Ruth 2:12

So that with good courage we say, “The Lord is my helper. I will not fear. What can man do to me?”

He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty.

“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.

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

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.

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

Don’t be deceived. God is not mocked, for whatever a man sows, that he will also reap.

As an eagle that stirs up her nest, that flutters over her young, he spread abroad his wings, he took them, he bore them on his feathers.

Take hold of shield and buckler, and stand up for my help.

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

Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called children of God.

who killed both the Lord Jesus and their own prophets, and drove us out, and don’t please God, and are contrary to all men,

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,

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.”

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.

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.

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.

Sow to yourselves in righteousness, reap according to kindness. Break up your fallow ground; for it is time to seek Yahweh, until he comes and rains righteousness on you.

that you may be children of your Father who is in heaven. For he makes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the just and the unjust.

“Ask, and it will be given you. Seek, and you will find. Knock, and it will be opened for you.

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

Rejoice in the Lord always! Again I will say, “Rejoice!”

Blessed is a person who endures temptation, for when he has been approved, he will receive the crown of life, which the Lord promised to those who love him.

As birds hovering, so Yahweh of Armies will protect Jerusalem. He will protect and deliver it. He will pass over and preserve it.”

Yahweh says: “Refrain your voice from weeping, and your eyes from tears; for your work will be rewarded,” says Yahweh. “They will come again from the land of the enemy.

“But I tell you who hear: love your enemies, do good to those who hate you,

By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”

Always rejoice.

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.

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

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

It will happen, while my glory passes by, that I will put you in a cleft of the rock, and will cover you with my hand until I have passed by;

He found him in a desert land, in the waste howling wilderness. He surrounded him. He cared for him. He kept him as the apple of his eye.

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.

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

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.

Be merciful to me, Lord, for I call to you all day long.

It is well with the man who deals graciously and lends. He will maintain his cause in judgment.

Yahweh is good to all. His tender mercies are over all his works.

Keep my commandments and live! Guard my teaching as the apple of your eye.

He who has a generous eye will be blessed; for he shares his food with the poor.

Where there is no revelation, the people cast off restraint; but one who keeps the law is blessed.

Come, my people, enter into your rooms, and shut your doors behind you. Hide yourself for a little moment, until the indignation is past.

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

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

How then will they call on him in whom they have not believed? How will they believe in him whom they have not heard? How will they hear without a preacher?

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.

Remember this: he who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly. He who sows bountifully will also reap bountifully.

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

And be kind to one another, tender hearted, forgiving each other, just as God also in Christ forgave you.

because of the hope which is laid up for you in the heavens, of which you heard before in the word of the truth of the Good News

Be careful that you don’t let anyone rob you through his philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the elements of the world, and not after Christ.

These things indeed appear like wisdom in self-imposed worship, humility, and severity to the body; but aren’t of any value against the indulgence of the flesh.

For this cause I also suffer these things. Yet I am not ashamed, for I know him whom I have believed, and I am persuaded that he is able to guard that which I have committed to him against that day.

looking for the blessed hope and appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ,

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

Count it all joy, my brothers, when you fall into various temptations,

to an incorruptible and undefiled inheritance that doesn’t fade away, reserved in Heaven for you,

Wherein you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while, if need be, you have been grieved in various trials,

But because you are partakers of Christ’s sufferings, rejoice, that at the revelation of his glory you also may rejoice with exceeding joy.

When the chief Shepherd is revealed, you will receive the crown of glory that doesn’t fade away.

I am coming quickly! Hold firmly that which you have, so that no one takes your crown.

He who testifies these things says, “Yes, I come quickly.” Amen! Yes, come, Lord Jesus.

After these things Yahweh’s word came to Abram in a vision, saying, “Don’t be afraid, Abram. I am your shield, your exceedingly great reward.”

Ruth said, “Don’t urge me to leave you, and to return from following you, for where you go, I will go; and where you stay, I will stay. Your people will be my people, and your God my God.

Be merciful to me, God, for man wants to swallow me up. All day long, he attacks and oppresses me.

Tell the righteous “Good!” For they shall eat the fruit of their deeds.

For Yahweh of Armies says: ‘For honor he has sent me to the nations which plundered you; for he who touches you touches the apple of his eye.

Therefore Yahweh has rewarded me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in his eyesight.

“Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets, and stones those who are sent to her! How often I would have gathered your children together, even as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, and you would not!

“Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to her! How often I wanted to gather your children together, like a hen gathers her own brood under her wings, and you refused!

Eli blessed Elkanah and his wife, and said, “May Yahweh give you offspring from this woman for the petition which was asked of Yahweh.” Then they went to their own home.

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

so that men shall say, “Most certainly there is a reward for the righteous. Most certainly there is a God who judges the earth.”

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

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

Where has your beloved gone, you fairest among women? Where has your beloved turned, that we may seek him with you?

Ah, the land of the rustling of wings, which is beyond the rivers of Ethiopia;

But to you who fear my name shall the sun of righteousness arise with healing in its wings. You will go out, and leap like calves of the stall.

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.

But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, expecting nothing back; and your reward will be great, and you will be children of the Most High; for he is kind toward the unthankful and evil.

Let no one rob you of your prize by self-abasement and worshiping of the angels, dwelling in the things which he has not seen, vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind,

knowing that from the Lord you will receive the reward of the inheritance; for you serve the Lord Christ.

Now she who is a widow indeed and desolate, has her hope set on God, and continues in petitions and prayers night and day.

(the Lord grant to him to find the Lord’s mercy in that day); and in how many things he served at Ephesus, you know very well.

From now on, the crown of righteousness is stored up for me, which the Lord, the righteous judge, will give to me on that day; and not to me only, but also to all those who have loved his appearing.

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.

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.

considering the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures of Egypt; for he looked to the reward.

Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their labor.