Acts 20:28 - So guard yourselves and God’s people. Feed and shepherd God’s flock—his church, purchased with his own blood—over which the Holy Spirit has appointed you as leaders.

Matthew 5:13 - You are the salt of the earth; but if the salt loses its flavor, how shall it be seasoned? It is then good for nothing but to be thrown out and trampled underfoot by men.

1 Thessalonians 5:12 - And we urge you, brethren, to recognize those who labor among you, and are over you in the Lord and admonish you.

Isaiah 40:31 - But those who wait on the LORD shall renew their strength;

They shall mount up with wings like eagles, they shall run and not be weary, they shall walk and not faint.

Hebrews 13:17 - Obey those who rule over you, and be submissive, for they watch out for your souls, as those who must give account. Let them do so with joy and not with grief, for that would be unprofitable for you.

Romans 6:2 - How shall we who died to sin live any longer in it?

Psalm 95:2 - Let us come before His presence with thanksgiving; let us shout joyfully to Him with psalms.

Hebrews 12:1 - Therefore we also, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which so easily ensnares us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us.

James 4:7 - Therefore submit to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you.

Ephesians 4:24 - and that you put on the new man which was created according to God, in true righteousness and holiness.