Scripture - August 29
Proverbs 22:29
Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before mean [men].
Proverbs 12:20
Deceit [is] in the heart of them that imagine evil: but to the counsellors of peace [is] joy.
Psalms 88:2
Let my prayer come before thee: incline thine ear unto my cry;
Psalms 68:17
The chariots of God [are] twenty thousand, [even] thousands of angels: the Lord [is] among them, [as in] Sinai, in the holy [place].
Psalms 37:12
The wicked plotteth against the just, and gnasheth upon him with his teeth.
Psalms 73:25
Whom have I in heaven [but thee]? and [there is] none upon earth [that] I desire beside thee.
Proverbs 24:19
Fret not thyself because of evil [men], neither be thou envious at the wicked;
Psalms 89:49
Lord, where [are] thy former lovingkindnesses, [which] thou swarest unto David in thy truth?
Psalms 149:7
To execute vengeance upon the heathen, [and] punishments upon the people;
Psalms 107:26
They mount up to the heaven, they go down again to the depths: their soul is melted because of trouble.
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