Daniel 6:4
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
4 So the administrators and the satraps tried to find grounds for complaint against Daniel in connection with the kingdom. But they could find no grounds for complaint or any corruption, because he was faithful, and no negligence or corruption could be found in him.(A)
Read full chapter
1 Peter 3:16
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
16 yet do it with gentleness and respect. Maintain a good conscience so that, when you are maligned,[a] those who abuse you for your good conduct in Christ may be put to shame.(A)
Read full chapterFootnotes
- 3.16 Other ancient authorities read when they malign you as evildoers
1 Peter 2:12
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
12 Conduct yourselves honorably among the gentiles, so that, though they malign you as evildoers, they may see your honorable deeds and glorify God when he comes to judge.[a](A)
Read full chapterFootnotes
- 2.12 Gk God on the day of visitation
Philippians 2:15
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
15 so that you may be blameless and innocent, children of God without blemish in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, in which you shine like stars in the world,(A)
Read full chapter
Luke 20:20
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
The Question about Paying Tribute
20 So they watched him and sent spies who pretended to be honest, in order to trap him by what he said and then to hand him over to the jurisdiction and authority of the governor.
Read full chapter
Luke 23:14-15
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
14 and said to them, “You brought me this man as one who was inciting the people, and here I have examined him in your presence and have not found this man guilty of any of your charges against him.(A) 15 Neither has Herod, for he sent him back to us. Indeed, he has done nothing to deserve death.
Read full chapter
Titus 2:8
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
8 and sound speech that cannot be censured; then any opponent will be put to shame, having nothing evil to say of us.(A)
Read full chapter
Matthew 27:18
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
18 For he realized that it was out of jealousy that they had handed him over.
Read full chapter
Psalm 37:32-33
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
32 The wicked watch for the righteous
and seek to kill them.(A)
33 The Lord will not abandon them to their power
or let them be condemned when they are brought to trial.(B)
Jeremiah 20:10
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
10 For I hear many whispering:
“Terror is all around!
Denounce him! Let us denounce him!”
All my close friends
are watching for me to stumble.
“Perhaps he can be enticed,
and we can prevail against him
and take our revenge on him.”(A)
1 Timothy 5:14
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
14 So I would have younger widows marry, bear children, and manage their households, so as to give the adversary no occasion to revile us.(A)
Read full chapter
Ecclesiastes 4:4
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
4 Then I saw that all toil and all skill in work come from one person’s envy of another. This also is vanity and a chasing after wind.(A)
Read full chapter
Proverbs 29:27
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
27 The unjust are an abomination to the righteous,
but the upright are an abomination to the wicked.
Judges 14:4
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
4 His father and mother did not know that this was from the Lord, for he was seeking a pretext to act against the Philistines. At that time the Philistines had dominion over Israel.(A)
Read full chapter
Genesis 43:18
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
18 Now the men were afraid because they were brought to Joseph’s house, and they said, “It is because of the money, replaced in our sacks the first time, that we have been brought in, so that he may have an opportunity to fall upon us, to make slaves of us and take our donkeys.”
Read full chapter
1 Peter 4:14-16
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
14 If you are reviled for the name of Christ, you are blessed, because the spirit of glory,[a] which is the Spirit of God,[b] is resting on you.[c](A) 15 But let none of you suffer as a murderer, a thief, a criminal, or even as a mischief maker.[d](B) 16 Yet if any of you suffers as a Christian, do not consider it a disgrace, but glorify God because you bear this name.[e]
Read full chapter
2 Corinthians 11:12
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
12 And what I do I will also continue to do, in order to deny an opportunity to those who want an opportunity to be recognized as our equals in what they boast about.
Read full chapter
John 19:4
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
4 Pilate went out again and said to them, “Look, I am bringing him out to you to let you know that I find no case against him.”(A)
Read full chapter
Luke 22:2
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
2 The chief priests and the scribes were looking for a way to put Jesus[a] to death, for they were afraid of the people.(A)
Read full chapterFootnotes
- 22.2 Gk him
Matthew 26:4
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
4 and they conspired to arrest Jesus by stealth and kill him.(A)
Read full chapter
Daniel 3:8
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
8 Accordingly, at this time certain Chaldeans came forward and denounced the Jews.(A)
Read full chapter
Jeremiah 18:23
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
23 Yet you, O Lord, know
all their plotting to kill me.
Do not forgive their iniquity;
do not blot out their sin from your sight.
Let them be tripped up before you;
deal with them while you are angry.(A)
Jeremiah 18:18
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
A Plot against Jeremiah
18 Then they said, “Come, let us make plots against Jeremiah, for instruction shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. Come, let us bring charges against him,[a] and let us not heed any of his words.”(A)
Read full chapterFootnotes
- 18.18 Heb strike him with the tongue
Psalm 37:12-13
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
12 The wicked plot against the righteous
and gnash their teeth at them,(A)
13 but the Lord laughs at the wicked,
for he sees that their day is coming.(B)
1 Samuel 22:14
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
14 Then Ahimelech answered the king, “Who among all your servants is so faithful as David? He is the king’s son-in-law and is quick[a] to do your bidding and is honored in your house.(A)
Read full chapterFootnotes
- 22.14 Heb and turns aside
New Revised Standard Version, Updated Edition. Copyright © 2021 National Council of Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide.