I cling to your testimonies, O Lord; let me not be put to shame!
So Jesus said to the Jews who had believed him, “If you abide in my word, you are truly my disciples,
and hope does not put us to shame, because God's love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us.
When he came and saw the grace of God, he was glad, and he exhorted them all to remain faithful to the Lord with steadfast purpose,
Buy truth, and do not sell it; buy wisdom, instruction, and understanding.
And now, little children, abide in him, so that when he appears we may have confidence and not shrink from him in shame at his coming.
But Israel is saved by the Lord with everlasting salvation; you shall not be put to shame or confounded to all eternity.
Let those be put to shame who persecute me, but let me not be put to shame; let them be dismayed, but let me not be dismayed; bring upon them the day of disaster; destroy them with double destruction!
Kings shall be your foster fathers, and their queens your nursing mothers. With their faces to the ground they shall bow down to you, and lick the dust of your feet. Then you will know that I am the Lord; those who wait for me shall not be put to shame.”
Depart from me, you evildoers, that I may keep the commandments of my God.
May my heart be blameless in your statutes, that I may not be put to shame!
I will lift up my hands toward your commandments, which I love, and I will meditate on your statutes.
Then I shall not be put to shame, having my eyes fixed on all your commandments.
Oh, guard my soul, and deliver me! Let me not be put to shame, for I take refuge in you.
O my God, in you I trust; let me not be put to shame; let not my enemies exult over me.
For if you will be careful to do all this commandment that I command you to do, loving the Lord your God, walking in all his ways, and holding fast to him,
You shall fear the Lord your God. You shall serve him and hold fast to him, and by his name you shall swear.
But you who held fast to the Lord your God are all alive today.
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