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Psalms 69:7-9
For I endure insults for your sake; humiliation is written all over my face.Even my own brothers pretend they don’t know me; they treat me like a stranger.Passion for your house has consumed me, and the insults of those who insult you have fallen on me.
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Jeremiah 12:3
But as for me, Lord, you know my heart. You see me and test my thoughts. Drag these people away like sheep to be butchered! Set them aside to be slaughtered!
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Nehemiah 13:22
Then I commanded the Levites to purify themselves and to guard the gates in order to preserve the holiness of the Sabbath. Remember this good deed also, O my God! Have compassion on me according to your great and unfailing love.
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Jeremiah 20:12
O Lord of Heaven’s Armies, you test those who are righteous, and you examine the deepest thoughts and secrets. Let me see your vengeance against them, for I have committed my cause to you.
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Jeremiah 17:16
Lord, I have not abandoned my job as a shepherd for your people. I have not urged you to send disaster. You have heard everything I’ve said.
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Jeremiah 20:8
When I speak, the words burst out.“ Violence and destruction!” I shout. So these messages from the Lord have made me a household joke.
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Nehemiah 5:19
Remember, O my God, all that I have done for these people, and bless me for it.
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1 Peter 4 14-1 Peter 4 16
If you are insulted because you bear the name of Christ, you will be blessed, for the glorious Spirit of God rests upon you.If you suffer, however, it must not be for murder, stealing, making trouble, or prying into other people’s affairs.But it is no shame to suffer for being a Christian. Praise God for the privilege of being called by his name!
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Psalms 119:84
How long must I wait? When will you punish those who persecute me?
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Romans 8:35
Can anything ever separate us from Christ’s love? Does it mean he no longer loves us if we have trouble or calamity, or are persecuted, or hungry, or destitute, or in danger, or threatened with death?
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Jeremiah 11:18-21
Then the Lord told me about the plots my enemies were making against me.I was like a lamb being led to the slaughter. I had no idea that they were planning to kill me!“ Let’s destroy this man and all his words,” they said.“ Let’s cut him down, so his name will be forgotten forever.”O Lord of Heaven’s Armies, you make righteous judgments, and you examine the deepest thoughts and secrets. Let me see your vengeance against them, for I have committed my cause to you.This is what the Lord says about the men of Anathoth who wanted me dead. They had said,“ We will kill you if you do not stop prophesying in the Lord’s name.”
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Nehemiah 13:31
I also made sure that the supply of wood for the altar and the first portions of the harvest were brought at the proper times. Remember this in my favor, O my God.
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Job 10:7
Although you know I am not guilty, no one can rescue me from your hands.
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Revelation 6:10
They shouted to the Lord and said,“ O Sovereign Lord, holy and true, how long before you judge the people who belong to this world and avenge our blood for what they have done to us?”
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2 Timothy 4 14
Alexander the coppersmith did me much harm, but the Lord will judge him for what he has done.
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John 21:15-17
After breakfast Jesus asked Simon Peter,“ Simon son of John, do you love me more than these?”“ Yes, Lord,” Peter replied,“ you know I love you.”“ Then feed my lambs,” Jesus told him.Jesus repeated the question:“ Simon son of John, do you love me?”“ Yes, Lord,” Peter said,“ you know I love you.”“ Then take care of my sheep,” Jesus said.A third time he asked him,“ Simon son of John, do you love me?” Peter was hurt that Jesus asked the question a third time. He said,“ Lord, you know everything. You know that I love you.” Jesus said,“ Then feed my sheep.
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Matthew 19:29
And everyone who has given up houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or children or property, for my sake, will receive a hundred times as much in return and will inherit eternal life.
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Matthew 10:22
And all nations will hate you because you are my followers. But everyone who endures to the end will be saved.
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Psalms 106:4
Remember me, Lord, when you show favor to your people; come near and rescue me.
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Luke 6:22-23
What blessings await you when people hate you and exclude you and mock you and curse you as evil because you follow the Son of Man.When that happens, be happy! Yes, leap for joy! For a great reward awaits you in heaven. And remember, their ancestors treated the ancient prophets that same way.
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Luke 21:17
And everyone will hate you because you are my followers.
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Psalms 39:13
Leave me alone so I can smile again before I am gone and exist no more.
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Revelation 18:20
Rejoice over her fate, O heaven and people of God and apostles and prophets! For at last God has judged her for your sakes.
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Psalms 7:3-5
O Lord my God, if I have done wrong or am guilty of injustice,if I have betrayed a friend or plundered my enemy without cause,then let my enemies capture me. Let them trample me into the ground and drag my honor in the dust. Interlude
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2 Corinthians 5 11
Because we understand our fearful responsibility to the Lord, we work hard to persuade others. God knows we are sincere, and I hope you know this, too.
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Jeremiah 15:10
Then I said,“ What sorrow is mine, my mother. Oh, that I had died at birth! I am hated everywhere I go. I am neither a lender who threatens to foreclose nor a borrower who refuses to pay— yet they all curse me.”
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Isaiah 38:3
“ Remember, O Lord, how I have always been faithful to you and have served you single mindedly, always doing what pleases you.” Then he broke down and wept bitterly.
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Luke 18:7-8
Even he rendered a just decision in the end. So don’t you think God will surely give justice to his chosen people who cry out to him day and night? Will he keep putting them off?I tell you, he will grant justice to them quickly! But when the Son of Man returns, how many will he find on the earth who have faith?”
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Psalms 119:132-134
Come and show me your mercy, as you do for all who love your name.Guide my steps by your word, so I will not be overcome by evil.Ransom me from the oppression of evil people; then I can obey your commandments.
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Psalms 17:3
You have tested my thoughts and examined my heart in the night. You have scrutinized me and found nothing wrong. I am determined not to sin in what I say.
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Nehemiah 6:14
Remember, O my God, all the evil things that Tobiah and Sanballat have done. And remember Noadiah the prophet and all the prophets like her who have tried to intimidate me.
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Psalms 102:24
But I cried to him,“ O my God, who lives forever, don’t take my life while I am so young!
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Romans 12:19
Dear friends, never take revenge. Leave that to the righteous anger of God. For the Scriptures say,“ I will take revenge; I will pay them back,” says the Lord.
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Matthew 5:10-12
God blesses those who are persecuted for doing right, for the Kingdom of Heaven is theirs.“ God blesses you when people mock you and persecute you and lie about you and say all sorts of evil things against you because you are my followers.Be happy about it! Be very glad! For a great reward awaits you in heaven. And remember, the ancient prophets were persecuted in the same way.
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Psalms 109:26-29
Help me, O Lord my God! Save me because of your unfailing love.Let them see that this is your doing, that you yourself have done it, Lord.Then let them curse me if they like, but you will bless me! When they attack me, they will be disgraced! But I, your servant, will go right on rejoicing!May my accusers be clothed with disgrace; may their humiliation cover them like a cloak.