2 Corinthians 4:9
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9 persecuted but not forsaken, struck down but not destroyed,
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Isaiah 43:2
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2 When you pass through the waters, I will be with you,
and through the rivers, they shall not overwhelm you;
when you walk through fire you shall not be burned,
and the flame shall not consume you.(A)
Micah 7:8
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Penitence and Trust in God
8 Do not rejoice over me, my enemies;[a]
when I fall, I shall rise;
when I sit in darkness,
the Lord will be a light to me.(A)
Footnotes
- 7.8 Heb enemy
Psalm 37:24-25
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Proverbs 24:16
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16 for though they fall seven times, they will rise again,
but the wicked are overthrown by calamity.(A)
Psalm 42:11
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11 Why are you cast down, O my soul,
and why are you disquieted within me?
Hope in God, for I shall again praise him,
my help and my God.(A)
Hebrews 13:5
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5 Keep your lives free from the love of money, and be content with what you have, for he himself has said, “I will never leave you or forsake you.”(A)
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2 Corinthians 7:6
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6 But God, who consoles the downcast, consoled us by the arrival of Titus,(A)
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Isaiah 62:4
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4 You shall no more be termed Forsaken,
and your land shall no more be termed Desolate,
but you shall be called My Delight Is in Her
and your land Married,
for the Lord delights in you,
and your land shall be married.(A)
Psalm 9:10
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10 And those who know your name put their trust in you,
for you, O Lord, have not forsaken those who seek you.(A)
John 15:20
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20 Remember the word that I said to you, ‘Slaves are not greater than their master.’ If they persecuted me, they will persecute you; if they kept my word, they will keep yours also.(A)
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Psalm 42:5
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5 Why are you cast down, O my soul,
and why are you disquieted within me?
Hope in God, for I shall again praise him,
my help(A)
Psalm 37:28
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28 For the Lord loves justice;
he will not forsake his faithful ones.
The righteous shall be kept safe forever,
but the children of the wicked shall be cut off.(A)
Psalm 22:1
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Psalm 22
Plea for Deliverance from Suffering and Hostility
To the leader: according to The Deer of the Dawn. A Psalm of David.
1 My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?
Why are you so far from helping me, from the words of my groaning?(A)
Job 5:17-19
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17 “How happy is the one whom God reproves;
therefore do not despise the discipline of the Almighty.[a](A)
18 For he wounds, but he binds up;
he strikes, but his hands heal.(B)
19 He will deliver you from six troubles;
in seven no harm shall touch you.(C)
Footnotes
- 5.17 Traditional rendering of Heb Shaddai
Job 22:29
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29 When others are humiliated, you say it is pride,
for he saves the humble.(A)
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