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1 Peter 3 17
For it is better to suffer for doing good, if that should be God’s will, than for doing evil.
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2 Timothy 1 12
and that is why I suffer these things. But I am not ashamed, because I know the One I have believed in and am persuaded that He is able to guard what has been entrusted to me until that day.
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1 Peter 4 12-1 Peter 4 16
Dear friends, don’t be surprised when the fiery ordeal comes among you to test you as if something unusual were happening to you.Instead, rejoice as you share in the sufferings of the Messiah, so that you may also rejoice with great joy at the revelation of His glory.If you are ridiculed for the name of Christ, you are blessed, because the Spirit of glory and of God rests on you.None of you, however, should suffer as a murderer, a thief, an evildoer, or a meddler.But if anyone suffers as a“ Christian,” he should not be ashamed but should glorify God in having that name.
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Psalms 37:5
Commit your way to the Lord; trust in Him, and He will act,
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Romans 2:7
eternal life to those who by persistence in doing good seek glory, honor, and immortality;
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Psalms 138:8
The Lord will fulfill His purpose for me. Lord, Your love is eternal; do not abandon the work of Your hands.
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Psalms 146:5-6
Happy is the one whose help is the God of Jacob, whose hope is in the Lord his God,the Maker of heaven and earth, the sea and everything in them. He remains faithful forever,
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Daniel 6:22
My God sent His angel and shut the lions’ mouths. They haven’t hurt me, for I was found innocent before Him. Also, I have not committed a crime against you my king.”
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Daniel 3:16-18
Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego replied to the king,“ Nebuchadnezzar, we don’t need to give you an answer to this question.If the God we serve exists, then He can rescue us from the furnace of blazing fire, and He can rescue us from the power of you, the king.But even if He does not rescue us, we want you as king to know that we will not serve your gods or worship the gold statue you set up.”
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Acts 21:11-14
He came to us, took Paul’s belt, tied his own feet and hands, and said,“ This is what the Holy Spirit says:‘ In this way the Jews in Jerusalem will bind the man who owns this belt and deliver him into Gentile hands.’”When we heard this, both we and the local people begged him not to go up to Jerusalem.Then Paul replied,“ What are you doing, weeping and breaking my heart? For I am ready not only to be bound but also to die in Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.”Since he would not be persuaded, we stopped talking and simply said,“ The Lord’s will be done!”
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Isaiah 54:16-17
Look, I have created the craftsman who blows on the charcoal fire and produces a weapon suitable for its task; and I have created the destroyer to cause havoc.No weapon formed against you will succeed, and you will refute any accusation raised against you in court. This is the heritage of the Lord’s servants, and their righteousness is from Me.” This is the Lord’s declaration.
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Colossians 1:16-20
For everything was created by Him, in heaven and on earth, the visible and the invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities— all things have been created through Him and for Him.He is before all things, and by Him all things hold together.He is also the head of the body, the church; He is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, so that He might come to have first place in everything.For God was pleased to have all His fullness dwell in Him,and through Him to reconcile everything to Himself by making peace through the blood of His cross— whether things on earth or things in heaven.
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1 Peter 2 15
For it is God’s will that you silence the ignorance of foolish people by doing good.
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Acts 7:59
They were stoning Stephen as he called out:“ Lord Jesus, receive my spirit!”
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Revelation 5:9-14
And they sang a new song: You are worthy to take the scroll and to open its seals, because You were slaughtered, and You redeemed people for God by Your blood from every tribe and language and people and nation.You made them a kingdom and priests to our God, and they will reign on the earth.Then I looked and heard the voice of many angels around the throne, and also of the living creatures and of the elders. Their number was countless thousands, plus thousands of thousands.They said with a loud voice: The Lamb who was slaughtered is worthy to receive power and riches and wisdom and strength and honor and glory and blessing!I heard every creature in heaven, on earth, under the earth, on the sea, and everything in them say: Blessing and honor and glory and dominion to the One seated on the throne, and to the Lamb, forever and ever!The four living creatures said,“ Amen,” and the elders fell down and worshiped.
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Psalms 31:5
Into Your hand I entrust my spirit; You redeem me, Lord, God of truth.
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Luke 23:46
And Jesus called out with a loud voice,“ Father, into Your hands I entrust My spirit.” Saying this, He breathed His last.
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Jeremiah 26:11-15
Then the priests and prophets said to the officials and all the people,“ This man deserves the death sentence because he has prophesied against this city, as you have heard with your own ears.”Then Jeremiah said to all the officials and the people,“ The Lord sent me to prophesy all the words that you have heard against this temple and city.So now, correct your ways and deeds and obey the voice of the Lord your God so that He might relent concerning the disaster that He warned about.As for me, here I am in your hands; do to me what you think is good and right.But know for certain that if you put me to death, you will bring innocent blood on yourselves, on this city, and on its residents, for it is certain the Lord has sent me to speak all these things directly to you.”
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Hebrews 1:2-3
In these last days, He has spoken to us by His Son. God has appointed Him heir of all things and made the universe through Him.The Son is the radiance of God’s glory and the exact expression of His nature, sustaining all things by His powerful word. After making purification for sins, He sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high.
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Isaiah 43:21
The people I formed for Myself will declare My praise.
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Esther 4:16
“ Go and assemble all the Jews who can be found in Susa and fast for me. Don’t eat or drink for three days, day or night. I and my female servants will also fast in the same way. After that, I will go to the king even if it is against the law. If I perish, I perish.”
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Isaiah 43:7
everyone called by My name and created for My glory. I have formed him; indeed, I have made him.”
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Daniel 6:10-11
When Daniel learned that the document had been signed, he went into his house. The windows in its upper room opened toward Jerusalem, and three times a day he got down on his knees, prayed, and gave thanks to his God, just as he had done before.Then these men went as a group and found Daniel petitioning and imploring his God.
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Isaiah 40:27-28
Jacob, why do you say, and Israel, why do you assert:“ My way is hidden from the Lord, and my claim is ignored by my God”?Do you not know? Have you not heard? Yahweh is the everlasting God, the Creator of the whole earth. He never grows faint or weary; there is no limit to His understanding.
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Revelation 4:10-11
the 24 elders fall down before the One seated on the throne, worship the One who lives forever and ever, cast their crowns before the throne, and say:Our Lord and God, You are worthy to receive glory and honor and power, because You have created all things, and because of Your will they exist and were created.
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Isaiah 51:12-13
I— I am the One who comforts you. Who are you that you should fear man who dies, or a son of man who is given up like grass?But you have forgotten the Lord, your Maker, who stretched out the heavens and laid the foundations of the earth. You are in constant dread all day long because of the fury of the oppressor, who has set himself to destroy. But where is the fury of the oppressor?