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What, then, shall we say in response to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?

 Humble yourselves, therefore, under God’s mighty hand, that he may lift you up in due time.

For everyone who asks receives; the one who seeks finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened.

In peace I will lie down and sleep,
    for you alone, Lord,
    make me dwell in safety.

Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus,

The Lord is my light and my salvation—
    whom shall I fear?
The Lord is the stronghold of my life—
    of whom shall I be afraid?

They are from the world; therefore they speak from the world, and the world listens to them.

“I the Lord search the heart
    and examine the mind,
to reward each person according to their conduct,
    according to what their deeds deserve.”

Blessed is the one who does not walk in step with the wicked or stand in the way that sinners take or sit in the company of mockers,

 If you declare with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.

God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.

However, if you suffer as a Christian, do not be ashamed, but praise God that you bear that name.

For everyone who asks receives; the one who seeks finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened.

He has shown you, O mortal, what is good.
    And what does the Lord require of you?
To act justly and to love mercy
    and to walk humbly with your God.

But the Lord is faithful, and he will strengthen you and protect you from the evil one.

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

The mind governed by the flesh is death, but the mind governed by the Spirit is life and peace.

Make every effort to live in peace with everyone and to be holy; without holiness no one will see the Lord.

I can do all this through him who gives me strength.

The Lord says:

"These people come near to me with their mouth
    and honor me with their lips,
    but their hearts are far from me.
Their worship of me
    is based on merely human rules they have been taught."