25 (A)The fear of man lays a snare,
    but whoever trusts in the Lord is safe.

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(A)It is better to take refuge in the Lord
    (B)than to trust in man.

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Have No Fear

“I tell you, my friends, (A)do not fear those who kill the body, and after that have nothing more that they can do.

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10 (A)The name of the Lord is (B)a strong tower;
    the righteous man runs into it and (C)is safe.

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14 “Because he (A)holds fast to me in love, I will deliver him;
    I will protect him, because he (B)knows my name.

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20 Whoever gives thought to the word[a] (A)will discover good,
    and blessed is he (B)who trusts in the Lord.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 16:20 Or to a matter

42 Nevertheless, (A)many even of the authorities believed in him, but (B)for fear of the Pharisees they did not (C)confess it, so that they would not be (D)put out of the synagogue; 43 (E)for they loved the glory that comes from man more than the glory that comes from God.

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(A)Every word of God proves true;
    he is (B)a shield to those who take refuge in him.

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The Lord Surrounds His People

A Song of (A)Ascents.

125 Those who (B)trust in the Lord are like Mount Zion,
    which (C)cannot be moved, but abides forever.

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21 (A)who through him are believers in God, (B)who raised him from the dead and (C)gave him glory, so that your faith and hope are in God.

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16 At my first defense no one came to stand by me, but all deserted me. (A)May it not be charged against them! 17 But (B)the Lord stood by me and (C)strengthened me, so that through me the message might be fully proclaimed and (D)all the Gentiles might hear it. So (E)I was rescued (F)from the lion's mouth.

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20 And when they prevailed[a] over them, the Hagrites and all who were with them were given into their hands, (A)for they cried out to God in the battle, and he granted their urgent plea (B)because they trusted in him.

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  1. 1 Chronicles 5:20 Or they were helped to prevail

22 (His parents said these things (A)because they feared the Jews, for (B)the Jews had already agreed that if anyone should (C)confess Jesus[a] to be Christ, (D)he was to be put out of the synagogue.)

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  1. John 9:22 Greek him

Peter Denies Jesus

69 (A)Now Peter was sitting outside (B)in the courtyard. And a servant girl came up to him and said, “You also were with Jesus the Galilean.” 70 But he denied it before them all, saying, “I do not know what you mean.” 71 And when he went out to the entrance, another servant girl saw him, and she said to the bystanders, “This man was with Jesus (C)of Nazareth.” 72 And again he denied it with an oath: “I do not know the man.” 73 After a little while the bystanders came up and said to Peter, “Certainly you too are one of them, for (D)your accent betrays you.” 74 Then he began to invoke a curse on himself and to swear, “I do not know the man.” And immediately the rooster crowed.

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This man came to Jesus[a] (A)by night and said to him, (B)“Rabbi, (C)we know that you are a teacher come from God, for no one can do these signs that you do (D)unless God is with him.”

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  1. John 3:2 Greek him

28 And (A)do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Rather fear him (B)who can destroy both soul and body in hell.[a]

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  1. Matthew 10:28 Greek Gehenna

11 Abraham said, “I did it because I thought, (A)‘There is no fear of God at all in this place, and (B)they will kill me because of my wife.’

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11 (A)Whom did you dread and fear,
    (B)so that you lied,
and did not remember me,
    did not lay it to heart?
(C)Have I not held my peace, even for a long time,
    and you do not fear me?

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When the men of the place asked him about his wife, (A)he said, “She is my sister,” for (B)he feared to say, “My wife,” thinking, “lest the men of the place should kill me because of Rebekah,” because (C)she was attractive in appearance.

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And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, (A)“She is my sister.” And Abimelech king of Gerar sent and took Sarah.

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Paul Opposes Peter

11 But (A)when Cephas came to Antioch, I opposed him (B)to his face, because he stood condemned. 12 For before certain men came from James, (C)he was eating with the Gentiles; but when they came he drew back and separated himself, fearing (D)the circumcision party.[a] 13 And the rest of the Jews acted hypocritically along with him, so that even Barnabas was led astray by their hypocrisy.

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  1. Galatians 2:12 Or fearing those of the circumcision

12 From then on (A)Pilate sought to release him, but the Jews cried out, “If you release this man, you are not Caesar's friend. (B)Everyone who makes himself a king opposes Caesar.” 13 So when Pilate heard these words, he brought Jesus out and sat down on (C)the judgment seat at a place called The Stone Pavement, and in Aramaic[a] Gabbatha.

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  1. John 19:13 Or Hebrew; also verses 17, 20

23 Then the king was exceedingly glad, and commanded that Daniel be taken up out of the den. So Daniel was taken up out of the den, and (A)no kind of harm was found on him, because he had trusted in his God.

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18 It is good that you should take hold of (A)this, and from (B)that (C)withhold not your hand, for the one who fears God shall come out from both of them.

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25 A greedy man (A)stirs up strife,
    but the one who trusts in the Lord will (B)be enriched.

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