hold on

Psalm 84:7, 11
They go from strength to strength, until each appears before God in Zion. . . .

Proverbs 4:18
The path of the righteous is like the first gleam of dawn, shining brighter and brighter until midday.

Proverbs 14:16
A wise man fears and turns from evil, but a fool is careless and reckless.

Isaiah 35:8-10
And there will be a highway called the Way of Holiness. The unclean will not travel it, only those who walk in that Way--and fools will not stray onto it. . . .

1 Peter 1:5
who through faith are protected by God's power for the salvation that is ready to be revealed in the last time.

1 John 2:19
They went out from us, but they did not belong to us. For if they had belonged to us, they would have remained with us. But their departure made it clear that none of them belonged to us.

clean

Genesis 20:5
Didn't Abraham tell me, 'She is my sister'? And she herself said, 'He is my brother.' I have done this with a clear conscience and clean hands."

Psalm 24:4
He who has clean hands and a pure heart, who does not lift up his soul to falsehood, who does not swear deceitfully.

Psalm 26:6
I wash my hands in innocence that I may come near Your altar, O LORD,

Psalm 73:13
Surely in vain I have kept my heart pure; in innocence I have washed my hands.

Isaiah 1:15, 16
When you spread out your hands in prayer, I will hide My eyes from you; even though you multiply your prayers, I will not listen. Your hands are covered with blood. . . .

Mark 7:2
and they saw some of His disciples eating with hands that were defiled--that is, unwashed.

be stronger and stronger.

Isaiah 40:29-31
He gives power to the faint and increases the strength of the weak. . . .

2 Corinthians 12:9, 10
But He said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for My power is perfected in weakness." Therefore I will boast all the more gladly in my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest on me. . . .