Promise Verse

 By wisdom a house is built,

    and through understanding it is established;

through knowledge its rooms are filled

    with rare and beautiful treasures.

(Proverbs 24: 3, 4)

Promise Verse

 Every word of God is flawless;

    he is a shield to those who take refuge in him.

Do not add to his words,

    or he will rebuke you and prove you a liar

(Proverbs 30: 5, 6)

Promise Verse

 Start children off on the way they should go,

    and even when they are old they will not turn from it.

(Proverbs 22: 6)

Tenth Sunday after Pentecost

 The Lord upholds all who fall

    and lifts up all who are bowed down.

(Psalm 145: 14)

Promise Verse

 May these words of my mouth and 

this meditation of my heart

    be pleasing in your sight,

    Lord, my Rock and my Redeemer.

(Psalm 19: 14)

Promise Verse

 He is the God who pays back those who harm me; 

He subdues the nations under me 

and rescues me from my enemies. 

You hold me safe beyond the reach of my enemies; 

You save me from violent opponents.

(Psalm 18: 47, 48)

Feast of St. James

 Whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant, 

and whoever wants to be first must be your slave — just 

as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, 

and to give his life as a ransom for many

(Matthew 20: 26 - 28)

Promise Verse

 As iron sharpens iron,

    so one person sharpens another.

(Proverbs 27: 17)

Promise Verse

 I keep my eyes always on the Lord.

    With him at my right hand, I will not be shaken.

(Psalm 16: 8)

Feast of St. Mary Magdalene

 As the deer pants for streams of water,

    so my soul pants for you, my God.

(Psalm 42: 1)

Ninth Sunday after Pentecost

 Even though I walk

    through the darkest valley,

I will fear no evil,

    for you are with me;

your rod and your staff,

    they comfort me.

(Psalm 23: 4)

Promise Verse

 Whoever acknowledges me before others, I will also acknowledge before my Father in heaven.

(Matthew 10: 32)

Promise Verse

 Since we live by the Spirit, let us keep in step with the Spirit. 

Let us not become conceited, provoking and envying each other.

(Galatians 5: 25)

Promise Verse

 In my distress I called to the Lord;

    I cried to my God for help.

From his temple he heard my voice;

    my cry came before him, into his ears.

(Psalm 18: 6)

Promise Verse

 I called to the Lord, who is worthy of praise,

    and I have been saved from my enemies.

(Psalm 18: 3)

Promise Verse

 Commit to the Lord whatever you do,

    and he will establish your plans.

(Proverbs 16: 3)

Promise Verse

 Wisdom’s instruction is to fear the Lord,

    and humility comes before honor.

(Proverbs 15: 33)

Eighth Sunday after Pentecost

 The fear of the Lord is a fountain of life,

    turning a person from the snares of death.

(Proverbs 14: 27)

Promise Verse

 Walk with the wise and become wise,

    for a companion of fools suffers harm.

(Proverbs 13: 20)

Promise Verse

 The path of the righteous is like the morning sun,

    shining ever brighter till the full light of day.

(Proverbs 4: 18)

Promise Verse

 Lead me, Lord, in your righteousness

    because of my enemies—

    make your way straight before me

(Psalm 5: 8)

Promise Verse

 Your commands are always with me

    and make me wiser than my enemies.

(Psalm 119: 98)

Promise Verse

 May the Lord cause you to flourish,

    both you and your children.

(Psalm 115: 14)

Promise Verse

 To fear the Lord is to hate evil;

(Proverbs 8: 13)

Seventh Sunday after Pentecost

 I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong.

(2 Corinthians 12: 10)

Promise Verse

 The righteous care about justice for the poor,

    but the wicked have no such concern

(Proverbs 29: 7)

Promise Verse

 Better the poor whose walk is blameless

    than the rich whose ways are perverse.

(Proverbs 28: 6)

Promise Verse

 My help comes from the Lord,

    the Maker of heaven and earth

(Psalm 100: 2)

Promise Verse

 Deliver me from my enemies, O God;

    be my fortress against those who are attacking me.

(Psalm 59: 1)

Promise Verse

 Let someone else praise you, and not your own mouth;

    an outsider, and not your own lips.

(Proverbs 27: 2)

Promise Verse

 Those who hope in the Lord

    will renew their strength.

They will soar on wings like eagles;

    they will run and not grow weary,

    they will walk and not be faint.

(Isaiah 40: 31)