However, each one of you also must love his wife as he loves himself, and the wife must respect her husband. – Ephesians 5:33 (NIV)

In the same way, you husbands must give honor to your wives. Treat your wife with understanding as you live together. She may be weaker than you are, but she is your equal partner in God’s gift of new life. Treat her as you should so your prayers will not be hindered. – I Peter 3:7 (NLT)

Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up. – Galatians 6:9 (NIV)

⁷ Do not be deceived: God cannot be mocked. A man reaps what he sows. ⁸ Whoever sows to please their flesh, from the flesh will reap destruction; whoever sows to please the Spirit, from the Spirit will reap eternal life. – Galatians 6:7-8 (NIV)

¹ Who may stay in God’s temple
or live on the holy mountain of the LORD?

² Only those who obey God and do as they should.
They speak the truth

³ and don’t spread gossip;
they treat others fairly and don’t say cruel things.

⁴ They hate worthless people,
but show respect for all who worship the LORD.
And they keep their promises, no matter what the cost.

⁵ They lend their money without charging interest,
and they don’t take bribes to hurt the innocent.

Those who do these things
will always stand firm. – Psalm 15:1-5 (CEV)

²³ This is what the LORD says:
“Let not the wise boast of their wisdom
or the strong boast of their strength
or the rich boast of their riches,
²⁴ but let the one who boasts boast about this:
that they have the understanding to know me,
that I am the LORD, who exercises kindness,
justice and righteousness on earth,
for in these I delight,”
declares the LORD. – Jeremiah 9:23-24 (NIV)

“Honor your father and mother.” This is the first commandment with a promise: – Ephesians 6:2 (WEB)

Do not be misled: “Bad company corrupts good character.” – I Corinthians 15:33 (NIV)

“Though your beginning was small, yet your latter end should greatly increase.” Job 8:7 (KJV)

“⁶ Hear my prayer, LORD; listen to my cry for mercy. ⁶ When I am in distress, I call to you, because you answer me.” – Psalm 86:6-7 (NIV)

“Consider it pure joy, my brothers, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith develops perseverance.” – James 1:2-3 (NIV)

“For his anger lasts only a moment, but his favor lasts a lifetime; weeping may remain for a night, but rejoicing comes in the morning.” – Psalm 30:5 (NIV)

“²Rescue me and deliver me in your righteousness; turn your ear to me and save me. ¹²Be not far from me, O God; come quickly, O my God, to help me.” – Psalm 71:2,12 (NIV)

“Finally, brothers, goodbye. Aim for perfection, listen to my appeal, be of one mind, live in peace. And the God of love and peace will be with you.” II Corinthians 13:11 (NIV)

“Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective.” – James 5:16 (NIV)

Psalm 109 (NIV)

¹ My God, whom I praise, do not remain silent,
² for people who are wicked and deceitful have opened their mouths against me; they have spoken against me with lying tongues.
³ With words of hatred they surround me; they attack me without cause.
⁴ In return for my friendship they accuse me, but I am a man of prayer.
⁵ They repay me evil for good, and hatred for my friendship.
⁶ Appoint someone evil to oppose my enemy; let an accuser stand at his right hand.
⁷ When he is tried, let him be found guilty, and may his prayers condemn him.
⁸ May his days be few; may another take his place of leadership.
⁹ May his children be fatherless and his wife a widow.
¹⁰ May his children be wandering beggars; may they be driven from their ruined homes.
¹¹ May a creditor seize all he has; may strangers plunder the fruits of his labor.
¹² May no one extend kindness to him or take pity on his fatherless children.
¹³ May his descendants be cut off, their names blotted out from the next generation.
¹⁴ May the iniquity of his fathers be remembered before the LORD; may the sin of his mother never be blotted out.
¹⁵ May their sins always remain before the LORD, that he may blot out their name from the earth.
¹⁶ For he never thought of doing a kindness, but hounded to death the poor and the needy and the brokenhearted.
¹⁷ He loved to pronounce a curse — may it come back on him. He found no pleasure in blessing — may it be far from him.
¹⁸ He wore cursing as his garment; it entered into his body like water, into his bones like oil.
¹⁹ May it be like a cloak wrapped about him, like a belt tied forever around him.
²⁰ May this be the LORD’s payment to my accusers, to those who speak evil of me.
²¹ But you, Sovereign LORD, help me for your name’s sake; out of the goodness of your love, deliver me.
²² For I am poor and needy, and my heart is wounded within me.
²³ I fade away like an evening shadow; I am shaken off like a locust.
²⁴ My knees give way from fasting; my body is thin and gaunt.
²⁵ I am an object of scorn to my accusers; when they see me, they shake their heads.
²⁶ Help me, LORD my God; save me according to your unfailing love.
²⁷ Let them know that it is your hand, that you, LORD, have done it.
²⁸ While they curse, may you bless; may those who attack me be put to shame, but may your servant rejoice.
²⁹ May my accusers be clothed with disgrace and wrapped in shame as in a cloak.
³⁰ With my mouth I will greatly extol the LORD; in the great throng of worshipers I will praise him.
³¹ For he stands at the right hand of the needy, to save their lives from those who would condemn them.

AMEN!

⁵ Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding;
⁶ in all your ways submit to Him, and He will make your paths straight.
⁷ Do not be wise in your own eyes; fear the LORD and shun evil.

“Make every effort to live in peace with all men and to be holy; without holiness no one will see the Lord.” – Hebrews 12:14 (NIV)

“Two people are better off than one, for they can help each other succeed. If one person falls, the other can reach out and help. But someone who falls alone is in real trouble. Likewise, two people lying close together can keep each other warm. But how can one be warm alone? A person standing alone can be attacked and defeated, but two can stand back-to-back and conquer. Three are even better, for a triple-braided cord is not easily broken.” – Eclesiastes 4:9-12 (NLT)

“But the one who endures to the end will be saved.” – Matthew 24:13 (NLT)