Hebrews 11:26

He has said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Most gladly therefore I will rather glory in my weaknesses, that the power of Christ may rest on me.

“I tell you, keep asking, and it will be given you. Keep seeking, and you will find. Keep knocking, and it will be opened to you.

“Blessed are you when people reproach you, persecute you, and say all kinds of evil against you falsely, for my sake.

I love those who love me. Those who seek me diligently will find me.

being confident of this very thing, that he who began a good work in you will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ.

You, Solomon my son, know the God of your father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind; for Yahweh searches all hearts, and understands all the imaginations of the thoughts. If you seek him, he will be found by you; but if you forsake him, he will cast you off forever.

But seek God’s Kingdom, and all these things will be added to you.

But seek first God’s Kingdom, and his righteousness; and all these things will be given to you as well.

Everyone who has left houses, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my name’s sake, will receive one hundred times, and will inherit eternal life.

But they do all their works to be seen by men. They make their phylacteries broad, enlarge the fringes of their garments,

With my whole heart, I have sought you. Don’t let me wander from your commandments.

So therefore whoever of you who doesn’t renounce all that he has, he can’t be my disciple.

Beware, brothers, lest perhaps there might be in any one of you an evil heart of unbelief, in falling away from the living God;

Seeing therefore it remains that some should enter into it, and they to whom the good news was preached before failed to enter in because of disobedience,

But even if you should suffer for righteousness’ sake, you are blessed. “Don’t fear what they fear, neither be troubled.”

Behold, I give some of the synagogue of Satan, of those who say they are Jews, and they are not, but lie—behold, I will make them to come and worship before your feet, and to know that I have loved you.

They rose early in the morning, and went out into the wilderness of Tekoa. As they went out, Jehoshaphat stood and said, “Listen to me, Judah, and you inhabitants of Jerusalem! Believe in Yahweh your God, so you will be established! Believe his prophets, so you will prosper.”

The ransom of a man’s life is his riches, but the poor hear no threats.

“Listen to me, you who follow after righteousness, you who seek Yahweh. Look to the rock you were cut from, and to the quarry you were dug from.

Even so, let your light shine before men; that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven.

Not only this, but we also rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces perseverance;

But if anyone loves God, the same is known by him.

For I am the least of the apostles, who is not worthy to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the assembly of God.

For he was crucified through weakness, yet he lives through the power of God. For we also are weak in him, but we will live with him through the power of God toward you.

For no prophecy ever came by the will of man: but holy men of God spoke, being moved by the Holy Spirit.

But you be strong, and don’t let your hands be slack; for your work will be rewarded.”

For the needy shall not always be forgotten, nor the hope of the poor perish forever.

How precious is your loving kindness, God! The children of men take refuge under the shadow of your wings.

He will cover you with his feathers. Under his wings you will take refuge. His faithfulness is your shield and rampart.

so you shall know wisdom to be to your soul. If you have found it, then there will be a reward: Your hope will not be cut off.

For I know the thoughts that I think toward you,” says Yahweh, “thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you hope and a future.

Jesus said to him, “If you can believe, all things are possible to him who believes.”

You received the law as it was ordained by angels, and didn’t keep it!”

For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that you through his poverty might become rich.

but Christ is faithful as a Son over his house. We are his house, if we hold fast our confidence and the glorying of our hope firm to the end.

Therefore he is also able to save to the uttermost those who draw near to God through him, seeing that he lives forever to make intercession for them.

having a good conscience. Thus, while you are spoken against as evildoers, they may be disappointed who curse your good way of life in Christ.

Therefore, brothers, be more diligent to make your calling and election sure. For if you do these things, you will never stumble.

For if a man finds his enemy, will he let him go away unharmed? Therefore may Yahweh reward you good for that which you have done to me today.

“I have heard many such things. You are all miserable comforters!

Keep me as the apple of your eye. Hide me under the shadow of your wings,

Be merciful to me, God, be merciful to me, for my soul takes refuge in you. Yes, in the shadow of your wings, I will take refuge, until disaster has passed.

I will dwell in your tent forever. I will take refuge in the shelter of your wings.

For you have been my help. I will rejoice in the shadow of your wings.

For all this they still sinned, and didn’t believe in his wondrous works.

Better is a little with righteousness, than great revenues with injustice.

I looked, and there was no one to help; and I wondered that there was no one to uphold. Therefore my own arm brought salvation to me. My own wrath upheld me.

Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father, except through me.

Therefore you now have sorrow, but I will see you again, and your heart will rejoice, and no one will take your joy away from you.

having hope toward God, which these also themselves look for, that there will be a resurrection of the dead, both of the just and unjust.

For, I think that God has displayed us, the apostles, last of all, like men sentenced to death. For we are made a spectacle to the world, both to angels and men.

Then why is there the law? It was added because of transgressions, until the offspring should come to whom the promise has been made. It was ordained through angels by the hand of a mediator.

For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision amounts to anything, nor uncircumcision, but faith working through love.

although I used to be a blasphemer, a persecutor, and insolent. However, I obtained mercy, because I did it ignorantly in unbelief.

For indeed we have had good news preached to us, even as they also did, but the word they heard didn’t profit them, because it wasn’t mixed with faith by those who heard.

For God is not unrighteous, so as to forget your work and the labor of love which you showed toward his name, in that you served the saints, and still do serve them.

(for the law made nothing perfect), and a bringing in of a better hope, through which we draw near to God.

A man who disregards Moses’ law dies without compassion on the word of two or three witnesses.

but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust consume, and where thieves don’t break through and steal;

For whoever will be ashamed of me and of my words, of him will the Son of Man be ashamed, when he comes in his glory, and the glory of the Father, and of the holy angels.

For if the word spoken through angels proved steadfast, and every transgression and disobedience received a just penalty,

Therefore don’t throw away your boldness, which has a great reward.

Let’s therefore go out to him outside of the camp, bearing his reproach.

However, I consider those things that were gain to me as a loss for Christ.

If you are insulted for the name of Christ, you are blessed; because the Spirit of glory and of God rests on you. On their part he is blasphemed, but on your part he is glorified.

and spoke to them, saying, “Return with much wealth to your tents, with very much livestock, with silver, with gold, with bronze, with iron, and with very much clothing. Divide the plunder of your enemies with your brothers.”

May Yahweh repay your work, and a full reward be given to you from Yahweh, the God of Israel, under whose wings you have come to take refuge.”

Incline your ear, Yahweh, and hear. Open your eyes, Yahweh, and see. Hear the words of Sennacherib, which he has sent to defy the living God.

He prays to God, and he is favorable to him, so that he sees his face with joy. He restores to man his righteousness.

Shall his recompense be as you desire, that you refuse it? For you must choose, and not I. Therefore speak what you know.

Moreover your servant is warned by them. In keeping them there is great reward.

Better is a little that the righteous has, than the abundance of many wicked.

Because for your sake, I have borne reproach. Shame has covered my face.

Reproach has broken my heart, and I am full of heaviness. I looked for some to take pity, but there was none; for comforters, but I found none.

Wicked people earn deceitful wages, but one who sows righteousness reaps a sure reward.

A man shall be satisfied with good by the fruit of his mouth. The work of a man’s hands shall be rewarded to him.

In the house of the righteous is much treasure, but the income of the wicked brings trouble.

Indeed surely there is a future hope, and your hope will not be cut off.

Buy the truth, and don’t sell it. Get wisdom, discipline, and understanding.

“Listen to me, you who know righteousness, the people in whose heart is my law. Don’t fear the reproach of men, and don’t be dismayed at their insults.

For as often as I speak, I cry out; I cry, “Violence and destruction!” because Yahweh’s word has been made a reproach to me, and a derision, all day.

Rejoice, and be exceedingly glad, for great is your reward in heaven. For that is how they persecuted the prophets who were before you.

“Be careful that you don’t do your charitable giving before men, to be seen by them, or else you have no reward from your Father who is in heaven.

He who receives a prophet in the name of a prophet will receive a prophet’s reward. He who receives a righteous man in the name of a righteous man will receive a righteous man’s reward.

For whoever will be ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation, the Son of Man also will be ashamed of him, when he comes in his Father’s glory, with the holy angels.”

Rejoice in that day, and leap for joy, for behold, your reward is great in heaven, for their fathers did the same thing to the prophets.

and you will be blessed, because they don’t have the resources to repay you. For you will be repaid in the resurrection of the righteous.”

They therefore departed from the presence of the council, rejoicing that they were counted worthy to suffer dishonor for Jesus’ name.

as sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things.

Therefore I take pleasure in weaknesses, in injuries, in necessities, in persecutions, and in distresses, for Christ’s sake. For when I am weak, then am I strong.

having the eyes of your hearts enlightened, that you may know what is the hope of his calling, and what are the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints,

To me, the very least of all saints, was this grace given, to preach to the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ,

knowing that whatever good thing each one does, he will receive the same good again from the Lord, whether he is bound or free.

partly, being exposed to both reproaches and oppressions; and partly, becoming partakers with those who were treated so.

Without faith it is impossible to be well pleasing to him, for he who comes to God must believe that he exists, and that he is a rewarder of those who seek him.

searching for who or what kind of time the Spirit of Christ, which was in them, pointed to, when he predicted the sufferings of Christ, and the glories that would follow them.

“I know your works, oppression, and your poverty (but you are rich), and the blasphemy of those who say they are Jews, and they are not, but are a synagogue of Satan.

I counsel you to buy from me gold refined by fire, that you may become rich; and white garments, that you may clothe yourself, and that the shame of your nakedness may not be revealed; and eye salve to anoint your eyes, that you may see.

For to this end we both labor and suffer reproach, because we have set our trust in the living God, who is the Savior of all men, especially of those who believe.

Listen, my beloved brothers. Didn’t God choose those who are poor in this world to be rich in faith, and heirs of the Kingdom which he promised to those who love him?