The ransomed of the Lord shall come to Zion with songs, and everlasting joy upon their heads. Isa. xxxv. 10. They that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run and not be weary; and they shall walk and not faint. Isa. xl. 31. He that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved. Matt. xxiv. 13. If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you. John xv. 7. Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, The prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience. Eph. ii. 2. The God of this world hath blinded the eyes of them that believe not. 2 Cor. iv. 4. The devil having now put into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon's son, to betray him (Jesus.) John xiii. 2. He brake the bands, and was driven of the devil into the wilderness. Luke viii. 29. He that committeth sin is of the devil. 1 John iii. 8. O full of all subtilty, and all mischief, thou child of the devil, thou enemy of all righteousness. Acts xiii. 10. Threatenings against such as turn aside, or draw back. The servants of corruption; for of whom a man is overcome, of the same is he brought into bondage. 2 Peter ii. 19. O Lord, the hope of Israel, all that forsake thee shall be ashamed, and they that depart from me shall be written in the earth, because they have forsaken the Lord, the fountain of living waters. Jer. xvii. 13. The backslider in heart shall be filled with his own ways. Prov. xiv. 14. If thou forsake him, he will cast thee off for ever. 1 Chron. xxviii. 9. It is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and If ye continue in my word, then are yemy disciples indeed; and ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free. John viii. 31, 32. To them who by patient continuance in well-doing seek for glory, and honour, and immortality, eternal life. Rom. ii. 7. Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord. 1 Cor. xv. 58. Let us not be weary in well doing; for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not. Gal. vi. 9. Be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life. He that overcometh, and keepeth my works unto the end, to him will I give power over the nations. And I will give him the morning star. Rev. ii. 10, 26, 28. Him that overcometh will I make a pillar in the temple of my God, and he shall go no more out: and I will write upon him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, which is the new Jerusalem, which cometh down from heaven from God: and I will write upon him my new name. Rev. iii. 12. He that overcometh, shall inherit all things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my Rev. xxi. 7 son. Waiting for the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ: who shall also confirm you unto the end. 1 Cor. i. 7, 8. Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you, will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ. Phil. i. 6. The Lord Jesus shall be t vealed in flaming fire; taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ Who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his power. Thess. i. 7-9. Whosoever hath sinned against me, him will I blot out of my book. Exod. xxxii. 33. He that rejecteth me, and receiveth not my words, hath on that judgeth him: the word that I have spoken, the same shall judge him at the last day. The very God of peace sanctify you wholly and I pray God your whole spirit, and soul, and body, be preserved blame less unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. Faithful is John xii. 48. he that calleth you, who also will do it. 1 Thess. v. 23, 24. The Lord is faithful, who shall stablish you, and keep you from evil. 2 Thess. iii. 3. Brethren, give all diligence to make your calling and election sure; for if ye do these things, ye shall never fall: for so an entrance shall be ministered unto you abundantly into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. 2 Peter i. 10, 11. From him that hath not, even that he hath shall be take away from him. Luke xix. 2 No whoremonger, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, hath any inheritance in the kingdom of God and of Christ. Because of these things cometh th wrath of God upon the childre of disobedience. Eph. v. 5, Judah hath dealt treacherous The anointing which we have ly, and an abomination is con received of him abideth in you. mitted in Israel and in Jerus As the same anointing teacheth lem; for Judah hath profaned you of all things, and is truth, the holiness of the Lord! The that and is no lie, and even as it Lord will cut off the man hath taught you, ye shall abide doeth this. Mal. ii. 11, 12. in him. 1 John ii. 27. The Hope of the Righteous. Happy is he that hath the God of Jacob for his help, and The Hope of the Wicked. perish, whose hope shall be c The hypocrite's hope sh 2 SCRIPTURE BALANCES. 157 whose hope is in the Lord his off, and whose truth shall be a God. Psl. cxlvi. 5. The Lord is my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in him. Lam. iii. 24. We are saved by hope; but hope that is seen, is not hope; for what a man seeth, why doth he yet hope for? Rom. viii. 25. Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost. Rom. xv. 13. Your understanding being enlightened, that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints. Eph. i. 18. We give thanks to God always for you: remembering your work of faith, and labour of love, and patience of hope, in our Lord Jesus Christ. 1 Thes. i. 2, 3. The Lord Jesus Christ is our hope. 1 Tim. i. 1. Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour. Tit. ii. 13. spider's web. Job viii. 13, 14. The eyes of the wicked shall fail, their hope shall be the giving up of the ghost. Job xi. 20. The expectation of the wicked shall perish. Prov. x. 28. Having no hope, and without God in the world. Eph. ii. 12. When a wicked man dieth, his expectation shall perish; and the hope of unjust men perisheth. Prov. xi. 7. What is the hope of the wicked, when God taketh away his soul? Job xxvii. 8. The expectation of the wicked is wrath. Prov. xi, 23. There is no hope: no! for I have loved strangers, and after them will I go. Jer. ii. 25. |