Righteous: Promises To, Expressed or Implied

After these events, the word of the LORD came to Abram in a vision: “Do not be afraid, Abram. I am your shield, your very great reward.”

I will surely bless you, and I will multiply your descendants like the stars in the sky and the sand on the seashore. Your descendants will possess the gates of their enemies.

But if you will listen carefully to his voice and do everything I say, I will be an enemy to your enemies and a foe to your foes.

Your threshing will continue until the grape harvest, and the grape harvest will continue until sowing time; you will have your fill of food to eat and will dwell securely in your land.

And I will give peace to the land, and you will lie down with nothing to fear. I will rid the land of dangerous animals, and no sword will pass through your land.

You will still be eating the old supply of grain when you need to clear it out to make room for the new.

“Now if you faithfully obey the voice of the LORD your God and are careful to follow all His commandments I am giving you today, the LORD your God will set you high above all the nations of the earth. …

The eternal God is your dwelling place, and underneath are the everlasting arms. He drives out the enemy before you, giving the command, ‘Destroy him!’

He guards the steps of His faithful ones, but the wicked perish in darkness; for by his own strength shall no man prevail.

For the eyes of the LORD roam to and fro over all the earth, to show Himself strong on behalf of those whose hearts are fully devoted to Him. You have acted foolishly in this matter. From now on, therefore, you will be at war.”

For I was ashamed to ask the king for an escort of soldiers and horsemen to protect us from our enemies on the road, since we had told him, “The hand of our God is gracious to all who seek Him, but His great anger is against all who forsake Him.”

He sets the lowly on high, so that mourners are lifted to safety. …

When your children sinned against Him, He gave them over to their rebellion. …

Behold, God does not reject the blameless, nor will He strengthen the hand of evildoers.

He will yet fill your mouth with laughter, and your lips with a shout of joy.

…then indeed you will lift up your face without blemish; you will stand firm and unafraid. …

Reconcile now and be at peace with Him; thereby good will come to you. …

He does not take His eyes off the righteous, but He enthrones them with kings and exalts them forever. …

Know that the LORD has set apart the godly for Himself; the LORD hears when I call to Him.

For surely You, O LORD, bless the righteous; You surround them with the shield of Your favor.

He who walks with integrity and practices righteousness, who speaks the truth from his heart, …

Surely goodness and mercy will follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the LORD forever.

All the LORD’s ways are loving and faithful to those who keep His covenant and His decrees. …

The LORD is the strength of His people, a stronghold of salvation for His anointed.

The LORD gives His people strength; the LORD blesses His people with peace.

Therefore let all the godly pray to You while You may be found. Surely when great waters rise, they will not come near. …

Many are the sorrows of the wicked, but loving devotion surrounds him who trusts in the LORD.

Surely the eyes of the LORD are on those who fear Him, on those whose hope is in His loving devotion

…to deliver them from death and keep them alive in famine.

Fear the LORD, you His saints, for those who fear Him lack nothing.

Young lions go lacking and hungry, but those who seek the LORD lack no good thing.

The eyes of the LORD are on the righteous, and His ears are inclined to their cry.

The righteous cry out, and the LORD hears; He delivers them from all their troubles.

Trust in the LORD and do good; dwell in the land and cultivate faithfulness. …

For the evildoers will be cut off, but those who hope in the LORD will inherit the land.

The LORD knows the days of the blameless, and their inheritance will last forever.

The steps of a man are ordered by the LORD who takes delight in his journey. …

Wait for the LORD and keep His way, and He will raise you up to inherit the land. When the wicked are cut off, you will see it.

For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. Blessed is the one who cares for the poor; the LORD will deliver him in the day of trouble.

The LORD will protect and preserve him; He will bless him in the land and refuse to give him over to the will of his foes.

Call upon Me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you will honor Me.”

Cast your burden upon the LORD and He will sustain you; He will never let the righteous be shaken.

Then men will say, “There is surely a reward for the righteous! There is surely a God who judges the earth!”

Trust in Him at all times, O people; pour out your hearts before Him. God is our refuge. Selah

Blessed is the one You choose and bring near to dwell in Your courts! We are filled with the goodness of Your house, the holiness of Your temple.

You guide me with Your counsel, and later receive me in glory.

I am the LORD your God, who brought you up out of Egypt. Open wide your mouth, and I will fill it.

For the LORD God is a sun and a shield; the LORD gives grace and glory; He withholds no good thing from those who walk with integrity.

Surely His salvation is near to those who fear Him, that His glory may dwell in our land.

He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will abide in the shadow of the Almighty.

Surely He will deliver you from the snare of the fowler, and from the deadly plague. …

Because you have made the LORD your dwelling—my refuge, the Most High— …

Unless the LORD had been my helper, I would soon have dwelt in the abode of silence.

If I say, “My foot is slipping,” Your loving devotion, O LORD, supports me.

Hate evil, O you who love the LORD! He preserves the souls of His saints; He delivers them from the hand of the wicked.

Light shines on the righteous, gladness on the upright in heart.

He provides food for those who fear Him; He remembers His covenant forever.

Surely he will never be shaken; the righteous man will be remembered forever.

He will not allow your foot to slip; your Protector will not slumber. …

A song of ascents. Those who trust in the LORD are like Mount Zion. It cannot be moved; it abides forever. …

A song of ascents. Blessed are all who fear the LORD, who walk in His ways! …

The LORD is near to all who call on Him, to all who call out to Him in truth. …

But whoever listens to me will dwell in safety, secure from the fear of evil.”

For the upright will inhabit the land, and the blameless will remain in it;

My son, do not forget my teaching, but let your heart keep my commandments; …

Do not fear sudden danger or the ruin that overtakes the wicked,

…for the LORD will be your confidence and will keep your foot from the snare.

The LORD does not let the righteous go hungry, but He denies the craving of the wicked.

The good man obtains favor from the LORD, but the LORD condemns a man who devises evil.

He who fears the LORD is secure in confidence, and his children shall have a place of refuge.

The LORD is far from the wicked, but He hears the prayer of the righteous.

When a man’s ways please the LORD, He makes even the man’s enemies live at peace with him.

He who pursues righteousness and loving devotion finds life, righteousness, and honor.

A greedy man stirs up strife, but he who trusts in the LORD will prosper.

The fear of man is a snare, but whoever trusts in the LORD is set securely on high.

It is good to grasp the one and not let the other slip from your hand. For he who fears God will follow both warnings.

Whoever keeps his command will come to no harm, and a wise heart knows the right time and procedure.

Then the LORD will create over all of Mount Zion and over her assemblies a cloud of smoke by day and a glowing flame of fire by night. For over all the glory there will be a canopy,

…a shelter to give shade from the heat by day, and a refuge and hiding place from the storm and the rain.

The wolf will live with the lamb, and the leopard will lie down with the goat; the calf and young lion and fatling will be together, and a little child will lead them. …

He will swallow up death forever. The Lord GOD will wipe away the tears from every face and remove the disgrace of His people from the whole earth. For the LORD has spoken.

You will keep in perfect peace the steadfast of mind, because he trusts in You.

…he will dwell on the heights; the mountain fortress will be his refuge; his food will be provided and his water assured.

But there the Majestic One, our LORD, will be for us a place of rivers and wide canals, where no galley with oars will row, and no majestic vessel will pass.

For the LORD is our Judge, the LORD is our lawgiver, the LORD is our King. It is He who will save us.

And no resident of Zion will say, “I am sick.” The people who dwell there will be forgiven of iniquity.

So the redeemed of the LORD will return and enter Zion with singing, crowned with everlasting joy. Gladness and joy will overtake them, and sorrow and sighing will flee.

Behold, the Lord GOD comes with might, and His arm establishes His rule. His reward is with Him, and His recompense accompanies Him.

He tends His flock like a shepherd; He gathers the lambs in His arms and carries them close to His heart. He gently leads the nursing ewes.

He gives power to the faint and increases the strength of the weak.

But those who wait upon the LORD will renew their strength; they will mount up with wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not faint.

Do not fear, for I am with you; do not be afraid, for I am your God. I will strengthen you; I will surely help you; I will uphold you with My righteous right hand.

Behold, all who rage against you will be ashamed and disgraced; those who contend with you will be reduced to nothing and will perish.

For I am the LORD your God, who takes hold of your right hand and tells you: Do not fear, I will help you.

When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and when you go through the rivers, they will not overwhelm you. When you walk through the fire, you will not be scorched; the flames will not set you ablaze.

This is the word of the LORD, your Maker, who formed you from the womb and who will help you: “Do not be afraid, O Jacob My servant, Jeshurun, whom I have chosen.

For I will pour water on the thirsty land, and currents on the dry ground. I will pour out My Spirit on your descendants, and My blessing on your offspring.

…to say to the prisoners, ‘Come out,’ and to those in darkness, ‘Show yourselves.’ They will feed along the pathways, and find pasture on every barren hill. …

Because the Lord GOD helps Me, I have not been disgraced; therefore I have set My face like flint, and I know that I will not be put to shame. …

So the redeemed of the LORD will return and enter Zion with singing, crowned with everlasting joy. Gladness and joy will overtake them, and sorrow and sighing will flee.

“Shout for joy, O barren woman, who bears no children; break forth in song and cry aloud, you who have never travailed; because more are the children of the desolate woman than of her who has a husband,” says the LORD. …

Blessed is the man who does this, and the son of man who holds it fast, who keeps the Sabbath without profaning it and keeps his hand from doing any evil.” …

The righteous perish, and no one takes it to heart; devout men are taken away, while no one considers that the righteous are taken away from the presence of evil.

Those who walk uprightly enter into peace; they find rest, lying down in death.

Then your light will break forth like the dawn, and your healing will come quickly. Your righteousness will go before you, and the glory of the LORD will be your rear guard. …

“The Redeemer will come to Zion, to those in Jacob who turn from transgression,” declares the LORD.

“As for Me, this is My covenant with them,” says the LORD. “My Spirit will not depart from you, and My words that I have put in your mouth will not depart from your mouth or from the mouths of your children and grandchildren, from now on and forevermore,” says the LORD.

From ancient times no one has heard, no ear has perceived, no eye has seen any God besides You, who acts on behalf of those who wait for Him.

Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: “My servants will eat, but you will go hungry; My servants will drink, but you will go thirsty; My servants will rejoice, but you will be put to shame.

My servants will shout for joy with a glad heart, but you will cry out with a heavy heart and wail with a broken spirit.

For behold, I will create new heavens and a new earth. The former things will not be remembered, nor will they come to mind. …

As a mother comforts her son, so will I comfort you, and you will be consoled over Jerusalem.”

When you see, you will rejoice, and you will flourish like grass; then the hand of the LORD will be revealed to His servants, but His wrath will be shown to His enemies.

But blessed is the man who trusts in the LORD, whose confidence is in Him.

He is like a tree planted by the waters that sends out its roots toward the stream. It does not fear when the heat comes, and its leaves are always green. It does not worry in a year of drought, nor does it cease to produce fruit.

Now suppose a man is righteous and does what is just and right: …

Yet you may ask, ‘Why shouldn’t the son bear the iniquity of his father?’ Since the son has done what is just and right, carefully observing all My statutes, he will surely live.

The soul who sins is the one who will die. A son will not bear the iniquity of his father, and a father will not bear the iniquity of his son. The righteousness of the righteous man will fall upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked man will fall upon him.

For this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Behold, I Myself will search for My flock and seek them out. …

I will save My flock, and they will no longer be prey. I will judge between one sheep and another. …

“At that time Michael, the great prince who stands watch over your people, will rise up. There will be a time of distress, the likes of which will not have occurred from the beginning of nations until that time. But at that time your people—everyone whose name is found written in the book—will be delivered. …

So let us know—let us press on to know the LORD. As surely as the sun rises, He will appear; He will come to us like the rain, like the spring showers that water the earth.

The LORD is good, a stronghold in the day of distress; He cares for those who trust in Him.

Haggai, the messenger of the LORD, delivered the message of the LORD to the people: “I am with you,” declares the LORD.

But now be strong, O Zerubbabel, declares the LORD. Be strong, O Joshua son of Jehozadak, the high priest. And be strong, all you people of the land, declares the LORD. Work! For I am with you, declares the LORD of Hosts.

This is the promise I made to you when you came out of Egypt. And My Spirit remains among you; do not be afraid.”

“This is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘If you walk in My ways and keep My instructions, then you will govern My house and will also have charge of My courts; and I will give you a place among these who are standing here.

“Then all the nations will call you blessed, for you will be a land of delight,” says the LORD of Hosts.

At that time those who feared the LORD spoke with one another, and the LORD listened and heard them. So a scroll of remembrance was written before Him regarding those who feared the LORD and honored His name. …

“But for you who fear My name, the sun of righteousness will rise with healing in its wings, and you will go out and leap like calves from the stall.

Then you will trample the wicked, for they will be ashes under the soles of your feet on the day I am preparing,” says the LORD of Hosts.

“Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. …

Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened to you.

For everyone who asks receives; he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks, the door will be opened.

I say to you that many will come from the east and the west to share the banquet with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven.

Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Instead, fear the One who can destroy both soul and body in hell. …

Then the righteous will shine like the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He who has ears, let him hear.

See that you do not look down on any of these little ones. For I tell you that their angels in heaven always see the face of My Father in heaven.

Again, I tell you truly that if two of you on the earth agree about anything you ask for, it will be done for you by My Father in heaven.

For where two or three gather together in My name, there am I with them.”

And everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or wife or children or fields for the sake of My name will receive a hundredfold and will inherit eternal life.

For at that time there will be great tribulation, unseen from the beginning of the world until now, and never to be seen again.

If those days had not been cut short, nobody would be saved. But for the sake of the elect, those days will be cut short.

His master replied, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant! You have been faithful with a few things; I will put you in charge of many things. Enter into the joy of your master!’

He will place the sheep on His right and the goats on His left.

Then the King will say to those on His right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.

And they will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.”

…and teaching them to obey all that I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, even to the end of the age.”

For whoever does the will of God is My brother and sister and mother.”

For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake and for the gospel will save it.

Indeed, if anyone gives you even a cup of water because you bear the name of Christ, truly I tell you, he will never lose his reward.

Jesus looked at him, loved him, and said to him, “There is one thing you lack: Go, sell everything you own and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow Me.”

“Truly I tell you,” Jesus replied, “no one who has left home or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or fields for My sake and for the gospel

…will fail to receive a hundredfold in the present age—houses and brothers and sisters and mothers and children and fields, along with persecutions—and in the age to come, eternal life.

“Truly I tell you that if anyone says to this mountain, ‘Be lifted up and thrown into the sea,’ and has no doubt in his heart but believes that it will happen, it will be done for him.

Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.

You will be hated by everyone because of My name, but the one who perseveres to the end will be saved.

And He will send out the angels to gather His elect from the four winds, from the ends of the earth to the ends of heaven.

His winnowing fork is in His hand to clear His threshing floor and to gather the wheat into His barn; but He will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.”

Looking up at His disciples, Jesus said: “Blessed are you who are poor, for yours is the kingdom of God. …

Nevertheless, do not rejoice that the spirits submit to you, but rejoice that your names are written in heaven.”

So I tell you: Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened to you.

For everyone who asks receives; he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks, the door will be opened.

And even the very hairs of your head are all numbered. So do not be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows.

Do not be afraid, little flock, for your Father is pleased to give you the kingdom.