“To him that soweth righteousness shall be a sure reward” (Proverbs 11:18).
“I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith: henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day: and not to me only, but unto all them also that love his appearing” (2 Timothy 4:7,8).
“Behold, I come quickly: hold that fast which thou hast, that no man take thy crown” (Revelation 3:11).
Look unto the rock whence ye are hewn, and to the hole of the pit whence ye are digged. —Isaiah 51:1.
Behold, I was shapen in iniquity. -Psalm 51:5
None eye pitied thee but thou wast cast out in the open field, to the loathing of thy person, in the day that thou wast born. And when I passed by thee, and saw thee polluted in thine own blood, I said unto thee, Live. -Ezekiel 16:5,6
He brought me up . . . out of a horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings. And he hath put a new song in my mouth, even praise unto our God. -Psalm 40:2,3
When we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly. For scarcely for a righteous man will one die: yet peradventure for a good man some would even dare to die. But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. -Romans 5:6-8
God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us, even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ. -Ephesians 2:4,5