You will make known to me the path of life

Multitudes who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake: some to everlasting life, others to shame and everlasting contempt. Tose who are wise will shine like the brightness of the heavens, and those who lead many to righteousness, like the stars for ever and ever.

Daniel 12:2,3 NIV


Therefore my heart is glad
and my glory rejoices;
My flesh also will dwell securely.

For You will not abandon my soul to Sheol;
Nor will You allow Your Holy One to undergo decay.

You will make known to me the path of life;
In Your presence is fullness of joy;
In Your right hand there are pleasures forever.

Psalm 16:9-11 NASB


Thy dead shall live, their bodies shall rise.
O dwellers in the dust, awake and sing for joy!
For thy dew is a dew of light, and on the land
of the shades thou wilt let it fall.

Come, my people, enter your chambers,
and shut your doors behind you;
hide yourselves for a little while
until the wrath is past.

For behold, the LORD is coming forth
out of his place to punish the inhabitants
of the earth for their iniquity,
and the earth will disclose
the blood shed upon her,
and will no more cover her slain.

Isaiah 26:19-21 RSV

He will be our guide

The steps of a good man are ordered by the LORD: and he delighteth in his way. Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down: for the LORD upholdeth him with his hand.

Psalm 37:23,24 KJV


He will be our guide, even unto death.

Psalm 48:14 KJV


I am always with you; you hold me by my right hand. You guide me with your counsel, and afterward you will take me into glory.

Psalm 73:23,24 NIV


Trust in the LORD with all your heart And do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge Him, And He will make your paths straight.

Proverbs 3:5,6 NASB


The righteousness of the blameless keeps his way straight, but the wicked falls by his own wickedness.

Proverbs 11:5 RSV

My Savior and my God

Looking for that blessed hope,
and the glorious appearing of
the great God and
our Saviour Jesus Christ...

Titus 2:13 KJV


Why are you downcast, O my soul?
Why so disturbed within me?
Put your hope in God,
for I will yet praise him,
my Savior and my God.

Psalms 42:11 NIV


Thou shalt also suck the milk of the Gentiles, and shalt suck the breast of kings: and thou shalt know that I the LORD am thy Saviour and thy Redeemer, the mighty One of Jacob.

Isaiah 60:16 KJV


Though the fig tree do not blossom, nor fruit be on the vines, the produce of the olive fail and the fields yield no food, the flock be cut off from the fold and there be no herd in the stalls, yet I will rejoice in the LORD, I will joy in the God of my salvation.

Habakkuk 3:17,18 RSV 

The LORD lives!

The LORD lives!
Praise be to my Rock!
Exalted be God my Savior!

Psalm 18:46 NIV


And I will feed them that oppress thee with their own flesh; and they shall be drunken with their own blood, as with sweet wine: and all flesh shall know that I the LORD am thy Saviour and thy Redeemer, the mighty One of Jacob.

Isaiah 49:26 KJV


Of this man's seed hath God according to his promise raised unto Israel a Saviour, Jesus:

Acts 13:23 RSV


He shall receive a blessing from the LORD
And righteousness from the God of his salvation.

Psalms 24:5 NASB 

God Will Send a Saviour

Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ;

Titus 2:13 KJV


And it shall be for a sign and for a witness unto the LORD of hosts in the land of Egypt: for they shall cry unto the LORD because of the oppressors, and he shall send them a saviour, and a great one, and he shall deliver them.

Isaiah 19:20 KJV


Declare and present your case;
let them take counsel together!
Who told this long ago?
Who declared it of old?
Was it not I, the LORD?
And there is no other god besides me,
a righteous God and a Savior;
there is none besides me.

Isaiah 45:21 RSV


I, even I, am the LORD,
And there is no savior besides Me.

Isaiah 43:11 NASB

Not lacking in any gift

I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; no one can snatch them out of my hand. My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all [4]; no one can snatch them out of my Father's hand.

John 10:28,29 NIV


But the Lord is faithful, who shall stablish you, and keep you from evil.

2 Thessalonians 3:3 KJV


But it is God who establishes us with you in Christ, and has commissioned us.

2 Corinthians 1:21 RSV


You are not lacking in any gift, awaiting eagerly the revelation of our Lord Jesus Christ, who will also confirm you to the end, blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ. God is faithful, through whom you were called into fellowship with His Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.

1 Corinthians 1:7-9 NASB 

The path of the righteous

Nevertheless, the righteous will hold to their ways, and those with clean hands will grow stronger.

Job 17:9 NIV


They go from strength to strength,
every one of them in Zion appeareth before God.

Psalm 84:7 KJV


The righteous flourish like the palm tree,
and grow like a cedar in Lebanon.

Psalm 92:12 RSV


But the path of the righteous
is like the light of dawn,
That shines brighter and brighter
until the full day.

Proverbs 4:18 NASB 

He gives more grace

But for you who revere my name,
the sun of righteousness will rise
with healing in its wings.

And you will go out and leap
like calves released from the stall

Malachi 4:2 NIV


For whosoever hath, to him shall be given, and he shall have more abundance: but whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken away even that he hath.

Matthew 13:12 KJV


But he gives more grace; therefore it says, "God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble."

James 4:6 RSV


And the wolf will dwell with the lamb,
And the leopard will lie down with the young goat,
And the calf and the young lion
and the fatling together;
And a little boy will lead them.

Also the cow and the bear will graze,
Their young will lie down together,
And the lion will eat straw like the ox.
The nursing child will
play by the hole of the cobra,
And the weaned child will put his
hand on the viper's den.

They will not hurt or destroy in all
My holy mountain,
For the earth will be full of the knowledge
of the LORD As the waters cover the sea.

Isaiah 11:6-9 NASB


God is able to make all grace abound toward you; that you, always having all sufficiency in all things, may abound to every good work!

2 Corinthians 9:8 KJV

Abide in Me, and I in you

They will come and shout for joy
on the heights of Zion;
they will rejoice
in the bounty of the LORD--
the grain, the new wine and the oil,
the young of the flocks and herds.
They will be like a well-watered garden,
and they will sorrow no more.

Jeremiah 31:12 NIV


The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree:
he shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon.

Those that be planted in the house of the LORD
shall flourish in the courts of our God.
They shall still bring forth fruit in old age;
they shall be fat and flourishing.

Psalm 92:14 KJV


Every branch in Me that does not bear fruit, He takes away; and every branch that bears fruit, He prunes it so that it may bear more fruit. You are already clean because of the word which I have spoken to you. Abide in Me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself unless it abides in the vine, so neither can you unless you abide in Me. I am the vine, you are the branches; he who abides in Me and I in him, he bears much fruit, for apart from Me you can do nothing.

John 15:2-5 NASB


God is able to make all grace abound toward you; that you, always having all sufficiency in all things, may abound to every good work!

2 Corinthians 9:8 KJV 

God is able

Add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge; and to knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience; and to patience godliness; And to godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness charity.

For if these things be in you, and abound, they make you that ye shall neither be barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.

2 Peter 1:5-8 KJV


Blessed is the man who does not walk
in the counsel of the wicked
or stand in the way of sinners
or sit in the seat of mockers.

But his delight is in the law of the LORD,
and on his law he meditates day and night.

He is like a tree planted by streams of water,
which yields its fruit in season
and whose leaf does not wither.
Whatever he does prospers.

Psalm 1:1-3 NIV


I will be like the dew to Israel;
He will blossom like the lily,
And he will take root like the cedars of Lebanon.

His shoots will sprout,
And his beauty will be like the olive tree
And his fragrance like the cedars of Lebanon.

O Ephraim, what more have I to do with idols?
It is I who answer and look after you.
I am like a luxuriant cypress;
From Me comes your fruit.

Hosea 14:5,6; 8 NASB


God is able to make all grace abound toward you; that you, always having all sufficiency in all things, may abound to every good work!

2 Corinthians 9:8 KJV

Be Strong and Very Courageous!

If you put away the sin that is in your hand and allow no evil to dwell in your tent, then you will lift up your face without shame; you will stand firm and without fear.

Job 11:14,15 NIV


My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.

2 Corinthians 12:9 KJV


I will make them strong in the LORD and they shall glory in his name," says the LORD.

Zechariah 10:12 RSV


O love the LORD, all you His godly ones!
The LORD preserves the faithful
And fully recompenses the proud doer.
Be strong and let your heart take courage,
All you who hope in the LORD.

Psalm 31:23,24 NASB 

He will save you

Proclaim the power of God,
whose majesty is over Israel,
whose power is in the skies.

You are awesome, O God,
in your sanctuary;
the God of Israel gives power
and strength to his people.
Praise be to God!

Psalm 68:34,35 NIV


In that day shall the LORD defend the inhabitants of Jerusalem; and he that is feeble among them at that day shall be as David; and the house of David shall be as God, as the angel of the LORD before them.

Zechariah 12:8 KJV


For all things are for your sakes, so that the grace which is spreading to more and more people may cause the giving of thanks to abound to the glory of God.

2 Corinthians 4:15 NASB


They will see the glory of the LORD,
The majesty of our God.

Encourage the exhausted, and strengthen the feeble.
Say to those with anxious heart,

"Take courage, fear not.
Behold, your God will come with vengeance;
The recompense of God will come,
But He will save you."

Isaiah 35:3,4 NASB

Victory over the world

Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ, who gave himself for our sins to rescue us from the present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father

Galatians 1:3,4 NIV


I have given them thy word; and the world hath hated them, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world. I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil. They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world. Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth.

John 17:14-17 KJV


For whatever is born of God overcomes the world; and this is the victory that overcomes the world, our faith. Who is it that overcomes the world but he who believes that Jesus is the Son of God?

1 John 5:4,5 RSV 

Victory over the devil

So the LORD God said to the serpent, "Because you have done this, "Cursed are you above all the livestock and all the wild animals! You will crawl on your belly and you will eat dust all the days of your life. And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and hers; he will crush your head, and you will strike his heel."

Genesis 3:14,15 NIV


But he giveth more grace. Wherefore he saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble. Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

James 4:6,7 KJV


Simon, Simon, behold, Satan has demanded permission to sift you like wheat; but I have prayed for you, that your faith may not fail; and you, when once you have turned again, strengthen your brothers.

Luke 22:31,32 NASB


I would have you wise as to what is good and guileless as to what is evil; then the God of peace will soon crush Satan under your feet. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you.

Romans 16:19,20 RSV


We proclaim Jesus, admonishing and teaching everyone with all wisdom, so that we may present everyone perfect in Christ. To this end I labor, struggling with all his energy, which so powerfully works in me.

Colossians 1:28-29 NIV 

Strength for believers & Victory over sin

We know that anyone born of God does not continue to sin; the one who was born of God keeps him safe, and the evil one cannot harm him. We know that we are children of God, and that the whole world is under the control of the evil one. We know also that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding, so that we may know him who is true. And we are in him who is true--even in his Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.

1 John 5:18-20 NIV


Behold, God is my salvation;
I will trust, and not be afraid:
for the LORD JEHOVAH
is my strength and my song;
he also is become my salvation.

Isaiah 12:2 KJV


He gives strength to the weary,
And to him who lacks might He increases power.

Though youths grow weary and tired,
And vigorous young men stumble badly,
Yet those who wait for the LORD
Will gain new strength;

They will mount up with wings like eagles,
They will run and not get tired,
They will walk and not become weary.

Isaiah 40:29-31 NASB 

Fulfill the law of the Spirit of life

"I am the true vine, and my Father is the gardener.
He cuts off every branch in me that bears no fruit,
while every branch that does bear fruit he prunes
so that it will be even more fruitful.

John 15:1,2 NIV


For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death. For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh: That the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.

Romans 8:2-4 KJV


No temptation has overtaken you that is not common to man. God is faithful, and he will not let you be tempted beyond your strength, but with the temptation will also provide the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it.

1 Corinthians 10:13 RSV

A day in your courts...

is better than a thousand elsewhere

Blessed are those you choose
and bring near to live in your courts!

We are filled with the good things
of your house, of your holy temple.

You answer us with awesome deeds of
righteousness, O God our Savior!

Psalm 65:4,5a NIV


Blessed is the people that know the joyful sound:
they shall walk, O LORD, in the light of thy countenance.

In thy name shall they rejoice all the day:
and in thy righteousness shall they be exalted.

Psalm 89:15,16 KJV


Blessed are those who dwell in thy house,
ever singing thy praise!

For a day in thy courts is better
than a thousand elsewhere.

I would rather be a doorkeeper
in the house of my God than dwell
in the tents of wickedness.

For the LORD God is a sun and shield;
he bestows favor and honor.
No good thing does the LORD withhold
from those who walk uprightly.

Psalm 84:4,10-11 RSV

Your love is better than life

I have seen you in the sanctuary
and beheld your power and your glory.

Because your love is better than life,
my lips will glorify you.

I will praise you as long as I live,
and in your name I will lift up my hands.

My soul will be satisfied
as with the richest of foods;
with singing lips my mouth will praise you.

Psalm 63:2-5 NIV


I sat down under his shadow with great delight,
and his fruit was sweet to my taste.

He brought me to the banqueting house,
and his banner over me was love.

Song of Solomon 2:3,4 KJV


The righteous man will flourish like the palm tree,
He will grow like a cedar in Lebanon.

Planted in the house of the LORD,
They will flourish in the courts of our God.

They will still yield fruit in old age;
They shall be full of sap and very green.

Psalm 92:12-14 NASB

Satisfied with His Goodness

I myself will tend my sheep
and have them lie down,
declares the Sovereign LORD.

Ezekiel 34:15 NIV


They shall be abundantly satisfied
with the fatness of thy house;
and thou shalt make them drink
of the river of thy pleasures.

For with thee is the fountain of life:
in thy light shall we see light.

Psalm 34:8,9 KJV


And He gave some as apostles, and some as prophets, and some as evangelists, and some as pastors and teachers, for the equipping of the saints for the work of service, to the building up of the body of Christ; until we all attain to the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a mature man, to the measure of the stature which belongs to the fullness of Christ.

Ephesians 4:11-13 NASB

Power over temptation...

It is good to grasp the one
and not let go of the other.

The man who fears God will avoid all extremes.
Wisdom makes one wise man more powerful
than ten rulers in a city.

Ecclesiastes 7:18,19 NIV


And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me. Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ's sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong.

2 Corinthians 12:9,10 KJV


Therefore he had to be made like his brethren in every respect, so that he might become a merciful and faithful high priest in the service of God, to make expiation for the sins of the people. For because he himself has suffered and been tempted, he is able to help those who are tempted.

Hebrews 2:17,18 RSV


You are from God, little children, and have overcome them; because greater is He who is in you than he who is in the world.

1 John 4:4 NASB



We proclaim Jesus, admonishing and teaching everyone with all wisdom, so that we may present everyone perfect in Christ. To this end I labor, struggling with all his energy, which so powerfully works in me.

Colossians 1:28-29 NIV 

Power over sin!

What a wretched man I am! Who will rescue me from this body of death? Thanks be to God--through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then, I myself in my mind am a slave to God's law, but in the sinful nature a slave to the law of sin.

Romans 7:24,25 NIV


Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin.

For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but under grace.

Romans 6:6,14 KJV


But I say, walk by the Spirit, and do not gratify the desires of the flesh.

Galatians 5:16 RSV



If you continue in My word, then you are truly disciples of Mine; and you will know the truth, and the truth will make you free.

John 8:31b,32 NASB

My people will be filled with my bounty

They will come and shout for joy on the heights of Zion;
they will rejoice in the bounty of the LORD--
the grain, the new wine and the oil,
the young of the flocks and herds.

They will be like a well-watered garden,
and they will sorrow no more.
Then maidens will dance and be glad,
young men and old as well.

I will turn their mourning into gladness;
I will give them comfort and joy instead of sorrow.
I will satisfy the priests with abundance,
and my people will be filled with my bounty,"
declares the LORD.

Jeremiah 31:12-14 NIV


And though the Lord give you the bread of adversity,
and the water of affliction,
yet shall not thy teachers
be removed into a corner any more,
but thine eyes shall see thy teachers.

Isaiah 30:20 KJV


Even those I will bring to My holy mountain
And make them joyful in My house of prayer.
Their burnt offerings and their sacrifices
will be acceptable on My altar;
For My house will be called a
house of prayer for all the peoples.

Isaiah 56:7 NASB 

Be patient until the coming of the Lord

Be patient until the coming of the Lord.

We also rejoice in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character; and character, hope. And hope does not disappoint us, because God has poured out his love into our hearts by the Holy Spirit, whom he has given us.

Romans 5:3-5 NIV


My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations; Knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience. But let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing.

James 1:2-4 KJV


Be patient, therefore, brethren, until the coming of the Lord. Behold, the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the earth, being patient over it until it receives the early and the late rain. You also be patient. Establish your hearts, for the coming of the Lord is at hand.

James 5:7,8 RSV 

All Sufficient Grace

All Sufficient Grace

Say to the captives, 'Come out,' and to those in darkness, 'Be free!' "They will feed beside the roads and find pasture on every barren hill. They will neither hunger nor thirst, nor will the desert heat or the sun beat upon them. He who has compassion on them will guide them and lead them beside springs of water.

Isaiah 49:9,10 NIV


He maketh me to lie down in green pastures;
he leadeth me beside the still waters.

Psalm 23:2 KJV


"And I will give you shepherds after my own heart,
who will feed you with knowledge and understanding."

Jeremiah 3:15 RSV


I will open rivers on the bare heights
And springs in the midst of the valleys;

I will make the wilderness a pool of water
And the dry land fountains of water.

Isaiah 41:18 NASB 

Grace to Overcome!

Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.

Romans 12:21 NIV


"I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give to the one who thirsts from the spring of the water of life without cost. He who overcomes will inherit these things, and I will be his God and he will be My son."

Revelation 21:6,7 NASB


To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the midst of the paradise of God.

Revelation 2:7 KJV


He who conquers (overcomes) shall be clad thus in white garments, and I will not blot his name out of the book of life; I will confess his name before my Father and before his angels. He who conquers, I will make him a pillar in the temple of my God; never shall he go out of it, and I will write on him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, the new Jerusalem which comes down from my God out of heaven, and my own new name.

Revelation 3:5,12 RSV 

Thanks be to God!

Jesus said, "If you hold to my teaching, you are really my disciples. Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free."

John 8:31,32 NIV


But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord.

1 Corinthians 15:57,58 KJV


Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for he who promised is faithful; Therefore do not throw away your confidence, which has a great reward. For you have need of endurance, so that you may do the will of God and receive what is promised.

Hebrews 10:23,35,56 RSV


As for you, let that abide in you which you heard from the beginning. If what you heard from the beginning abides in you, you also will abide in the Son and in the Father. Now, little children, abide in Him, so that when He appears, we may have confidence and not shrink away from Him in shame at His coming.

1 John 2:24,28 NASB 

Salvation is from The Lord

This is a trustworthy saying that deserves full acceptance (and for this we labor and strive), that we have put our hope in the living God, who is the Savior of all men, and especially of those who believe. 

1 Timothy 4:9,10 NIV 


Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God. Nicodemus saith unto him, How can a man be born when he is old? can he enter the second time into his mother's womb, and be born? Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God. That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again. 

John 3:3-7 KJV 


But when the kindness of God our Savior and His love for mankind appeared, He saved us, not on the basis of deeds which we have done in righteousness, but according to His mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewing by the Holy Spirit, whom He poured out upon us richly through Jesus Christ our Savior, so that being justified by His grace we would be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life. 

Titus 3:4-7 NASB 


It is God who saved us and chose us to live a holy life. He did this not because we deserved it, but because that was his plan long before the world began--to show his love and kindness to us through Christ Jesus. 

And now he has made all of this plain to us by the coming of Christ Jesus, our Savior, who broke the power of death and showed us the way to everlasting life through the Good News. 

2 Timothy 1:9,10 NLT 

Seek the Lord!

God did this so that men would seek him and perhaps reach out for him and find him, though he is not far from each one of us. 'For in him we live and move and have our being.' 

Acts 17:27,28 NIV 


But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him. 

Hebrews 11:6 KJV 


For thus says the LORD to the house of Israel, 
"Seek Me, that you may live." 

Amos 5:4 NASB 


"Am I only a God nearby," 
declares the LORD, 
"and not a God far away? 

Can anyone hide in secret places 
so that I cannot see him?" 
declares the LORD. 

"Do not I fill heaven and earth?" 
declares the LORD. 

Jeremiah 23:23,24 NIV 

Gladness and Joy!

The ransomed of the LORD 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. 

Isaiah 51:11 NIV 


Blessed is the people that know the joyful sound: 
they shall walk, O LORD, 
in the light of thy countenance. 

In thy name shall they rejoice all the day: 
and in thy righteousness shall they be exalted. 

Psalm 89:15,16 KJV 


I will rejoice greatly in the LORD, 
My soul will exult in my God; 

For He has clothed me with garments of salvation, 
He has wrapped me with a robe of righteousness, 
As a bridegroom decks himself with a garland, 
And as a bride adorns herself with her jewels. 

For as the earth brings forth its sprouts, 
And as a garden causes the things sown in it to spring up, 
So the Lord GOD will cause righteousness 
and praise to spring up before all the nations. 

Isaiah 61:10,11 NASB 


Blow the trumpets in times of gladness, too, sounding them at your annual festivals and at the beginning of each month to rejoice over your burnt offerings and peace offerings. The trumpets will remind the LORD your God of his covenant with you. I am the LORD your God." 

Numbers 10:10 NLT 


Shout joyfully to the LORD, all the earth; 
Break forth in song, rejoice, and sing praises. 

Sing to the LORD with the harp, 
With the harp and the sound of a psalm, 

With trumpets and the sound of a horn; 
Shout joyfully before the LORD, the King. 

Psalm 98:4-6 NKJV 

Honesty

The LORD abhors dishonest scales, 
but accurate weights are his delight. 

Proverbs 11:1 NIV 


Are there yet the treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked, and the scant measure that is abominable? Shall I count them pure with the wicked balances, and with the bag of deceitful weights? For the rich men thereof are full of violence, and the inhabitants thereof have spoken lies, and their tongue is deceitful in their mouth. 

Micah 6:10-12 KJV 


He who walks righteously and speaks with sincerity, 
He who rejects unjust gain 
And shakes his hands so that they hold no bribe; 

He who stops his ears from hearing about bloodshed 
And shuts his eyes from looking upon evil; 

He will dwell on the heights, 
His refuge will be the impregnable rock; 
His bread will be given him, 
His water will be sure. 

Isaiah 33:15,16 NASB 


So now, come back to your God! Act on the principles of love and justice, and always live in confident dependence on your God. 

But no, the people are like crafty merchants selling from dishonest scales - they love to cheat. 

Hosea 12:6,7 NLT

Messiah would be the Son of David

For Unto Us A Child Is Born... 

Prophecy Fulfilled in the Person of Jesus of Nazareth 


Messiah - of the house and lineage of David. 

Prophecy: 

"Of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no end, upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to order it, and to establish it with judgment and with justice from henceforth even for ever. The zeal of the Lord of hosts will perform this." 

Isaiah 9:7 


Fulfillment: 

"THE book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham." 

Matthew 1:1 


He is our righteousness 

Prophecy: 

"Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that I will raise unto David a righteous Branch, and a King shall reign and prosper, and shall execute judgment and justice in the earth. 

In his days Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell safely: and this is his name whereby he shall be called, THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS." 

Jeremiah 23:5-6 


Fulfillment: 

"Now then we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God did beseech you by us: we pray you in Christ's stead, be ye reconciled to God. For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him. 

2 Corinthians 5:20-21