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Acts 5:41
They therefore departed from the presence of the council, rejoicing that they were counted worthy to suffer dishonor for Jesus’ name.

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Leviticus 24:11
The son of the Israelite woman blasphemed the Name, and cursed; and they brought him to Moses. His mother’s name was Shelomith, the daughter of Dibri, of the tribe of Dan.

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Numbers 12:3
Now the man Moses was very humble, more than all the men who were on the surface of the earth.

Isaiah 1:6
From the sole of the foot even to the head there is no soundness in it, but wounds, welts, and open sores. They haven’t been closed, bandaged, or soothed with oil.

Isaiah 50:6
I gave my back to those who beat me, and my cheeks to those who plucked off the hair. I didn’t hide my face from shame and spitting.

Isaiah 53:5
But he was pierced for our transgressions. He was crushed for our iniquities. The punishment that brought our peace was on him; and by his wounds we are healed.

Jeremiah 20:18
Why did I come out of the womb to see labor and sorrow, that my days should be consumed with shame?

Lamentations 3:30
Let him give his cheek to him who strikes him. Let him be filled full of reproach.

Matthew 27:31
When they had mocked him, they took the robe off him, and put his clothes on him, and led him away to crucify him.

John 19:2
The soldiers twisted thorns into a crown and put it on his head, and dressed him in a purple garment.

1 Peter 2:22
who didn’t sin, “neither was deceit found in his mouth.”

1 Peter 2:23
When he was cursed, he didn’t curse back. When he suffered, he didn’t threaten, but committed himself to him who judges righteously.

1 Peter 2:24
He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we, having died to sins, might live to righteousness. You were healed by his wounds.

1 Peter 3:18
Because Christ also suffered for sins once, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring you to God, being put to death in the flesh, but made alive in the Spirit,

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1 Samuel 2:18
But Samuel ministered before Yahweh, being a child, clothed with a linen ephod.

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2 Kings 17:33
They feared Yahweh, and also served their own gods, after the ways of the nations from among whom they had been carried away.

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1 Chronicles 17:16
Then David the king went in and sat before Yahweh; and he said, “Who am I, Yahweh God, and what is my house, that you have brought me this far?

1 Chronicles 29:14
But who am I, and what is my people, that we should be able to offer so willingly as this? For all things come from you, and we have given you of your own.

1 Chronicles 29:15
For we are strangers before you and foreigners, as all our fathers were. Our days on the earth are as a shadow, and there is no remaining.

Romans 1:5
through whom we received grace and apostleship for obedience of faith among all the nations for his name’s sake;

Romans 1:6
among whom you are also called to belong to Jesus Christ;

Romans 15:15
But I write the more boldly to you in part as reminding you, because of the grace that was given to me by God,

Romans 15:16
that I should be a servant of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles, serving as a priest of the Good News of God, that the offering up of the Gentiles might be made acceptable, sanctified by the Holy Spirit.

Romans 15:17
I have therefore my boasting in Christ Jesus in things pertaining to God.

Ephesians 3:8
To me, the very least of all saints, was this grace given, to preach to the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ,

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Job 34:7
What man is like Job, who drinks scorn like water,

Job 34:8
who goes in company with the workers of iniquity, and walks with wicked men?

Job 34:9
For he has said, ‘It profits a man nothing that he should delight himself with God.’

Job 35:3
that you ask, ‘What advantage will it be to you? What profit will I have, more than if I had sinned?’

Job 36:21
Take heed, don’t regard iniquity; for you have chosen this rather than affliction.

Proverbs 14:9
Fools mock at making atonement for sins, but among the upright there is good will.

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Psalms 14:6
You frustrate the plan of the poor, because Yahweh is his refuge.

Psalms 69:7
Because for your sake, I have borne reproach. Shame has covered my face.

Psalms 69:19
You know my reproach, my shame, and my dishonor. My adversaries are all before you.

Psalms 69:20
Reproach has broken my heart, and I am full of heaviness. I looked for some to take pity, but there was none; for comforters, but I found none.

Psalms 89:50
Remember, Lord, the reproach of your servants, how I bear in my heart the taunts of all the mighty peoples,

Isaiah 25:4
For you have been a stronghold to the poor, a stronghold to the needy in his distress, a refuge from the storm, a shade from the heat, when the blast of the dreaded ones is like a storm against the wall.

Matthew 27:39
Those who passed by blasphemed him, wagging their heads

Matthew 27:40
and saying, “You who destroy the temple and build it in three days, save yourself! If you are the Son of God, come down from the cross!”

Matthew 27:41
Likewise the chief priests also mocking with the scribes, the Pharisees, and the elders, said,

Matthew 27:42
“He saved others, but he can’t save himself. If he is the King of Israel, let him come down from the cross now, and we will believe in him.

Matthew 27:43
He trusts in God. Let God deliver him now, if he wants him; for he said, ‘I am the Son of God.’ ”

Matthew 27:44
The robbers also who were crucified with him cast on him the same reproach.

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Psalms 71:8
My mouth shall be filled with your praise, with your honor all day long.

Psalms 71:14
But I will always hope, and will add to all of your praise.

Psalms 71:15
My mouth will tell about your righteousness, and of your salvation all day, though I don’t know its full measure.

Proverbs 3:17
Her ways are ways of pleasantness. All her paths are peace.

Isaiah 63:7
I will tell of the loving kindnesses of Yahweh and the praises of Yahweh, according to all that Yahweh has given to us, and the great goodness toward the house of Israel, which he has given to them according to his mercies, and according to the multitude of his loving kindnesses.

Isaiah 65:14
Behold, my servants will sing for joy of heart, but you will cry for sorrow of heart, and will wail for anguish of spirit.

Romans 14:17
for God’s Kingdom is not eating and drinking, but righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit.

Galatians 5:22
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faith,

Ephesians 5:4
nor filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor jesting, which are not appropriate, but rather giving of thanks.

Colossians 1:12
giving thanks to the Father, who made us fit to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light,

Revelation 7:13
One of the elders answered, saying to me, “These who are arrayed in the white robes, who are they, and where did they come from?”

Revelation 19:6
I heard something like the voice of a great multitude, and like the voice of many waters, and like the voice of mighty thunders, saying, “Hallelujah! For the Lord our God, the Almighty, reigns!

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Proverbs 15:13
A glad heart makes a cheerful face, but an aching heart breaks the spirit.

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Proverbs 17:3
The refining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold, but Yahweh tests the hearts.

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Proverbs 29:25
The fear of man proves to be a snare, but whoever puts his trust in Yahweh is kept safe.

Isaiah 57:11
“Whom have you dreaded and feared, so that you lie, and have not remembered me, nor laid it to your heart? Haven’t I held my peace for a long time, and you don’t fear me?

Matthew 26:58
But Peter followed him from a distance to the court of the high priest, and entered in and sat with the officers, to see the end.

Matthew 26:70
But he denied it before them all, saying, “I don’t know what you are talking about.”

Matthew 26:71
When he had gone out onto the porch, someone else saw him and said to those who were there, “This man also was with Jesus of Nazareth.”

Matthew 26:72
Again he denied it with an oath, “I don’t know the man.”

Matthew 26:73
After a little while those who stood by came and said to Peter, “Surely you are also one of them, for your speech makes you known.”

Matthew 26:74
Then he began to curse and to swear, “I don’t know the man!” Immediately the rooster crowed.

Matthew 26:75
Peter remembered the word which Jesus had said to him, “Before the rooster crows, you will deny me three times.” Then he went out and wept bitterly.

Luke 9:26
For whoever will be ashamed of me and of my words, of him will the Son of Man be ashamed when he comes in his glory, and the glory of the Father, and of the holy angels.

John 7:13
Yet no one spoke openly of him for fear of the Jews.

John 9:34
They answered him, “You were altogether born in sins, and do you teach us?” Then they threw him out.

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Isaiah 35:4
Tell those who have a fearful heart, “Be strong! Don’t be afraid! Behold, your God will come with vengeance, God’s retribution. He will come and save you.

Zephaniah 3:13
The remnant of Israel will not do iniquity nor speak lies, neither will a deceitful tongue be found in their mouth, for they will feed and lie down, and no one will make them afraid.”

Matthew 10:24
“A disciple is not above his teacher, nor a servant above his lord.

Matthew 22:6
and the rest grabbed his servants, treated them shamefully, and killed them.

John 15:19
If you were of the world, the world would love its own. But because you are not of the world, since I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you.

John 17:4
I glorified you on the earth. I have accomplished the work which you have given me to do.

Acts 5:29
But Peter and the apostles answered, “We must obey God rather than men.

Acts 14:22
strengthening the souls of the disciples, exhorting them to continue in the faith, and that through many afflictions we must enter into God’s Kingdom.

Romans 9:29
As Isaiah has said before, “Unless the Lord of Armies had left us a seed, we would have become like Sodom, and would have been made like Gomorrah.”

Philippians 1:19
For I know that this will turn out to my salvation through your prayers and the supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ,

Philippians 1:27
Only let your way of life be worthy of the Good News of Christ, that whether I come and see you or am absent, I may hear of your state, that you stand firm in one spirit, with one soul striving for the faith of the Good News;

Hebrews 12:5
You have forgotten the exhortation which reasons with you as with children, “My son, don’t take lightly the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when you are reproved by him;

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Psalms 119:76
Please let your loving kindness be for my comfort, according to your word to your servant.

Isaiah 51:8
For the moth will eat them up like a garment, and the worm will eat them like wool; but my righteousness will be forever, and my salvation to all generations.”

Isaiah 51:12
“I, even I, am he who comforts you. Who are you, that you are afraid of man who shall die, and of the son of man who will be made as grass?

Jeremiah 1:17
“You therefore put your belt on your waist, arise, and say to them all that I command you. Don’t be dismayed at them, lest I dismay you before them.

Ezekiel 2:6
You, son of man, don’t be afraid of them, neither be afraid of their words, though briers and thorns are with you, and you dwell among scorpions. Don’t be afraid of their words, nor be dismayed at their looks, though they are a rebellious house.

John 15:18
If the world hates you, you know that it has hated me before it hated you.

Acts 4:13
Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and had perceived that they were unlearned and ignorant men, they marveled. They recognized that they had been with Jesus.

Acts 4:20
for we can’t help telling the things which we saw and heard.”

2 Corinthians 5:12
For we are not commending ourselves to you again, but speak as giving you occasion of boasting on our behalf, that you may have something to answer those who boast in appearance and not in heart.

Ephesians 6:19
Pray for me, that utterance may be given to me in opening my mouth, to make known with boldness the mystery of the Good News,

2 Timothy 1:16
May the Lord grant mercy to the house of Onesiphorus, for he often refreshed me, and was not ashamed of my chain,

James 5:11
Behold, we call them blessed who endured. You have heard of the perseverance of Job and have seen the Lord in the outcome, and how the Lord is full of compassion and mercy.

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Jeremiah 2:17
“Haven’t you brought this on yourself, in that you have forsaken Yahweh your God, when he led you by the way?

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Jeremiah 2:18
Now what do you gain by going to Egypt, to drink the waters of the Shihor? Or why do you to go on the way to Assyria, to drink the waters of the River?

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Jeremiah 31:22
How long will you go here and there, you backsliding daughter? For Yahweh has created a new thing in the earth: a woman will encompass a man.”

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Song of Solomon 5:7
The watchmen who go about the city found me. They beat me. They bruised me. The keepers of the walls took my cloak away from me.

Isaiah 35:3
Strengthen the weak hands, and make the feeble knees firm.

Micah 5:5
He will be our peace when Assyria invades our land and when he marches through our fortresses, then we will raise against him seven shepherds, and eight leaders of men.

Matthew 10:20
For it is not you who speak, but the Spirit of your Father who speaks in you.

Matthew 10:26
Therefore don’t be afraid of them, for there is nothing covered that will not be revealed, or hidden that will not be known.

Luke 12:5
But I will warn you whom you should fear. Fear him who after he has killed, has power to cast into Gehenna. Yes, I tell you, fear him.

Acts 4:18
They called them, and commanded them not to speak at all nor teach in the name of Jesus.

Acts 4:29
Now, Lord, look at their threats, and grant to your servants to speak your word with all boldness,

Acts 5:17
But the high priest rose up, and all those who were with him (which is the sect of the Sadducees), and they were filled with jealousy

Acts 5:18
and laid hands on the apostles, then put them in public custody.

2 Timothy 2:13
If we are faithless, he remains faithful; for he can’t deny himself.”

Hebrews 11:27
By faith he left Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king; for he endured, as seeing him who is invisible.

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Matthew 10:38
He who doesn’t take his cross and follow after me isn’t worthy of me.

Luke 20:11
He sent yet another servant, and they also beat him and treated him shamefully, and sent him away empty.

Acts 1:26
They drew lots for them, and the lot fell on Matthias; and he was counted with the eleven apostles.

Acts 9:14
Here he has authority from the chief priests to bind all who call on your name.”

Acts 11:19
They therefore who were scattered abroad by the oppression that arose about Stephen traveled as far as Phoenicia, Cyprus, and Antioch, speaking the word to no one except to Jews only.

2 Corinthians 8:23
As for Titus, he is my partner and fellow worker for you. As for our brothers, they are the apostles of the assemblies, the glory of Christ.

Ephesians 3:1
For this cause I, Paul, am the prisoner of Christ Jesus on behalf of you Gentiles,

Philippians 1:7
It is even right for me to think this way on behalf of all of you, because I have you in my heart, because both in my bonds and in the defense and confirmation of the Good News, you all are partakers with me of grace.

Philippians 1:12
Now I desire to have you know, brothers, that the things which happened to me have turned out rather to the progress of the Good News,

Philemon 1:1
Paul, a prisoner of Christ Jesus, and Timothy our brother, to Philemon, our beloved fellow worker,

Hebrews 3:14
For we have become partakers of Christ, if we hold the beginning of our confidence firm to the end,

3 John 1:1
The elder to Gaius the beloved, whom I love in truth.

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Luke 12:49
“I came to throw fire on the earth. I wish it were already kindled.

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Luke 12:50
But I have a baptism to be baptized with, and how distressed I am until it is accomplished!

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Proverbs 28:1
The wicked flee when no one pursues; but the righteous are as bold as a lion.

Isaiah 40:9
You who tell good news to Zion, go up on a high mountain. You who tell good news to Jerusalem, lift up your voice with strength! Lift it up! Don’t be afraid! Say to the cities of Judah, “Behold, your God!”

Matthew 10:18
Yes, and you will be brought before governors and kings for my sake, for a testimony to them and to the nations.

Matthew 19:29
Everyone who has left houses, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my name’s sake, will receive one hundred times, and will inherit eternal life.

John 8:49
Jesus answered, “I don’t have a demon, but I honor my Father and you dishonor me.

Acts 2:13
Others, mocking, said, “They are filled with new wine.”

Romans 9:33
even as it is written, “Behold, I lay in Zion a stumbling stone and a rock of offense; and no one who believes in him will be disappointed.”

1 Corinthians 4:9
For I think that God has displayed us, the apostles, last of all, like men sentenced to death. For we are made a spectacle to the world, both to angels and men.

2 Corinthians 4:8
We are pressed on every side, yet not crushed; perplexed, yet not to despair;

2 Corinthians 4:9
pursued, yet not forsaken; struck down, yet not destroyed;

2 Corinthians 4:10
always carrying in the body the putting to death of the Lord Jesus, that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our body.

Galatians 6:14
But far be it from me to boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world.

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Matthew 10:32
Everyone therefore who confesses me before men, I will also confess him before my Father who is in heaven.

Matthew 10:33
But whoever denies me before men, I will also deny him before my Father who is in heaven.

Luke 12:8
“I tell you, everyone who confesses me before men, the Son of Man will also confess before the angels of God;

Luke 12:9
but he who denies me in the presence of men will be denied in the presence of God’s angels.

Luke 19:26
‘For I tell you that to everyone who has, will more be given; but from him who doesn’t have, even that which he has will be taken away from him.

John 9:22
His parents said these things because they feared the Jews; for the Jews had already agreed that if any man would confess him as Christ, he would be put out of the synagogue.

John 12:42
Nevertheless, even many of the rulers believed in him, but because of the Pharisees they didn’t confess it, so that they wouldn’t be put out of the synagogue,

John 16:2
They will put you out of the synagogues. Yes, the time is coming that whoever kills you will think that he offers service to God.

1 John 2:23
Whoever denies the Son doesn’t have the Father. He who confesses the Son has the Father also.

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Luke 24:53
and were continually in the temple, praising and blessing God. Amen.

John 14:16
I will pray to the Father, and he will give you another Counselor, that he may be with you forever:

John 14:17
the Spirit of truth, whom the world can’t receive, for it doesn’t see him and doesn’t know him. You know him, for he lives with you and will be in you.

John 14:18
I will not leave you orphans. I will come to you.

John 16:15
All things that the Father has are mine; therefore I said that he takes of mine and will declare it to you.

Acts 2:47
praising God and having favor with all the people. The Lord added to the assembly day by day those who were being saved.

Acts 9:31
So the assemblies throughout all Judea, Galilee, and Samaria had peace and were built up. They were multiplied, walking in the fear of the Lord and in the comfort of the Holy Spirit.

1 Corinthians 1:4
I always thank my God concerning you for the grace of God which was given you in Christ Jesus,

Philippians 1:3
I thank my God whenever I remember you,

2 Thessalonians 1:11
To this end we also pray always for you that our God may count you worthy of your calling, and fulfill every desire of goodness and work of faith with power,

James 1:9
Let the brother in humble circumstances glory in his high position;

Revelation 3:4
Nevertheless you have a few names in Sardis that didn’t defile their garments. They will walk with me in white, for they are worthy.

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Matthew 27:32
As they came out, they found a man of Cyrene, Simon by name, and they compelled him to go with them, that he might carry his cross.

John 19:3
They kept saying, “Hail, King of the Jews!” and they kept slapping him.

John 19:4
Then Pilate went out again, and said to them, “Behold, I bring him out to you, that you may know that I find no basis for a charge against him.”

1 Peter 2:18
Servants, be in subjection to your masters with all respect, not only to the good and gentle, but also to the wicked.

1 Peter 2:19
For it is commendable if someone endures pain, suffering unjustly, because of conscience toward God.

1 Peter 2:25
For you were going astray like sheep; but now you have returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls.

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Acts 2:23
him, being delivered up by the determined counsel and foreknowledge of God, you have taken by the hand of lawless men, crucified and killed;

Acts 2:31
he foreseeing this, spoke about the resurrection of the Christ, that his soul wasn’t left in Hades, and his flesh didn’t see decay.

Acts 3:6
But Peter said, “I have no silver or gold, but what I have, that I give you. In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, get up and walk!”

Acts 3:15
and killed the Prince of life, whom God raised from the dead, to which we are witnesses.

Acts 4:7
When they had stood Peter and John in the middle of them, they inquired, “By what power, or in what name, have you done this?”

Acts 4:10
may it be known to you all, and to all the people of Israel, that in the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you crucified, whom God raised from the dead, this man stands here before you whole in him.

Acts 5:1
But a certain man named Ananias, with Sapphira his wife, sold a possession,

Acts 5:12
By the hands of the apostles many signs and wonders were done among the people. They were all with one accord in Solomon’s porch.

Acts 5:14
More believers were added to the Lord, multitudes of both men and women.

1 Peter 1:10
Concerning this salvation, the prophets sought and searched diligently. They prophesied of the grace that would come to you,

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Acts 4:15
But when they had commanded them to go aside out of the council, they conferred among themselves,

Acts 5:34
But one stood up in the council, a Pharisee named Gamaliel, a teacher of the law, honored by all the people, and commanded to put the apostles out for a little while.

Acts 5:35
He said to them, “You men of Israel, be careful concerning these men, what you are about to do.

Acts 5:36
For before these days Theudas rose up, making himself out to be somebody; to whom a number of men, about four hundred, joined themselves. He was slain; and all, as many as obeyed him, were dispersed and came to nothing.

Acts 5:37
After this man, Judas of Galilee rose up in the days of the enrollment, and drew away some people after him. He also perished, and all, as many as obeyed him, were scattered abroad.

Romans 2:23
You who glory in the law, do you dishonor God by disobeying the law?

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Deuteronomy 33:29
You are happy, Israel! Who is like you, a people saved by Yahweh, the shield of your help, the sword of your excellency? Your enemies will submit themselves to you. You will tread on their high places.”

2 Chronicles 25:9
Amaziah said to the man of God, “But what shall we do for the hundred talents which I have given to the army of Israel?” The man of God answered, “Yahweh is able to give you much more than this.”

Daniel 3:16
Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego answered the king, “Nebuchadnezzar, we have no need to answer you in this matter.

Daniel 3:17
If it happens, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace; and he will deliver us out of your hand, O king.

Daniel 3:18
But if not, let it be known to you, O king, that we will not serve your gods or worship the golden image which you have set up.”

Daniel 6:10
When Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went into his house (now his windows were open in his room toward Jerusalem) and he kneeled on his knees three times a day, and prayed, and gave thanks before his God, as he did before.

Matthew 13:21
yet he has no root in himself, but endures for a while. When oppression or persecution arises because of the word, immediately he stumbles.

Acts 7:58
They threw him out of the city and stoned him. The witnesses placed their garments at the feet of a young man named Saul.

2 Corinthians 2:14
Now thanks be to God who always leads us in triumph in Christ, and reveals through us the sweet aroma of his knowledge in every place.

Ephesians 6:14
Stand therefore, having the utility belt of truth buckled around your waist, and having put on the breastplate of righteousness,

Philippians 4:13
I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.

1 Peter 3:15
But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts. Always be ready to give an answer to everyone who asks you a reason concerning the hope that is in you, with humility and fear,

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Acts 15:40
but Paul chose Silas and went out, being commended by the brothers to the grace of God.

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Acts 26:30
The king rose up with the governor and Bernice, and those who sat with them.

Acts 26:31
When they had withdrawn, they spoke to one another, saying, “This man does nothing worthy of death or of bonds.”

Acts 26:32
Agrippa said to Festus, “This man might have been set free if he had not appealed to Caesar.”

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Romans 8:16
The Spirit himself testifies with our spirit that we are children of God;

1 Peter 5:14
Greet one another with a kiss of love. Peace be to all of you who are in Christ Jesus. Amen.

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Romans 8:38
For I am persuaded that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers,

Romans 8:39
nor height, nor depth, nor any other created thing will be able to separate us from God’s love which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

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2 Corinthians 7:6
Nevertheless, he who comforts the lowly, God, comforted us by the coming of Titus,

2 Corinthians 7:7
and not by his coming only, but also by the comfort with which he was comforted in you while he told us of your longing, your mourning, and your zeal for me, so that I rejoiced still more.

1 Thessalonians 3:7
For this cause, brothers, we were comforted over you in all our distress and affliction through your faith.

1 Thessalonians 3:8
For now we live, if you stand fast in the Lord.

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Psalms 34:2
My soul shall boast in Yahweh. The humble shall hear of it and be glad.

Psalms 146:2
While I live, I will praise Yahweh. I will sing praises to my God as long as I exist.

Isaiah 24:16
From the uttermost part of the earth have we heard songs. Glory to the righteous! But I said, “I pine away! I pine away! woe is me!” The treacherous have dealt treacherously. Yes, the treacherous have dealt very treacherously.

Isaiah 35:10
Then Yahweh’s ransomed ones will return, and come with singing to Zion; and everlasting joy will be on their heads. They will obtain gladness and joy, and sorrow and sighing will flee away.”

Isaiah 61:10
I will greatly rejoice in Yahweh! My soul will be joyful in my God, for he has clothed me with the garments of salvation. He has covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decks himself with a garland and as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.

2 Corinthians 8:2
how in a severe ordeal of affliction, the abundance of their joy and their deep poverty abounded to the riches of their generosity.

Ephesians 2:8
for by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God,

Philippians 4:4
Rejoice in the Lord always! Again I will say, “Rejoice!”

Philippians 4:6
In nothing be anxious, but in everything, by prayer and petition with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God.

Colossians 3:12
Put on therefore, as God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved, a heart of compassion, kindness, lowliness, humility, and perseverance;

1 Thessalonians 5:16
Always rejoice.

1 Thessalonians 5:17
Pray without ceasing.

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Acts 16:12
and from there to Philippi, which is a city of Macedonia, the foremost of the district, a Roman colony. We were staying some days in this city.

Acts 16:37
But Paul said to them, “They have beaten us publicly without a trial, men who are Romans, and have cast us into prison! Do they now release us secretly? No, most certainly, but let them come themselves and bring us out!”

1 Peter 2:13
Therefore subject yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord’s sake: whether to the king, as supreme,

1 Peter 2:14
or to governors, as sent by him for vengeance on evildoers and for praise to those who do well.

1 Peter 2:15
For this is the will of God, that by well-doing you should put to silence the ignorance of foolish men.

1 Peter 2:16
Live as free people, yet not using your freedom for a cloak of wickedness, but as bondservants of God.

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