Daniel 3:18
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18 But if not, be it known to you, O king, that we will not serve your gods or worship the golden image that you have set up.”
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Revelation 2:10-11
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10 Do not fear what you are about to suffer. Behold, the devil is about to throw some of you into prison, (A)that you may be tested, and for (B)ten days (C)you will have tribulation. (D)Be faithful (E)unto death, and I will give you (F)the crown of life. 11 (G)He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. (H)The one who conquers will not be hurt by (I)the second death.’
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Acts 5:29-32
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29 But Peter and the apostles answered, (A)“We must obey God rather than men. 30 (B)The God of our fathers (C)raised Jesus, (D)whom you killed by hanging him on (E)a tree. 31 God exalted (F)him at his right hand as (G)Leader and (H)Savior, (I)to give (J)repentance to Israel and (K)forgiveness of sins. 32 And (L)we are witnesses to these things, and (M)so is the Holy Spirit, (N)whom God has given to those who obey him.”
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Luke 12:3-9
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3 Therefore whatever you have said in the dark shall be heard in the light, and what you have whispered in (A)private rooms shall be proclaimed on (B)the housetops.
Have No Fear
4 “I tell you, my friends, (C)do not fear those who kill the body, and after that have nothing more that they can do. 5 But I will warn you whom to fear: fear him (D)who, after he has killed, has authority to cast into hell.[a] Yes, I tell you, fear him! 6 Are not five sparrows sold for two pennies?[b] And (E)not one of them is forgotten before God. 7 Why, (F)even the hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not; (G)you are of more value than many sparrows.
Acknowledge Christ Before Men
8 “And I tell you, (H)everyone who acknowledges me before men, the Son of Man also will acknowledge (I)before the angels of God, 9 but (J)the one who denies me before men (K)will be denied (L)before the angels of God.
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Acts 4:10-13
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10 let it be known to all of you and to all the people of Israel that (A)by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you crucified, (B)whom God raised from the dead—by him this man is standing before you well. 11 (C)This Jesus[a] is the stone that was (D)rejected by you, the builders, which has become the cornerstone.[b] 12 And there is (E)salvation (F)in no one else, for (G)there is no other (H)name under heaven given among men[c] by which we must be saved.”
13 (I)Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and perceived that they were uneducated, common men, they were astonished. And they recognized that they had been with Jesus.
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Matthew 10:39
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39 (A)Whoever finds his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for my sake will find it.
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Matthew 10:32-33
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32 (A)So everyone who acknowledges me before men, I also will acknowledge before my Father who is in heaven, 33 but (B)whoever denies me before men, (C)I also will deny before my Father who is in heaven.
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Isaiah 51:12-13
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12 “I, I am he (A)who comforts you;
who are you that you are afraid of (B)man who dies,
of the son of man who is made (C)like grass,
13 and have forgotten the Lord, your Maker,
(D)who stretched out the heavens
and (E)laid the foundations of the earth,
and you fear continually all the day
because of the wrath of (F)the oppressor,
when he sets himself to destroy?
And where is the wrath of (G)the oppressor?
Job 13:15
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- Job 13:15 Or Behold, he will slay me; I have no hope
Joshua 24:15
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Leviticus 19:4
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4 (A)Do not turn to idols (B)or make for yourselves any gods of cast metal: I am the Lord your God.
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Revelation 12:11
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11 And (A)they have conquered him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, for (B)they loved not their lives (C)even unto death.
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Acts 4:19
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19 But Peter and John answered them, (A)“Whether it is right in the sight of God to listen to you rather than to God, you must judge,
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Matthew 16:2
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2 He answered them,[a] (A)“When it is evening, you say, ‘It will be fair weather, for the sky is red.’
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- Matthew 16:2 Some manuscripts omit the following words to the end of verse 3
Matthew 10:28
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28 And (A)do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Rather fear him (B)who can destroy both soul and body in hell.[a]
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- Matthew 10:28 Greek Gehenna
Daniel 3:28
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28 Nebuchadnezzar answered and said, “Blessed be the God of (A)Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, who (B)has sent his angel and (C)delivered his servants, who (D)trusted in him, and set aside[a] the king's command, and yielded up their bodies rather than (E)serve and worship any god except their own God.
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- Daniel 3:28 Aramaic and changed
Proverbs 28:1
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Exodus 20:3-5
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3 (A)“You shall have no other gods before[a] me.
4 (B)“You shall not make for yourself a carved image, or 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 or serve them, for I the Lord your God am (D)a jealous God, (E)visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children to the third and the fourth generation of those who hate me,
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- Exodus 20:3 Or besides
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