Psalm 119:157
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157 Many are my persecutors and my adversaries,
yet I do not swerve from your decrees.(A)
1 Corinthians 15:58
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58 Therefore, my beloved brothers and sisters, be steadfast, immovable, always excelling in the work of the Lord because you know that in the Lord your labor is not in vain.(A)
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Psalm 119:51
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51 The arrogant utterly deride me,
but I do not turn away from your law.(A)
Acts 20:23-24
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23 except that the Holy Spirit testifies to me in every city that imprisonment and persecutions are waiting for me.(A) 24 But I do not count my life of any value to myself, if only I may finish my course and the ministry that I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify to the good news of God’s grace.(B)
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Isaiah 42:4
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4 He will not grow faint or be crushed
until he has established justice in the earth,
and the coastlands wait for his teaching.(A)
Job 23:11
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11 My foot has held fast to his steps;
I have kept his way and have not turned aside.(A)
Job 17:9
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9 Yet the righteous hold to their way,
and they who have clean hands grow stronger and stronger.(A)
Acts 4:27
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27 “For in this city, in fact, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the gentiles and the peoples of Israel, gathered together against your holy servant[a] Jesus, whom you anointed,(A)
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- 4.27 Or child
Matthew 24:9
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Persecutions Foretold
9 “Then they will hand you over to be tortured and will put you to death, and you will be hated by all nations because of my name.(A)
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Psalm 119:110
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110 The wicked have laid a snare for me,
but I do not stray from your precepts.(A)
Psalm 118:10-12
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10 All nations surrounded me;
in the name of the Lord I cut them off!(A)
11 They surrounded me, surrounded me on every side;
in the name of the Lord I cut them off!
12 They surrounded me like bees;
they blazed[a] like a fire of thorns;
in the name of the Lord I cut them off!
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- 118.12 Gk: Heb were extinguished
Psalm 56:2
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2 my enemies trample on me all day long,
for many fight against me.
O Most High,(A)
Psalm 44:17
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17 All this has come upon us,
yet we have not forgotten you
or been false to your covenant.(A)
Psalm 25:19
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19 Consider how many are my foes
and with what violent hatred they hate me.(A)
Psalm 22:16
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16 For dogs are all around me;
a company of evildoers encircles me;
they bound my hands and feet.[a](A)
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- 22.16 Meaning of Heb uncertain
Psalm 22:12
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12 Many bulls encircle me;
strong bulls of Bashan surround me;(A)
Psalm 7:1
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Psalm 7
Plea for Help against Persecutors
A Shiggaion of David, which he sang to the Lord concerning Cush, a Benjaminite.
1 O Lord my God, in you I take refuge;
save me from all my pursuers, and deliver me,(A)
Psalm 3:1-2
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Psalm 3
Trust in God under Adversity
A Psalm of David, when he fled from his son Absalom.
1 O Lord, how many are my foes!
Many are rising against me;
2 many are saying to me,
“There is no help for you[a] in God.” Selah
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- 3.2 Syr: Heb him
Matthew 26:47
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The Betrayal and Arrest of Jesus
47 While he was still speaking, Judas, one of the twelve, arrived; with him was a large crowd with swords and clubs, from the chief priests and the elders of the people.
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