Daniel 3:18
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18 But if not, let it be known to you, O king, that we do not serve your gods, nor will we (A)worship the gold image which you have set up.”
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Acts 5:29-32
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29 But Peter and the other apostles answered and said: (A)“We ought to obey God rather than men. 30 (B)The God of our fathers raised up Jesus whom you murdered by (C)hanging on a tree. 31 (D)Him God has exalted to His right hand to be (E)Prince and (F)Savior, (G)to give repentance to Israel and forgiveness of sins. 32 And (H)we are His witnesses to these things, and so also is the Holy Spirit (I)whom God has given to those who obey Him.”
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Revelation 2:10-11
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10 (A)Do not fear any of those things which you are about to suffer. Indeed, the devil is about to throw some of you into prison, that you may be tested, and you will have tribulation ten days. (B)Be faithful until death, and I will give you (C)the crown of life.
11 (D)“He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. He who overcomes shall not be hurt by (E)the second death.” ’
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Matthew 10:39
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39 (A)He who finds his life will lose it, and he who loses his life for My sake will find it.
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Acts 4:10-13
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10 let it be known to you all, and to all the people of Israel, (A)that by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you crucified, (B)whom God raised from the dead, by Him this man stands here before you whole. 11 This is the (C)‘stone which was rejected by you builders, which has become the chief cornerstone.’ 12 (D)Nor is there salvation in any other, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved.”
The Name of Jesus Forbidden
13 Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, (E)and perceived that they were uneducated and untrained men, they marveled. And they realized that they had been with Jesus.
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Luke 12:3-9
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3 Therefore whatever you have spoken in the dark will be heard in the light, and what you have spoken in the ear in inner rooms will be proclaimed on the housetops.
Jesus Teaches the Fear of God(A)
4 (B)“And I say to you, (C)My friends, do not be afraid of those who kill the body, and after that have no more that they can do. 5 But I will show you whom you should fear: Fear Him who, after He has killed, has power to cast into hell; yes, I say to you, (D)fear Him!
6 “Are not five sparrows sold for two [a]copper coins? And (E)not one of them is forgotten before God. 7 But the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Do not fear therefore; you are of more value than many sparrows.
Confess Christ Before Men(F)
8 (G)“Also I say to you, whoever confesses Me (H)before men, him the Son of Man also will confess before the angels of God. 9 But he who (I)denies Me before men will be denied before the angels of God.
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- Luke 12:6 Gr. assarion, a coin worth about 1⁄16 of a denarius
Matthew 10:32-33
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Confess Christ Before Men(A)
32 (B)“Therefore whoever confesses Me before men, (C)him I will also confess before My Father who is in heaven. 33 (D)But whoever denies Me before men, him I will also deny before My Father who is in heaven.
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Revelation 12:11
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11 And (A)they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, (B)and they did not love their lives to the death.
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Isaiah 51:12-13
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12 “I, even I, am He (A)who comforts you.
Who are you that you should be afraid
(B)Of a man who will die,
And of the son of a man who will be made (C)like grass?
13 And (D)you forget the Lord your Maker,
(E)Who stretched out the heavens
And laid the foundations of the earth;
You have feared continually every day
Because of the fury of the oppressor,
When he has prepared to destroy.
(F)And where is the fury of the oppressor?
Job 13:15
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Acts 4:19
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19 But Peter and John answered and said to them, (A)“Whether it is right in the sight of God to listen to you more than to God, you judge.
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Daniel 3:28
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28 Nebuchadnezzar spoke, saying, “Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego, who sent His (A)Angel[a] and delivered His servants who trusted in Him, and they have frustrated the king’s word, and yielded their bodies, that they should not serve nor worship any god except their own God!
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- Daniel 3:28 Or angel
Proverbs 28:1
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The Righteous Are Bold as a Lion
28 The (A)wicked flee when no one pursues,
But the righteous are bold as a lion.
Joshua 24:15
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15 And if it seems evil to you to serve the Lord, (A)choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether (B)the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of [a]the River, or (C)the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you dwell. (D)But as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.”
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- Joshua 24:15 The Euphrates
Leviticus 19:4
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4 (A)‘Do not turn to idols, (B)nor make for yourselves [a]molded gods: I am the Lord your God.
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- Leviticus 19:4 molten
Matthew 16:2
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2 He answered and said to them, “When it is evening you say, ‘It will be fair weather, for the sky is red’;
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Matthew 10:28
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28 (A)And do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. But rather (B)fear Him who is able to destroy both soul and body in [a]hell.
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- Matthew 10:28 Gr. Gehenna
Exodus 20:3-5
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3 (A)“You shall have no other gods before Me.
4 (B)“You shall not make for yourself a carved image—any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth; 5 (C)you shall not bow down to them nor [a]serve them. (D)For I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God, (E)visiting[b] the iniquity of the fathers upon the children to the third and fourth generations of those who hate Me,
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- Exodus 20:5 worship
- Exodus 20:5 punishing
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