No ill befalls the righteous, but the wicked are filled with trouble.
Now who is there to harm you if you are zealous for what is good?
no evil shall be allowed to befall you, no plague come near your tent.
And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose.
“You shall speak to them this word: ‘Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel, “Every jar shall be filled with wine.”’ And they will say to you, ‘Do we not indeed know that every jar will be filled with wine?’ Then you shall say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord: Behold, I will fill with drunkenness all the inhabitants of this land: the kings who sit on David's throne, the priests, the prophets, and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem. And I will dash them one against another, fathers and sons together, declares the Lord. I will not pity or spare or have compassion, that I should not destroy them.’”
therefore they shall eat the fruit of their way, and have their fill of their own devices.
Pay her back as she herself has paid back others, and repay her double for her deeds; mix a double portion for her in the cup she mixed.
whether Paul or Apollos or Cephas or the world or life or death or the present or the future—all are yours, and you are Christ's, and Christ is God's.
You will have your fill of shame instead of glory. Drink, yourself, and show your uncircumcision! The cup in the Lord's right hand will come around to you, and utter shame will come upon your glory!
The backslider in heart will be filled with the fruit of his ways, and a good man will be filled with the fruit of his ways.
For this light momentary affliction is preparing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison,
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