Jeremiah 17:17
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17 Do not become a terror to me;
you are my refuge in the day of disaster;(A)
Nahum 1:7
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7 The Lord is good,
a stronghold in a day of trouble;
he protects those who take refuge in him,
Jeremiah 16:19
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19 O Lord, my strength and my stronghold,
my refuge in the day of trouble,
to you shall the nations come
from the ends of the earth and say:
“Our ancestors have inherited nothing but lies,
worthless things in which there is no profit.(A)
Psalm 59:16
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16 But I will sing of your might;
I will sing aloud of your steadfast love in the morning.
For you have been a fortress for me
and a refuge in the day of my distress.(A)
Psalm 88:15-16
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15 Wretched and close to death from my youth up,
I suffer your terrors; I am desperate.[a](A)
16 Your wrath has swept over me;
your dread assaults destroy me.
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- 88.15 Meaning of Heb uncertain
Job 31:23
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23 For I was in terror of calamity from God,
and I could not have faced his majesty.(A)
Jeremiah 17:13
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13 O hope of Israel! O Lord!
All who forsake you shall be put to shame;
those who turn away from you[a] shall be recorded in the underworld,[b]
for they have forsaken the fountain of living water, the Lord.(A)
Jeremiah 17:7
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7 Blessed are those who trust in the Lord,
whose trust is the Lord.(A)
Psalm 77:2-9
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2 In the day of my trouble I seek the Lord;
in the night my hand is stretched out without wearying;
my soul refuses to be comforted.(A)
3 I think of God, and I moan;
I meditate, and my spirit faints. Selah(B)
4 You keep my eyelids from closing;
I am so troubled that I cannot speak.
5 I consider the days of old
and remember the years of long ago.(C)
6 I commune[a] with my heart in the night;
I meditate and search my spirit:[b](D)
7 “Will the Lord spurn forever
and never again be favorable?(E)
8 Has his steadfast love ceased forever?
Are his promises at an end for all time?(F)
9 Has God forgotten to be gracious?
Has he in anger shut up his compassion?” Selah(G)
Psalm 41:1
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Psalm 41
Assurance of God’s Help and a Plea for Healing
To the leader. A Psalm of David.
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- 41.1 Or weak
Ephesians 6:13
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13 Therefore take up the whole armor of God, so that you may be able to withstand on the evil day and, having prevailed against everything, to stand firm.(A)
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