Daniel 6:4
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1 Peter 3:16
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16 (A)having a good conscience, so that, (B)when you are slandered, those who revile your good behavior in Christ may be put to shame.
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1 Peter 2:12
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12 (A)Keep your conduct among the Gentiles honorable, so that when they speak against you as evildoers, (B)they may see your good deeds and glorify God on (C)the day of visitation.
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Psalm 37:32-33
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32 The wicked (A)watches for the righteous
and seeks to put him to death.
33 The Lord will not (B)abandon him to his power
or let him (C)be condemned when he is brought to trial.
Luke 23:14-15
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14 and said to them, “You brought me this man (A)as one who was misleading the people. And (B)after examining him before you, behold, I (C)did not find this man guilty of any of your charges against him. 15 Neither did Herod, for (D)he sent him back to us. Look, nothing deserving death has been done by him.
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Matthew 27:18
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18 For he knew that it was out (A)of envy that they had delivered him up.
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Jeremiah 20:10
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Ecclesiastes 4:4
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4 Then I saw that all toil and all skill in work come from a man's envy of his neighbor. This also is (A)vanity[a] and a striving after wind.
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- Ecclesiastes 4:4 The Hebrew term hebel can refer to a “vapor” or “mere breath”; also verses 7, 8, 16 (see note on 1:2)
1 Peter 4:14-16
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14 (A)If you are insulted (B)for the name of Christ, you are blessed, because the Spirit of glory[a] and of God rests upon you. 15 But (C)let none of you suffer as a murderer or a thief or an evildoer or (D)as a meddler. 16 Yet (E)if anyone suffers as a (F)Christian, let him not be ashamed, but let him glorify God (G)in that name.
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- 1 Peter 4:14 Some manuscripts insert and of power
Titus 2:8
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8 and (A)sound speech that cannot be condemned, (B)so that an opponent may be put to shame, having nothing evil to say about us.
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Daniel 3:8
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The Fiery Furnace
8 Therefore at that time certain (A)Chaldeans (B)came forward and maliciously accused the Jews.
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Proverbs 29:27
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27 (A)An unjust man is an abomination to the righteous,
but one whose way is straight is an abomination to the wicked.
Judges 14:4
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4 His father and mother did not know that it was (A)from the Lord, for he was seeking an opportunity against the Philistines. (B)At that time the Philistines ruled over Israel.
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Genesis 43:18
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18 And the men were afraid because they were brought to Joseph's house, and they said, “It is because of the money, which was replaced in our sacks the first time, that we are brought in, so that he may assault us and fall upon us to make us servants and seize our donkeys.”
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1 Timothy 5:14
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14 So I would have (A)younger widows marry, bear children, (B)manage their households, and (C)give the adversary no occasion for slander.
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2 Corinthians 11:12
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12 And what I am doing I will continue to do, (A)in order to undermine the claim of those who would like to claim that in their boasted mission they work on the same terms as we do.
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John 19:4
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4 Pilate went out again and said to them, “See, I am bringing him out to you that you may know that (A)I find no guilt in him.”
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Luke 22:2
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2 And the chief priests and the scribes (A)were seeking how to put him to death, for they feared the people.
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Matthew 26:4
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4 (A)and plotted together in order to arrest Jesus by stealth and kill him.
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Jeremiah 18:23
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23 Yet (A)you, O Lord, know
all their plotting to kill me.
(B)Forgive not their iniquity,
nor blot out their sin from your sight.
Let them be overthrown before you;
deal with them in the time of your anger.
Jeremiah 18:18
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18 Then they said, (A)“Come, let us make plots against Jeremiah, (B)for the law shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. (C)Come, let us strike him with the tongue, and let us not pay attention to any of his words.”
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Psalm 37:12-13
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12 The wicked (A)plots against the righteous
and (B)gnashes his teeth at him,
13 but the Lord (C)laughs at the wicked,
for he sees that his (D)day is coming.
1 Samuel 22:14
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14 Then Ahimelech answered the king, “And who among all your servants is so faithful as David, who is the king's son-in-law, and captain over[a] your bodyguard, and honored in your house?
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- 1 Samuel 22:14 Septuagint, Targum; Hebrew and has turned aside to
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