Isaiah 43:2
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2 When you pass through the waters, I will be with you,
and through the rivers, they shall not overwhelm you;
when you walk through fire you shall not be burned,
and the flame shall not consume you.(A)
Isaiah 41:10
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10 do not fear, for I am with you;
do not be afraid, for I am your God;
I will strengthen you; I will help you;
I will uphold you with my victorious right hand.(A)
Psalm 66:12
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12 you let people ride over our heads;
we went through fire and through water;
yet you have brought us out to a spacious place.[a](A)
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- 66.12 Cn Compare Gk Syr Jerome Tg: Heb to a saturation
Joshua 1:9
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9 I hereby command you: Be strong and courageous; do not be frightened or dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.”(A)
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Psalm 23:4
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4 Even though I walk through the darkest valley,[a]
I fear no evil,
for you are with me;
your rod and your staff,
they comfort me.(A)
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- 23.4 Or the valley of the shadow of death
Daniel 3:25-27
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25 He replied, “But I see four men unbound, walking in the middle of the fire, and they are not hurt, and the fourth has the appearance of a god.”[a] 26 Nebuchadnezzar then approached the door of the furnace of blazing fire and said, “Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, servants of the Most High God, come out! Come here!” So Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego came out from the fire. 27 And the satraps, the prefects, the governors, and the king’s counselors gathered together and saw that the fire had not had any power over the bodies of those men; the hair of their heads was not singed, their tunics[b] were not scorched, and not even the smell of fire came from them.(A)
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2 Corinthians 12:9-10
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9 but he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for power[a] is made perfect in weakness.” So I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may dwell in me.(A) 10 Therefore I am content with weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and calamities for the sake of Christ, for whenever I am weak, then I am strong.(B)
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- 12.9 Other ancient authorities read my power
Psalm 91:15
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15 When they call to me, I will answer them;
I will be with them in trouble;
I will rescue them and honor them.(A)
1 Peter 4:12-13
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Suffering as a Christian
12 Beloved, do not be surprised at the fiery ordeal that is taking place among you to test you, as though something strange were happening to you. 13 But rejoice insofar as you are sharing Christ’s sufferings, so that you may also be glad and shout for joy when his glory is revealed.(A)
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Deuteronomy 31:6-8
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6 Be strong and bold; have no fear or dread of them, because it is the Lord your God who goes with you; he will not fail you or forsake you.”(A)
7 Then Moses summoned Joshua and said to him in the sight of all Israel, “Be strong and bold, for you are the one who will go with this people into the land that the Lord has sworn to their ancestors to give them, and you will put them in possession of it.(B) 8 It is the Lord who goes before you. He will be with you; he will not fail you or forsake you. Do not fear or be dismayed.”(C)
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Psalm 91:3-5
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3 For he will deliver you from the snare of the hunter
and from the deadly pestilence;(A)
4 he will cover you with his pinions,
and under his wings you will find refuge;
his faithfulness is a shield and defense.(B)
5 You will not fear the terror of the night
or the arrow that flies by day(C)
Hebrews 11:29
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The Faith of Other Israelite Heroes
29 By faith the people passed through the Red Sea as if it were dry land, but when the Egyptians attempted to do so they were drowned.(A)
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Joshua 1:5
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5 No one shall be able to stand against you all the days of your life. As I was with Moses, so I will be with you; I will not fail you or forsake you.(A)
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Matthew 1:23
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23 “Look, the virgin shall become pregnant and give birth to a son,
and they shall name him Emmanuel,”
which means, “God is with us.”(A)
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Psalm 66:10
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10 For you, O God, have tested us;
you have tried us as silver is tried.(A)
Psalm 46:4-7
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4 There is a river whose streams make glad the city of God,
the holy habitation of the Most High.(A)
5 God is in the midst of the city;[a] it shall not be moved;
God will help it when the morning dawns.(B)
6 The nations are in an uproar; the kingdoms totter;
he utters his voice; the earth melts.(C)
7 The Lord of hosts is with us;
the God of Jacob is our refuge.[b] Selah(D)
Exodus 14:29
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29 But the Israelites walked on dry ground through the sea, the waters forming a wall for them on their right and on their left.(A)
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Matthew 7:25-27
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25 The rain fell, the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house, but it did not fall because it had been founded on rock. 26 And everyone who hears these words of mine and does not act on them will be like a foolish man who built his house on sand. 27 The rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell—and great was its fall!”
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Isaiah 8:7-10
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7 therefore the Lord is bringing up against it the mighty flood waters of the River, the king of Assyria and all his glory; it will rise above all its channels and overflow all its banks; 8 it will sweep on into Judah as a flood and, pouring over, will reach up to the neck, and its outspread wings will fill the breadth of your land, O Immanuel.(A)
9 Take notice,[a] you peoples, and be dismayed;
listen, all you far countries;
gird yourselves and be dismayed![b]
10 Take counsel together, but it shall be brought to naught;
speak a word, but it will not stand,
for God is with us.”(B)
1 Corinthians 3:13-15
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13 the work of each builder will become visible, for the day[a] will disclose it, because it will be revealed with fire, and the fire will test what sort of work each has done.(A) 14 If the work that someone has built on the foundation survives, the builder will receive a wage. 15 If the work is burned up, the builder will suffer loss; the builder will be saved, but only as through fire.
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- 3.13 Or the Day
Isaiah 41:14
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14 Do not fear, you worm Jacob,
you maggot[a] Israel!
I will help you, says the Lord;
your Redeemer is the Holy One of Israel.(A)
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- 41.14 Cn: Heb men of
2 Timothy 4:17
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17 But the Lord stood by me and gave me strength, so that through me the message might be fully proclaimed and all the gentiles might hear it. So I was rescued from the lion’s mouth.(A)
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Luke 21:12-18
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12 “But before all this occurs, they will arrest you and persecute you; they will hand you over to synagogues and prisons, and you will be brought before kings and governors because of my name.(A) 13 This will give you an opportunity to testify.(B) 14 So make up your minds not to prepare your defense in advance,(C) 15 for I will give you words[a] and a wisdom that none of your opponents will be able to withstand or contradict.(D) 16 You will be betrayed even by parents and siblings, by relatives and friends, and they will put some of you to death.(E) 17 You will be hated by all because of my name.(F) 18 But not a hair of your head will perish.(G)
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- 21.15 Gk a mouth
Malachi 3:2-3
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2 But who can endure the day of his coming, and who can stand when he appears?
For he is like a refiner’s fire and like washers’ soap;(A) 3 he will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver, and he will purify the descendants of Levi and refine them like gold and silver, until they present offerings to the Lord in righteousness.[a](B)
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- 3.3 Or right offerings to the Lord
Isaiah 11:15-16
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15 And the Lord will dry up[a]
the tongue of the sea of Egypt
and will wave his hand over the River
with his scorching wind
and will split it into seven channels
and make a way to cross on foot;(A)
16 so there shall be a highway from Assyria
for the remnant that is left of his people,
as there was for Israel
when they came up from the land of Egypt.(B)
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- 11.15 Gk Syr: Heb destroy
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