After these things the word of the Lord came to Abram in a vision, “Do not be afraid, Abram, I am your shield; your reward shall be very great.”
Psalm 84:11 - New Revised Standard Version For the Lord God is a sun and shield; he bestows favor and honor. No good thing does the Lord withhold from those who walk uprightly. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 For the LORD God is a sun and shield: The LORD will give grace and glory: No good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition For the Lord God is a Sun and Shield; the Lord bestows [present] grace and favor and [future] glory (honor, splendor, and heavenly bliss)! No good thing will He withhold from those who walk uprightly. American Standard Version (1901) For Jehovah God is a sun and a shield: Jehovah will give grace and glory; No good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly. Common English Bible The LORD is a sun and shield; God is favor and glory. The LORD gives—doesn’t withhold!—good things to those who walk with integrity. Catholic Public Domain Version Mercy and truth have met each other. Justice and peace have kissed. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Mercy and truth have met each other: justice and peace have kissed. |
After these things the word of the Lord came to Abram in a vision, “Do not be afraid, Abram, I am your shield; your reward shall be very great.”
Those who walk blamelessly, and do what is right, and speak the truth from their heart;
The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? The Lord is the stronghold of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?
But you, O Lord, are a shield around me, my glory, and the one who lifts up my head.
The princes of the peoples gather as the people of the God of Abraham. For the shields of the earth belong to God; he is highly exalted.
The Lord will give what is good, and our land will yield its increase.
Whoever walks in integrity walks securely, but whoever follows perverse ways will be found out.
he stores up sound wisdom for the upright; he is a shield to those who walk blamelessly,
One who walks in integrity will be safe, but whoever follows crooked ways will fall into the Pit.
Better to be poor and walk in integrity than to be crooked in one's ways even though rich.
Should this be said, O house of Jacob? Is the Lord's patience exhausted? Are these his doings? Do not my words do good to one who walks uprightly?
But for you who revere my name the sun of righteousness shall rise, with healing in its wings. You shall go out leaping like calves from the stall.
But strive first for the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.
The true light, which enlightens everyone, was coming into the world.
Again Jesus spoke to them, saying, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness but will have the light of life.”
And all of us, with unveiled faces, seeing the glory of the Lord as though reflected in a mirror, are being transformed into the same image from one degree of glory to another; for this comes from the Lord, the Spirit.
For this slight momentary affliction is preparing us for an eternal weight of glory beyond all measure,
But when I saw that they were not acting consistently with the truth of the gospel, I said to Cephas before them all, “If you, though a Jew, live like a Gentile and not like a Jew, how can you compel the Gentiles to live like Jews?”
but they shall have no inheritance among the other members of the community; the Lord is their inheritance, as he promised them.
I am confident of this, that the one who began a good work among you will bring it to completion by the day of Jesus Christ.
And my God will fully satisfy every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus.
And the city has no need of sun or moon to shine on it, for the glory of God is its light, and its lamp is the Lamb.