2 Corinthians 4:9

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we are persecuted, but not abandoned; we are knocked down, but not destroyed,

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  • Heb 13:5 : 5 Your conduct must be free from the love of money and you must be content with what you have, for he has said,“I will never leave you and I will never abandon you.”
  • Job 5:17-19 : 17 “Therefore, blessed is the man whom God corrects, so do not despise the discipline of the Almighty. 18 For he wounds, but he also bandages; he strikes, but his hands also heal. 19 He will deliver you from six calamities; yes, in seven no evil will touch you.
  • Ps 9:10 : 10 Your loyal followers trust in you, for you, LORD, do not abandon those who seek your help.
  • Ps 22:1 : 1 For the music director; according to the tune“Morning Doe;” a psalm of David. My God, my God, why have you abandoned me? I groan in prayer, but help seems far away.
  • Ps 37:24-25 : 24 Even if he trips, he will not fall headlong, for the LORD holds his hand. 25 I was once young, now I am old. I have never seen a godly man abandoned, or his children forced to search for food.
  • Ps 37:28 : 28 For the LORD promotes justice, and never abandons his faithful followers. They are permanently secure, but the children of evil men are wiped out.
  • Ps 42:5 : 5 Why are you depressed, O my soul? Why are you upset? Wait for God! For I will again give thanks to my God for his saving intervention.
  • Ps 42:11 : 11 Why are you depressed, O my soul? Why are you upset? Wait for God! For I will again give thanks to my God for his saving intervention.
  • Prov 24:16 : 16 Indeed a righteous person will fall seven times, and then get up again, but the guilty will collapse in calamity.
  • Isa 43:2 : 2 When you pass through the waters, I am with you; when you pass through the streams, they will not overwhelm you. When you walk through the fire, you will not be burned; the flames will not harm you.
  • Isa 62:4 : 4 You will no longer be called,“Abandoned,” and your land will no longer be called“Desolate.” Indeed, you will be called“My Delight is in Her,” and your land“Married.” For the LORD will take delight in you, and your land will be married to him.
  • Mic 7:8 : 8 Jerusalem Will Be Vindicated My enemies, do not gloat over me! Though I have fallen, I will get up. Though I sit in darkness, the LORD will be my light.
  • John 15:20 : 20 Remember what I told you,‘A slave is not greater than his master.’ If they persecuted me, they will also persecute you. If they obeyed my word, they will obey yours too.
  • 2 Cor 7:6 : 6 But God, who encourages the downhearted, encouraged us by the arrival of Titus.
  • Job 22:29 : 29 When people are brought low and you say‘Lift them up!’ then he will save the downcast;

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