15 (A)O Lord, you know;
    (B)remember me and visit me,
    (C)(D)and take vengeance for me on my persecutors.
In your forbearance take me not away;
    (E)know that (F)for your sake I bear reproach.

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(A)But you, O Lord, know me;
    (B)you see me, and test my heart toward you.
(C)Pull them out like sheep for the slaughter,
    and set them apart for (D)the day of slaughter.

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For it is (A)for your sake that I have borne reproach,
    that dishonor has covered my face.
I have become (B)a stranger to my brothers,
    an alien to my mother's sons.

For (C)zeal for your house has consumed me,
    and (D)the reproaches of those who reproach you have fallen on me.

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12 O Lord of hosts, who tests the righteous,
    (A)who sees the heart and the mind,[a]
let me see your vengeance upon them,
    for to you have I committed my cause.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 20:12 Hebrew kidneys

16 I have not run away from being your shepherd,
    nor have I desired the day of sickness.
(A)You know (B)what came out of my lips;
    it was before your face.

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22 Then I commanded the Levites (A)that they should purify themselves and come and guard the gates, to keep the Sabbath day holy. (B)Remember this also in my favor, O my God, and spare me according to the greatness of your steadfast love.

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14 (A)If you are insulted (B)for the name of Christ, you are blessed, because the Spirit of glory[a] and of God rests upon you. 15 But (C)let none of you suffer as a murderer or a thief or an evildoer or (D)as a meddler. 16 Yet (E)if anyone suffers as a (F)Christian, let him not be ashamed, but let him glorify God (G)in that name.

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  1. 1 Peter 4:14 Some manuscripts insert and of power

17 (A)You will be hated by all for my name's sake.

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And (A)will not God give justice to (B)his elect, (C)who cry to him day and night? (D)(E)Will he delay long over them? I tell you, he will give justice to them (F)speedily. Nevertheless, when the Son of Man comes, (G)will he find faith on earth?”

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22 (A)and you will be hated by all for my name's sake. (B)But the one who endures to the end will be saved.

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For whenever I speak, I cry out,
    I shout, (A)“Violence and destruction!”
For (B)the word of the Lord has become for me
    (C)a reproach and (D)derision all day long.

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84 (A)How long must your servant endure?[a]
    (B)When will you judge those who persecute me?

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  1. Psalm 119:84 Hebrew How many are the days of your servant?

(A)Remember me, O Lord, when you show favor to your people;
    help me when you save them,[a]

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  1. Psalm 106:4 Or Remember me, O Lord, with the favor you show to your people; help me with your salvation

19 (A)Remember for my good, O my God, all that I have done for this people.

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20 (A)Rejoice over her, O heaven,
    and you saints and (B)apostles and prophets,
for (C)God has given judgment for you against her!”

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10 They cried out with a loud voice, “O Sovereign Lord, (A)holy and true, (B)how long (C)before you will judge and (D)avenge our blood on (E)those who dwell on the earth?”

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14 (A)Alexander the coppersmith did me great harm; (B)the Lord will repay him according to his deeds.

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The Ministry of Reconciliation

11 Therefore, knowing (A)the fear of the Lord, we persuade others. But (B)what we are is known to God, and I hope it is known also to your conscience.

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19 Beloved, (A)never avenge yourselves, but leave it[a] to the wrath of God, for it is written, (B)“Vengeance is mine, I will repay, says the Lord.”

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Footnotes

  1. Romans 12:19 Greek give place

35 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or danger, or sword?

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Jesus and Peter

15 When they had (A)finished breakfast, Jesus said to Simon Peter, (B)“Simon, (C)son of John, (D)do you love me more than these?” He said to him, “Yes, Lord; you know that I love you.” He said to him, “Feed (E)my lambs.” 16 He said to him a second time, “Simon, son of John, do you love me?” He said to him, “Yes, Lord; you know that I love you.” He said to him, (F)“Tend (G)my sheep.” 17 He said to him the third time, “Simon, son of John, do you love me?” Peter was grieved because he said to him (H)the third time, “Do you love me?” and he said to him, “Lord, (I)you know everything; you know that I love you.” Jesus said to him, “Feed (J)my sheep.

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22 “Blessed are you when (A)people hate you and when they (B)exclude you and revile you and (C)spurn your name as evil, (D)on account of the Son of Man! 23 (E)Rejoice in that day, and leap for joy, for behold, your reward is great in heaven; for (F)so their fathers did to the prophets.

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29 (A)And everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or children or lands, for my name's sake, will receive a hundredfold[a] and will (B)inherit eternal life.

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  1. Matthew 19:29 Some manuscripts manifold

10 (A)“Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness' sake, for (B)theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

11 (C)“Blessed are you when others revile you and persecute you and utter all kinds of evil against you falsely (D)on my account. 12 (E)Rejoice and be glad, for your reward is great in heaven, for (F)so they persecuted the prophets who were before you.

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Jeremiah's Complaint

10 (A)Woe is me, my mother, that you bore me, a man of strife and contention to the whole land! (B)I have not lent, nor have I borrowed, yet all of them curse me.

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