144 Bible verses about the Covenant with God

I will place my arc in the clouds, and it will be the sign of the pact between myself and the earth.And when I obscure the sky with clouds, my arc will appear in the clouds.And I will remember my covenant with you, and with every living soul that enlivens flesh. And there will no longer be waters from a great flood to wipe away all that is flesh.

On that day, God formed a covenant with Abram, saying: "To your offspring I will give this land, from the river of Egypt, even to the great river Euphrates:

And I will establish my covenant between me and you, and with your offspring after you in their generations, by a perpetual covenant: to be God to you and to your offspring after you.And I will give to you and to your offspring, the land of your sojourn, all the land of Canaan, as an eternal possession, and I will be their God."

If, therefore, you will hear my voice, and you will keep my covenant, you will be to me a particular possession out of all people. For all the earth is mine.And you will be to me a priestly kingdom and a holy nation.' These are the words that you will speak to the sons of Israel."

And taking up the book of the covenant, he read it in the hearing of the people, who said: "All that the Lord has spoken, we will do, and we will be obedient."In truth, taking up the blood, he sprinkled it on the people, and he said, "This is the blood of the covenant, which the Lord has formed with you concerning all these words."

And you shall know that the Lord your God himself is a strong and faithful God, preserving his covenant and his mercy for those who love him and those who keep his precepts for a thousand generations,

For it is not because of your justices or the uprightness of your heart that you will enter, so that you may possess their lands. Instead, it is because they have acted wickedly that they are destroyed upon your arrival, and so that the Lord may accomplish his word, which he promised under oath to your fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.

Therefore, keep the words of this covenant, and fulfill them, so that you may understand all that you are doing.

Consider what I have set forth in your sight this day, life and good, or, on the opposite side, death and evil,so that you may love the Lord your God, and walk in his ways, and keep his commandments and ceremonies and judgments, and so that you may live, and he may multiply you and bless you in the land, which you shall enter in order to possess.

For the mountains will be moved, and the hills will tremble. But my mercy will not depart from you, and the covenant of my peace will not be shaken, said the Lord, who has compassion on you.

For I am the Lord, who loves judgment and who holds hatred for robbery within a burnt offering. And I will turn their work into truth, and I will forge a perpetual covenant with them.

Behold, the days are approaching, says the Lord, when I will form a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah,not according to the covenant which I made with their fathers, in the day when I took them by the hand, so as to lead them away from the land of Egypt, the covenant which they nullified, though I was the ruler over them, says the Lord.But this will be the covenant that I will form with the house of Israel, after those days, says the Lord: I will give my law to their inner most being, and I will write it upon their heart. And I will be their God, and they shall be my people.And they will no longer teach, a man his neighbor, and a man his brother, saying: 'Know the Lord.' For all will know me, from the littlest of them even to the greatest, says the Lord. For I will forgive their iniquity, and I will no longer remember their sin.

And I will make a covenant of peace with them. And I will cause the very harmful beasts to cease from the land. And those who are living in the desert will sleep securely in the forests.

And I will give to you a new heart, and I will place in you a new spirit. And I will take away the heart of stone from your body, and I will give to you a heart of flesh.And I will place my Spirit in your midst. And I will act so that you may walk in my precepts and keep my judgments, and so that you may fulfill them.

My covenant was with him for life and peace. And I gave him fear, and he feared me, and he was afraid before the face of my name.

For this is my blood of the new covenant, which shall be shed for many as a remission of sins.

Similarly also, he took the chalice, after he had eaten the meal, saying: "This chalice is the new covenant in my blood, which will be shed for you.

But now he has been granted a better ministry, so much so that he is also the Mediator of a better testament, which has been confirmed by better promises.For if the former one had been entirely without fault, then a place certainly would not have been sought for a subsequent one.

And thus he is the Mediator of the new testament, so that, by his death, he intercedes for the redemption of those transgressions which were under the former testament, so that those who have been called may receive the promise of an eternal inheritance.

"And this is the testament which I will commit to them after those days, says the Lord. I will instill my laws in their hearts, and I will inscribe my laws on their minds.And I will no longer remember their sins and iniquities."

And this will be my covenant for them, when I will take away their sins."

Then the Lord said to Abram: "Depart from your land, and from your kindred, and from your father's house, and come into the land that I will show you.But a famine occurred in the land. And Abram descended to Egypt, to sojourn there. For famine prevailed over the land.And when he was close to entering Egypt, he said to his wife Sarai: "I know you to be a beautiful woman.And when the Egyptians see you, they will say, 'She is his wife.' And they will put me to death, and retain you.Therefore, I beg you to say that you are my sister, so that it may be well with me because of you, and so that my soul may live by your favor."And so, when Abram had arrived in Egypt, the Egyptians saw that the woman was exceedingly beautiful.And the princes reported it to Pharaoh, and they praised her to him. And the woman was inducted into the house of Pharaoh.In truth, they treated Abram well because of her. And he had sheep and oxen and male donkeys, and men servants, and women servants, and female donkeys, and camels.But the Lord scourged Pharaoh and his house with great wounds because of Sarai, the wife of Abram.And Pharaoh called Abram, and he said to him: "What is this that you have done to me? Why did you not tell me she was your wife?For what reason did you claim her to be your sister, so that I would take her to me as a wife? Now therefore, behold your mate, receive her and go."And I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you and magnify your name, and you will be blessed.And Pharaoh instructed his men about Abram. And they led him away with his wife and all that he had.I will bless those who bless you, and curse those who curse you, and in you all the families of the earth will be blessed."

In truth, after he began to be ninety-nine years of age, the Lord appeared to him. And he said to him: "I am the Almighty God. Walk in my sight and become complete.This is my covenant, which you shall observe, between me and you, and your offspring after you: All the males among you shall be circumcised.And you shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskin, so that it may be a sign of the covenant between me and you.An infant of eight days will be circumcised among you, every male in your generations. So also servants born to you, as well as those bought, shall be circumcised, even those who are not of your stock.And my covenant shall be with your flesh as an eternal covenant.The male, the flesh of whose foreskin will not be circumcised, that soul shall be eliminated from his people. For he has made my covenant void."God said also to Abraham: "Your wife Sarai, you shall not call Sarai, but Sarah.And I will bless her, and from her I will give you a son, whom I will bless, and he will be among the nations, and the kings of the peoples will rise from him."Abraham fell on his face, and he laughed, saying in his heart: "Do you think a son can be born to a one hundred year old man? And will Sarah give birth at the age of ninety?"And he said to God, "If only Ishmael would live in your sight."And God said to Abraham: "Your wife Sarah shall give birth to a son, and you shall call his name Isaac, and I will establish my covenant with him as a perpetual covenant, and with his offspring after him.And I will set my covenant between me and you. And I will multiply you very exceedingly."

"By my own self, I have sworn, says the Lord. Because you have done this thing, and have not spared your only begotten son for my sake,I will bless you, and I will multiply your offspring like the stars of heaven, and like the sand which is on the seashore. Your offspring will possess the gates of their enemies.And in your offspring, all the nations of the earth will be blessed, because you obeyed my voice."

And the Lord said to Moses, "Write these words to you, through which I have formed a covenant, both with you and with Israel."Therefore, he was in that place with the Lord for forty days and forty nights; he did not eat bread and he did not drink water, and he wrote on the tablets the ten words of the covenant.

The Lord our God formed a covenant with us at Horeb.Neither shall you speak false testimony against your neighbor.You shall not covet your neighbor's wife, nor his house, nor his field, nor his man servant, nor his woman servant, nor his ox, nor his donkey, nor anything out of all that is his.'The Lord spoke these words to the entire multitude of you on the mountain, from the midst of the fire and the cloud and the darkness, with a loud voice, adding nothing more. And he wrote them on two tablets of stone, which he delivered to me.Then, after you heard the voice from the midst of the darkness, and you saw the mountain burning, you approached me, all you leaders of the tribes and those greater by birth. And you said:'Behold, the Lord our God has revealed to us his majesty and his greatness. We have heard his voice from the midst of fire, and we have proven today that, though God is speaking with man, man has lived.Therefore, why should we die, and why should this very great fire devour us? For if we hear the voice of the Lord our God any longer, we will die.What is all flesh, that it would hear the voice of the living God, who speaks from the midst of fire, just as we have heard it, and be able to live?Instead, you should approach and listen to all the things that the Lord our God will say to you. And you will speak to us, and we will listen and do these things.'But when the Lord had heard this, he said to me: 'I have heard the voice of the words of this people, which they spoke to you. All this, they have spoken well.Who will grant to them to have such a mind, so that they may fear me, and may keep all my commandments at all times, so that it may be well with them and with their sons forever?He did not make the covenant with our fathers, but with us, who are alive and in the present time.

For I know my iniquity, and my sin is ever before me.

O Lord, you are my God! I will exalt you, and I will confess your name. For you have accomplished miracles. Your plan, from antiquity, is faithful. Amen.

But he himself was wounded because of our iniquities. He was bruised because of our wickedness. The discipline of our peace was upon him. And by his wounds, we are healed.

And I will strike a covenant of peace with them. This will be an everlasting covenant for them. And I will establish them, and multiply them. And I will set my sanctuary in their midst, unceasingly.

Do not think that I have come to loosen the law or the prophets. I have not come to loosen, but to fulfill.Amen I say to you, certainly, until heaven and earth pass away, not one iota, not one dot shall pass away from the law, until all is done.

For the Promise to Abraham, and to his posterity, that he would inherit the world, was not through the law, but through the justice of faith.

Brothers (I speak according to man), if a man's testament has been confirmed, no one would reject it or add to it.The promises were made to Abraham and to his offspring. He did not say, "and to descendents," as if to many, but instead, as if to one, he said, "and to your offspring," who is Christ.

And if you are Christ's, then are you the offspring of Abraham, heirs according to the promise.

There, the sparrows will make their nests. The leader of them is the house of the heron.

For thus says the Lord to the eunuchs: They will keep my Sabbaths, and they will choose the things that I will, and they will hold to my covenant.I will give them a place in my house, within my walls, and a name better than sons and daughters. I will give them an everlasting name, which will never perish.

Then you shall have this day as a memorial, and you shall celebrate it as a solemnity to the Lord, in your generations, as an everlasting devotion.

The Lord responded: "I will enter into a pact in the sight of all. I will perform signs which have never been seen on earth, nor among any nation, so that this people, in whose midst you are, may discern the terrible work of the Lord that I will do.

Be careful, lest you at sometime forget the covenant of the Lord your God, which he has formed with you, and lest you make for yourselves a graven likeness of those things which the Lord has prohibited to be made.For the Lord your God is a consuming fire, a jealous God.

If, after you have heard these judgments, you keep and do them, the Lord your God will also keep his covenant with you and the mercy that he swore to your fathers.And he will love you and multiply you. And he will bless the fruit of your womb, and the fruit of your land: your grain as well as your vintage, oil, and herds, and the flocks of your sheep, upon the land about which he swore to your fathers that he would give it to you.

in whose hands are iniquities: their right hand has been filled by bribes.

Thus says the Lord: In a pleasing time, I have heeded you, and in the day of salvation, I have assisted you. And I have preserved you, and I have presented you as a covenant of the people, so that you would lift up the earth, and possess the scattered inheritances,

But this will be the covenant that I will form with the house of Israel, after those days, says the Lord: I will give my law to their inner most being, and I will write it upon their heart. And I will be their God, and they shall be my people.

And I will remember my covenant with you in the days of your youth. And I will raise up for you an everlasting covenant.

Therefore, I say: Has God driven away his people? Let it not be so! For I, too, am an Israelite of the offspring of Abraham, from the tribe of Benjamin.Let their eyes be obscured, so that they may not see, and so that they may bow down their backs always."Therefore, I say: Have they stumbled in such a way that they should fall? Let it not be so! Instead, by their offense, salvation is with the Gentiles, so that they may be a rival to them.Now if their offense is the riches of the world, and if their diminution is the riches of the Gentiles, how much more is their fullness?For I say to you Gentiles: Certainly, as long as I am an Apostle to the Gentiles, I will honor my ministry,in such a way that I might provoke to rivalry those who are my own flesh, and so that I may save some of them.For if their loss is for the reconciliation of the world, what could their return be for, except life out of death?For if the first-fruit has been sanctified, so also has the whole. And if the root is holy, so also are the branches.And if some of the branches are broken, and if you, being a wild olive branch, are grafted on to them, and you become a partaker of the root and of the fatness of the olive tree,do not glorify yourself above the branches. For though you glory, you do not support the root, but the root supports you.Therefore, you would say: The branches were broken off, so that I might be grafted on.God has not driven away his people, whom he foreknew. And do you not know what Scripture says in Elijah, how he calls upon God against Israel?

By so much, Jesus has been made the sponsor of a better testament.

The book of the lineage of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.And Hezekiah conceived Manasseh. And Manasseh conceived Amos. And Amos conceived Josiah.And Josiah conceived Jechoniah and his brothers in the transmigration of Babylon.And after the transmigration of Babylon, Jechoniah conceived Shealtiel. And Shealtiel conceived Zerubbabel.And Zerubbabel conceived Abiud. And Abiud conceived Eliakim. And Eliakim conceived Azor.And Azor conceived Zadok. And Zadok conceived Achim. And Achim conceived Eliud.And Eliud conceived Eleazar. And Eleazar conceived Matthan. And Matthan conceived Jacob.And Jacob conceived Joseph, the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus, who is called Christ.And so, all the generations from Abraham to David are fourteen generations; and from David to the transmigration of Babylon, fourteen generations; and from the transmigration of Babylon to the Christ, fourteen generations.

to accomplish mercy with our fathers, and to call to mind his holy testament,the oath, which he swore to Abraham, our father, that he would grant to us,

You are sons of the prophets and of the testament which God has appointed for our fathers, saying to Abraham: 'And by your offspring all the families of the earth shall be blessed.'

These are the Israelites, to whom belongs adoption as sons, and the glory and the testament, and the giving and following of the law, and the promises.Theirs are the fathers, and from them, according to the flesh, is the Christ, who is over all things, blessed God, for all eternity. Amen.

For whatever promises are of God are, in him, Yes. For this reason, too, through him: Amen to God for our glory.

For as many as are of the works of the law are under a curse. For it has been written: "Cursed is everyone who does not continue in all the things that have been written in the book of the Law, so as to do them."And, since in the law no one is justified with God, this is manifest: "For the just man lives by faith."But the law is not of faith; instead, "he who does these things shall live by them."Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law, since he became a curse for us. For it is written: "Cursed is anyone who hangs from a tree."This was so that the blessing of Abraham might reach the Gentiles through Christ Jesus, in order that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.

Certainly, the former also had the justifications of worship and a holy place for that age.

In this way, the Holy Spirit is signifying that the way to what is most holy was not yet made manifest, not while the first tabernacle was still standing.And this is a parable for the present time. Accordingly, those gifts and sacrifices that are offered are not able, as concerns the conscience, to make perfect those things that serve only as food and drink,

Today, the Lord has chosen you, so that you may be his particular people, just as he has spoken to you, and so that you may keep all his precepts,

For he has reinforced the bars of your gates. He has blessed your sons within you.

and the Lord, leaning upon the ladder, saying to him: "I am the Lord, the God of Abraham your father, and the God of Isaac. The land, in which you sleep, I will give to you and to your offspring.And your offspring will be like the dust of the earth. You will spread abroad to the West, and to the East, and to the North, and to the Meridian. And in you and in your offspring, all the tribes of the earth shall be blessed.And I will be your guardian wherever you will journey, and I will bring you back into this land. Neither will I dismiss you, until I have accomplished all that I have said."

And God said to Abraham: "Your wife Sarah shall give birth to a son, and you shall call his name Isaac, and I will establish my covenant with him as a perpetual covenant, and with his offspring after him.

I call heaven and earth as witnesses this day, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and curse. Therefore, choose life, so that both you and your offspring may live,and when you will have returned to him, so as to obey his commandments, just as I have instructed you this day, with your sons, with your whole heart and with your whole soul,and so that you may love the Lord your God, and obey his voice, and cling to him, (for he is your life and the length of your days) and so that you may live in the land, about which the Lord swore to your fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, that he would give it to them."

This is my pact with them, says the Lord. My Spirit is within you, and my words, which I have put in your mouth, will not withdraw from your mouth, nor from the mouth of your offspring, nor from the mouth of your offspring's offspring, says the Lord, from this moment, and even forever.

And I, the Lord, will be their God. And my servant David will be the leader in their midst. I, the Lord, have spoken.

But I say to you, I will not drink again from this fruit of the vine, until that day when I will drink it new with you in the kingdom of my Father."

"Blessed is the Lord God of Israel. For he has visited and has wrought the redemption of his people.And he has raised up a horn of salvation for us, in the house of David his servant,

For the Promise is for you and for your sons, and for all who are far away: for whomever the Lord our God will have called."

For there is no distinction between Jew and Greek. For the same Lord is over all, richly in all who call upon him.For all those who have called upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.

But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, an acquired people, so that you may announce the virtues of him who has called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.

I will establish my covenant with you, and no longer will all that is flesh be put to death by the waters of a great flood, and, henceforth, there will not be a great flood to utterly destroy the earth."

And God said to him: "I AM, and my covenant is with you, and you will be the father of many nations.No longer will your name be called Abram. But you will be called Abraham, for I have established you as the father of many nations.

You shall keep this word as a law for you and for your sons, forever.

Pleasing is the man who shows mercy and lends. He will order his words with judgment.

The Lord lifts up the meek, but he brings down the sinner, even to the ground.

Therefore, I will allot to him a great number. And he will divide the spoils of the strong. For he has handed over his life to death, and he was reputed among criminals. And he has taken away the sins of many, and he has prayed for the transgressors.

"Thus says the Lord: If my covenant with the day is able to be nullified, or my covenant with the night, such that there would be no day and no night in their time,then, too, my covenant with David, my servant, may be nullified, such that he would not have a son who reigns upon his throne, with both the Levites and the priests as my ministers.

And I will give them one heart. And I will distribute a new spirit to their interior. And I will take away the heart of stone from their body. And I will give them a heart of flesh.

And I will raise up my covenant with you. And you shall know that I am the Lord.

Because of this, it is from faith according to grace that the Promise is ensured for all posterity, not only for those who are of the law, but also for those who are of the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all before God,

Brothers (I speak according to man), if a man's testament has been confirmed, no one would reject it or add to it.

But when the fullness of time arrived, God sent his Son, formed from a woman, formed under the law,so that he might redeem those who were under the law, in order that we might receive the adoption of sons.

And he rebuked the Red Sea, and it dried up. And he led them into the abyss, as if into a desert.

The heights of the hills are for the deer; the rock is a refuge for the hedgehog.

Do not think that I have come to loosen the law or the prophets. I have not come to loosen, but to fulfill.

"And this is the testament which I will commit to them after those days, says the Lord. I will instill my laws in their hearts, and I will inscribe my laws on their minds.

And the Lord said to Moses, "Write these words to you, through which I have formed a covenant, both with you and with Israel."

For he loved your fathers, and he chose their offspring after them. And he led you away from Egypt, advancing before you with his great power,so as to wipe away, upon your arrival, nations, very great and stronger than you, and so as to lead you in, and to present to you their land as a possession, just as you discern in the present day.

I will wash my hands among the innocent, and I will surround your altar, O Lord,so that I may hear the voice of your praise and describe all your wonders.

And in this way, all of Israel may be saved, just as it was written: "From Zion shall arrive he who delivers, and he shall turn impiety away from Jacob.And this will be my covenant for them, when I will take away their sins."

But that Jerusalem which is above is free; the same is our mother.

A Canticle in steps. Behold, bless the Lord now, all you servants of the Lord, who stand in the house of the Lord, in the courts of the house of our God.

"Behold, my servant whom I have chosen, my beloved in whom my soul is well pleased. I will place my Spirit over him, and he shall announce judgment to the nations.

For you know that it was not with corruptible gold or silver that you were redeemed away from your useless behavior in the traditions of your fathers,but it was with the precious blood of Christ, an immaculate and undefiled lamb,

So, what should we say about these things? If God is for us, who is against us?

He has distributed, he has given to the poor. His justice shall remain from age to age. His horn shall be exalted in glory.

But it was the will of the Lord to crush him with infirmity. If he lays down his life because of sin, he will see offspring with long lives, and the will of the Lord will be directed by his hand.Because his soul has labored, he will see and be satisfied. By his knowledge, my just servant will himself justify many, and he himself will carry their iniquities.

So then, go out and learn what this means: 'I desire mercy and not sacrifice.' For I have not come to call the just, but sinners."

Therefore, having been justified by faith, let us be at peace with God, through our Lord Jesus Christ.For if we were reconciled to God through the death of his Son, while we were still enemies, all the more so, having been reconciled, shall we be saved by his life.And not only that, but we also glory in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received reconciliation.Therefore, just as through one man sin entered into this world, and through sin, death; so also death was transferred to all men, to all who have sinned.For even before the law, sin was in the world, but sin was not imputed while the law did not exist.Yet death reigned from Adam until Moses, even in those who have not sinned, in the likeness of the transgression of Adam, who is a figure of him who was to come.But the gift is not entirely like the offense. For though by the offense of one, many died, yet much more so, by the grace of one man, Jesus Christ, has the grace and gift of God abounded to many.And the sin through one is not entirely like the gift. For certainly, the judgment of one was unto condemnation, but the grace toward many offenses is unto justification.For though, by the one offense, death reigned through one, yet so much more so shall those who receive an abundance of grace, both of the gift and of justice, reign in life through the one Jesus Christ.Therefore, just as through the offense of one, all men fell under condemnation, so also through the justice of one, all men fall under justification unto life.For, just as through the disobedience of one man, many were established as sinners, so also through the obedience of one man, many shall be established as just.For through him we also have access by faith to this grace, in which we stand firm, and to glory, in the hope of the glory of the sons of God.

And he saved them for the sake of his name, so that he might make known his power.

Let not mercy and truth abandon you: encircle them around your throat, and inscribe them on the tablets of your heart.Do not contend against a man without cause, even though he has done no evil to you.Do not rival an unjust man, and do not imitate his ways.For everyone who ridicules is an abomination to the Lord, and his communication is for the simple.Destitution in the house of the impious is from the Lord. But the habitations of the just shall be blessed.He will ridicule those who ridicule, but he will bestow grace upon the mild.The wise will possess glory. The exaltation of the foolish is disgraceful.And so shall you discover grace and good discipline, in the sight of God and men.

Thus says the Lord: In a pleasing time, I have heeded you, and in the day of salvation, I have assisted you. And I have preserved you, and I have presented you as a covenant of the people, so that you would lift up the earth, and possess the scattered inheritances,so that you would say to those who are bound, "Go forth!" and to those who are in darkness, "Be released!" They will pasture along the roads, and their pastures will be in every open place.

And you shall live in the land that I gave to your fathers. And you shall be my people, and I will be your God.

But in all these things we overcome, because of him who has loved us.

The one who secretly detracted his neighbor, this one I pursued. The one with an arrogant eye and an insatiable heart, with that one I would not eat.

And so, let us not be deficient in doing good. For in due time, we shall reap without fail.

For the upright, a light has risen up in the darkness. He is merciful and compassionate and just.

For I will pour out waters upon the thirsty ground, and rivers upon the dry land. I will pour out my Spirit upon your offspring, and my benediction upon your stock.

You will lead me out of this snare, which they have hidden for me. For you are my protector.

Ask, and it shall be given to you. Seek, and you shall find. Knock, and it shall be opened to you.For everyone who asks, receives; and whoever seeks, finds; and to anyone who knocks, it will be opened.

For I am not ashamed of the Gospel. For it is the power of God unto salvation for all believers, the Jew first, and the Greek.For the justice of God is revealed within it, by faith unto faith, just as it was written: "For the just one lives by faith."

For this is said by the Most High, the Sublime One, who dwells in eternity. And his name is Holy, for he dwells in the exalted and holy place, and he acts with a restrained and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite.

Therefore, seek first the kingdom of God and his justice, and all these things shall be added to you as well.

Then may the God of peace, who led back from the dead that great Pastor of sheep, our Lord Jesus Christ, with the blood of the eternal testament,equip you with all goodness, so that you may do his will. May he accomplish in you whatever is pleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom is glory forever and ever. Amen.

He has stationed peace at your borders, and he has satisfied you with the fat of the grain.

You have known my sitting down and my rising up again.

Do not be afraid, for I am with you. Do not turn away, for I am your God. I have strengthened you, and I have assisted you, and the right hand of my just one has upheld you.

May the nations rejoice and exult. For you judge the peoples with equity, and you direct the nations on earth.

But it is not that the Word of God has perished. For not all those who are Israelites are of Israel.

You are my witnesses, says the Lord, and you are my servant, whom I have chosen, so that you may know, and may believe in me, and so that you may understand that I am the same. Before me, there was no god formed, and after me there will be none.

You have protected me from the assembly of the malignant, from a multitude of workers of iniquity.

And then, in the Promise of God, he did not hesitate out of distrust, but instead he was strengthened in faith, giving glory to God,

If I ascend into heaven, you are there. If I descend into Hell, you are near.

Alleluia. Confess to the Lord, and invoke his name. Announce his works among the nations.And he stationed the same for Jacob with a precept, and for Israel with an eternal testament,saying: To you, I will give the land of Canaan, the allotment of your inheritance.Though they may have been but a small number, very few and foreigners there,and though they passed from nation to nation, and from one kingdom to another people,he allowed no man to harm them, and he reproved kings on their behalf.Do not be willing to touch my Christ, and do not be willing to malign my prophets.And he called a famine upon the land, and he crushed every foundation of the bread.He sent a man before them: Joseph, who had been sold as a slave.They humbled his feet in shackles; the iron pierced his soul,until his word arrived. The eloquence of the Lord inflamed him.Sing to him, and sing psalms to him. Describe all his wonders.The king sent and released him; he was the ruler of the people, and he dismissed him.He established him as master of his house and ruler of all his possessions,so that he might instruct his princes as himself, and teach his elders prudence.And Israel entered into Egypt, and Jacob became a sojourner in the land of Ham.And he helped his people greatly, and he strengthened them over their enemies.He turned their heart to hate his people, and to deal deceitfully with his servants.He sent Moses, his servant, and Aaron, the one whom he chose.He placed with them signs of his word, and portents in the land of Ham.He sent darkness and made it conceal, and he did not afflict them with his speech.He turned their waters into blood, and he slaughtered their fish.Be praised in his holy name. Let the heart of those who seek the Lord rejoice.Their land brought forth frogs, even in the inner chambers of their kings.He spoke, and there came forth common flies and gnats, in every region.He gave them a shower of hail and a burning fire, in the same land.And he struck their vineyards and their fig trees, and he crushed the trees of their region.He spoke, and the locust came forth, and the caterpillar, of which there was no number.And it devoured all the grass in their land, and it consumed all the fruit of their land.And he struck all the first-born in their land, the first-fruits of all their labor.And he led them out with silver and gold, and there was not an infirm one among their tribes.Egypt was joyful at their departure, for the fear of them lay heavy upon them.He spread a cloud for their protection, and a fire, to give them light through the night.Seek the Lord, and be confirmed. Seek his face always.They petitioned, and the quail came; and he satisfied them with the bread of heaven.He ruptured the rock and the waters flowed: rivers gushed in the dry land.For he had called to mind his holy word, which he kept near to his servant Abraham.And he led forth his people in exultation, and his elect in rejoicing.And he gave them the regions of the Gentiles, and they possessed the labors of the peoples,so that they might observe his justifications, and inquire about his law.Remember his miracles, which he has done, his portents and the judgments of his mouth:

But the fruit of the Spirit is charity, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, forbearance,meekness, faith, modesty, abstinence, chastity. There is no law against such things.