Daniel 6:4
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4 (A)So the governors and satraps sought to find some charge against Daniel concerning the kingdom; but they could find no charge or fault, because he was faithful; nor was there any error or fault found in him.
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1 Peter 3:16
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16 (A)having a good conscience, that when they defame you as evildoers, those who revile your good conduct in Christ may be ashamed.
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1 Peter 2:12
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12 (A)having your conduct honorable among the Gentiles, that when they speak against you as evildoers, (B)they may, by your good works which they observe, glorify God in the day of visitation.
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Philippians 2:15
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15 that you may become blameless and [a]harmless, children of God without fault in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom you shine as (A)lights in the world,
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- Philippians 2:15 innocent
Luke 23:14-15
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14 said to them, (A)“You have brought this Man to me, as one who misleads the people. And indeed, (B)having examined Him in your presence, I have found no fault in this Man concerning those things of which you accuse Him; 15 no, neither did Herod, for [a]I sent you back to him; and indeed nothing deserving of death has been done by Him.
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- Luke 23:15 NU he sent Him back to us
Luke 20:20
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The Pharisees: Is It Lawful to Pay Taxes to Caesar?(A)
20 (B)So they watched Him, and sent spies who pretended to be righteous, that they might seize on His words, in order to deliver Him to the power and the authority of the governor.
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Matthew 27:18
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18 For he knew that they had handed Him over because of (A)envy.
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Jeremiah 20:10
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10 (A)For I heard many [a]mocking:
“Fear on every side!”
“Report,” they say, “and we will report it!”
(B)All my acquaintances watched for my stumbling, saying,
“Perhaps he can be induced;
Then we will prevail against him,
And we will take our revenge on him.”
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- Jeremiah 20:10 slandering
Ecclesiastes 4:4
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The Vanity of Selfish Toil
4 Again, I saw that for all toil and every skillful work a man is envied by his neighbor. This also is vanity and grasping for the wind.
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Psalm 37:32-33
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32 The wicked (A)watches the righteous,
And seeks to slay him.
33 The Lord (B)will not leave him in his hand,
Nor condemn him when he is judged.
1 Peter 4:14-16
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14 If you are [a]reproached for the name of Christ, (A)blessed are you, for the Spirit of glory and of God rests upon you. [b]On their part He is blasphemed, (B)but on your part He is glorified. 15 But let none of you suffer as a murderer, a thief, an evildoer, or as a [c]busybody in other people’s matters. 16 Yet if anyone suffers as a Christian, let him not be ashamed, but let him glorify God in this [d]matter.
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- 1 Peter 4:14 insulted or reviled
- 1 Peter 4:14 NU omits the rest of v. 14.
- 1 Peter 4:15 meddler
- 1 Peter 4:16 NU name
Titus 2:8
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8 sound speech that cannot be condemned, that one who is an opponent may be ashamed, having nothing evil to say of [a]you.
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- Titus 2:8 NU, M us
Daniel 3:8
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Daniel’s Friends Disobey the King
8 Therefore at that time certain Chaldeans (A)came forward and accused the Jews.
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Proverbs 29:27
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27 An unjust man is an abomination to the righteous,
And he who is upright in the way is an abomination to the wicked.
Judges 14:4
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4 But his father and mother did not know that it was (A)of the Lord—that He was seeking an occasion to move against the Philistines. For at that time (B)the Philistines had dominion over Israel.
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Genesis 43:18
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18 Now the men were (A)afraid because they were brought into Joseph’s house; and they said, “It is because of the money, which was returned in our sacks the first time, that we are brought in, so that he may [a]make a case against us and seize us, to take us as slaves with our donkeys.”
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- Genesis 43:18 Lit. roll himself upon us
1 Timothy 5:14
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14 Therefore I desire that the younger widows marry, bear children, manage the house, give no opportunity to the adversary to speak reproachfully.
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2 Corinthians 11:12
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12 But what I do, I will also continue to do, (A)that I may cut off the opportunity from those who desire an opportunity to be regarded just as we are in the things of which they boast.
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John 19:4
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4 Pilate then went out again, and said to them, “Behold, I am bringing Him out to you, (A)that you may know that I find no fault in Him.”
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Luke 22:2
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2 And (A)the chief priests and the scribes sought how they might kill Him, for they feared the people.
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Matthew 26:4
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4 and (A)plotted to take Jesus by [a]trickery and kill Him.
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- Matthew 26:4 deception
Jeremiah 18:23
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23 Yet, Lord, You know all their counsel
Which is against me, to slay me.
(A)Provide no atonement for their iniquity,
Nor blot out their sin from Your sight;
But let them be overthrown before You.
Deal thus with them
In the time of Your (B)anger.
Jeremiah 18:18
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Jeremiah Persecuted
18 Then they said, (A)“Come and let us devise plans against Jeremiah; (B)for the law shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. Come and let us attack him with the tongue, and let us not give heed to any of his words.”
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Psalm 37:12-13
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12 The wicked plots against the just,
(A)And gnashes at him with his teeth.
13 (B)The Lord laughs at him,
For He sees that (C)his day is coming.
1 Samuel 22:14
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14 So Ahimelech answered the king and said, “And who among all your servants is as (A)faithful as David, who is the king’s son-in-law, who goes at your bidding, and is honorable in your house?
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