Isa 55:13, Mat 6:28-29, 10:16, Phili 2:15-16, 1Pe 2:12 | ESV | STEP | Instead of the thorn shall come up the cypress ; instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle ; and it shall make a name for the Lord , an everlasting sign that shall not be cut off .

Isaiah 55:13

13 ^aInstead of the thorn shall come up the cypress;
instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle;
and it shall make a name for the Lord,
an everlasting sign that shall not be cut off.”

Matthew 6:28-29

28 And why are you anxious about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin, 29 yet I tell you, ^beven Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.

Matthew 10:16

Persecution Will Come

16 ^c“Behold, I am sending you out as sheep in the midst of wolves, so be ^dwise as serpents and ^einnocent as doves.

Philippians 2:15-16

15 that you may be blameless and innocent, ^fchildren of God ^gwithout blemish ^hin the midst of ⁱa crooked and twisted generation, among whom you shine ^jas lights in the world, 16 holding fast to ^kthe word of life, so that in ^lthe day of Christ ^mI may be proud that ⁿI did not run in vain or labor in vain.

1 Peter 2:12

12 ^oKeep your conduct among the Gentiles honorable, so that when they speak against you as evildoers, ^pthey may see your good deeds and glorify God on ^qthe day of visitation.