²² But now, I say to you, be of good heart, for there will be no loss of life, but only of the ship.

³⁶ Then they all took heart and did the same.

²⁵ And so, O men, be of good heart, for I have faith in God that it will be as he said to me.

⁸ Troubles are round us on every side, but we are not shut in; things are hard for us, but we see a way out of them;

⁹ We are cruelly attacked, but not without hope; we are made low, but we are not without help;

⁴ Who gives us comfort in all our troubles, so that we may be able to give comfort to others who are in trouble, through the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.

⁵ For as we undergo more of the pain which Christ underwent, so through Christ does our comfort become greater.

⁶ But if we are troubled, it is for your comfort and salvation; or if we are comforted, it is for your comfort, which takes effect through your quiet undergoing of the same troubles which we undergo:

⁴⁴ And the rest, some on boards and some on things from the ship. And so it came about that they all got safe to land.

³⁴ So I make request to you to take food; for this is for your salvation: not a hair from the head of any of you will come to destruction.

³¹ But Paul said to the captain and his men, If you do not keep these men in the ship, you will not be safe.

¹¹ And the night after, the Lord came to his side and said, Be of good heart, for as you have been witnessing for me in Jerusalem, so will you be my witness in Rome.

¹ But now, says the Lord your Maker, O Jacob, and your life-giver, O Israel: have no fear, for I have taken up your cause; naming you by your name, I have made you mine.

² When you go through the waters, I will be with you; and through the rivers, they will not go over you: when you go through the fire, you will not be burned; and the flame will have no power over you.

⁷ He will have no fear of evil news; his heart is fixed, for his hope is in the Lord.

²⁹ For God makes low those whose hearts are lifted up, but he is a saviour to the poor in spirit.

³⁰ He makes safe the man who is free from sin, and if your hands are clean, salvation will be yours.

⁴ And the Satan said in answer to the Lord, Skin for skin, all a man has he will give for his life.

² And Shecaniah, the son of Jehiel, one of the sons of Elam, answering, said to Ezra, We have done evil against our God, and have taken as our wives strange women of the peoples of the land: but still there is hope for Israel in this question.

⁶ And David was greatly troubled; for the people were talking of stoning him, because their hearts were bitter, every man sorrowing for his sons and his daughters: but David made himself strong in the Lord his God.