Psalm 37:25
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25 I have been young and now am old,
yet I have not seen the righteous forsaken
or their children begging bread.(A)
Hebrews 13:5
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5 Keep your lives free from the love of money, and be content with what you have, for he himself has said, “I will never leave you or forsake you.”(A)
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Psalm 25:13
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13 They will abide in prosperity,
and their children shall possess the land.(A)
Psalm 112:2
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2 Their descendants will be mighty in the land;
the generation of the upright will be blessed.(A)
2 Corinthians 4:9
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9 persecuted but not forsaken, struck down but not destroyed,
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Psalm 37:28
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28 For the Lord loves justice;
he will not forsake his faithful ones.
The righteous shall be kept safe forever,
but the children of the wicked shall be cut off.(A)
1 Samuel 12:22
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22 For the Lord will not cast away his people, for his great name’s sake, because it has pleased the Lord to make you a people for himself.(A)
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Psalm 94:14
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14 For the Lord will not forsake his people;
he will not abandon his heritage;(A)
Hebrews 12:5-6
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5 And you have forgotten the exhortation that addresses you as children—
“My child, do not regard lightly the discipline of the Lord
or lose heart when you are punished by him,(A)
6 for the Lord disciplines those whom he loves
and chastises every child whom he accepts.”(B)
Proverbs 13:22
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22 The good leave an inheritance to their children’s children,
but the sinner’s wealth is laid up for the righteous.(A)
Joshua 1:5
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5 No one shall be able to stand against you all the days of your life. As I was with Moses, so I will be with you; I will not fail you or forsake you.(A)
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Luke 1:53-55
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53 he has filled the hungry with good things
and sent the rich away empty.(A)
54 He has come to the aid of his child Israel,
in remembrance of his mercy,(B)
55 according to the promise he made to our ancestors,
to Abraham and to his descendants forever.”(C)
Genesis 17:7
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7 I will establish my covenant between me and you and your offspring after you throughout their generations, for an everlasting covenant, to be God to you and to your offspring after you.(A)
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Psalm 71:18
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18 So even to old age and gray hairs,
O God, do not forsake me,
until I proclaim your might
to all the generations to come.[a]
Your power(A)
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- 71.18 Gk Compare Syr: Heb to a generation, to all who come
Acts 21:16
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16 Some of the disciples from Caesarea also came along and brought us to the house of Mnason of Cyprus, an early disciple, with whom we were to stay.(A)
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Psalm 71:9
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9 Do not cast me off in the time of old age;
do not forsake me when my strength is spent.(A)
Job 32:6-7
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6 Elihu son of Barachel the Buzite answered:
“I am young in years,
and you are aged;
therefore I was timid and afraid
to declare my opinion to you.(A)
7 I said, ‘Let days speak
and many years teach wisdom.’
Job 15:23
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23 They wander abroad for bread, saying, ‘Where is it?’
They know that a day of darkness is ready at hand;(A)
Philemon 8-9
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Paul’s Plea for Onesimus
8 For this reason, though I am more than bold enough in Christ to command you to do the right thing, 9 yet I would rather appeal to you on the basis of love—and I, Paul, do this as an old man and now also as a prisoner of Christ Jesus.[a]
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- 9 Or as an ambassador of Christ Jesus, and now also his prisoner
Isaiah 13:16
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16 Their infants will be dashed to pieces
before their eyes;
their houses will be plundered
and their wives raped.(A)
Psalm 109:10
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10 May his children wander about and beg;
may they be driven out of[a] the ruins they inhabit.
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- 109.10 Gk: Heb may they seek
Psalm 59:15
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15 They roam about for food
and growl if they do not get their fill.
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