Proverbs 24:10
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10 If you faint in the day of adversity,
your strength being small;(A)
Isaiah 40:28-31
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28 Have you not known? Have you not heard?
The Lord is the everlasting God,
the Creator of the ends of the earth.
He does not faint or grow weary;
his understanding is unsearchable.(A)
29 He gives power to the faint
and strengthens the powerless.(B)
30 Even youths will faint and be weary,
and the young will fall exhausted,
31 but those who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength;
they shall mount up with wings like eagles;
they shall run and not be weary;
they shall walk and not faint.(C)
Ephesians 3:13
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13 I pray, therefore, that you[a] may not lose heart over my sufferings for you; they are your glory.
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- 3.13 Or I
Jeremiah 51:46
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46 Do not be fainthearted or fearful
at the rumors heard in the land—
one year one rumor comes,
the next year another,
rumors of violence in the land
and of ruler against ruler.(A)
Hebrews 12:3-5
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3 Consider him who endured such hostility against himself from sinners,[a] so that you may not grow weary in your souls or lose heart.(A) 4 In your struggle against sin you have not yet resisted to the point of shedding your blood. 5 And you have forgotten the exhortation that addresses you as children—
“My child, do not regard lightly the discipline of the Lord
or lose heart when you are punished by him,(B)
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- 12.3 Other ancient authorities read such hostility from sinners against themselves
1 Samuel 27:1
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David Serves King Achish of Gath
27 David said in his heart, “I shall certainly perish one day by the hand of Saul; there is nothing better for me than to escape to the land of the Philistines; then Saul will despair of seeking me any longer within the borders of Israel, and I shall escape out of his hand.”
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2 Corinthians 4:1
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Treasure in Clay Jars
4 Therefore, since it is by God’s mercy that we are engaged in this ministry, we do not lose heart.(A)
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Job 4:5
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5 But now it has come to you, and you are impatient;
it touches you, and you are dismayed.(A)
Revelation 2:3
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3 I also know that you are enduring and bearing up for the sake of my name and that you have not grown weary.(A)
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Revelation 2:13
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13 “I know where you are living, where Satan’s throne is. Yet you are holding fast to my name, and you did not deny your faith in me[a] even in the days of Antipas my witness, my faithful one, who was killed among you, where Satan lives.
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- 2.13 Or deny my faith
John 4:8
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8 (His disciples had gone to the city to buy food.)
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