thee.
PRO 3:5,6 Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.
PRO 6:22 When thou goest, it (the Word) shall lead thee; when thou sleepest, it shall keep thee; and when thou awakest, it shall talk with thee.
ISA 30:21 And thine ears shall hear a word behind thee, saying, This is the way, walk ye in it, when ye turn to the right hand, and when ye turn to the left.
ISA 42:16 And I will bring the blind by a way that they knew not; I will lead them in paths that they have not known: I will make darkness light before them, and crooked things straight. These things will I do unto them, and not forsake them.
ISA 50:4a The Lord God hath given me the tongue of the learned, that I should know how to speak a word in season to him that is weary.
ISA 58:11 And the Lord shall guide thee continually, and satisfy thy soul in drought, and make fat thy bones: and thou shalt be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water, whose waters fail not.
JER 10:23 O Lord, I know that the way of man is not in himself: it is not in man that walketh to direct his steps.
JER 31:9b I will cause them to walk by the rivers of waters in a straight way, wherein they shall not stumble.
2COR 5:7 For we walk by faith, not by sight:
HEB 4:12 For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.
The Lord Will Give Us Wisdom
2CHR 19:6b Take heed what ye do: for ye judge not for man, but for the Lord, who is with you in the judgment.
PRO 2:3,5,6 Yea, if thou criest after knowledge, and liftest up thy voice for understanding; Then shalt thou understand the fear of the Lord, and find the knowledge of God. For the Lord giveth wisdom: out of his mouth cometh knowledge and understanding.
PRO 16:1 The preparations of the heart in man, and the answer of the tongue, is from the Lord.
PRO 28:5 Evil men understand not judgment: but they that seek the Lord understand all things.
ISA 11:2,3 And the spirit of the Lord shall rest upon him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the Lord; And shall make him of quick understanding in the fear of the Lord: and he shall not judge after the sight of his eyes, neither reprove after the hearing of his ears:
DAN 1:17 As for these four children, God gave them knowledge and skill in all learning and wisdom: and Daniel had understanding in all visions and dreams.
JAM 1:5 If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.
PSA 143:8 Cause me to hear thy lovingkindness in the morning; for in thee do I trust: cause me to know the way wherein I should walk; for I lift up my soul unto thee.
PSA 143:10,11a Teach me to do thy will; for thou art my God: thy spirit is good; lead me into the land of uprightness. Quicken me, O Lord, for thy name's sake.
Wisdom in Godly Counsel
PRO 1:5 A wise man will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels:
PRO 12:15b He that hearkeneth unto counsel is wise.
PRO 15:22 Without counsel purposes are disappointed: but in the multitude of counsellors they are established.
PRO 19:20 Hear counsel, and receive instruction, that thou mayest be wise in thy latter end.
PRO 20:18 Every purpose is established by counsel: and with good advice make war.
PRO 24:6 For by wise counsel thou shalt make war; and in the multitude of counsellors there is safety.
JN 7:24 Judge not according to the appearance, but judge righteous judgment.
JAM 3:17 But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be intreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.
2COR 13:1b In the mouth of two or three witnesses shall every word be established.
WITNESSING
Boldness & Conviction
PSA 119:46 I will speak of thy testimonies also before kings, and will not be ashamed.
PRO 29:25 The fear of man bringeth a snare: but whoso putteth his trust in the Lord shall be safe.
ISA 40:9 Lift up thy voice with strength; lift it up, be not afraid; say unto the cities, Behold your God!
ISA 50:4a The Lord GOD hath given me the tongue of the learned, that I should know how to speak a word in season to him that is weary.
JER 1:7b Say not, I am a child: for thou shalt go to all that I shall send thee, and whatsoever I command thee thou shalt speak.
EZE 3:9 As an adamant harder than flint have I made thy forehead: fear them not, neither be dismayed at their looks, though they be a rebellious house.
MT 5:14,15 Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid. Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick; and it giveth light unto all that are in the house.
MT 5:16 Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.
MK 8:38 Whosoever therefore shall be ashamed of Me and of My words in this adulterous and sinful generation; of him also shall the Son of man be ashamed, when He cometh in the glory of His Father with the holy angels.
ACTS 1:8 Ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.
ACTS 4:13 Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and perceived that they were unlearned and ignorant men, they marvelled; and they took knowledge of them, that they had been with Jesus.
ACTS 5:29b We ought to obey God rather than men.
ACTS 18:9b,10 Be not afraid, but speak, and hold not thy peace: For I am with thee, and no man shall set on thee to hurt thee: for I have much people in this city.
ROM 1:16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth.
EPH 6:19,20 For which I am an ambassador in bonds: that therein I may speak boldly, as I ought to speak.
1THES 2:4 But as we were allowed of God to be put in trust with the gospel, even so we speak; not as pleasing men, but God, which trieth our hearts.
2TIM 1:8 Be not thou therefore ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, but be thou partaker of the afflictions of the gospel according to the power of God;
TIT 2:15 These things speak, and exhort, and rebuke with all authority. Let no man despise thee.
1PET 2:12 Having your conversation honest among the Gentiles: that, whereas they speak against you as evildoers, they may by your good works, which they shall behold, glorify God in the day of visitation.
Follow Up
PRO 27:23 Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, and look well to thy herds.
ISA 60:10a And the sons of strangers shall build up thy walls, and their kings shall minister unto thee.
EZE 34:11 For thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I, even I, will both search my sheep, and seek them out.
JN 21:16 He saith to him again the second time, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me? He saith unto him, Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I love thee. He saith unto him, Feed my sheep.
1COR 3:6,7 I have planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase. So then neither is he that planteth any thing, neither he that watereth; but God that giveth the increase.
1COR 3:10 According to the grace of God which is given unto me, as a wise masterbuilder, I have laid the foundation, and another buildeth thereon. But let every man take heed how he buildeth thereupon.
1COR 9:11 If we have sown unto you spiritual things, is it a great thing if we shall reap your carnal things?
2COR 9:6 He which soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he which soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully.
2TIM 2:2 And the things that thou hast heard of me among many witnesses, the same commit thou to faithful men, who shall be able to teach others also.
1PET 5:2 Feed the flock of God which is among you, taking the oversight thereof, not by constraint, but willingly; not for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind;
Keeping Your Witness Simple
JN 12:32 And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all men unto me.
1COR 1:17 For Christ sent me not to baptize, but to preach the gospel: not with wisdom of words, lest the cross of Christ should be made of none effect.
1COR 1:27-29 But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty; And base things of the world, and things which are despised, hath God chosen, yea, and things which are not, to bring to nought things that are: That no flesh should glory in his presence.
1COR 2:4 And my speech and my preaching was not with enticing words of man's wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power.
Performing
1CHR 16:9 Sing unto him, sing psalms unto him, talk ye of all his wondrous works.
PSA 40:3 And he hath put a new song in my mouth, even praise unto our God: many shall see it, and fear, and shall trust in the Lord.
PSA 68:3,4 But let the righteous be glad; let them rejoice before God: yea, let them exceedingly rejoice. Sing unto God, sing praises to his name: extol him that rideth upon the heavens by his name Jah, and rejoice before him.
PSA 149:3 Let them praise his name in the dance: let them sing praises unto him with the timbrel and harp.
PSA 150:4 Praise him with the timbrel and dance: praise him with stringed instruments and organs.
MT 5:16 Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.
Tools & Distribution
PRO 11:24-26 There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth; and there is that withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty. The liberal soul shall be made fat: and he that watereth shall be watered also himself. He that withholdeth corn, the people shall curse him: but blessing shall be upon the head of him that selleth it.
ECC 11:1 Cast thy bread upon the waters: for thou shalt find it after many days.
ECC 11:6 In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thine hand: for thou knowest not whether shall prosper, either this or that, or whether they both shall be alike good.
ISA 55:11 So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.
Giving the Meat of the Word
JOB 23:12 Neither have I gone back from the commandments of his lips; I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary food.
PSA 119:103 How sweet are thy words unto my taste! Yea sweeter than honey to my mouth!
ISA 58:6-8 Is not this the fast that I have chosen? to lose the bands of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, and let the oppressed go free, and that ye break every yoke? Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring the poor that are cast out to thy house? When thou seest the naked, that thou cover him; and that thou hide not thyself from thine own flesh? Then shall thy light break forth as the morning, and thine health shall spring forth speedily: and thy righteousness shall go before thee; the glory of the Lord shall be thy reward.
JER 15:16 Thy words were found & I did eat them; and thy word was unto me the joy & rejoicing of mine heart: for I am called by thy name, O Lord God of hosts.
JER 23:28 The prophet that hath a dream, let him tell a dream; and he that hath my word, let him speak my word faithfully.
MT 4:4 But he answered & said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.
MT 5:6 Blessed are they which do hunger & thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled.
MT 24:45 Who then is a faithful & wise servant, whom his lord hath made ruler over his household, to give them meat in due season?
MT 25:35 For I was an hungred, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty and you gave me drink: I was a stranger & you took me in.
MT 28:20 Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world.
JN 6:35 And Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me shall never hunger; and he that believeth on me shall never thirst.
JN 6:55 For my flesh is meat indeed, & my blood is drink indeed.
JN 21:16 Simon, son of Jonas, loveth thou me? He saith unto him, Lord thou knowest that I love thee He said unto him, feed my sheep.
ACTS 8:25 When they had testified & preached the word of the Lord, returned to Jerusalem, and preached the gospel in many villages of the Samaritans.
2TIM 4:2 Preach the Word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all long suffering & doctrine.
HEB 5:14 But strong meat belongeth to them that are of full age, even those by whom reason of use have their senses exercised to discern both good & evil.
THE WORD
The Benefits of Keeping God's Word
DEUT 7:9 Know therefore that the Lord thy God, he is God, the faithful God, which keepeth covenant and mercy with them that love him and keep his commandments to a thousand generations;
JOSH 1:8 This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success.
PSA 19:7 The law of the Lord is perfect, converting the soul: the testimony of the Lord is sure, making wise the simple.
PSA 37:31 The law of his God is in his heart; none of his steps shall slide.
PSA 119:9 Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? by taking heed thereto according to thy word.
PSA 119:165 Great peace have they which love thy law: and nothing shall offend them.
JER 15:16a Thy words were found, and I did eat them; and thy word was unto me the joy and rejoicing of mine heart.
JN 8:31b,32 If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed; And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.
JN 15:3 Now ye are clean through the word which I have spoken unto you.
ROM 10:17 So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.
2PET 1:4 Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.
We Ought to Love God's Word
JOB 23:12 Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary food.
PSA 1:2 But his delight is in the law of the Lord; and in his law doth he meditate day and night.
PSA 40:8 I delight to do thy will, O my God: yea, thy law is within my heart.
PSA 119:167 My soul hath kept thy testimonies; and I love them exceedingly.
PSA 119:20 My soul breaketh for the longing that it hath unto thy judgments at all times.
PSA 119:47,48 And I will delight myself in thy commandments, which I have loved. My hands also will I lift up unto thy commandments, which I have loved; and I will meditate in thy statutes.
PSA 119:72 The law of thy mouth is better unto me than thousands of gold and silver.
PSA 119:97,98 O how love I thy law! It is my meditation all the day. Thou through thy commandments hast made me wiser than mine enemies: for they are ever with me.
Study & Obey God's Word
MT 4:4 But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.
JN 14:15 If ye love me, keep my commandments.
1TIM 4:15 Meditate upon these things; give thyself wholly to them; that thy profiting may appear to all.
2TIM 2:15 Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.
HEB 2:1 Therefore we ought to give the more earnest heed to the things which we have heard, lest at any time we should let them slip.
JAM 1:22 But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.
JAM 1:23,24 For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass: For he beholdeth himself, and goeth his way, and straightway forgetteth what manner of man he was.
2JN 6 And this is love, that we walk after his commandments. This is the commandment, That, as ye have heard from the beginning, ye should walk in it.
The Word Will Not Fail
JN 15:7 If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you.
1KIN 8:56b There hath not failed one word of all his good promises.
PSA 119:89 For ever, O Lord, thy word is settled in heaven.
PSA 119:160 Thy word is true from the beginning: and every one of thy righteous judgments endureth for ever.
ISA 40:8 The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: but the word of our God shall stand for ever.
ISA 55:10,11 For as the rain cometh down, and the snow from heaven, and returneth not thither, but watereth the earth, and maketh it bring forth and bud, that it may give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater: So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.
MT 24:35 Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.
1PET 1:25a But the word of the Lord endureth for ever.
The Power of the Word!
PSA 119:28 My soul melteth for heaviness: strengthen thou me according unto thy word.
JN 6:63 It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life.
PSA 33:6 By the word of the Lord were the heavens made; and all the host of them by the breath of his mouth.
JER 5:14 Wherefore thus saith the Lord God of hosts, Because ye speak this word, behold, I will make my words in thy mouth fire, and this people wood, and it shall devour them.
JER 23:29 Is not my word like as a fire? saith the Lord; and like a hammer that breaketh the rock in pieces?
EPH 6:17b And take the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God:
HEB 4:12 For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any two edged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.
Memorization
DEUT 11:18 Therefore shall ye lay up these my words in your heart and in your soul, and bind them for a sign upon your hand.
JOSH 1:8 This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success.
PSA 1:2 But his delight is in the law of the Lord; and in his law doth he meditate day and night.
PSA 37:31 The law of his God is in his heart; none of his steps shall slide.
PSA 40:8 I delight to do thy will, O my God: yea, thy law is within my heart.
PSA 119:80 Let my heart be sound in thy statutes; that I be not ashamed.
PSA 119:97 O how love I thy law! it is my meditation all the day.
PSA 119:129 Thy testimonies are wonderful: therefore doth my soul keep them.
PSA 119:167 My soul hath kept thy testimonies; and I love them exceedingly.
PRO 4:4 He taught me also, and said unto me, Let thine heart retain my words: keep my commandments, and live.
PRO 7:2,3 Keep my commandments, and live; and my law as the apple of thine eye. Bind them upon thy fingers, write them upon the table of thine heart.
PRO 22:17,18 Bow down thine ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply thine heart unto my knowledge. For it is a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee; they shall withal be fitted in thy lips.
PRO 22:17,18 Bow down thine ear & hear the words of the wise & apply thine heart to my knowledge. For it is a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee: They shall withall be fitted in thy lips.
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