Honor the LORD with your substance, and with the first fruits of all your increase:
The LORD also will be a refuge for the oppressed, a refuge in times of trouble. And they that know your name will put their trust in you: for you, LORD, have not forsaken them that seek you.
And to man he said, Behold, the fear of the LORD, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding.
But we were gentle among you, even as a nurse cherishes her children:
The LORD is my strength and my shield; my heart trusted in Him, and I am helped: therefore my heart greatly rejoices; and with my song will I praise Him.
Hebrews 11:17-19 17By faith Abraham, when he was tried, offered up Isaac: and he that had received the promises offered up his only begotten son, 18Of whom it was said, That in Isaac shall your seed be called:19Accounting that God was able to raise him up, ...
Because you have kept the word of my patience, I also will keep you from the hour of temptation, which shall come on all the world, to try them that dwell on the earth.
So that we ourselves glory in you in the churches of God for your patience and faith in all your persecutions and tribulations that you endure:
