I have been young, and now am old, yet I have not seen the righteous forsaken or his children begging for bread.
Keep your life free from love of money, and be content with what you have, for he has said, “I will never leave you nor forsake you.”
For the Lord loves justice; he will not forsake his saints. They are preserved forever, but the children of the wicked shall be cut off.
His offspring will be mighty in the land; the generation of the upright will be blessed.
His soul shall abide in well-being, and his offspring shall inherit the land.
For the Lord will not forsake his people, for his great name's sake, because it has pleased the Lord to make you a people for himself.
persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed;
For the Lord will not forsake his people; he will not abandon his heritage;
So even to old age and gray hairs, O God, do not forsake me, until I proclaim your might to another generation, your power to all those to come.
No man shall be able to stand before you all the days of your life. Just as I was with Moses, so I will be with you. I will not leave you or forsake you.
he has filled the hungry with good things, and the rich he has sent away empty. He has helped his servant Israel, in remembrance of his mercy, as he spoke to our fathers, to Abraham and to his offspring forever.”
And I will establish my covenant between me and you and your offspring after you throughout their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be God to you and to your offspring after you.
A good man leaves an inheritance to his children's children, but the sinner's wealth is laid up for the righteous.
And have you forgotten the exhortation that addresses you as sons? “My son, do not regard lightly the discipline of the Lord, nor be weary when reproved by him. For the Lord disciplines the one he loves, and chastises every son whom he receives.”
Do not cast me off in the time of old age; forsake me not when my strength is spent.
And Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite answered and said: “I am young in years, and you are aged; therefore I was timid and afraid to declare my opinion to you. I said, ‘Let days speak, and many years teach wisdom.’
Accordingly, though I am bold enough in Christ to command you to do what is required, yet for love's sake I prefer to appeal to you—I, Paul, an old man and now a prisoner also for Christ Jesus—
And some of the disciples from Caesarea went with us, bringing us to the house of Mnason of Cyprus, an early disciple, with whom we should lodge.
He wanders abroad for bread, saying, ‘Where is it?’ He knows that a day of darkness is ready at his hand;
Their infants will be dashed in pieces before their eyes; their houses will be plundered and their wives ravished.
They wander about for food and growl if they do not get their fill.
May his children wander about and beg, seeking food far from the ruins they inhabit!
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