Psalm 63:8
New Living Translation
8 I cling to you;
your strong right hand holds me securely.
Psalm 18:35
New Living Translation
35 You have given me your shield of victory.
Your right hand supports me;
your help[a] has made me great.
Footnotes
- 18:35 Hebrew your humility; compare 2 Sam 22:36.
Isaiah 41:10
New Living Translation
10 Don’t be afraid, for I am with you.
Don’t be discouraged, for I am your God.
I will strengthen you and help you.
I will hold you up with my victorious right hand.
Isaiah 42:1
New Living Translation
The Lord’s Chosen Servant
42 “Look at my servant, whom I strengthen.
He is my chosen one, who pleases me.
I have put my Spirit upon him.
He will bring justice to the nations.
Psalm 94:18
New Living Translation
18 I cried out, “I am slipping!”
but your unfailing love, O Lord, supported me.
Psalm 73:23
New Living Translation
23 Yet I still belong to you;
you hold my right hand.
Psalm 41:12
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12 You have preserved my life because I am innocent;
you have brought me into your presence forever.
Philippians 2:12-13
New Living Translation
Shine Brightly for Christ
12 Dear friends, you always followed my instructions when I was with you. And now that I am away, it is even more important. Work hard to show the results of your salvation, obeying God with deep reverence and fear. 13 For God is working in you, giving you the desire and the power to do what pleases him.
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Matthew 11:12
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12 And from the time John the Baptist began preaching until now, the Kingdom of Heaven has been forcefully advancing,[a] and violent people are attacking it.
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- 11:12 Or the Kingdom of Heaven has suffered from violence.
Isaiah 26:9
New Living Translation
9 In the night I search for you;
in the morning[a] I earnestly seek you.
For only when you come to judge the earth
will people learn what is right.
Footnotes
- 26:9 Hebrew within me.
Psalm 73:25
New Living Translation
25 Whom have I in heaven but you?
I desire you more than anything on earth.
Psalm 37:24
New Living Translation
24 Though they stumble, they will never fall,
for the Lord holds them by the hand.
2 Chronicles 31:21
New Living Translation
21 In all that he did in the service of the Temple of God and in his efforts to follow God’s laws and commands, Hezekiah sought his God wholeheartedly. As a result, he was very successful.
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Genesis 32:26-28
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26 Then the man said, “Let me go, for the dawn is breaking!”
But Jacob said, “I will not let you go unless you bless me.”
27 “What is your name?” the man asked.
He replied, “Jacob.”
28 “Your name will no longer be Jacob,” the man told him. “From now on you will be called Israel,[a] because you have fought with God and with men and have won.”
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- 32:28 Jacob sounds like the Hebrew words for “heel” and “deceiver.” Israel means “God fights.”
Colossians 1:29
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29 That’s why I work and struggle so hard, depending on Christ’s mighty power that works within me.
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Luke 18:5-7
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5 but this woman is driving me crazy. I’m going to see that she gets justice, because she is wearing me out with her constant requests!’”
6 Then the Lord said, “Learn a lesson from this unjust judge. 7 Even he rendered a just decision in the end. So don’t you think God will surely give justice to his chosen people who cry out to him day and night? Will he keep putting them off?
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Luke 13:24
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24 “Work hard to enter the narrow door to God’s Kingdom, for many will try to enter but will fail.
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Psalm 143:6-7
New Living Translation
6 I lift my hands to you in prayer.
I thirst for you as parched land thirsts for rain. Interlude
7 Come quickly, Lord, and answer me,
for my depression deepens.
Don’t turn away from me,
or I will die.
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