“Listen to Me, you who know righteousness,
You people (A)in whose heart is My law:
(B)Do not fear the reproach of men,
Nor be afraid of their insults.

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31 The law of his God is in his heart;
None of his steps shall [a]slide.

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  1. Psalm 37:31 slip

11 (A)Blessed are you when they revile and persecute you, and say all kinds of (B)evil against you falsely for My sake.

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14 If you are [a]reproached for the name of Christ, (A)blessed are you, for the Spirit of glory and of God rests upon you. [b]On their part He is blasphemed, (B)but on your part He is glorified.

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  1. 1 Peter 4:14 insulted or reviled
  2. 1 Peter 4:14 NU omits the rest of v. 14.

“And you, son of man, (A)do not be afraid of them nor be afraid of their words, though (B)briers and thorns are with you and you dwell among scorpions; (C)do not be afraid of their words or dismayed by their looks, (D)though they are a rebellious house.

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The Lord Comforts Zion(A)

51 “Listen to Me, (B)you who [a]follow after righteousness,
You who seek the Lord:
Look to the rock from which you were hewn,
And to the hole of the pit from which you were dug.

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  1. Isaiah 51:1 pursue

In regard to these, they think it strange that you do not run with them in the same flood of dissipation, speaking evil of you.

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Yet indeed I also count all things loss (A)for the excellence of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and count them as rubbish, that I may gain Christ

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clearly you are an epistle of Christ, (A)ministered by us, written not with ink but by the Spirit of the living God, not (B)on tablets of stone but (C)on tablets of flesh, that is, of the heart.

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41 So they departed from the presence of the council, (A)rejoicing that they were counted worthy to suffer shame for [a]His name.

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  1. Acts 5:41 NU the name; M the name of Jesus

17 “Therefore (A)prepare yourself and arise,
And speak to them all that I command you.
(B)Do not be dismayed before their faces,
Lest I dismay you before them.

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(A)I delight to do Your will, O my God,
And Your law is (B)within my heart.”

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16 (A)“This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days, says the Lord: I will put My laws into their hearts, and in their minds I will write them,”

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Trained by Saving Grace

11 For (A)the grace of God that brings salvation has appeared to all men, 12 teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly in the present age,

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10 that I may know Him and the (A)power of His resurrection, and (B)the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to His death,

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Jesus Teaches the Fear of God(A)

(B)“And I say to you, (C)My friends, do not be afraid of those who kill the body, and after that have no more that they can do. But I will show you whom you should fear: Fear Him who, after He has killed, has power to cast into hell; yes, I say to you, (D)fear Him!

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22 (A)Blessed are you when men hate you,
And when they (B)exclude you,
And revile you, and cast out your name as evil,
For the Son of Man’s sake.

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28 (A)And do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. But rather (B)fear Him who is able to destroy both soul and body in [a]hell.

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  1. Matthew 10:28 Gr. Gehenna

33 (A)But this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, says the Lord: (B)I will put My law in their minds, and write it on their [a]hearts; (C)and I will be their God, and they shall be My people. 34 No more shall every man teach his neighbor, and every man his brother, saying, ‘Know the Lord,’ for (D)they all shall know Me, from the least of them to the greatest of them, says the Lord. For (E)I will forgive their iniquity, and their sin I will remember no more.”

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  1. Jeremiah 31:33 Lit. inward parts

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