Psalm 73:28
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
28 But for me it is good to be near God;
I have made the Lord God my refuge,
to tell of all your works.(A)
Psalm 40:5
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
5 You have multiplied, O Lord my God,
your wondrous deeds and your thoughts toward us;
none can compare with you.
Were I to proclaim and tell of them,
they would be more than can be counted.(A)
James 4:8
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
8 Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.(A)
Read full chapter
Hebrews 10:19-22
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
A Call to Persevere
19 Therefore, my brothers and sisters, since we have confidence to enter the sanctuary by the blood of Jesus,(A) 20 by the new and living way that he opened for us through the curtain (that is, through his flesh),(B) 21 and since we have a great priest over the house of God,(C) 22 let us approach with a true heart in full assurance of faith, with our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water.(D)
Read full chapter
Psalm 65:4
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
4 Happy are those whom you choose and bring near
to live in your courts.
We shall be satisfied with the goodness of your house,
your holy temple.(A)
Lamentations 3:25-26
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
25 The Lord is good to those who wait for him,
to the soul that seeks him.(A)
26 It is good that one should wait quietly
for the salvation of the Lord.(B)
Psalm 118:17
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
17 I shall not die, but I shall live
and recount the deeds of the Lord.(A)
Psalm 71:24
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
24 All day long my tongue will talk of your righteous help,
for those who tried to do me harm
have been put to shame and disgraced.(A)
1 Peter 3:18
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
18 For Christ also suffered[a] for sins once for all, the righteous for the unrighteous, in order to bring you[b] to God. He was put to death in the flesh but made alive in the spirit,(A)
Read full chapter
Psalm 84:10
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
10 For a day in your courts is better
than a thousand elsewhere.
I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God
than live in the tents of wickedness.(A)
Luke 15:17-20
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
17 But when he came to his senses he said, ‘How many of my father’s hired hands have bread enough and to spare, but here I am dying of hunger! 18 I will get up and go to my father, and I will say to him, “Father, I have sinned against heaven and before you; 19 I am no longer worthy to be called your son; treat me like one of your hired hands.” ’ 20 So he set off and went to his father. But while he was still far off, his father saw him and was filled with compassion; he ran and put his arms around him and kissed him.(A)
Read full chapter
Psalm 116:7
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
7 Return, O my soul, to your rest,
for the Lord has dealt bountifully with you.(A)
Psalm 107:22
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
22 And let them offer thanksgiving sacrifices
and tell of his deeds with songs of joy.(A)
Psalm 71:17
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
17 O God, from my youth you have taught me,
and I still proclaim your wondrous deeds.(A)
Psalm 66:16
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
16 Come and hear, all you who fear God,
and I will tell what he has done for me.(A)
Psalm 14:6
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
6 You would confound the plans of the poor,
but the Lord is their refuge.(A)
New Revised Standard Version, Updated Edition. Copyright © 2021 National Council of Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide.