Proverbs 12:21
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21 No harm comes to the godly,
but the wicked have their fill of trouble.
1 Peter 3:13
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Suffering for Doing Good
13 Now, who will want to harm you if you are eager to do good?
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Proverbs 1:31
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31 Therefore, they must eat the bitter fruit of living their own way,
choking on their own schemes.
Psalm 91:10
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10 no evil will conquer you;
no plague will come near your home.
Revelation 18:6
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6 Do to her as she has done to others.
Double her penalty[a] for all her evil deeds.
She brewed a cup of terror for others,
so brew twice as much[b] for her.
Romans 8:28
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28 And we know that God causes everything to work together[a] for the good of those who love God and are called according to his purpose for them.
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- 8:28 Some manuscripts read And we know that everything works together.
1 Corinthians 3:22-23
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22 whether Paul or Apollos or Peter,[a] or the world, or life and death, or the present and the future. Everything belongs to you, 23 and you belong to Christ, and Christ belongs to God.
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- 3:22 Greek Cephas.
Habakkuk 2:16
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16 But soon it will be your turn to be disgraced.
Come, drink and be exposed![a]
Drink from the cup of the Lord’s judgment,
and all your glory will be turned to shame.
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- 2:16 Dead Sea Scrolls and Greek and Syriac versions read and stagger!
Jeremiah 13:12-14
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12 “So tell them, ‘This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: May all your jars be filled with wine.’ And they will reply, ‘Of course! Jars are made to be filled with wine!’
13 “Then tell them, ‘No, this is what the Lord means: I will fill everyone in this land with drunkenness—from the king sitting on David’s throne to the priests and the prophets, right down to the common people of Jerusalem. 14 I will smash them against each other, even parents against children, says the Lord. I will not let my pity or mercy or compassion keep me from destroying them.’”
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Proverbs 14:14
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14 Backsliders get what they deserve;
good people receive their reward.
2 Corinthians 4:17
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17 For our present troubles are small and won’t last very long. Yet they produce for us a glory that vastly outweighs them and will last forever!
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