God is our portion

Deut 32:9(The LORD’s portion is his people)

                ⁹ For the LORD’s portion is his people, Jacob his allotted inheritance.

Jer 51:19(He who is the Portion of Jacob, is the Maker of all things)

                ¹⁹ He who is the Portion of Jacob is not like these, for he is the Maker of all things,
including the people of his inheritance— the LORD Almighty is his name.

La 3:24(The LORD is my portion; therefore I will wait for him)

                ²⁴ I say to myself, “The LORD is my portion; therefore I will wait for him.”

Psalm 119:57(God is our portion)

                ⁵⁷ You are my portion, LORD; I have promised to obey your words.

Psalm 16:5(LORD alone is our portion and our cup)

                ⁵ LORD, you alone are my portion and my cup; you make my lot secure.

Psalm 73:26(God is the strength of our heart and my portion forever)

                ²⁶ My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.

Psalm 142:5(God is our refuge, our portion in the land of the living)

                ⁵ I cry to you, LORD; I say, “You are my refuge, my portion in the land of the living.”

Jer 10:16(He who is the Portion of Jacob, is the Maker of all things)

                ¹⁶ He who is the Portion of Jacob is not like these, for he is the Maker of all things,
including Israel, the people of his inheritance— the LORD Almighty is his name.

Obeying God’s precepts

Psalm 119:56, 4, and 100 (obeying God’s precepts)

                ⁵⁶ This has been my practice: I obey your precepts.

                ⁴ You have laid down precepts that are to be fully obeyed.

¹⁰⁰ I have more understanding than the elders,    for I obey your precepts.

Psalm 119:134, 168, 67 (obeying God’s precepts)

                ¹³⁴ Redeem me from human oppression, that I may obey your precepts.

                ¹⁶⁸ I obey your precepts and your statutes, for all my ways are known to you.

                ⁶⁷ Before I was afflicted I went astray, but now I obey your word.

Numbers 15:40(we will remember to obey all God’s commands)

            ⁴⁰ Then you will remember to obey all my commands and will be consecrated to your God.

Remembering God's name

Psalm 119:55(In the night, LORD, I remember your name)

                ⁵⁵ In the night, LORD, I remember your name, that I may keep your law.

Psalm 42:8(At night his song is with me— a prayer to the God of my life)

                ⁸ By day the LORD directs his love, at night his song is with me— a prayer to the God of my life.

Psalm 1:2(Blessed is he who meditates on his law day and night)

                ² but whose delight is in the law of the LORD, and who meditates on his law day and night.

Psalm 63:6(On my bed I remember you Lord)

                ⁶ On my bed I remember you; I think of you through the watches of the night.

Psalm 77:2(When I was in distress, I sought the Lord)

                ² When I was in distress, I sought the Lord; at night I stretched out untiring hands,
   and I would not be comforted.

Isa 26:9(My soul yearns for you in the night; in the morning my spirit longs for you)

                ⁹ My soul yearns for you in the night; in the morning my spirit longs for you.
When your judgments come upon the earth, the people of the world learn righteousness.

Acts 16:25(About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God)

                ²⁵ About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the other prisoners were listening to them.

May your salvation come to us according to your promise

Psalm 119:41,76,116,154,170

                ⁴¹ May your unfailing love come to me, LORD, your salvation, according to your promise;

                ⁷⁶ May your unfailing love be my comfort, according to your promise to your servant.

                ¹¹⁶ Sustain me, my God, according to your promise, and I will live; do not let my hopes be dashed.

                ¹⁵⁴ Defend my cause and redeem me; preserve my life according to your promise.

                ¹⁷⁰ May my supplication come before you;  deliver me according to your promise.

Lord takes away the disgrace we dread

Psalm 119:39, 22 (Lord takes away the disgrace we dread)

                ³⁹ Take away the disgrace I dread, for your laws are good.

                ²² Remove from me their scorn and contempt, for I keep your statutes.

Psalm 69:9(we endure scorn for God’s sake)

                ⁷ For I endure scorn for your sake, and shame covers my face. ⁸ I am a foreigner to my own family, a stranger to my own mother’s children; ⁹ for zeal for your house consumes me, and the insults of those who insult you fall on me.

Psalm 89:51(Remember, Lord, the taunts with which your enemies, LORD, have mocked, with which they have mocked every step of your anointed one.)

                ⁵⁰ Remember, Lord, how your servant has been mocked, how I bear in my heart the taunts of all the nations, ⁵¹ the taunts with which your enemies, LORD, have mocked, with which they have mocked every step of your anointed one.

Isa 25:8(The Sovereign LORD will wipe away the tears from all faces; he will remove his people’s disgrace from all the earth.)

                ⁸ he will swallow up death forever. The Sovereign LORD will wipe away the tears
   from all faces; he will remove his people’s disgrace from all the earth. The LORD has spoken.

Isa 51:7(Do not fear the reproach of mere mortals or be terrified by their insults.)

                ⁷ “Hear me, you who know what is right, you people who have taken my instruction to heart: Do not fear the reproach of mere mortals or be terrified by their insults.

Isa 54:4(“Do not be afraid; you will not be put to shame. Do not fear disgrace; you will not be humiliated.”)

                ⁴ “Do not be afraid; you will not be put to shame. Do not fear disgrace; you will not be humiliated. You will forget the shame of your youth and remember no more the reproach of your widowhood.

Being meek and humble will bring peace and prosperity

Mt 5:5(meek will inherit the earth)

                ⁵ Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth.

Psalm 37:11(meek will enjoy peace and prosperity)

                ¹¹ But the meek will inherit the land and enjoy peace and prosperity.

Number 12:3(Moses was a very humble man, more humble than anyone else on the face of the earth.)

                ³ (Now Moses was a very humble man, more humble than anyone else on the face of the earth.)

Mt 12: 18- 20(Jesus set an example for us)

                ¹⁸ “Here is my servant whom I have chosen, the one I love, in whom I delight; I will put my Spirit on him, and he will proclaim justice to the nations. ¹⁹ He will not quarrel or cry out; no one will hear his voice in the streets. ²⁰ A bruised reed he will not break, and a smoldering wick he will not snuff out,
till he has brought justice through to victory. ²¹ In his name the nations will put their hope.”

Mt 24:46(God wants us follow His footsteps till the end)

                ⁴⁶ It will be good for that servant whose master finds him doing so when he returns.

Isa 53:7(Jesus did not open his mouth when oppressed and afflicted)

                ⁷ He was oppressed and afflicted, yet he did not open his mouth; he was led like a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before its shearers is silent, so he did not open his mouth.

My soul is weary with sorrow; strengthen me according to your word.

Psalm 6:7

            ⁷ My eyes grow weak with sorrow; they fail because of all my foes.
            ⁸ Away from me, all you who do evil, for the LORD has heard my weeping.

Psalm 116:3

            ³ The cords of death entangled me, the anguish of the grave came over me;
   I was overcome by distress and sorrow. ⁴ Then I called on the name of the LORD:
   “LORD, save me!” ⁵ The LORD is gracious and righteous; our God is full of compassion.
⁶ The LORD protects the unwary; when I was brought low, he saved me.

Isa 51:11

                ¹¹ Those the LORD has rescued will return. They will enter Zion with singing; everlasting joy will crown their heads. Gladness and joy will overtake them, and sorrow and sighing will flee away.

Psalm 119:28

                ²⁸ My soul is weary with sorrow; strengthen me according to your word.

Psalm 18:1

            ¹ I love you, LORD, my strength.
 ² The LORD is my rock, my fortress and my deliverer; my God is my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.
 ³ I called to the LORD, who is worthy of praise, and I have been saved from my enemies.

Isa 40:29

                ²⁹ He gives strength to the weary and increases the power of the weak.

Isa 41:10

                ¹⁰ So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God.
I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.

meditating on God's wonders

Psalm 119:27

                ²⁷ Cause me to understand the way of your precepts, that I may meditate on your wonderful deeds.

Jos 3:5

                ⁵ Joshua told the people, “Consecrate yourselves, for tomorrow the LORD will do amazing things among you.”

Psalm 44:1

                ¹ We have heard it with our ears, O God; our ancestors have told us what you did in their days,
   in days long ago.

Psalm 105:2

                ² Sing to him, sing praise to him; tell of all his wonderful acts.

Psalm 71:16

                ¹⁶ I will come and proclaim your mighty acts, Sovereign LORD; I will proclaim your righteous deeds, yours alone.

Psalm 77:12

                ¹² I will consider all your works and meditate on all your mighty deeds.”

Psalm 145:5,12

                ⁵ They speak of the glorious splendor of your majesty— and I will meditate on your wonderful works

¹² so that all people may know of your mighty acts and the glorious splendor of your kingdom.

Psalm 107:8, 15

                ⁸ Let them give thanks to the LORD for his unfailing love and his wonderful deeds for mankind,

                ¹⁵ Let them give thanks to the LORD for his unfailing love and his wonderful deeds for mankind,

Psalm 75:1

                ¹ We praise you, God, we praise you, for your Name is near; people tell of your wonderful deeds.

Lord give us understanding so that we may keep your law

Psalm 119:34, 27, 73, 144, 169

                ³⁴ Give me understanding, so that I may keep your law and obey it with all my heart.

                ²⁷ Cause me to understand the way of your precepts that I may meditate on your wonderful deeds.

                ⁷³ Your hands made me and formed me; give me understanding to learn your commands.

                ¹⁴⁴ Your statutes are always righteous; give me understanding that I may live.

                ¹⁶⁹ May my cry come before you, LORD; give me understanding according to your word.

Job 32:8(The breath of the Almighty that gives us understanding)

                ⁸ But it is the spirit in a person, the breath of the Almighty, that gives them understanding.

Pr 2:6(The LORD gives wisdom; from his mouth come knowledge and understanding)

                ⁶ For the LORD gives wisdom; from his mouth come knowledge and understanding.

Dan 2:21(God gives wisdom to the wise and knowledge to the discerning)

                ²¹ He changes times and seasons; he deposes kings and raises up others. He gives wisdom to the wise and knowledge to the discerning.

Jas 1:5(God gives us wisdom)

            ⁵ If any of you lacks wisdom, you should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to you.

Teach me Lord

Psalm 119:33,12

                ³³ Teach me, LORD, the way of your decrees, that I may follow it to the end

                ¹² Praise be to you, LORD; teach me your decrees.

Psalm 143:8-10

                ⁸ Let the morning bring me word of your unfailing love, for I have put my trust in you.
Show me the way I should go, for to you I entrust my life.⁹ Rescue me from my enemies, LORD,
   for I hide myself in you. ¹⁰ Teach me to do your will, for you are my God; may your good Spirit
   lead me on level ground.

Ne 9:20

            ²⁰ You gave your good Spirit to instruct them. You did not withhold your manna from their mouths, and you gave them water for their thirst.

Psalm 25:4, 5

                ⁴ Show me your ways, LORD, teach me your paths.

                ⁵ Guide me in your truth and teach me, for you are God my Savior, and my hope is in you all day long.

God is with us

Mt 28:20(God is with us to the very end of the age)

            ²⁰ and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.”

Hag 1:13(Lord’s message is He is with us)

                ¹³ Then Haggai, the LORD’s messenger, gave this message of the LORD to the people: “I am with you,” declares the LORD.

Deut 31:6(The LORD your God goes with you; he will never leave you nor forsake you.)

                ⁶ Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid or terrified because of them, for the LORD your God goes with you; he will never leave you nor forsake you.”

Mt 18:20

                ²⁰ For where two or three gather in my name, there am I with them.”

1king 8:57(May the LORD our God never leave us nor forsake us.)

            ⁵⁷ May the LORD our God be with us as he was with our ancestors; may he never leave us nor forsake us.

Acts 18:10(For God is with us, and no one is going to attack and harm us)

            ¹⁰ For I am with you, and no one is going to attack and harm you, because I have many people in this city.”

Jesus is all powerful

Mt 28:18(Jesus is all powerful)

            ¹⁸ Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me.

Dan 7:13, 14(Jesus is all powerful)

                ¹³ “In my vision at night I looked, and there before me was one like a son of man,^[a] coming with the clouds of heaven. He approached the Ancient of Days and was led into his presence.

¹⁴ He was given authority, glory and sovereign power; all nations and peoples of every language worshiped him. His dominion is an everlasting dominion that will not pass away, and his kingdom is one that will never be destroyed.

Lk 10:22(All things have been committed to Jesus by my Father)

                ²² “All things have been committed to me by my Father. No one knows who the Son is except the Father, and no one knows who the Father is except the Son and those to whom the Son chooses to reveal him.”

John 3:35(The Father loves the Son and has placed everything in his hands)

            ³⁵ The Father loves the Son and has placed everything in his hands.

John 13:13(Jesus is Lord, all powerful)

            ¹³ “You call me ‘Teacher’ and ‘Lord,’ and rightly so, for that is what I am.

John 17:2(Jesus gives us eternal life)

            ² For you granted him authority over all people that he might give eternal life to all those you have given him.

1 Cor 15:27(we should make Christ in us alive)

            ²² For as in Adam all die, so in Christ all will be made alive.

Eph 1:20 -22(God placed all things under the feet of Jesus and appointed Him to be head over everything for the church)

                ²⁰ he exerted when he raised Christ from the dead and seated him at his right hand in the heavenly realms, ²¹ far above all rule and authority, power and dominion, and every name that is invoked, not only in the present age but also in the one to come. ²² And God placed all things under his feet and appointed him to be head over everything for the church,

Php 2:9, 10(God exalted Jesus to the highest place and gave him the name that is above every name)

          ⁹ Therefore God exalted him to the highest place and gave him the name that is above every name,
¹⁰ that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth,

Jesus said "whoever does the will of my Father in heaven is my brother and sister and mother"

Mt 28:10

                ¹⁰ Then Jesus said to them, “Do not be afraid. Go and tell my brothers to go to Galilee; there they will see me.”

Mt 12:50

            ⁵⁰ For whoever does the will of my Father in heaven is my brother and sister and mother.”

Mt 25:40

                ⁴⁰ “The King will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.’

Mk 3:34

                ³⁴ Then he looked at those seated in a circle around him and said, “Here are my mother and my brothers!

Jn 20:17

                ¹⁷ Jesus said, “Do not hold on to me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father. Go instead to my brothers and tell them, ‘I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.’”

Heb 2:11-13, 17

            ¹¹ Both the one who makes people holy and those who are made holy are of the same family. So Jesus is not ashamed to call them brothers and sisters. ¹² He says,
   “I will declare your name to my brothers and sisters;
   in the assembly I will sing your praises.”
 ¹³ And again,
   “I will put my trust in him.”
   And again he says,
   “Here am I, and the children God has given me.”

When Jesus was accused, he gave no answer

Mt 27:14

            ¹⁴ But Jesus made no reply, not even to a single charge—to the great amazement of the governor.

Mk 14:61

            ⁶⁰ Then the high priest stood up before them and asked Jesus, “Are you not going to answer? What is this testimony that these men are bringing against you?” ⁶¹ But Jesus remained silent and gave no answer.
   Again the high priest asked him, “Are you the Messiah, the Son of the Blessed One?”

Isa 53:7

                ⁷ He was oppressed and afflicted, yet he did not open his mouth; he was led like a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before its shearers is silent, so he did not open his mouth.

Mk 15:5

                ⁵ But Jesus still made no reply, and Pilate was amazed.

Lk 23:9

            ⁹ He plied him with many questions, but Jesus gave him no answer.

John 19:9

            ⁹ and he went back inside the palace. “Where do you come from?” he asked Jesus, but Jesus gave him no answer.

A good man brings good things out of the good stored up in him

Mt 26:55

                ⁵⁵ In that hour Jesus said to the crowd, “Am I leading a rebellion, that you have come out with swords and clubs to capture me? Every day I sat in the temple courts teaching, and you did not arrest me.

Mk 12:35

            ³⁵ A good man brings good things out of the good stored up in him, and an evil man brings evil things out of the evil stored up in him.

Lk 21:37

                ³⁷ Each day Jesus was teaching at the temple, and each evening he went out to spend the night on the hill called the Mount of Olives,

Jn 7:14, 28

                ¹⁴ Not until halfway through the festival did Jesus go up to the temple courts and begin to teach

                ²⁸ Then Jesus, still teaching in the temple courts, cried out, “Yes, you know me, and you know where I am from. I am not here on my own authority, but he who sent me is true. You do not know him,

Jn 18:20

                ²⁰ “I have spoken openly to the world,” Jesus replied. “I always taught in synagogues or at the temple, where all the Jews come together. I said nothing in secret.

Watch and pray that you will fall into temptation

Mt 26:41

            ⁴¹ “Watch and pray so that you will not fall into temptation. The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.”

Mt 6:13

                ¹³ And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.’

Jas 1:13

                ¹³ When tempted, no one should say, “God is tempting me.” For God cannot be tempted by evil, nor does he tempt anyone;

1 Cor 10:13

            ¹³ No temptation has overtaken you except what is common to mankind. And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can endure it.

Let God's will be done

Mt 26:39, 42(Jesus prayed that the Father’s will be done)

                ³⁹ Going a little farther, he fell with his face to the ground and prayed, “My Father, if it is possible, may this cup be taken from me. Yet not as I will, but as you will.”

                ⁴² He went away a second time and prayed, “My Father, if it is not possible for this cup to be taken away unless I drink it, may your will be done.”

Psalm 40:8(I desire to do your will, my God; your law is within my heart)

                ⁸ I desire to do your will, my God; your law is within my heart.”

Isa 50:5(God has opened our ears to listen to His will)

                ⁵ The Sovereign LORD has opened my ears; I have not been rebellious, I have not turned away.

Mt 6:10(God’s will be done)

                ¹⁰ your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.

John 4:34(Jesus said His food is to do Father’s will)

                ³⁴ “My food,” said Jesus, “is to do the will of him who sent me and to finish his work.

John 5:30(we should try to please God by doing His will)

            ³⁰ By myself I can do nothing; I judge only as I hear, and my judgment is just, for I seek not to please myself but him who sent me.

John 6:38(Jesus came down from heaven to do Father’s will)

            ³⁸ For I have come down from heaven not to do my will but to do the will of him who sent me.

Teach us your decrees Lord

Psalm 119:26(Teach us your decrees Lord)

                ²⁶ I gave an account of my ways and you answered me; teach me your decrees.

Psalm 25:4, 5(Guide us in your truth and teach us, for you are God our Savior)

                ⁴ Show me your ways, LORD, teach me your paths.

                ⁵ Guide me in your truth and teach me, for you are God my Savior, and my hope is in you all day long.

Psalm 27:11(Teach us your way, LORD)

                ¹¹ Teach me your way, LORD; lead me in a straight path because of my oppressors.

Psalm 86:11(Teach us your way, LORD,  that we may rely on your faithfulness)

                ¹¹ Teach me your way, LORD, that I may rely on your faithfulness; give me an undivided heart, that I may fear your name.

Job 34:32(Teach us what we cannot see)

                ³² Teach me what I cannot see; if I have done wrong, I will not do so again.’

Ex 33:13(Teach us your ways so we may know you Lord)

            ¹³ If you are pleased with me, teach me your ways so I may know you and continue to find favor with you. Remember that this nation is your people.”

God preserves our life

Psalm 119:25, 50, 107, 88, 159 (preserving our life according to God’s word)

                ²⁵ I am laid low in the dust; preserve my life according to your word.

                ⁵⁰ My comfort in my suffering is this: Your promise preserves my life.

                ¹⁰⁷ I have suffered much; preserve my life, LORD, according to your word.

                ⁸⁸ In your unfailing love preserve my life, that I may obey the statutes of your mouth.

                ¹⁵⁹ See how I love your precepts; preserve my life, LORD, in accordance with your love.

Psalm 143:11(For your name’s sake, LORD, preserve our life)

                ¹¹ For your name’s sake, LORD, preserve my life; in your righteousness, bring me out of trouble.

Psalm 41:2(The LORD protects and preserves who have regard for the weak)

                ¹ Blessed are those who have regard for the weak; the LORD delivers them in times of trouble.
² The LORD protects and preserves them— they are counted among the blessed in the land—
   he does not give them over to the desire of their foes.

Ezr 9:9(Our God has not forsaken us in our bondage)

            ⁹ Though we are slaves, our God has not forsaken us in our bondage. He has shown us kindness in the sight of the kings of Persia: He has granted us new life to rebuild the house of our God and repair its ruins, and he has given us a wall of protection in Judah and Jerusalem.

Psalm 71:20(God will restore our life)

                ²⁰ Though you have made me see troubles, many and bitter, you will restore my life again;
from the depths of the earth you will again bring me up.

Psalm 138:7(Though we walk in the midst of trouble, God preserves our life)

                ⁷ Though I walk in the midst of trouble, you preserve my life. You stretch out your hand against the anger of my foes; with your right hand you save me.

meditating on God’s Law

Psalm 119:15, 97, and 148 (meditating on God’s Law)

                ¹⁵ I meditate on your precepts and consider your ways.

                ⁹⁷ Oh, how I love your law!  I meditate on it all day long.

                ¹⁴⁸ My eyes stay open through the watches of the night that I may meditate on your promises.

Psalm 1:2(Blessed is the one, who meditates on his law day and night)

                 ² but whose delight is in the law of the LORD, and who meditates on his law day and night.

Gen 24:63(Isaac went out to the field to meditate)

                ⁶³ He went out to the field one evening to meditate, and as he looked up, he saw camels approaching.

Jos 1:8(Meditating on God’s word makes us prosperous and successful)

            ⁸ Keep this Book of the Law always on your lips; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it. Then you will be prosperous and successful.

Psalm 77:12(meditating on God’s mighty deeds)

                ¹² I will consider all your works and meditate on all your mighty deeds.”

Psalm 143:5(meditating on God’s wonderful works in our life)

                ⁵ I remember the days of long ago; I meditate on all your works and consider what your hands have done.

Psalm 145:5(meditating on God’s wonderful works in our life)

                ⁵ They speak of the glorious splendor of your majesty— and I will meditate on your wonderful works.^[

Hiding God’s word in our heart

Psalm 119:11(Hiding God’s word in our heart so that we will not sin)

                ¹¹ I have hidden your word in my heart that I might not sin against you.

Deut 6:6(God’s commandments are to be on our hearts)

            ⁶ These commandments that I give you today are to be on your hearts.

Job 22:22

                ²² Accept instruction from his mouth and lay up his words in your heart.

Isa 51:7(Taking God’s instruction to heart is right)

                ⁷ “Hear me, you who know what is right, you people who have taken my instruction to heart:
Do not fear the reproach of mere mortals or be terrified by their insults.

 Jer 31:33(we will be God’s people when we write His law in our hearts)

                ³³ “This is the covenant I will make with the people of Israel after that time,” declares the LORD.
“I will put my law in their minds and write it on their hearts. I will be their God, and they will be my people.         

Psalm 37:31(when we have God’s law in our hearts, our feet do not slip)

                ³¹ The law of their God is in their hearts; their feet do not slip.

Psalm 40:8(we desire to do your will, my God; your law is within our heart.)

                ⁸ I desire to do your will, my God; your law is within my heart.”

Pro 3:3(let Love and faithfulness be on our heart)

                ³ Let love and faithfulness never leave you; bind them around your neck,
   write them on the tablet of your heart.

God’s word keeps us on the path of purity and gives us understanding

(God’s word keeps us on the path of purity and gives us understanding)

Psalm 119:9, 65, 169

                ⁹ How can a young person stay on the path of purity? By living according to your word.

                ⁶⁵ Do good to your servant according to your word, LORD.

                ¹⁶⁹ May my cry come before you, LORD; give me understanding according to your word.

we will not be put to shame when we consider all His commands

Psalm 119:6, 46, 80 (we will not be put to shame when we consider all His commands)

                ⁶ Then I would not be put to shame when I consider all your commands.

                ⁴⁶ I will speak of your statutes before kings and will not be put to shame,

                ⁸⁰ May I wholeheartedly follow your decrees, that I may not be put to shame?

Mt 10:18(we will be a witness of God before governors and kings)

                ¹⁸ On my account you will be brought before governors and kings as witnesses to them and to the Gentiles.

Act 26:1-2(Paul was standing before King Agrippa)

            ¹ Then Agrippa said to Paul, “You have permission to speak for yourself.”
   So Paul motioned with his hand and began his defense: ² “King Agrippa, I consider myself fortunate to stand before you today as I make my defense against all the accusations of the Jews,

Blessed are those who seek God with all their heart

Psalm 119:2(Blessed are those who seek God with all their heart)

                ² Blessed are those who keep his statutes and seek him with all their heart

1 Chr 16:11(Look to the LORD and his strength; seek his face always)

                ¹¹ Look to the LORD and his strength; seek his face always.

Psalm 40:16(May all who seek God rejoice and be glad in Him)

                ¹⁶ But may all who seek you rejoice and be glad in you; may those who long for your saving help always say, “The LORD is great!”

Deut 4:29(you will find God if you seek him with all your heart and with all your soul)

            ²⁹ But if from there you seek the LORD your God, you will find him if you seek him with all your heart and with all your soul.

1 Chr 28:9(if we seek God, we will find Him)

                ⁹ “And you, my son Solomon, acknowledge the God of your father, and serve him with wholehearted devotion and with a willing mind, for the LORD searches every heart and understands every desire and every thought. If you seek him, he will be found by you; but if you forsake him, he will reject you forever.

Psalm 9:10(LORD, have never forsaken those who seek you)

                ¹⁰ Those who know your name trust in you, for you, LORD, have never forsaken those who seek you.

Blessed are those whose ways are blameless

Psalm 119:1(Blessed are those whose ways are blameless)

                ¹ Blessed are those whose ways are blameless,  who walk according to the law of the LORD.

Gen 17:1(Lord told Abram to be blameless)

                ¹ When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the LORD appeared to him and said, “I am God Almighty; walk before me faithfully and be blameless.

Deut 18:13(we must be blameless before the LORD our God)

            ¹³ You must be blameless before the LORD your God.

Pro 11:20(The LORD delights in those whose ways are blameless)

                ²⁰ The LORD detests those whose hearts are perverse, but he delights in those whose ways are blameless.

Pro 12:2, 22(Good people obtain favor from the LORD)

                ² Good people obtain favor from the LORD, but he condemns those who devise wicked schemes.

                ²² The LORD detests lying lips, but he delights in people who are trustworthy.

Pro 15:9(God loves those who pursue righteousness)

                ⁹ The LORD detests the way of the wicked, but he loves those who pursue righteousness.

Whatever we did for least, we did that for God

Mt 25:40(Whatever we did for least, we did that for God)

                ⁴⁰ “The King will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.’

Mt 10:40,42(Honoring God’s disciple will receive their reward)

                ⁴⁰ “Anyone who welcomes you welcomes me, and anyone who welcomes me welcomes the one who sent me.

            ⁴² And if anyone gives even a cup of cold water to one of these little ones who is my disciple, truly I tell you, that person will certainly not lose their reward.”

Heb 13:2(we should show hospitality to strangers)

            ² Do not forget to show hospitality to strangers, for by so doing some people have shown hospitality to angels without knowing it.

Ex 16:8(we should not be grumbling against God’s children, by doing that we do it against the LORD)

            ⁸ Moses also said, “You will know that it was the LORD when he gives you meat to eat in the evening and all the bread you want in the morning, because he has heard your grumbling against him. Who are we? You are not grumbling against us, but against the LORD.”

Mt 18:5(whoever welcomes one such child in God’s name welcomes God)

            ⁵ And whoever welcomes one such child in my name welcomes me.

Gal 4:14(we should be treating God’s disciple as an angel of God)

            ¹⁴ and even though my illness was a trial to you, you did not treat me with contempt or scorn. Instead, you welcomed me as if I were an angel of God, as if I were Christ Jesus himself.

God’s word will never pass away

Mt 24:35(God’s word will never pass away)

            ³⁵ Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away.

Mt 5:18(God’s word is accomplishing)

            ¹⁸ For truly I tell you, until heaven and earth disappear, not the smallest letter, not the least stroke of a pen, will by any means disappear from the Law until everything is accomplished.

Psalm 119:89(God’s word stands firm)

                ⁸⁹ Your word, LORD, is eternal; it stands firm in the heavens.

Isa 40:8(The word of our God endures forever)

                ⁸ The grass withers and the flowers fall, but the word of our God endures forever.”

Isa 55:11(God’s word will accomplish what it desires and achieve the purpose for which it was sent)

                ¹¹ so is my word that goes out from my mouth: It will not return to me empty,
but will accomplish what I desire and achieve the purpose for which I sent it.

Mk 13:31(God’s word will never pass away)

                ³¹ Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away.

Lk 16:17(heaven and earth may disappear, but not God’s word)

            ¹⁷ It is easier for heaven and earth to disappear than for the least stroke of a pen to drop out of the Law.

Lk 21:33(God’s word will never pass away)

            ³³ Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away.

God longs to have us under His wings

Mt 23:37(God longs to have us under His wings)

                ³⁷ “Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those sent to you, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, and you were not willing.

Psalm 57:1(my God, have mercy on me, for in you I take refuge)

                ¹ Have mercy on me, my God, have mercy on me, for in you I take refuge.
I will take refuge in the shadow of your wings until the disaster has passed.

Psalm 61:4(I long to dwell in your tent forever and take refuge in the shelter of your wings)

                ⁴ I long to dwell in your tent forever and take refuge in the shelter of your wings.

Isa 31:5(God almighty will shield us, deliver us and rescue us, like a bird hovering overhead)

                ⁵ Like birds hovering overhead, the LORD Almighty will shield Jerusalem;
he will shield it and deliver it, he will ‘pass over’ it and will rescue it.”

Ruth 2:12(May you be richly rewarded by the LORD, the God of Israel, under whose wings you have come to take refuge)

            ¹² May the LORD repay you for what you have done. May you be richly rewarded by the LORD, the God of Israel, under whose wings you have come to take refuge.”

Dt 32:10, 11 (God is protecting us like an eagle that stirs up its nest and hovers over its young)

                ¹⁰ In a desert land he found him, in a barren and howling waste. He shielded him and cared for him; he guarded him as the apple of his eye, ¹¹ like an eagle that stirs up its nest and hovers over its young, that spreads its wings to catch them and carries them aloft.