overcoming disappointment

Psalm Chapter 23:1

The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.

Psalm Chapter 23:2

He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters.

Psalm Chapter 23:3

He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake.

Psalm Chapter 23:4

Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.

Psalm Chapter 23:5

Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over.

Psalm Chapter 23:6

Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the LORD for ever.

Psalm Chapter 73:1

Truly God is good to Israel, even to such as are of a clean heart.

Psalm Chapter 73:2

But as for me, my feet were almost gone; my steps had well nigh slipped.

Psalm Chapter 73:3

For I was envious at the foolish, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.

Psalm Chapter 73:4

For there are no bands in their death: but their strength is firm.

Psalm Chapter 73:5

They are not in trouble as other men; neither are they plagued like other men.

Psalm Chapter 73:6

Therefore pride compasseth them about as a chain; violence covereth them as a garment.

Psalm Chapter 73:7

Their eyes stand out with fatness: they have more than heart could wish.

Psalm Chapter 73:8

They are corrupt, and speak wickedly concerning oppression: they speak loftily.

Psalm Chapter 73:9

They set their mouth against the heavens, and their tongue walketh through the earth.

Psalm Chapter 73:10

Therefore his people return hither: and waters of a full cup are wrung out to them.

Psalm Chapter 73:11

And they say, How doth God know? and is there knowledge in the most High?

Psalm Chapter 73:12

Behold, these are the ungodly, who prosper in the world; they increase in riches.

Psalm Chapter 73:13

Verily I have cleansed my heart in vain, and washed my hands in innocency.

Psalm Chapter 73:14

For all the day long have I been plagued, and chastened every morning.

Psalm Chapter 73:15

If I say, I will speak thus; behold, I should offend against the generation of thy children.

Psalm Chapter 73:16

When I thought to know this, it was too painful for me;

Psalm Chapter 73:17

Until I went into the sanctuary of God; then understood I their end.

Psalm Chapter 73:18

Surely thou didst set them in slippery places: thou castedst them down into destruction.

Psalm Chapter 73:19

How are they brought into desolation, as in a moment! they are utterly consumed with terrors.

Psalm Chapter 73:20

As a dream when one awaketh; so, O Lord, when thou awakest, thou shalt despise their image.

Psalm Chapter 73:21

Thus my heart was grieved, and I was pricked in my reins.

Psalm Chapter 73:22

So foolish was I, and ignorant: I was as a beast before thee.

Psalm Chapter 73:23

Nevertheless I am continually with thee: thou hast holden me by my right hand.

Psalm Chapter 73:24

Thou shalt guide me with thy counsel, and afterward receive me to glory.

Psalm Chapter 73:25

Whom have I in heaven but thee? and there is none upon earth that I desire beside thee.

Psalm Chapter 73:26

My flesh and my heart faileth: but God is the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever.

Psalm Chapter 73:27

For, lo, they that are far from thee shall perish: thou hast destroyed all them that go a whoring from thee.

Psalm Chapter 73:28

But it is good for me to draw near to God: I have put my trust in the Lord GOD, that I may declare all thy works.

Psalm Chapter 121:1

I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help.

Psalm Chapter 121:2

My help cometh from the LORD, which made heaven and earth.

Psalm Chapter 121:3

He will not suffer thy foot to be moved: he that keepeth thee will not slumber.

Psalm Chapter 121:4

Behold, he that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep.

Psalm Chapter 121:5

The LORD is thy keeper: the LORD is thy shade upon thy right hand.

Psalm Chapter 121:6

The sun shall not smite thee by day, nor the moon by night.

Psalm Chapter 121:7

The LORD shall preserve thee from all evil: he shall preserve thy soul.

Psalm Chapter 121:8

The LORD shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in from this time forth, and even for evermore.

Isaiah Chapter 40:28

Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard, that the everlasting God, the LORD, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary? there is no searching of his understanding.

Isaiah Chapter 40:29

He giveth power to the faint; and to them that have no might he increaseth strength.

Isaiah Chapter 40:30

Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall:

Isaiah Chapter 40:31

But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.

Jeremiah Chapter 29:11

For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.

Matthew Chapter 6:6

But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly.

Matthew Chapter 10:29

Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing? and one of them shall not fall on the ground without your Father.

Matthew Chapter 10:30

But the very hairs of your head are all numbered.

Matthew Chapter 10:31

Fear ye not therefore, ye are of more value than many sparrows.

John Chapter 10:10

The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.

Romans Chapter 8:28

And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.

Philippians Chapter 4:6

Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.

Philippians Chapter 4:7

And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.

Colossians Chapter 3:23

And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men;

Colossians Chapter 3:24

Knowing that of the Lord ye shall receive the reward of the inheritance: for ye serve the Lord Christ.

Colossians Chapter 3:25

But he that doeth wrong shall receive for the wrong which he hath done: and there is no respect of persons.

Hebrews Chapter 4:14

Seeing then that we have a great high priest, that is passed into the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our profession.

Hebrews Chapter 4:15

For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin.

Hebrews Chapter 4:16

Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.

1 John Chapter 5:13

These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life, and that ye may believe on the name of the Son of God.

1 John Chapter 5:14

And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us: