Then God said, “Let us make mankind in our image, in our likeness, so that they may rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky, over the livestock and all the wild animals, and over all the creatures that move along the ground.”

For I am the Lord your God who takes hold of your right hand and says to you, Do not fear; I will help you.

Finally, be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power.

I will be glad and rejoice in you; I will sing the praises of your name, O Most High.

May the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all.

My salvation and my honor depend on God; he is my mighty rock, my refuge.

For who is God besides the Lord? And who is the Rock except our God?

Look to the Lord and his strength; seek his face always.

Know therefore that the Lord your God is God; he is the faithful God, keeping his covenant of love to a thousand generations of those who love him and keep his commandments.

The lions may grow weak and hungry, but those who seek the Lord lack no good thing.

This is the message we have heard from him and declare to you: God is light; in him there is no darkness at all.

So God created mankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them.

And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.

“Who can hide in secret places so that I cannot see them?” declares the Lord. “Do not I fill heaven and earth?” declares the Lord.

He builds his lofty palace in the heavens and sets its foundation on the earth; he calls for the waters of the sea and pours them out over the face of the land— the Lord is his name.

Do not be deceived: God cannot be mocked. A man reaps what he sows.

But do not forget this one thing, dear friends: With the Lord a day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years are like a day.

For there is one God and one mediator between God and mankind, the man Christ Jesus.

The earth is the Lord’s, and everything in it, the world, and all who live in it.

You intended to harm me, but God intended it for good to accomplish what is now being done, the saving of many lives.

This is the word of the Lord to Zerubbabel: ‘Not by might nor by power, but by my Spirit,’ says the Lord Almighty.

Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength.

But if from there you seek the Lord your God, you will find him if you seek him with all your heart and with all your soul.

For those who find me find life and receive favor from the Lord.

For every house is built by someone, but God is the builder of everything.

Now this is eternal life: that they know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent.

Lord, you are my God; I will exalt you and praise your name, for in perfect faithfulness you have done wonderful things, things planned long ago.

All this also comes from the Lord Almighty, whose plan is wonderful, whose wisdom is magnificent.

Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love.

Jesus answered, “The work of God is this: to believe in the one he has sent.”

The one who keeps God’s commands lives in him, and he in them. And this is how we know that he lives in us: We know it by the Spirit he gave us.

And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, “Look! God’s dwelling place is now among the people, and he will dwell with them. They will be his people, and God himself will be with them and be their God. ‘He will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death’ or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away.”

For, “Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.”

This is how we know that we live in him and he in us: He has given us of his Spirit.

The name of the Lord is a fortified tower; the righteous run to it and are safe.

Honor your father and your mother, so that you may live long in the land the Lord your God is giving you.

God is faithful, who has called you into fellowship with his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.

The Lord will be king over the whole earth. On that day there will be one Lord, and his name the only name.

He says, “Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth.”

Our God is in heaven; he does whatever pleases him.

No one has ever seen God; but if we love one another, God lives in us and his love is made complete in us.

And so I will show my greatness and my holiness, and I will make myself known in the sight of many nations. Then they will know that I am the Lord.

Dear friends, since God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.

The grass withers and the flowers fall, but the word of our God endures forever.

When I am afraid, I put my trust in you.

The Almighty is beyond our reach and exalted in power; in his justice and great righteousness, he does not oppress.

There is no one holy like the Lord; there is no one besides you; there is no Rock like our God.

As the deer pants for streams of water, so my soul pants for you, my God.

You adulterous people, don’t you know that friendship with the world means enmity against God? Therefore, anyone who chooses to be a friend of the world becomes an enemy of God.

You, Lord, reign forever; your throne endures from generation to generation.