Psalm 119:109
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109 I hold my life in my hand continually,
but I do not forget your law.(A)
Judges 12:3
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3 When I saw that you would not deliver me, I took my life in my hand and crossed over against the Ammonites, and the Lord gave them into my hand. Why then have you come up to me this day, to fight against me?”(A)
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1 Corinthians 15:31
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31 I die every day! That is as certain, brothers and sisters, as my boasting of you—a boast that I make in Christ Jesus our Lord.(A)
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Job 13:14
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Footnotes
- 13.14 Gk: Heb Why should I take . . . in my hand?
2 Corinthians 11:23
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23 Are they ministers of Christ? I am talking like a madman—I am a better one: with far greater labors, far more imprisonments, with countless floggings, and often near death.(A)
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Romans 8:36
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36 As it is written,
“For your sake we are being killed all day long;
we are accounted as sheep to be slaughtered.”(A)
Psalm 119:152
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152 Long ago I learned from your decrees
that you have established them forever.(A)
Psalm 119:117
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117 Hold me up, that I may be safe
and have regard for your statutes continually.
Psalm 119:83
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83 For I have become like a wineskin in the smoke,
yet I have not forgotten your statutes.(A)
1 Samuel 20:3
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3 But David also swore, “Your father knows well that you like me, and he thinks, ‘Do not let Jonathan know this, or he will be grieved.’ But truly, as the Lord lives and as you yourself live, there is but a step between me and death.”
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1 Samuel 19:5
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5 for he took his life in his hand when he attacked the Philistine, and the Lord brought about a great victory for all Israel. You saw it and rejoiced; why then will you sin against an innocent person by killing David without cause?”(A)
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