“I am sending you out like sheep among wolves. Therefore be as shrewd as snakes and as innocent as doves.” (Matt 10:16)

All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me.” (Matt. 28:18)

“But those who fail to find me harm themselves; all who hate me love death.” (Prov. 8:36)

“For the sake of Christ, then, I am content with weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and calamities. For when I am weak, then I am strong.” (2 Cor. 12:10)

"Strengthen your heart with a morsel of bread, and after that you may go…” (Judges 19:5a)

“Brandish spear and javelin against those who pursue me. Say to me, “I am your salvation.”” (Ps. 35:3)

“Suppose one of you wants to build a tower. Won’t you first sit down and estimate the cost to see if you have enough money to complete it?” (Lk. 14:28)

““Unless I see the nail marks in his hands and put my finger where the nails were, and put my hand into his side, I will not believe.” (John 20:25)

“When they came to Jesus, they saw the man who had been possessed by the legion of demons, sitting there, dressed and in his right mind; and they were afraid.” (Mk. 5:15)

“:The moon will be dismayed, the sun ashamed; for the Lord Almighty will reign on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem, and before its elders—with great glory.” (Isa 24:23)

“Impress them on your children. Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up.” (Deut 6:7)

“And this is love: that we walk in obedience to his commands. As you have heard from the beginning, his command is that you walk in love.” (2 John 1:6)

“The heart of the wise inclines to the right, but the heart of the fool to the left.” (Eccl. 10:2)

“ He will roll you up tightly like a ball

and throw you into a large country.

There you will die

and there the chariots you were so proud of

will become a disgrace to your master’s house.” (Isa. 22:18)

“Even in laughter the heart may ache,

and rejoicing may end in grief.” (Prov. 14:13)

“Go, eat your food with gladness, and drink your wine with a joyful heart…” (Eccl. 9:7)

“Jesus spoke all these things to the crowd in parables; he did not say anything to them without using a parable.” (Matt. 13:34)

“always giving thanks to God the Father for everything, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.” (Eph. 5:20)

“The ravens brought him bread and meat in the morning and bread and meat in the evening, and he drank from the brook.” (1 Kings 17:6)

“Look! The LORD is coming from his dwelling place; he comes down and treads on the heights of the earth.” (Micah 1:3)