Acts 4:29
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29 Now, Lord, look on their threats, and grant to Your servants (A)that with all boldness they may speak Your word,
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Philippians 1:14
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14 and most of the brethren in the Lord, having become confident by my chains, are much more bold to speak the word without fear.
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Acts 4:31
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31 And when they had prayed, (A)the place where they were assembled together was shaken; and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, (B)and they spoke the word of God with boldness.
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2 Timothy 4:17
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The Lord Is Faithful
17 (A)But the Lord stood with me and strengthened me, (B)so that the message might be preached fully through me, and that all the Gentiles might hear. Also I was delivered (C)out of the mouth of the lion.
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Acts 14:3
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3 Therefore they stayed there a long time, speaking boldly in the Lord, (A)who was bearing witness to the word of His grace, granting signs and (B)wonders to be done by their hands.
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Acts 4:13
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The Name of Jesus Forbidden
13 Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, (A)and perceived that they were uneducated and untrained men, they marveled. And they realized that they had been with Jesus.
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Acts 28:31
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31 (A)preaching the kingdom of God and teaching the things which concern the Lord Jesus Christ with all confidence, no one forbidding him.
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Acts 9:27
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27 (A)But Barnabas took him and brought him to the apostles. And he declared to them how he had seen the Lord on the road, and that He had spoken to him, (B)and how he had preached boldly at Damascus in the name of Jesus.
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2 Timothy 1:7-8
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7 For (A)God has not given us a spirit of fear, (B)but of power and of love and of a sound mind.
Not Ashamed of the Gospel
8 (C)Therefore do not be ashamed of (D)the testimony of our Lord, nor of me (E)His prisoner, but share with me in the sufferings for the gospel according to the power of God,
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Ephesians 6:18-20
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18 (A)praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, (B)being watchful to this end with all perseverance and (C)supplication for all the saints— 19 and for me, that utterance may be given to me, (D)that I may open my mouth boldly to make known the mystery of the gospel, 20 for which (E)I am an ambassador in chains; that in it I may speak boldly, as I ought to speak.
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Acts 19:8
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8 (A)And he went into the synagogue and spoke boldly for three months, reasoning and persuading (B)concerning the things of the kingdom of God.
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Acts 13:46
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46 Then Paul and Barnabas grew bold and said, (A)“It was necessary that the word of God should be spoken to you first; but (B)since you reject it, and judge yourselves unworthy of everlasting life, behold, (C)we turn to the Gentiles.
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Daniel 9:18
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18 (A)O my God, incline Your ear and hear; open Your eyes (B)and see our desolations, and the city (C)which is called by Your name; for we do not present our supplications before You because of our righteous deeds, but because of Your great mercies.
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1 Thessalonians 2:2
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2 But [a]even after we had suffered before and were spitefully treated at (A)Philippi, as you know, we were (B)bold in our God to speak to you the gospel of God in much conflict.
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- 1 Thessalonians 2:2 NU, M omit even
Acts 26:26
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26 For the king, before whom I also speak freely, (A)knows these things; for I am convinced that none of these things escapes his attention, since this thing was not done in a corner.
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Acts 20:26-27
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26 Therefore I testify to you this day that I am (A)innocent[a] of the blood of all men. 27 For I have not [b]shunned to declare to you (B)the whole counsel of God.
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- Acts 20:26 Lit. clean
- Acts 20:27 avoided declaring
Acts 4:21
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21 So when they had further threatened them, they let them go, finding no way of punishing them, (A)because of the people, since they all (B)glorified God for (C)what had been done.
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Acts 4:17-18
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17 But so that it spreads no further among the people, let us severely threaten them, that from now on they speak to no man in this name.”
18 (A)So they called them and commanded them not to speak at all nor teach in the name of Jesus.
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Micah 3:8
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8 But truly I am full of power by the Spirit of the Lord,
And of justice and might,
(A)To declare to Jacob his transgression
And to Israel his sin.
Ezekiel 2:6
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6 “And you, son of man, (A)do not be afraid of them nor be afraid of their words, though (B)briers and thorns are with you and you dwell among scorpions; (C)do not be afraid of their words or dismayed by their looks, (D)though they are a rebellious house.
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Lamentations 5:1
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Prayer for Restoration
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Lamentations 3:50
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50 Till the Lord from heaven
(A)Looks down and sees.
Isaiah 63:15
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A Prayer of Penitence
15 (A)Look down from heaven,
And see (B)from Your habitation, holy and glorious.
Where are Your zeal and Your strength,
The yearning (C)of Your heart and Your mercies toward me?
Are they restrained?
Isaiah 58:1
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Fasting that Pleases God
58 “Cry aloud, [a]spare not;
Lift up your voice like a trumpet;
(A)Tell My people their transgression,
And the house of Jacob their sins.
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- Isaiah 58:1 do not hold back
Isaiah 37:17-20
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17 (A)Incline Your ear, O Lord, and hear; open Your eyes, O Lord, and see; and (B)hear all the words of Sennacherib, which he has sent to reproach the living God. 18 Truly, Lord, the kings of Assyria have laid waste all the nations and their (C)lands, 19 and have cast their gods into the fire; for they were (D)not gods, but the work of men’s hands—wood and stone. Therefore they destroyed them. 20 Now therefore, O Lord our God, (E)save us from his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may (F)know that You are the Lord, You alone.”
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