"He said to them, 'Take nothing for your journey, no staff, nor bag, nor bread, nor money—not even an extra tunic.'" (Luke 9:3)

"Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their toil." (Ecclesiastes 4:9)

" So let us not grow weary in doing what is right, for we will reap at harvest time, if we do not give up." (Galatians 6:9)

"And not only that, but we also boast in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and character produces hope..."

"See, this alone I found, that God made human beings straightforward, but they have devised many schemes." (Ecclesiastes 7:29)

“Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted." (Matthew 5:4)