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Isaiah 51:7
“ Hear me, you who know what is right, you people who have taken my instruction to heart: Do not fear the reproach of mere mortals or be terrified by their insults. (niv)
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John 7:13
But no one would say anything publicly about him for fear of the leaders. (niv)
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John 9:22
His parents said this because they were afraid of the Jewish leaders, who already had decided that anyone who acknowledged that Jesus was the Messiah would be put out of the synagogue. (niv)
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Proverbs 29:25
Fear of man will prove to be a snare, but whoever trusts in the Lord is kept safe. (niv)
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Matthew 10:32
“ Whoever acknowledges me before others, I will also acknowledge before my Father in heaven. (niv)
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John 3:2
He came to Jesus at night and said,“ Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher who has come from God. For no one could perform the signs you are doing if God were not with him.” (niv)
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1 John 4 2
This is how you can recognize the Spirit of God: Every spirit that acknowledges that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God, (niv)
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John 11:45
Therefore many of the Jews who had come to visit Mary, and had seen what Jesus did, believed in him. (niv)
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John 12:11
for on account of him many of the Jews were going over to Jesus and believing in him. (niv)
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John 9:34
To this they replied,“ You were steeped in sin at birth; how dare you lecture us!” And they threw him out. (niv)
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John 7:48-51
“ Have any of the rulers or of the Pharisees believed in him?No! But this mob that knows nothing of the law— there is a curse on them.”Nicodemus, who had gone to Jesus earlier and who was one of their own number, asked,“ Does our law condemn a man without first hearing him to find out what he has been doing?” (niv)
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Luke 6:22
Blessed are you when people hate you, when they exclude you and insult you and reject your name as evil, because of the Son of Man. (niv)
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Isaiah 66:5
Hear the word of the Lord, you who tremble at his word:“ Your own people who hate you, and exclude you because of my name, have said,‘ Let the Lord be glorified, that we may see your joy!’ Yet they will be put to shame. (niv)
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Acts 5:41
The apostles left the Sanhedrin, rejoicing because they had been counted worthy of suffering disgrace for the Name. (niv)
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Matthew 26:69-75
Now Peter was sitting out in the courtyard, and a servant girl came to him.“ You also were with Jesus of Galilee,” she said.But he denied it before them all.“ I don’t know what you’re talking about,” he said.Then he went out to the gateway, where another servant girl saw him and said to the people there,“ This fellow was with Jesus of Nazareth.”He denied it again, with an oath:“ I don’t know the man!”After a little while, those standing there went up to Peter and said,“ Surely you are one of them; your accent gives you away.”Then he began to call down curses, and he swore to them,“ I don’t know the man!” Immediately a rooster crowed.Then Peter remembered the word Jesus had spoken:“ Before the rooster crows, you will disown me three times.” And he went outside and wept bitterly. (niv)
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Luke 12:8
“ I tell you, whoever publicly acknowledges me before others, the Son of Man will also acknowledge before the angels of God. (niv)
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John 16:2
They will put you out of the synagogue; in fact, the time is coming when anyone who kills you will think they are offering a service to God. (niv)
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Romans 10:10
For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you profess your faith and are saved. (niv)
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John 19:38
Later, Joseph of Arimathea asked Pilate for the body of Jesus. Now Joseph was a disciple of Jesus, but secretly because he feared the Jewish leaders. With Pilate’s permission, he came and took the body away. (niv)
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Isaiah 57:11
“ Whom have you so dreaded and feared that you have not been true to me, and have neither remembered me nor taken this to heart? Is it not because I have long been silent that you do not fear me? (niv)
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1 Peter 4 12-1 Peter 4 16
Dear friends, do not be surprised at the fiery ordeal that has come on you to test you, as though something strange were happening to you.But rejoice inasmuch as you participate in the sufferings of Christ, so that you may be overjoyed when his glory is revealed.If you are insulted because of the name of Christ, you are blessed, for the Spirit of glory and of God rests on you.If you suffer, it should not be as a murderer or thief or any other kind of criminal, or even as a meddler.However, if you suffer as a Christian, do not be ashamed, but praise God that you bear that name. (niv)
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1 John 4 15
If anyone acknowledges that Jesus is the Son of God, God lives in them and they in God. (niv)