97 Bible Verses about Encouragement

Here are 97 Bible verses about encouragement, curated from both the Old and New Testaments of the Holy Bible, King James Version, arranged from most to least relevant.

Joshua 1:9 KJV

⁹ Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the Lord thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest.

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John 16:33 KJV

³³ These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.

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2 Timothy 1:7 KJV

⁷ For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.

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Romans 15:13 KJV

¹³ Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost.

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1 Thessalonians 5:11 KJV

¹¹ Wherefore comfort yourselves together, and edify one another, even as also ye do.

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Isaiah 40:31 KJV

³¹ But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.

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Philippians 4:13 KJV

¹³ I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.

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Psalm 31:24 KJV

²⁴ Be of good courage, and he shall strengthen your heart, all ye that hope in the Lord.

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Jeremiah 29:11 KJV

¹¹ For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the Lord, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.

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John 14:27 KJV

²⁷ Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.

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Hebrews 10:24-25 KJV

²⁴ And let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works: ²⁵ Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching.

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1 Corinthians 15:58 KJV

⁵⁸ 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.

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Romans 15:4 KJV

⁴ For whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our learning, that we through patience and comfort of the scriptures might have hope.

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1 Corinthians 16:13 KJV

¹³ Watch ye, stand fast in the faith, quit you like men, be strong.

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Matthew 11:28 KJV

²⁸ Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.

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Isaiah 43:2 KJV

² When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned; neither shall the flame kindle upon thee.

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Psalm 23:4 KJV

⁴ Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.

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Proverbs 3:5-6 KJV

⁵ Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. ⁶ In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.

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Deuteronomy 31:6 KJV

⁶ Be strong and of a good courage, fear not, nor be afraid of them: for the Lord thy God, he it is that doth go with thee; he will not fail thee, nor forsake thee.

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Ephesians 4:29 KJV

²⁹ Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers.

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Psalm 34:4 KJV

⁴ I sought the Lord, and he heard me, and delivered me from all my fears.

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Psalm 37:4 KJV

⁴ Delight thyself also in the Lord: and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart.

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Psalm 32:8 KJV

⁸ I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: I will guide thee with mine eye.

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Mark 11:24 KJV

²⁴ Therefore I say unto you, What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them.

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Psalm 28:7 KJV

⁷ The Lord is my strength and my shield; my heart trusted in him, and I am helped: therefore my heart greatly rejoiceth; and with my song will I praise him.

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Isaiah 41:10 KJV

¹⁰ Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.

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Psalm 121:1-8 KJV

¹ I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help. ² My help cometh from the Lord, which made heaven and earth. ³ He will not suffer thy foot to be moved: he that keepeth thee will not slumber. ⁴ Behold, he that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep. ⁵ The Lord is thy keeper: the Lord is thy shade upon …

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Romans 8:31 KJV

³¹ What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us?

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2 Corinthians 1:3-4 KJV

³ Blessed be God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies, and the God of all comfort; ⁴ Who comforteth us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort them which are in any trouble, by the comfort wherewith we ourselves are comforted of God.

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Romans 15:5 KJV

⁵ Now the God of patience and consolation grant you to be likeminded one toward another according to Christ Jesus:

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Romans 8:28 KJV

²⁸ And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.

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Psalm 121:1-2 KJV

¹ I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help. ² My help cometh from the Lord, which made heaven and earth.

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Deuteronomy 31:8 KJV

⁸ And the Lord, he it is that doth go before thee; he will be with thee, he will not fail thee, neither forsake thee: fear not, neither be dismayed.

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Romans 15:2 KJV

² Let every one of us please his neighbour for his good to edification.

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Psalm 55:22 KJV

²² Cast thy burden upon the Lord, and he shall sustain thee: he shall never suffer the righteous to be moved.

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Philippians 1:6 KJV

⁶ Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ:

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2 Corinthians 4:17 KJV

¹⁷ For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory;

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Psalm 90:17 KJV

¹⁷ And let the beauty of the Lord our God be upon us: and establish thou the work of our hands upon us; yea, the work of our hands establish thou it.

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2 Corinthians 4:16-18 KJV

¹⁶ For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day. ¹⁷ For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory; ¹⁸ While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen …

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Psalm 27:1 KJV

¹ The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? the Lord is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?

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Hebrews 10:25 KJV

²⁵ Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching.

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Isaiah 43:4 KJV

⁴ Since thou wast precious in my sight, thou hast been honourable, and I have loved thee: therefore will I give men for thee, and people for thy life.

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Luke 12:6-7 KJV

⁶ Are not five sparrows sold for two farthings, and not one of them is forgotten before God? ⁷ But even the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not therefore: ye are of more value than many sparrows.

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Romans 1:11-12 KJV

¹¹ For I long to see you, that I may impart unto you some spiritual gift, to the end ye may be established; ¹² That is, that I may be comforted together with you by the mutual faith both of you and me.

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Colossians 2:1-23 KJV

¹ For I would that ye knew what great conflict I have for you, and for them at Laodicea, and for as many as have not seen my face in the flesh; ² That their hearts might be comforted, being knit together in love, and unto all riches of the full assurance of understanding, to the acknowledgement of the mystery of God, and of the Father, and of Christ; ³ In whom are hid all the treasures of wisdom …

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Isaiah 12:2 KJV

² 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.

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Psalm 34:8 KJV

⁸ O taste and see that the Lord is good: blessed is the man that trusteth in him.

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Isaiah 51:12 KJV

¹² I, even I, am he that comforteth you: who art thou, that thou shouldest be afraid of a man that shall die, and of the son of man which shall be made as grass;

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Proverbs 14:23 KJV

²³ In all labour there is profit: but the talk of the lips tendeth only to penury.

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Revelation 7:16-17 KJV

¹⁶ They shall hunger no more, neither thirst any more; neither shall the sun light on them, nor any heat. ¹⁷ For the Lamb which is in the midst of the throne shall feed them, and shall lead them unto living fountains of waters: and God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes.

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1 Corinthians 10:13 KJV

¹³ There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.

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Proverbs 30:5 KJV

⁵ Every word of God is pure: he is a shield unto them that put their trust in him.

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1 Corinthians 1:3-4 KJV

³ Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ. ⁴ I thank my God always on your behalf, for the grace of God which is given you by Jesus Christ;

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1 Corinthians 4:17 KJV

¹⁷ For this cause have I sent unto you Timotheus, who is my beloved son, and faithful in the Lord, who shall bring you into remembrance of my ways which be in Christ, as I teach every where in every church.

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Hebrews 4:12 KJV

¹² For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.

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Zephaniah 3:17 KJV

¹⁷ The Lord thy God in the midst of thee is mighty; he will save, he will rejoice over thee with joy; he will rest in his love, he will joy over thee with singing.

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Philippians 4:6-7 KJV

⁶ Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God. ⁷ And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.

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Hebrews 10:2 KJV

² For then would they not have ceased to be offered? because that the worshippers once purged should have had no more conscience of sins.

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Psalm 126:5 KJV

⁵ They that sow in tears shall reap in joy.

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Psalm 16:8 KJV

⁸ I have set the Lord always before me: because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved.

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1 Corinthians 1:2 KJV

² Unto the church of God which is at Corinth, to them that are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints, with all that in every place call upon the name of Jesus Christ our Lord, both their’s and our’s:

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Psalm 31:2 KJV

² Bow down thine ear to me; deliver me speedily: be thou my strong rock, for an house of defence to save me.

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Luke 12:2 KJV

² For there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; neither hid, that shall not be known.

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Psalm 23:2 KJV

² He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters.

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Romans 8:31-32 KJV

³¹ What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us? ³² He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all things?

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Psalm 46:1 KJV

¹ God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.

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1 Corinthians 15:2 KJV

² By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain.

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1 Corinthians 1:5 KJV

⁵ That in every thing ye are enriched by him, in all utterance, and in all knowledge;

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John 14:2 KJV

² In my Father’s house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.

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Matthew 11:3 KJV

³ And said unto him, Art thou he that should come, or do we look for another?

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2 Corinthians 5:7 KJV

⁷ (For we walk by faith, not by sight:)

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Deuteronomy 31:2 KJV

² And he said unto them, I am an hundred and twenty years old this day; I can no more go out and come in: also the Lord hath said unto me, Thou shalt not go over this Jordan.

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Romans 15:3 KJV

³ For even Christ pleased not himself; but, as it is written, The reproaches of them that reproached thee fell on me.

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Hebrews 11:1 KJV

¹ Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.

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Psalm 90:3 KJV

³ Thou turnest man to destruction; and sayest, Return, ye children of men.

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Isaiah 26:3 KJV

³ Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee.

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Luke 1:37 KJV

³⁷ For with God nothing shall be impossible.

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John 3:16 KJV

¹⁶ For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

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1 Thessalonians 5:9-11 KJV

⁹ For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ, ¹⁰ Who died for us, that, whether we wake or sleep, we should live together with him. ¹¹ Wherefore comfort yourselves together, and edify one another, even as also ye do.

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Isaiah 43:2-3 KJV

² When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned; neither shall the flame kindle upon thee. ³ For I am the Lord thy God, the Holy One of Israel, thy Saviour: I gave Egypt for thy ransom, Ethiopia and Seba for thee.

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Psalm 118:14 KJV

¹⁴ The Lord is my strength and song, and is become my salvation.

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1 Peter 5:7 KJV

⁷ Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.

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Colossians 3:15 KJV

¹⁵ And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to the which also ye are called in one body; and be ye thankful.

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Hebrews 10:23 KJV

²³ Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering; (for he is faithful that promised;)

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2 Corinthians 12:9 KJV

⁹ 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.

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Psalm 32:2 KJV

² Blessed is the man unto whom the Lord imputeth not iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no guile.

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Jeremiah 29:11-14 KJV

¹¹ For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the Lord, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end. ¹² Then shall ye call upon me, and ye shall go and pray unto me, and I will hearken unto you. ¹³ And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart. ¹⁴ And I will be found of you, saith the Lord: and …

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Exodus 15:2 KJV

² The Lord is my strength and song, and he is become my salvation: he is my God, and I will prepare him an habitation; my father’s God, and I will exalt him.

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Proverbs 14:2 KJV

² He that walketh in his uprightness feareth the Lord: but he that is perverse in his ways despiseth him.

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Ezra 10:4 KJV

⁴ Arise; for this matter belongeth unto thee: we also will be with thee: be of good courage, and do it.

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Revelation 1:1 KJV

¹ The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John:

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Revelation 21:4 KJV

⁴ And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.

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2 Corinthians 12:9-10 KJV

⁹ 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. ¹⁰ 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.

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John 15:13 KJV

¹³ Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.

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2 Corinthians 4:16 KJV

¹⁶ For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day.

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Matthew 6:34 KJV

³⁴ Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.

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Colossians 3:1-25 KJV

¹ If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God. ² Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth. ³ For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God. ⁴ When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with him in glory. …

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