Esther 4:13
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13 Then Mordecai told them to reply to Esther, “Do not think to yourself that in the king's palace you will escape any more than all the other Jews.
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Proverbs 24:10-12
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10 If you (A)faint in the day of adversity,
your strength is small.
11 (B)Rescue those who are being taken away to death;
hold back those who are stumbling to the slaughter.
12 If you say, “Behold, we did not know this,”
(C)does not he who (D)weighs the heart perceive it?
Does not he who (E)keeps watch over your soul know it,
and will he not repay man (F)according to his work?
Philippians 2:30
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30 for he nearly died[a] (A)for the work of Christ, risking his life (B)to complete what was lacking in your service to me.
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- Philippians 2:30 Or he drew near to the point of death; compare verse 8
John 12:25
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25 (A)Whoever loves his life loses it, and (B)whoever (C)hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life.
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Hebrews 12:3
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Do Not Grow Weary
3 (A)Consider him who endured from sinners such hostility against himself, so that you may not grow weary or (B)fainthearted.
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Matthew 16:24-25
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Take Up Your Cross and Follow Jesus
24 Then Jesus told his disciples, “If anyone would come after me, let him (A)deny himself and (B)take up his cross and follow me. 25 For (C)whoever would save his life[a] will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will find it.
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- Matthew 16:25 The same Greek word can mean either soul or life, depending on the context; twice in this verse and twice in verse 26
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