“For you have heard of my former life in Judaism, how I persecuted the church of God violently and tried to destroy it.” Galatians 1:13, English Standard Version
But Ruth said, “Do not urge me to leave you or to return from following you. For where you go I will go, and where you lodge I will lodge. Your people shall be my people, and your God my God. Where you die I will die, and there will I be buried. May the Lord do so to me…
“Here is a call for the endurance of the saints, those who keep the commandments of God and their faith in Jesus.” Revelation 14:12, English Standard Version
“I know your works: you are neither cold nor hot. Would that you were either cold or hot!” Revelation 3:15
“What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?” Romans 8:31, English Standard Version
“…saying with a loud voice, “Worthy is the Lamb who was slain, to receive power and wealth and wisdom and might and honor and glory and blessing!” Revelation 5:12, English Standard Version
“Why do You hide Your face and count me as Your enemy?” Job 13:24, English Standard Version
“Train up a child in the way he should go; even when he is old he will not depart from it.” Proverbs 22:6, English Standard Version
“And He told them a parable to the effect that they ought always to pray and not lose heart.” Luke 18:1, English Standard Version
“When my life was fainting away, I remembered the LORD, and my prayer came to you, into your holy temple. Those who pay regard to vain idols forsake their hope of steadfast love. But I with the voice of thanksgiving will sacrifice to you; what I have vowed I will pay. Salvation belongs to the…