Psalm 27:10
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10 If my father and mother forsake me,
the Lord will take me up.(A)
Isaiah 49:15
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15 Can a woman forget her nursing child
or show no compassion for the child of her womb?
Even these might forget,
yet I will not forget you.(A)
Isaiah 40:11
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11 He will feed his flock like a shepherd;
he will gather the lambs in his arms
and carry them in his bosom
and gently lead the mother sheep.(A)
John 16:32
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32 The hour is coming, indeed it has come, when you will be scattered, each one to his home, and you will leave me alone. Yet I am not alone because the Father is with me.(A)
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Matthew 10:36
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36 and one’s foes will be members of one’s own household.(A)
2 Timothy 4:16
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16 At my first defense no one came to my support, but all deserted me. May it not be counted against them!
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Psalm 69:8
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8 I have become a stranger to my kindred,
an alien to my mother’s children.(A)
Matthew 10:21-22
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21 Sibling will betray sibling to death and a father his child, and children will rise against parents and have them put to death, 22 and you will be hated by all because of my name. But the one who endures to the end will be saved.(A)
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John 9:35
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Spiritual Blindness
35 Jesus heard that they had driven him out, and when he found him he said, “Do you believe in the Son of Man?”[a](A)
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- 9.35 Other ancient authorities read the Son of God
2 Samuel 16:11
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11 David said to Abishai and to all his servants, “My own son seeks my life; how much more now may this Benjaminite! Let him alone, and let him curse, for the Lord has bidden him.(A)
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