But be sure to fear the Lord and serve him faithfully with all your heart; consider what great things he has done for you.

But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

For if you remain silent at this time, relief and deliverance for the Jews will arise from another place, but you and your father’s family will perish. And who knows but that you have come to your royal position for such a time as this?

Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you.

He who conceals his sins does not prosper, but whoever confesses and renounces them finds mercy.

Surely God is my help; the Lord is the one who sustains me.

“I will repay you for the years the locusts have eaten—the great locust and the young locust, the other locusts and the locust swarm—my great army that I sent among you.

Train a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not turn from it.

The Lord will guide you always; he will satisfy your needs in a sun-scorched land and will strengthen your frame. You will be like a well-watered garden, like a spring whose waters never fail.

‘Call to me and I will answer you and tell you great and unsearchable things you do not know.’