Psalms 119:157

Let’s not be weary in doing good, for we will reap in due season, if we don’t give up.

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

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.

if it is so that you continue in the faith, grounded and steadfast, and not moved away from the hope of the Good News which you heard, which is being proclaimed in all creation under heaven, of which I, Paul, was made a servant.

Watch! Stand firm in the faith! Be courageous! Be strong!

holding up the word of life, that I may have something to boast in the day of Christ, that I didn’t run in vain nor labor in vain.

Now he who plants and he who waters are the same, but each will receive his own reward according to his own labor.

Cast your burden on Yahweh and he will sustain you. He will never allow the righteous to be moved.

remembering without ceasing your work of faith and labor of love and perseverance of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, before our God and Father.

Now if Timothy comes, see that he is with you without fear, for he does the work of the Lord, as I also do.

but those who wait for Yahweh will renew their strength. They will mount up with wings like eagles. They will run, and not be weary. They will walk, and not faint.

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

rooted and built up in him, and established in the faith, even as you were taught, abounding in it in thanksgiving.

make you complete in every good work to do his will, working in you that which is well pleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom be the glory forever and ever. Amen.

Finally then, brothers, we beg and exhort you in the Lord Jesus, that as you received from us how you ought to walk and to please God, that you abound more and more.

For he will never be shaken. The righteous will be remembered forever.

that no one would be moved by these afflictions. For you know that we are appointed to this task.

May the Lord make you to increase and abound in love toward one another, and toward all men, even as we also do toward you,

For we have become partakers of Christ, if we hold the beginning of our confidence firm to the end,

The Lord Yahweh’s Spirit is on me, because Yahweh has anointed me to preach good news to the humble. He has sent me to bind up the broken hearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives and release to those who are bound,

They will put you out of the synagogues. Yes, the time comes that whoever kills you will think that he offers service to God.

Having therefore these promises, beloved, let’s cleanse ourselves from all defilement of flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.

being filled with the fruits of righteousness, which are through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.

So then, my beloved, even as you have always obeyed, not only in my presence, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.

Don’t be afraid of the things which you are about to suffer. Behold, the devil is about to throw some of you into prison, that you may be tested; and you will have oppression for ten days. Be faithful to death, and I will give you the crown of life.

When Naomi saw that she was determined to go with her, she stopped urging her.

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

He who has clean hands and a pure heart; who has not lifted up his soul to falsehood, and has not sworn deceitfully.

My son, don’t forget my teaching; but let your heart keep my commandments:

I will pour on David’s house, and on the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplication; and they will look to me whom they have pierced; and they shall mourn for him, as one mourns for his only son, and will grieve bitterly for him, as one grieves for his firstborn.

When they had crucified him, they divided his clothing among them, casting lots,

Then the soldiers, when they had crucified Jesus, took his garments and made four parts, to every soldier a part; and also the coat. Now the coat was without seam, woven from the top throughout.

This I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and all discernment,

Create in me a clean heart, O God. Renew a right spirit within me.

You will be hated by all men for my name’s sake, but he who endures to the end will be saved.

When they came to the place that is called “The Skull”, they crucified him there with the criminals, one on the right and the other on the left.

Again another Scripture says, “They will look on him whom they pierced.”

Not that I seek for the gift, but I seek for the fruit that increases to your account.

For though I am absent in the flesh, yet I am with you in the spirit, rejoicing and seeing your order, and the steadfastness of your faith in Christ.

For this cause I also, when I couldn’t stand it any longer, sent that I might know your faith, for fear that by any means the tempter had tempted you, and our labor would have been in vain.

But you are forgers of lies. You are all physicians of no value.

My times are in your hand. Deliver me from the hand of my enemies, and from those who persecute me.

Our heart has not turned back, neither have our steps strayed from your path,

and might not be as their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation, a generation that didn’t make their hearts loyal, whose spirit was not steadfast with God.

But the path of the righteous is like the dawning light that shines more and more until the perfect day.

Listen to this word, you cows of Bashan, who are on the mountain of Samaria, who oppress the poor, who crush the needy, who tell their husbands, “Bring us drinks!”

But before all these things, they will lay their hands on you and will persecute you, delivering you up to synagogues and prisons, bringing you before kings and governors for my name’s sake.

But you denied the Holy and Righteous One and asked for a murderer to be granted to you,

I am afraid for you, that I might have wasted my labor for you.

Therefore, my brothers, beloved and longed for, my joy and crown, stand firm in the Lord in this way, my beloved.

Behold, he is coming with the clouds, and every eye will see him, including those who pierced him. All the tribes of the earth will mourn over him. Even so, Amen.

I told him, “My lord, you know.” He said to me, “These are those who came out of the great suffering.They washed their robes, and made them white in the Lamb’s blood.

He who acts unjustly, let him act unjustly still. He who is filthy, let him be filthy still. He who is righteous, let him do righteousness still. He who is holy, let him be holy still.”

but turned back, and dealt treacherously like their fathers. They were twisted like a deceitful bow.

They came around me like water all day long. They completely engulfed me.

The proud have hidden a snare for me, they have spread the cords of a net by the path. They have set traps for me.

Keep me from the snare which they have laid for me, from the traps of the workers of iniquity.

Yahweh, you have persuaded me, and I was persuaded. You are stronger than I, and have prevailed. I have become a laughingstock all day. Everyone mocks me.

You shall eat the flesh of the mighty, and drink the blood of the princes of the earth, of rams, of lambs, and of goats, of bulls, all of them fatlings of Bashan.

those who have turned back from following Yahweh, and those who haven’t sought Yahweh nor inquired after him.

In that hour Jesus said to the multitudes, “Have you come out as against a robber with swords and clubs to seize me? I sat daily in the temple teaching, and you didn’t arrest me.

and they bound him, and led him away, and delivered him up to Pontius Pilate, the governor.

Herod and Pilate became friends with each other that very day, for before that they were enemies with each other.

As Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of Man be lifted up,

Every branch in me that doesn’t bear fruit, he takes away. Every branch that bears fruit, he prunes, that it may bear more fruit.

while you stretch out your hand to heal; and that signs and wonders may be done through the name of your holy Servant Jesus.”

Now about that time, King Herod stretched out his hands to oppress some of the assembly.

For consider him who has endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, that you don’t grow weary, fainting in your souls.

Therefore, beloved, seeing that you look for these things, be diligent to be found in peace, without defect and blameless in his sight.

My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? Why are you so far from helping me, and from the words of my groaning?

Our soul is exceedingly filled with the scoffing of those who are at ease, with the contempt of the proud.

It will happen in that day that the Lord will set his hand again the second time to recover the remnant that is left of his people from Assyria, from Egypt, from Pathros, from Cush, from Elam, from Shinar, from Hamath, and from the islands of the sea.

Sing to Yahweh a new song, and his praise from the end of the earth, you who go down to the sea, and all that is therein, the islands and their inhabitants.

All your enemies have opened their mouth wide against you. They hiss and gnash their teeth. They say, “We have swallowed her up. Certainly this is the day that we looked for. We have found it. We have seen it.”

“Those who are wise among the people will instruct many; yet they will fall by the sword and by flame, by captivity and by plunder, many days.

At that time, Herod the tetrarch heard the report concerning Jesus,

But they will do all these things to you for my name’s sake, because they don’t know him who sent me.

“Brothers, it was necessary that this Scripture should be fulfilled, which the Holy Spirit spoke before by the mouth of David concerning Judas, who was guide to those who took Jesus.

Beware of the dogs; beware of the evil workers; beware of the false circumcision.

Not that I have already obtained, or am already made perfect; but I press on, that I may take hold of that for which also I was taken hold of by Christ Jesus.

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

Let endurance have its perfect work, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.

The arrogant mock me excessively, but I don’t swerve from your law.

Yet the righteous will hold to his way. He who has clean hands will grow stronger and stronger.

My foot has held fast to his steps. I have kept his way, and not turned away.

Yahweh, my God, I take refuge in you. Save me from all those who pursue me, and deliver me,

Many bulls have surrounded me. Strong bulls of Bashan have encircled me.

For dogs have surrounded me. A company of evildoers have enclosed me. They have pierced my hands and feet.

Consider my enemies, for they are many. They hate me with cruel hatred.

All this has come on us, yet we haven’t forgotten you. We haven’t been false to your covenant.

My enemies want to swallow me up all day long, for they are many who fight proudly against me.

The proud have smeared a lie upon me. With my whole heart, I will keep your precepts.

The wicked have laid a snare for me, yet I haven’t gone astray from your precepts.

Princes have persecuted me without a cause, but my heart stands in awe of your words.

Get wisdom. Get understanding. Don’t forget, and don’t deviate from the words of my mouth.

He will not fail nor be discouraged, until he has set justice in the earth, and the islands wait for his law.”

Then they will deliver you up to oppression, and will kill you. You will be hated by all of the nations for my name’s sake.

While he was still speaking, behold, Judas, one of the twelve, came, and with him a great multitude with swords and clubs, from the chief priests and elders of the people.

“For truly, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and the people of Israel, were gathered together against your holy servant, Jesus, whom you anointed,

Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the Lord’s work, because you know that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.