though he fall, he shall not be cast headlong, for the Lord upholds his hand.
for the righteous falls seven times and rises again, but the wicked stumble in times of calamity.
The Lord upholds all who are falling and raises up all who are bowed down.
When I thought, “My foot slips,” your steadfast love, O Lord, held me up.
But as for me, I will look to the Lord; I will wait for the God of my salvation; my God will hear me. Rejoice not over me, O my enemy; when I fall, I shall rise; when I sit in darkness, the Lord will be a light to me.
My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me. I give them eternal life, and they will never perish, and no one will snatch them out of my hand. My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all, and no one is able to snatch them out of the Father's hand. I and the Father are one.”
“Simon, Simon, behold, Satan demanded to have you, that he might sift you like wheat, but I have prayed for you that your faith may not fail. And when you have turned again, strengthen your brothers.”
He drew me up from the pit of destruction, out of the miry bog, and set my feet upon a rock, making my steps secure.
And Simeon blessed them and said to Mary his mother, “Behold, this child is appointed for the fall and rising of many in Israel, and for a sign that is opposed
For the arms of the wicked shall be broken, but the Lord upholds the righteous.
Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but the Lord delivers him out of them all. He keeps all his bones; not one of them is broken.
The Lord lifts up the humble; he casts the wicked to the ground.
On their hands they will bear you up, lest you strike your foot against a stone.
But Peter said, “Man, I do not know what you are talking about.” And immediately, while he was still speaking, the rooster crowed. And the Lord turned and looked at Peter. And Peter remembered the saying of the Lord, how he had said to him, “Before the rooster crows today, you will deny me three times.” And he went out and wept bitterly.
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