Daniel 3:28
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28 Nebuchadnezzar said, “Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, who has sent his angel and delivered his servants who trusted in him. They disobeyed the king’s command and yielded up their bodies rather than serve and worship any god except their own God.(A)
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Romans 14:7-8
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7 For we do not live to ourselves, and we do not die to ourselves.(A) 8 If we live, we live to the Lord, and if we die, we die to the Lord; so then, whether we live or whether we die, we are the Lord’s.
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Psalm 34:7-8
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7 The angel of the Lord encamps
around those who fear him and delivers them.(A)
8 O taste and see that the Lord is good;
happy are those who take refuge in him.(B)
Revelation 12:11
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11 But they have conquered him by the blood of the Lamb
and by the word of their testimony,
for they did not cling to life even in the face of death.(A)
Romans 12:1
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The New Life in Christ
12 I appeal to you therefore, brothers and sisters, on the basis of God’s mercy, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your reasonable act of worship.(A)
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Psalm 84:11-12
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11 For the Lord God is a sun and shield;
he bestows favor and honor.
No good thing does the Lord withhold
from those who walk uprightly.(A)
12 O Lord of hosts,
happy is everyone who trusts in you.(B)
Psalm 22:4-5
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4 In you our ancestors trusted;
they trusted, and you delivered them.
5 To you they cried and were saved;
in you they trusted and were not put to shame.(A)
Exodus 20:5
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5 You shall not bow down to them or serve them, for I the Lord your God am a jealous God, punishing children for the iniquity of parents to the third and the fourth generation of those who reject me(A)
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Psalm 147:11
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11 but the Lord takes pleasure in those who fear him,
in those who hope in his steadfast love.
Acts 5:19
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19 But during the night an angel of the Lord opened the prison doors, brought them out, and said,(A)
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Daniel 3:25
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25 He replied, “But I see four men unbound, walking in the middle of the fire, and they are not hurt, and the fourth has the appearance of a god.”[a]
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- 3.25 Aram a son of the gods
Isaiah 26:3-4
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3 Those of steadfast mind you keep in peace,
in peace because they trust in you.
4 Trust in the Lord forever,
for in the Lord God[a]
you have an everlasting rock.(A)
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- 26.4 Heb in Yah, the Lord
Psalm 62:8
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8 Trust in him at all times, O people;
pour out your heart before him;
God is a refuge for us. Selah(A)
Matthew 4:10
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10 Then Jesus said to him, “Away with you, Satan! for it is written,
‘Worship the Lord your God,
and serve only him.’ ”(A)
Daniel 6:22-23
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22 My God sent his angel and shut the lions’ mouths so that they would not hurt me, because I was found blameless before him; also before you, O king, I have done no wrong.”(A) 23 Then the king was exceedingly glad and commanded that Daniel be taken up out of the den. So Daniel was taken up out of the den, and no kind of harm was found on him because he had trusted in his God.(B)
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Daniel 2:47
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47 The king said to Daniel, “Truly, your God is God of gods and Lord of kings and a revealer of mysteries, for you have been able to reveal this mystery!”(A)
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Philippians 1:20
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20 It is my eager expectation and hope that I will not be put to shame in any way but that by my speaking with all boldness Christ will be exalted now as always in my body, whether by life or by death.(A)
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Jeremiah 17:7-8
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7 Blessed are those who trust in the Lord,
whose trust is the Lord.(A)
8 They shall be like a tree planted by water,
sending out its roots by the stream.
It shall not fear when heat comes,
and its leaves shall stay green;
in the year of drought it is not anxious,
and it does not cease to bear fruit.(B)
Isaiah 37:36
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Sennacherib’s Defeat and Death
36 Then the angel of the Lord set out and struck down one hundred eighty-five thousand in the camp of the Assyrians; when morning dawned, they were all dead bodies.(A)
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2 Chronicles 32:21
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21 And the Lord sent an angel who cut off all the mighty warriors and commanders and officers in the camp of the king of Assyria. So he returned in disgrace to his own land. When he came into the house of his god, some of his own sons struck him down there with the sword.(A)
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2 Chronicles 20:20
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20 They rose early in the morning and went out into the wilderness of Tekoa, and as they went out Jehoshaphat stood and said, “Listen to me, O Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem! Believe in the Lord your God and you will be established; believe his prophets and you will succeed.”(A)
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1 Peter 1:21
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21 Through him you have come to trust in God, who raised him from the dead and gave him glory, so that your trust and hope are in God.
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Hebrews 11:37
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37 They were stoned to death; they were sawn in two;[a] they were killed by the sword; they went about in skins of sheep and goats, destitute, persecuted, tormented(A)—
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- 11.37 Other ancient authorities add they were tempted
Hebrews 1:14
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14 Are not all angels[a] spirits in the divine service, sent to serve for the sake of those who are to inherit salvation?(A)
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- 1.14 Gk all of them
Ephesians 1:12-13
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12 so that we, who were the first to set our hope on Christ, might live for the praise of his glory. 13 In him you also, when you had heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation, and had believed in him, were marked with the seal of the promised Holy Spirit;(A)
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