The Lord said to Moses, “I am going to come to you in a dense cloud, so that the people will hear me speaking with you and will always put their trust in you.” Then Moses told the Lord what the people had said.

Be careful to obey all these regulations I am giving you, so that it may always go well with you and your children after you, because you will be doing what is good and right in the eyes of the Lord your God.

Do not withhold your mercy from me, Lord; may your love and faithfulness always protect me.

Yet I am always with you; you hold me by my right hand.

Your commands are always with me and make me wiser than my enemies.

A loving doe, a graceful deer— may her breasts satisfy you always, may you ever be intoxicated with her love.

for he is the kind of person who is always thinking about the cost. “Eat and drink,” he says to you, but his heart is not with you.

Always be clothed in white, and always anoint your head with oil.

“As for me, this is my covenant with them,” says the Lord. “My Spirit, who is on you, will not depart from you, and my words that I have put in your mouth will always be on your lips, on the lips of your children and on the lips of their descendants—from this time on and forever,” says the Lord.

Jeremiah’s Complaint

You are always righteous, Lord, when I bring a case before you. Yet I would speak with you about your justice: Why does the way of the wicked prosper? Why do all the faithless live at ease?

The poor you will always have with you, but you will not always have me.

and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.”

The poor you will always have with you, and you can help them any time you want. But you will not always have me.

“‘My son,’ the father said, ‘you are always with me, and everything I have is yours.

It is fine to be zealous, provided the purpose is good, and to be so always, not just when I am with you.

In all my prayers for all of you, I always pray with joy

Do Everything Without Grumbling

Therefore, my dear friends, as you have always obeyed—not only in my presence, but now much more in my absence—continue to work out your salvation with fear and trembling,

Let your conversation be always full of grace, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how to answer everyone.

But in your hearts revere Christ as Lord. Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have. But do this with gentleness and respect,