Psalm 119:51
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51 The arrogant utterly deride me,
but I do not turn away from your law.(A)
Jeremiah 20:7
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Jeremiah Denounces His Persecutors
7 O Lord, you have enticed me,
and I was enticed;
you have overpowered me,
and you have prevailed.
I have become a laughingstock all day long;
everyone mocks me.(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)
Psalm 119:157
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157 Many are my persecutors and my adversaries,
yet I do not swerve from your decrees.(A)
Psalm 44:18
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18 Our heart has not turned back,
nor have our steps departed from your way,(A)
Hebrews 12:1-3
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The Example of Jesus
12 Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight and the sin that clings so closely,[a] and let us run with perseverance the race that is set before us,(A) 2 looking to Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of faith, who for the sake of[b] the joy that was set before him endured the cross, disregarding its shame, and has taken his seat at the right hand of the throne of God.(B)
3 Consider him who endured such hostility against himself from sinners,[c] so that you may not grow weary in your souls or lose heart.(C)
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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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Luke 23:35
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35 And the people stood by watching, but the leaders scoffed at him, saying, “He saved others; let him save himself if he is the Messiah[a] of God, his chosen one!”(A)
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Luke 16:14-15
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The Law and the Kingdom of God
14 The Pharisees, who were lovers of money, heard all this, and they ridiculed him.(A) 15 So he said to them, “You are those who justify yourselves in the sight of others, but God knows your hearts, for what is prized by humans is an abomination in the sight of God.(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)
Isaiah 38:3
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3 “Remember now, O Lord, I implore you, how I have walked before you in faithfulness with a whole heart and have done what is good in your sight.” And Hezekiah wept bitterly.(A)
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Psalm 123:3-4
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3 Have mercy upon us, O Lord, have mercy upon us,
for we have had more than enough of contempt.(A)
4 Our soul has had more than its fill
of the scorn of those who are at ease,
of the contempt of the proud.(B)
Psalm 119:69
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69 The arrogant smear me with lies,
but with my whole heart I keep your precepts.(A)
Psalm 119:31
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31 I cling to your decrees, O Lord;
let me not be put to shame.(A)
Psalm 119:21
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21 You rebuke the insolent, accursed ones,
who wander from your commandments;(A)
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