Hate evil and love what is good; turn your courts into true halls of justice. Perhaps even yet the Lord God of Heaven’s Armies will have mercy on the remnant of his people.

O Lord, hear me as I pray; pay attention to my groaning.

Remain in me, and I will remain in you. For a branch cannot produce fruit if it is severed from the vine, and you cannot be fruitful unless you remain in me.

I will delight in your decrees and not forget your word.

God blesses those who hunger and thirst for justice, for they will be satisfied.

Jesus told him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one can come to the Father except through me.

These were his instructions to them: “The harvest is great, but the workers are few. So pray to the Lord who is in charge of the harvest; ask him to send more workers into his fields.

We now have this light shining in our hearts, but we ourselves are like fragile clay jars containing this great treasure. This makes it clear that our great power is from God, not from ourselves.

Live wisely among those who are not believers, and make the most of every opportunity.

When he saw the crowds, he had compassion on them because they were confused and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd.

God chose things despised by the world, things counted as nothing at all, and used them to bring to nothing what the world considers important.

And let us not neglect our meeting together, as some people do, but encourage one another, especially now that the day of his return is drawing near.

"But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you. And you will be my witnesses, telling people about me everywhere—in Jerusalem, throughout Judea, in Samaria, and to the ends of the earth."

"During the forty days after he suffered and died, he appeared to the apostles from time to time, and he proved to them in many ways that he was actually alive. And he talked to them about the Kingdom of God."

"Peter replied, “Each of you must repent of your sins and turn to God, and be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins. Then you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit."

"And Peter left the courtyard, weeping bitterly."

"Don’t envy evil people or desire their company."

"Meanwhile, Peter followed him at a distance and came to the high priest’s courtyard. He went in and sat with the guards and waited to see how it would all end."

"Awake, O sleeper, rise up from the dead, and Christ will give you light."

"The wicked will go down to the grave. This is the fate of all the nations who ignore God."

ROMANS 8:34: Who then will condemn us? No one—for Christ Jesus died for us and was raised to life for us, and he is sitting in the place of honor at God’s right hand, pleading for us.

JEREMIAH 3:22: My wayward children,” says the Lord, “come back to me, and I will heal your wayward hearts

PROVERBS 14:12 There is a way that appears to be right,  but in the end it leads to death

"When Judas, who had betrayed him, realized that Jesus had been condemned to die, he was filled with remorse. So he took the thirty pieces of silver back to the leading priests and the elders" (Matthew 27:3 NLT).