I have swept away your sins like a cloud.
I have scattered your offenses like the morning mist.
Oh, return to me,
for I have paid the price to set you free.

Isaiah 44:22 (New Living Translation)

I have swept away your offenses like a cloud,
your sins like the morning mist.
Return to me,
for I have redeemed you.

Isaiah 44:22 (New International Version)

I’ve wiped the slate of all your wrongdoings.
There’s nothing left of your sins.
Come back to me, come back.
I’ve redeemed you.

Isaiah 44:22 (The Message)

Our hearts ache, but we always have joy. We are poor, but we give spiritual riches to others. We own nothing, and yet we have everything.

2 Corinthians 6:10 (New Living Translation)

Sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; poor, yet making many rich; having nothing, and yet possessing everything.

2 Corinthians 6:10 (New International Version)

Immersed in tears, yet always filled with deep joy; living on handouts, yet enriching many; having nothing, having it all.

2 Corinthians 6:10 (The Message)

For everyone has sinned; we all fall short of God’s glorious standard. Yet God, with undeserved kindness, declares that we are righteous. He did this through Christ Jesus when he freed us from the penalty for our sins.

Romans 3:23-24 (New Living Translation)

For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, and are justified freely by his grace through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus.

Romans 3:23-24 (New International Version)

Out of sheer generosity he put us in right standing with himself. A pure gift. He got us out of the mess we’re in and restored us to where he always wanted us to be. And he did it by means of Jesus Christ.

Romans 3:23-24 (The Message)

I want you woven into a tapestry of love, in touch with everything there is to know of God. Then you will have minds confident and at rest, focused on Christ, God’s great mystery.

Colossians 2:2 (The Message)

My purpose is that they may be encouraged in heart and united in love, so that they may have the full riches of complete understanding, in order that they may know the mystery of God, namely, Christ.

Colossians 2:2 (New International Version)

I want them to be encouraged and knit together by strong ties of love. I want them to have complete confidence that they understand God’s mysterious plan, which is Christ himself.

Colossians 2:2 (New Living Translation)

For we live by believing and not by seeing.

2 Corinthians 5:7 (New Living Translation)

For we walk by faith, not by sight.

2 Corinthians 5:7 (New King James Version)

It’s what we trust in but don’t yet see that keeps us going.

2 Corinthians 5:7 (The Message)

Don’t sin by letting anger control you.
Think about it overnight and remain silent.

Psalm 4:4 (New Living Translation)

In your anger do not sin;
when you are on your beds,
search your hearts and be silent.

Psalm 4:4 (New International Version)

Complain if you must, but don’t lash out.
Keep your mouth shut, and let your heart do the talking.

Psalm 4:4 (The Message)

Letting anger grow in your life can cause you to become a slave to it. Do what it takes to get the help you need to overcome it and don’t let it be your master in your life!

Even when I walk
through the darkest valley,
I will not be afraid,
for you are close beside me.
Your rod and your staff
protect and comfort me.

Psalm 23:4 (New Living Translation)

Even though I walk
through the valley of the shadow of death, [a]
I will fear no evil,
for you are with me;
your rod and your staff,
they comfort me.

Psalm 23:4 (New International Version)

Even when the way goes through
Death Valley,
I’m not afraid
when you walk at my side.
Your trusty shepherd’s crook
makes me feel secure.

Psalm 23:4 (The Message)

Words satisfy the mind as much as fruit does the stomach;
good talk is as gratifying as a good harvest.

Proverbs 18:20 (The Message)

From the fruit of his mouth a man’s stomach is filled;
with the harvest from his lips he is satisfied.

Proverbs 18:20 (New International Version)

Wise words satisfy like a good meal;
the right words bring satisfaction.

Proverbs 18:20 (New Living Translation)

So don’t worry about these things, saying, ‘What will we eat? What will we drink? What will we wear?’ These things dominate the thoughts of unbelievers, but your heavenly Father already knows all your needs.

Matthew 6:31-33 (New Living Translation)

So do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ For the pagans run after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them.

Matthew 6:31-32 (New International Version)

What I’m trying to do here is to get you to relax, to not be so preoccupied with getting, so you can respond to God’s giving. People who don’t know God and the way he works fuss over these things, but you know both God and how he works. Steep your life in God-reality, God-initiative, God-provisions.

Matthew 6:31-32 (The Message)

Once I was young, and now I am old.
Yet I have never seen the godly abandoned
or their children begging for bread.
The godly always give generous loans to others,
and their children are a blessing.

Psalm 37:25-26 (New Living Translation)

I have been young, and now am old;
Yet I have not seen the righteous forsaken,
Nor his descendants begging bread.
He is ever merciful, and lends;
And his descendants are blessed.

Psalm 37:25-26 (New King James Version)

I once was young, now I’m a graybeard—
not once have I seen an abandoned believer,
or his kids out roaming the streets.
Every day he’s out giving and lending,
his children making him proud.

Psalm 37:25-26 (The Message)