Proverbs 29:25
25 aThe fear of man lays a snare,but whoever trusts in the Lord is safe.
Isaiah 51:7
7 b“Listen to me, you who know righteousness,the people cin whose heart is my law;
dfear not the reproach of man,
nor be dismayed at their revilings.
Isaiah 57:11
11 eWhom did you dread and fear,fso that you lied,
and did not remember me,
did not lay it to heart?
gHave I not held my peace, even for a long time,
and you do not fear me?
Isaiah 66:5
5 Hear the word of the Lord,you who tremble at his word:
“Your brothers who hate you
and cast you out for my name’s sake
have said, h‘Let the Lord be glorified,
that we may see your joy’;
but it is they who shall be put to shame.
Matthew 26:69-75
Peter Denies Jesus
69 iNow Peter was sitting outside jin the courtyard. And a servant girl came up to him and said, “You also were with Jesus the Galilean.” 70But he denied it before them all, saying, “I do not know what you mean.” 71And when he went out to the entrance, another servant girl saw him, and she said to the bystanders, “This man was with Jesus kof Nazareth.” 72And again he denied it with an oath: “I do not know the man.” 73After a little while the bystanders came up and said to Peter, “Certainly you too are one of them, for lyour accent betrays you.” 74Then he began to invoke a curse on himself and to swear, “I do not know the man.” And immediately the rooster crowed. 75And Peter remembered the saying of Jesus, m“Before the rooster crows, you will ndeny me three times.” And he went out and wept bitterly.John 7:13
13Yet ofor fear of the Jews no one spoke openly of him.John 9:22
22(His parents said these things pbecause they feared the Jews, for qthe Jews had already agreed that if anyone should rconfess Jesus ▼▼Greek him
to be Christ, the was to be put out of the synagogue.) John 9:34
34They answered him, u“You were born in utter sin, and would you teach us?” And they vcast him out.John 16:2
2 wThey will put you out of the synagogues. Indeed, xthe hour is coming when ywhoever kills you will think he is offering service to God.
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