Isaiah 7:4
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4 and say to him: Take heed, be quiet, do not fear, and do not let your heart be faint because of these two smoldering stumps of firebrands, because of the fierce anger of Rezin and Aram and the son of Remaliah.(A)
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Matthew 24:6
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6 And you will hear of wars and rumors of wars; see that you are not alarmed, for this must take place, but the end is not yet.
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Amos 4:11
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11 I overthrew some of you
as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah,
and you were like a brand snatched from the fire;
yet you did not return to me,
says the Lord.(A)
Isaiah 35:4
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4 Say to those who are of a fearful heart,
“Be strong, do not fear!
Here is your God.
He will come with vengeance,
with terrible recompense.
He will come and save you.”(A)
Isaiah 30:15
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15 For thus said the Lord God, the Holy One of Israel:
In returning and rest you shall be saved;
in quietness and in trust shall be your strength.
But you refused(A)
Deuteronomy 20:3
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3 and shall say to them, ‘Hear, O Israel! Today you are drawing near to do battle against your enemies. Do not lose heart or be afraid or panic or be in dread of them,(A)
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Zechariah 3:2
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2 And the Lord said to the accuser,[a] “The Lord rebuke you, O accuser![b] The Lord who has chosen Jerusalem rebuke you! Is not this man a brand plucked from the fire?”(A)
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Lamentations 3:26
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26 It is good that one should wait quietly
for the salvation of the Lord.(A)
Matthew 10:28
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28 Do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul; rather, fear the one who can destroy both soul and body in hell.[a]
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- 10.28 Gk Gehenna
Isaiah 51:12-13
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12 I, I am he who comforts you;
why then are you afraid of a mere mortal who must die,
a human being who fades like grass?(A)
13 You have forgotten the Lord, your Maker,
who stretched out the heavens
and laid the foundations of the earth.
You fear continually all day long
because of the fury of the oppressor,
who is bent on destruction.
But where is the fury of the oppressor?(B)
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
Isaiah 30:7
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7 For Egypt’s help is worthless and empty;
therefore I have called her,
“Rahab who sits still.”[a](A)
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- 30.7 Meaning of Heb uncertain
Isaiah 10:24
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24 Therefore thus says the Lord God of hosts: “O my people who live in Zion, do not be afraid of the Assyrians when they beat you with a rod and lift up their staff against you as the Egyptians did.
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Isaiah 8:11-14
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11 The Lord spoke thus to me while his hand was strong upon me and warned me not to walk in the way of this people, saying:(A) 12 “Do not call conspiracy all that this people calls conspiracy, and do not fear what it fears or be in dread.(B) 13 But the Lord of hosts, him you shall regard as holy; let him be your fear, and let him be your dread.(C) 14 He will become a sanctuary, a stone one strikes against; for both houses of Israel he will become a rock one stumbles over, a trap and a snare for the inhabitants of Jerusalem.(D)
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Isaiah 8:4
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4 for before the child knows how to call ‘My father’ or ‘My mother,’ the wealth of Damascus and the spoil of Samaria will be carried away by the king of Assyria.”(A)
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Isaiah 7:8
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8 For the head of Aram is Damascus,
and the head of Damascus is Rezin.
(Within sixty-five years Ephraim will be shattered, no longer a people.)(A)
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Isaiah 7:1
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Isaiah Reassures King Ahaz
7 In the days of Ahaz son of Jotham son of Uzziah, king of Judah, King Rezin of Aram and King Pekah son of Remaliah of Israel went up to attack Jerusalem but could not conquer it.(A)
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2 Chronicles 20:17
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17 This battle is not for you to fight; take your position, stand still, and see the victory of the Lord on your behalf, O Judah and Jerusalem. Do not fear or be dismayed; tomorrow go out against them, and the Lord will be with you.”(A)
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2 Kings 15:29-30
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29 In the days of King Pekah of Israel, King Tiglath-pileser of Assyria came and captured Ijon, Abel-beth-maacah, Janoah, Kedesh, Hazor, Gilead, and Galilee, all the land of Naphtali, and he carried the people captive to Assyria.(A) 30 Then Hoshea son of Elah made a conspiracy against Pekah son of Remaliah, attacked him, and killed him; he reigned in place of him, in the twentieth year of Jotham son of Uzziah.
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1 Samuel 17:32
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32 David said to Saul, “Let no one’s heart fail because of him; your servant will go and fight with this Philistine.”(A)
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Exodus 14:13-14
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13 But Moses said to the people, “Do not be afraid, stand firm, and see the deliverance that the Lord will accomplish for you today, for the Egyptians whom you see today you shall never see again.(A) 14 The Lord will fight for you, and you have only to keep still.”(B)
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