Psa 71:7, Isa 8:18, 20:3, 1Cor 4:9-13 | ESV | STEP | I have been as a portent to many , but you are my strong refuge .

Psalms 71:7

7 I have been as ^aa portent to many,
but you are my strong refuge.

Isaiah 8:18

18 ^bBehold, I and ^cthe children whom the Lord has given me are signs and portents in Israel from the Lord of hosts, who dwells on Mount Zion.

Isaiah 20:3

3 Then the Lord said, “As my servant Isaiah has walked naked and barefoot for three years ^das a sign and a portent against Egypt and Cush, ^{▼▼Probably Nubia}

1 Corinthians 4:9-13

9 For I think that God has exhibited us apostles as last of all, ^flike men sentenced to death, because we ^ghave become a spectacle to the world, to angels, and to men. 10 ^hWe are fools for Christ’s sake, but ⁱyou are wise in Christ. ^jWe are weak, but you are strong. You are held in honor, but we in disrepute. 11 To the present hour ^kwe hunger and thirst, we are poorly dressed and ^lbuffeted and ^mhomeless, 12 and we ⁿlabor, working with our own hands. ^oWhen reviled, we bless; ^pwhen persecuted, we endure; 13 when slandered, we entreat. ^qWe have become, and are still, like the scum of the world, ^rthe refuse of all things.