Revelation 12:13
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The Dragon Fights Again on Earth
13 So when the dragon saw that he had been thrown down to the earth, he pursued[a] the woman who had delivered the male child.
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- 12.13 Or persecuted
Genesis 3:15
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15 I will put enmity between you and the woman
and between your offspring and hers;
he will strike your head,
and you will strike his heel.”(A)
Revelation 12:3-5
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3 Then another portent appeared in heaven: a great red dragon, with seven heads and ten horns and seven diadems on his heads.(A) 4 His tail swept down a third of the stars of heaven and threw them to the earth. Then the dragon stood before the woman who was about to deliver a child, so that he might devour her child as soon as it was born.(B) 5 And she gave birth to a son, a male child, who is to rule[a] all the nations with a scepter of iron. But her child was snatched away and taken to God and to his throne,(C)
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- 12.5 Or to shepherd
John 16:33
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33 I have said this to you so that in me you may have peace. In the world you face persecution, but take courage: I have conquered the world!”(A)
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Psalm 37:12-14
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12 The wicked plot against the righteous
and gnash their teeth at them,(A)
13 but the Lord laughs at the wicked,
for he sees that their day is coming.(B)
14 The wicked draw the sword and bend their bows
to bring down the poor and needy,
to kill those who walk uprightly;(C)
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