Proverbs 28:1
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The Righteous Are Bold as a Lion
28 The (A)wicked flee when no one pursues,
But the righteous are bold as a lion.
Deuteronomy 28:7
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7 “The Lord (A)will cause your enemies who rise against you to be defeated before your face; they shall come out against you one way and flee before you seven ways.
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Psalm 53:5
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5 (A)There they are in great fear
Where no fear was,
For God has scattered the bones of him who encamps against you;
You have put them to shame,
Because God has despised them.
Isaiah 26:3-4
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3 You will keep him in perfect (A)peace,
Whose mind is stayed on You,
Because he trusts in You.
4 Trust in the Lord forever,
(B)For in Yah, the Lord, is [a]everlasting strength.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 26:4 Or Rock of Ages
Psalm 27:1-2
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An Exuberant Declaration of Faith
A Psalm of David.
27 The Lord is my (A)light and my salvation;
Whom shall I fear?
The (B)Lord is the strength of my life;
Of whom shall I be afraid?
2 When the wicked came against me
To (C)eat[a] up my flesh,
My enemies and foes,
They stumbled and fell.
Footnotes
- Psalm 27:2 devour
Psalm 112:7
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7 (A)He will not be afraid of evil tidings;
His heart is steadfast, trusting in the Lord.
1 Thessalonians 2:2
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2 But [a]even after we had suffered before and were spitefully treated at (A)Philippi, as you know, we were (B)bold in our God to speak to you the gospel of God in much conflict.
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- 1 Thessalonians 2:2 NU, M omit even
Daniel 6:10-11
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Daniel in the Lions’ Den
10 Now when Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went home. And in his upper room, with his windows open (A)toward Jerusalem, he knelt down on his knees (B)three times that day, and prayed and gave thanks before his God, as was his custom since early days.
11 Then these men assembled and found Daniel praying and making supplication before his God.
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Acts 4:13
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The Name of Jesus Forbidden
13 Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, (A)and perceived that they were uneducated and untrained men, they marveled. And they realized that they had been with Jesus.
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Acts 14:3
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3 Therefore they stayed there a long time, speaking boldly in the Lord, (A)who was bearing witness to the word of His grace, granting signs and (B)wonders to be done by their hands.
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Jeremiah 20:4
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4 For thus says the Lord: ‘Behold, I will make you a terror to yourself and to all your friends; and they shall fall by the sword of their enemies, and your eyes shall see it. I will (A)give all Judah into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall carry them captive to Babylon and slay them with the sword.
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Psalm 46:2-3
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2 Therefore we will not fear,
Even though the earth be removed,
And though the mountains be carried into the [a]midst of the sea;
3 (A)Though its waters roar and be troubled,
Though the mountains shake with its swelling. Selah
Footnotes
- Psalm 46:2 Lit. heart
Leviticus 26:36
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36 ‘And as for those of you who are left, I will send (A)faintness[a] into their hearts in the lands of their enemies;
the sound of a shaken leaf shall cause them to flee;
they shall flee as though fleeing from a sword, and they shall fall when no one pursues.
Footnotes
- Leviticus 26:36 fear
Daniel 3:16-18
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16 Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego answered and said to the king, “O Nebuchadnezzar, (A)we have no need to answer you in this matter. 17 If that is the case, our (B)God whom we serve is able to (C)deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and He will deliver us from your hand, O king. 18 But if not, let it be known to you, O king, that we do not serve your gods, nor will we (D)worship the gold image which you have set up.”
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2 Kings 7:6-7
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6 For the Lord had caused the army of the Syrians (A)to hear the noise of chariots and the noise of horses—the noise of a great army; so they said to one another, “Look, the king of Israel has hired against us (B)the kings of the Hittites and the kings of the Egyptians to attack us!” 7 Therefore they (C)arose and fled at twilight, and left the camp intact—their tents, their horses, and their donkeys—and they fled for their lives.
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Deuteronomy 28:25
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25 (A)“The Lord will cause you to be defeated before your enemies; you shall go out one way against them and flee seven ways before them; and you shall become [a]troublesome to all the kingdoms of the earth.
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- Deuteronomy 28:25 a terror
2 Kings 7:15
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15 And they went after them to the Jordan; and indeed all the road was full of garments and weapons which the Syrians had thrown away in their haste. So the messengers returned and told the king.
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Isaiah 7:2
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2 And it was told to the house of David, saying, “Syria’s forces are [a]deployed in Ephraim.” So his heart and the heart of his people were moved as the trees of the woods are moved with the wind.
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- Isaiah 7:2 Lit. settled upon
Exodus 11:8
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8 And (A)all these your servants shall come down to me and bow down to me, saying, ‘Get out, and all the people who follow you!’ After that I will go out.” (B)Then he went out from Pharaoh in great anger.
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Leviticus 26:17
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17 I will [a]set (A)My face against you, and (B)you shall be defeated by your enemies.
(C)Those who hate you shall reign over you, and you shall (D)flee when no one pursues you.
Footnotes
- Leviticus 26:17 oppose you
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