Psalm 69:7-9
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7 For it is (A)for your sake that I have borne reproach,
that dishonor has covered my face.
8 I have become (B)a stranger to my brothers,
an alien to my mother's sons.
9 For (C)zeal for your house has consumed me,
and (D)the reproaches of those who reproach you have fallen on me.
Jeremiah 12:3
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3 (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.
Jeremiah 20:12
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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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- Jeremiah 20:12 Hebrew kidneys
Jeremiah 17:16
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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.
Nehemiah 13:22
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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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1 Peter 4:14-16
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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 Peter 4:14 Some manuscripts insert and of power
Luke 21:17
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17 (A)You will be hated by all for my name's sake.
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Luke 18:7-8
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Matthew 10:22
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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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Jeremiah 20:8
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8 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.
Psalm 119:84
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- Psalm 119:84 Hebrew How many are the days of your servant?
Nehemiah 5:19
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19 (A)Remember for my good, O my God, all that I have done for this people.
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Revelation 18:20
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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!”
2 Timothy 4:14
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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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2 Corinthians 5:11
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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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Romans 12:19
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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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- Romans 12:19 Greek give place
Romans 8:35
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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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John 21:15-17
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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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Luke 6:22-23
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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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Matthew 19:29
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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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- Matthew 19:29 Some manuscripts manifold
Matthew 5:10-12
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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 15:10
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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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Jeremiah 11:18-21
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18 The Lord made it known to me and I knew;
then you showed me their deeds.
19 But I was (A)like a gentle lamb
led to the slaughter.
I did not know (B)it was against me
they devised schemes, saying,
“Let us destroy the tree with its fruit,
(C)let us cut him off from (D)the land of the living,
that his name be remembered no more.”
20 But, O Lord of hosts, who judges righteously,
who (E)tests (F)the heart and the mind,
(G)let me see your vengeance upon them,
for to you have I committed my cause.
21 Therefore thus says the Lord concerning the men of (H)Anathoth, (I)who seek your life, and say, (J)“Do not prophesy in the name of the Lord, or you will die by our hand”—
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