Luke 1:74
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74 that we, being rescued from the hands of our enemies,
might serve him without fear,(A)
Zephaniah 3:15-17
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15 The Lord has taken away the judgments against you;
he has turned away your enemies.
The king of Israel, the Lord, is in your midst;
you shall fear disaster no more.(A)
16 On that day it shall be said to Jerusalem:
“Do not fear, O Zion;
do not let your hands grow weak.(B)
17 The Lord, your God, is in your midst,
a warrior who gives victory;
he will rejoice over you with gladness;
he will renew you[a] in his love;
he will exult over you with loud singing(C)
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- 3.17 Gk Syr: Heb he will be silent
Isaiah 54:13-14
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13 All your children shall be taught by the Lord,
and great shall be the prosperity of your children.(A)
14 In righteousness you shall be established;
you shall be far from oppression; indeed, you shall not fear;
and from terror; indeed, it shall not come near you.(B)
2 Timothy 1:7
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7 for God did not give us a spirit of cowardice but rather a spirit of power and of love and of self-discipline.(A)
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Hebrews 9:14
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14 how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit[a] offered himself without blemish to God, purify our[b] conscience from dead works to worship the living God!(A)
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Revelation 2:10
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10 Do not fear what you are about to suffer. Beware, the devil is about to throw some of you into prison so that you may be tested, and for ten days you will have affliction. Be faithful until death, and I will give you the crown of life.(A)
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Hebrews 2:15
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15 and free those who all their lives were held in slavery by the fear of death.(A)
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Romans 8:15
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15 For you did not receive a spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you received a spirit of adoption. When we cry, “Abba![a] Father!”(A)
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- 8.15 Aramaic for Father
Zechariah 9:8-10
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8 Then I will encamp at my house as a guard,
so that no one shall march to and fro;
no oppressor shall again overrun them,
for now I have seen with my own eyes.(A)
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9 Rejoice greatly, O daughter Zion!
Shout aloud, O daughter Jerusalem!
See, your king comes to you;
triumphant and victorious is he,
humble and riding on a donkey,
on a colt, the foal of a donkey.(B)
10 He[a] will cut off the chariot from Ephraim
and the war horse from Jerusalem;
and the battle bow shall be cut off,
and he shall command peace to the nations;
his dominion shall be from sea to sea
and from the River to the ends of the earth.(C)
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- 9.10 Gk: Heb I
Luke 1:71
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71 that we would be saved from our enemies and from the hand of all who hate us.
Isaiah 35:9-10
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9 No lion shall be there,
nor shall any ravenous beast come up on it;
they shall not be found there,
but the redeemed shall walk there.(A)
10 And the ransomed of the Lord shall return
and come to Zion with singing;
everlasting joy shall be upon their heads;
they shall obtain joy and gladness,
and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.(B)
Ezekiel 39:28-29
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28 Then they shall know that I am the Lord their God because I sent them into exile among the nations and then gathered them into their own land. I will leave none of them behind,(A) 29 and I will never again hide my face from them, when I pour out my spirit upon the house of Israel, says the Lord God.(B)
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Ezekiel 34:25-28
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25 I will make with them a covenant of peace and banish wild animals from the land, so that they may live in the wild and sleep in the woods securely.(A) 26 I will make them and the region around my hill a blessing, and I will send down the showers in their season; they shall be showers of blessing.(B) 27 The trees of the field shall yield their fruit, and the earth shall yield its increase. They shall be secure on their soil, and they shall know that I am the Lord when I break the bars of their yoke and save them from the hands of those who enslaved them.(C) 28 They shall no more be plunder for the nations, nor shall the animals of the land devour them; they shall live in safety, and no one shall make them afraid.(D)
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Isaiah 65:21-25
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21 They shall build houses and inhabit them;
they shall plant vineyards and eat their fruit.(A)
22 They shall not build and another inhabit;
they shall not plant and another eat,
for like the days of a tree shall the days of my people be,
and my chosen shall long enjoy the work of their hands.(B)
23 They shall not labor in vain
or bear children for calamity,[a]
for they shall be offspring blessed by the Lord—
and their descendants as well.(C)
24 Before they call I will answer,
while they are yet speaking I will hear.(D)
25 The wolf and the lamb shall feed together;
the lion shall eat straw like the ox,
but the serpent—its food shall be dust!
They shall not hurt or destroy
on all my holy mountain,
says the Lord.(E)
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- 65.23 Or sudden terror
Isaiah 45:17
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17 But Israel is saved by the Lord
with everlasting salvation;
you shall not be put to shame or confounded
ever again.(A)
Romans 6:22
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22 But now that you have been freed from sin and enslaved to God, the fruit you have leads to sanctification, and the end is eternal life.(A)
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