Psalm 119:105-112

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נ Nun

¹⁰⁵Your word is a lamp^(A) for my feet,
    a light^(B) on my path.
¹⁰⁶I have taken an oath^(C) and confirmed it,
    that I will follow your righteous laws.^(D)
¹⁰⁷I have suffered much;
    preserve my life,^(E) Lord, according to your word.
¹⁰⁸Accept, Lord, the willing praise of my mouth,^(F)
    and teach me your laws.^(G)
¹⁰⁹Though I constantly take my life in my hands,^(H)
    I will not forget^(I) your law.
¹¹⁰The wicked have set a snare^(J) for me,
    but I have not strayed^(K) from your precepts.
¹¹¹Your statutes are my heritage forever;
    they are the joy of my heart.^(L)
¹¹²My heart is set^(M) on keeping your decrees
    to the very end.^[a]^(N)

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Psalm 119:112 Or decrees / for their enduring reward

Proverbs 3:3-6

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³Let love and faithfulness^(A) never leave you;
    bind them around your neck,
    write them on the tablet of your heart.^(B)
⁴Then you will win favor and a good name
    in the sight of God and man.^(C)

⁵Trust in the Lord^(D) with all your heart
and lean not on your own understanding;
⁶in all your ways submit to him,
and he will make your paths^(E) straight.^[a]^(F)

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Proverbs 3:6 Or will direct your paths

Romans 8:35-39

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³⁵Who shall separate us from the love of Christ?^(A) Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword?^(B) ³⁶As it is written:

“For your sake we face death all day long;
we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.”^[a]^(C)

³⁷No, in all these things we are more than conquerors^(D) through him who loved us.^(E) ³⁸For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons,^[b] neither the present nor the future,^(F) nor any powers,^(G) ³⁹neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God^(H) that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.^(I)

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Romans 8:36 Psalm 44:22
Romans 8:38 Or nor heavenly rulers

Hebrews 12:1-3

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12 Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles. And let us run^(A) with perseverance^(B) the race marked out for us, ²fixing our eyes on Jesus,^(C) the pioneer^(D) and perfecter of faith. For the joy set before him he endured the cross,^(E) scorning its shame,^(F) and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.^(G) ³Consider him who endured such opposition from sinners, so that you will not grow weary^(H) and lose heart.