Promises to remember.

Peace I leave with you. My peace I give to you; not as the world gives, I give to you. Don’t let your heart be troubled, neither let it be fearful.

Jesus to his disciples on the night before his death.

You will keep whoever’s mind is steadfast in perfect peace, because he trusts in you.

Part of a song Isaiah foresees being sung in Judah.

And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your thoughts in Christ Jesus.

Paul writing to the church in Philippi.

²⁴‘The LORD bless you, and keep you. ²⁵The LORD make his face to shine on you, and be gracious to you. ²⁶The LORD lift up his face toward you, and give you peace.’

The blessing the LORD gave Aaron and his sons to speak over Israel.

The LORD will give strength to his people. The LORD will bless his people with peace.

The closing line of a psalm of David.

Haven’t I commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Don’t be afraid. Don’t be dismayed, for the LORD your God is with you wherever you go.”

The LORD to Joshua as he succeeded Moses.

Be strong and courageous. Don’t be afraid or scared of them, for the LORD your God himself is who goes with you. He will not fail you nor forsake you.”

Moses to Israel before they crossed the Jordan.

Don’t you be afraid, for I am with you. Don’t be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you. Yes, I will help you. Yes, I will uphold you with the right hand of my righteousness.

The LORD to Israel, “my servant,” through Isaiah.

⁵Be free from the love of money, content with such things as you have, for he has said, “I will in no way leave you, neither will I in any way forsake you.” ⁶So that with good courage we say, “The Lord is my helper. I will not fear. What can man do to me?”

From the closing exhortations of the letter to the Hebrews, quoting Deuteronomy and Psalm 118.

teaching them to observe all things that I commanded you. Behold, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.” Amen.

The risen Jesus to the eleven disciples in Galilee.

For I know the thoughts that I think toward you,” says the LORD, “thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you hope and a future.

Jeremiah’s letter to the exiles taken to Babylon, after seventy years.

²²It is because of the LORD’s loving kindnesses that we are not consumed, because his mercies don’t fail. ²³They are new every morning. Great is your faithfulness.

A lament over the fall of Jerusalem that turns to hope.

We know that all things work together for good for those who love God, for those who are called according to his purpose.

Paul writing to the church in Rome.

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

Paul’s blessing on the church in Rome.

He will wipe away every tear from their eyes. Death will be no more; neither will there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain any more. The first things have passed away.”

John’s vision of the new heaven and the new earth.

²⁸“Come to me, all you who labor and are heavily burdened, and I will give you rest. ²⁹Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart; and you will find rest for your souls.

Jesus speaking to the crowds.

He said, “My presence will go with you, and I will give you rest.”

The LORD’s answer to Moses in the wilderness.

In peace I will both lay myself down and sleep, for you alone, LORD, make me live in safety.

An evening psalm of David.

¹The LORD is my shepherd; I shall lack nothing. ²He makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside still waters. ³He restores my soul. He guides me in the paths of righteousness for his name’s sake.

The shepherd psalm of David.

For I have satiated the weary soul, and I have replenished every sorrowful soul.”

The LORD’s promise to Judah after the exile.

But if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach, and it will be given to him.

James writing to scattered believers facing trials.

For the LORD gives wisdom. Out of his mouth comes knowledge and understanding.

A father’s instruction to his son in Proverbs.

I will instruct you and teach you in the way which you shall go. I will counsel you with my eye on you.

A psalm of David after confession and forgiveness.

⁵Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and don’t lean on your own understanding. ⁶In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight.

A father’s instruction to his son in Proverbs.

²⁹He gives power to the weak. He increases the strength of him who has no might. ³⁰Even the youths faint and get weary, and the young men utterly fall; ³¹but those who wait for the LORD will renew their strength. They will mount up with wings like eagles. They will run, and not be weary. They will walk, and not faint.

Isaiah answering Israel’s complaint that the LORD had overlooked them.

He has said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Most gladly therefore I will rather glory in my weaknesses, that the power of Christ may rest on me.

The Lord’s answer to Paul’s prayer about his “thorn in the flesh.”

I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.

Paul, writing from imprisonment, on contentment in plenty and in need.

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

A psalm of the sons of Korah.

Don’t you be afraid, for I am with you. Don’t be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you. Yes, I will help you. Yes, I will uphold you with the right hand of my righteousness.

The LORD to Israel, “my servant,” through Isaiah.

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous to forgive us the sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

John writing to believers about walking in the light.

As far as the east is from the west, so far has he removed our transgressions from us.

A psalm of David praising the LORD’s compassion.

“Come now, and let’s reason together,” says the LORD: “Though your sins are as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow. Though they are red like crimson, they shall be as wool.

The LORD’s invitation to Judah through Isaiah.

¹⁸Who is a God like you, who pardons iniquity, and passes over the disobedience of the remnant of his heritage? He doesn’t retain his anger forever, because he delights in loving kindness. ¹⁹He will again have compassion on us. He will tread our iniquities under foot. You will cast all their sins into the depths of the sea.

The closing words of Micah’s prophecy.

They will no longer each teach his neighbor, and every man teach his brother, saying, ‘Know the LORD;’ for they will all know me, from their least to their greatest,” says the LORD, “for I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.”

The promise of a new covenant with Israel and Judah.

Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted.

Jesus at the opening of the Sermon on the Mount.

The LORD is near to those who have a broken heart, and saves those who have a crushed spirit.

A psalm of David.

³Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort, ⁴who comforts us in all our affliction, that we may be able to comfort those who are in any affliction, through the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.

Paul writing to the church in Corinth after great hardship.

As one whom his mother comforts, so I will comfort you. You will be comforted in Jerusalem.”

The LORD’s promise concerning Jerusalem.

He will wipe away every tear from their eyes. Death will be no more; neither will there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain any more. The first things have passed away.”

John’s vision of the new heaven and the new earth.

My God will supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus.

Paul thanking the Philippians for the gift they sent him.

³¹“Therefore don’t be anxious, saying, ‘What will we eat?’, ‘What will we drink?’ or, ‘With what will we be clothed?’ ³²For the Gentiles seek after all these things; for your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things. ³³But seek first God’s Kingdom and his righteousness; and all these things will be given to you as well.

Jesus in the Sermon on the Mount.

The LORD is my shepherd; I shall lack nothing.

The shepherd psalm of David.

I have been young, and now am old, yet I have not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his children begging for bread.

A psalm of David in old age.

And God is able to make all grace abound to you, that you, always having all sufficiency in everything, may abound to every good work.

Paul on the collection for the believers in Jerusalem.

⁵Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and don’t lean on your own understanding. ⁶In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight.

A father’s instruction to his son in Proverbs.

I will instruct you and teach you in the way which you shall go. I will counsel you with my eye on you.

A psalm of David after confession and forgiveness.

and when you turn to the right hand, and when you turn to the left, your ears will hear a voice behind you, saying, “This is the way. Walk in it.”

The LORD’s promise to the people of Jerusalem.

Your word is a lamp to my feet, and a light for my path.

From the long psalm in praise of God’s word.

However, when he, the Spirit of truth, has come, he will guide you into all truth, for he will not speak from himself; but whatever he hears, he will speak. He will declare to you things that are coming.

Jesus to his disciples about the Spirit of truth.

²²It is because of the LORD’s loving kindnesses that we are not consumed, because his mercies don’t fail. ²³They are new every morning. Great is your faithfulness.

A lament over the fall of Jerusalem that turns to hope.

Know therefore that the LORD your God himself is God, the faithful God, who keeps covenant and loving kindness to a thousand generations with those who love him and keep his commandments,

Moses to Israel before they entered the land.

No temptation has taken you except what is common to man. God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted above what you are able, but will with the temptation also make the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it.

Paul writing to the church in Corinth.

being confident of this very thing, that he who began a good work in you will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ.

Paul’s thanksgiving for the church in Philippi.

let’s hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering; for he who promised is faithful.

An encouragement in the letter to the Hebrews.

If we are faithless, he remains faithful; for he can’t deny himself.”

Paul writing to Timothy, quoting a trustworthy saying.