Scriptures for Solace

The end of the matter; all has been heard. Fear God and keep his commandments, for this is the whole duty of man. ‭‭Ecclesiastes‬ ‭12‬:‭13‬‬ ‭ESV‬‬

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7 Be still before the LORD and wait patiently for him; fret not yourself over the one who prospers in his way, over the man who carries out evil devices!

-Psalm 37:7

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1 God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.

‭‭-Psalm‬ ‭46‬:‭1‬ ‭ESV‬‬

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7 The law of the Lord is perfect, reviving the soul; the testimony of the Lord is sure, making wise the simple;

8 the precepts of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart; the commandment of the Lord is pure, enlightening the eyes;

9 the fear of the Lord is clean, enduring forever; the rules of the Lord are true, and righteous altogether.

10 More to be desired are they than gold, even much fine gold; sweeter also than honey and drippings of the honeycomb.

-‭‭Psalm‬ ‭19‬:‭7‬-‭10‬ ‭ESV‬‬

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7 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge; fools despise wisdom and instruction.

‭‭-Proverbs‬ ‭1‬:‭7‬ ‭ESV‬‬

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8 Whoever makes a practice of sinning is of the devil, for the devil has been sinning from the beginning. The reason the Son of God appeared was to destroy the works of the devil.

9 No one born of God makes a practice of sinning, for God’s seed abides in him; and he cannot keep on sinning, because he has been born of God.

10 By this it is evident who are the children of God, and who are the children of the devil: whoever does not practice righteousness is not of God, nor is the one who does not love his brother.

-‭‭1 John‬ ‭3‬:‭8‬-‭10‬ ‭ESV‬‬

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2 Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.

-‭‭Romans‬ ‭12‬:‭2‬ ‭ESV‬‬

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8 This Book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do according to all that is written in it. For then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have good success.

-Joshua‬ ‭1‬‬:‭8‬ ‭ESV‬‬

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22 The blessing of the Lord makes rich, and he adds no sorrow with it.

‭‭-Proverbs‬ ‭10‬:‭22‬ ‭ESV‬‬

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26 For if we go on sinning deliberately after receiving the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins,

27 but a fearful expectation of judgment, and a fury of fire that will consume the adversaries.

28 Anyone who has set aside the law of Moses dies without mercy on the evidence of two or three witnesses.

29 How much worse punishment, do you think, will be deserved by the one who has trampled underfoot the Son of God, and has profaned the blood of the covenant by which he was sanctified, and has outraged the Spirit of grace? 30 For we know him who said, “Vengeance is mine; I will repay.” And again, “The Lord will judge his people.”

31 It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.”

‭‭-Hebrews‬ ‭10‬:‭26‬-‭31‬ ‭ESV‬‬

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8 The grass withers, the flower fades, but the word of our God will stand forever.

-‭‭Isaiah‬ ‭40‬:‭8‬ ‭ESV‬‬

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27 The fear of the Lord prolongs life, but the years of the wicked will be short.

‭‭-Proverbs‬ ‭10‬:‭27‬ ‭ESV‬‬

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8 Oh, taste and see that the Lord is good! Blessed is the man who takes refuge in him!

‭‭-Psalm‬ ‭34‬:‭8‬ ‭ESV‬‬

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13 The end of the matter; all has been heard. Fear God and keep his commandments, for this is the whole duty of man.

14 For God will bring every deed into judgment, with every secret thing, whether good or evil.

‭‭-Ecclesiastes‬ ‭12‬:‭13‬-‭14‬ ‭ESV‬‬

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1 Remember also your Creator in the days of your youth, before the evil days come and the years draw near of which you will say, “I have no pleasure in them”

-‭‭Ecclesiastes‬ ‭12‬:‭1‬ ‭ESV‬‬

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1 In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.

2 The earth was without form and void, and darkness was over the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters.

‭‭-Genesis‬ ‭1‬:‭1‬-‭2‬ ‭ESV‬‬

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8 Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy.

9 Six days you shall labor, and do all your work,

10 but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the Lord your God. On it you shall not do any work, you, or your son, or your daughter, your male servant, or your female servant, or your livestock, or the sojourner who is within your gates.

11 For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested on the seventh day. Therefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and made it holy.

‭‭-Exodus‬ ‭20‬:‭8‬-‭11‬ ‭ESV‬‬

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4 Everyone who makes a practice of sinning also practices lawlessness; sin is lawlessness.

5 You know that he appeared in order to take away sins, and in him there is no sin.

6 No one who abides in him keeps on sinning; no one who keeps on sinning has either seen him or known him.

7 Little children, let no one deceive you. Whoever practices righteousness is righteous, as he is righteous.

8 Whoever makes a practice of sinning is of the devil, for the devil has been sinning from the beginning. The reason the Son of God appeared was to destroy the works of the devil.

9 No one born of God makes a practice of sinning, for God’s seed abides in him; and he cannot keep on sinning, because he has been born of God.

10 By this it is evident who are the children of God, and who are the children of the devil: whoever does not practice righteousness is not of God, nor is the one who does not love his brother.

-‭‭1 John‬ ‭3‬:‭4‬-‭10‬ ‭ESV‬‬