Psalms 27:3

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

Even when an army is deployed against me, I do not fear. Even when war is imminent, I remain confident.

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  • Ps 3:6 : 6 I am not afraid of the multitude of people who attack me from all directions.
  • Phil 1:28 : 28 and by not being intimidated in any way by your opponents. This is a sign of their destruction, but of your salvation– a sign which is from God.
  • 1 Pet 3:14 : 14 But in fact, if you happen to suffer for doing what is right, you are blessed. But do not be terrified of them or be shaken.
  • Rev 2:10 : 10 Do not be afraid of the things you are about to suffer. The devil is about to have some of you thrown into prison so you may be tested, and you will experience suffering for ten days. Remain faithful even to the point of death, and I will give you the crown that is life itself.
  • Rev 12:7-9 : 7 War in Heaven Then war broke out in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon, and the dragon and his angels fought back. 8 But the dragon was not strong enough to prevail, so there was no longer any place left in heaven for him and his angels. 9 So that huge dragon– the ancient serpent, the one called the devil and Satan, who deceives the whole world– was thrown down to the earth, and his angels along with him. 10 Then I heard a loud voice in heaven saying,“The salvation and the power and the kingdom of our God, and the ruling authority of his Christ, have now come, because the accuser of our brothers and sisters, the one who accuses them day and night before our God, has been thrown down. 11 But they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, and they did not love their lives so much that they were afraid to die.
  • Ps 52:6 : 6 When the godly see this, they will be filled with awe, and will mock the evildoer, saying:
  • Isa 41:11-12 : 11 Look, all who were angry at you will be ashamed and humiliated; your adversaries will be reduced to nothing and perish. 12 When you will look for your opponents, you will not find them; your enemies will be reduced to absolutely nothing.
  • Isa 54:16-17 : 16 Look, I create the craftsman, who fans the coals into a fire and forges a weapon. I create the destroyer so he might devastate. 17 No weapon forged to be used against you will succeed; you will refute everyone who tries to accuse you. This is what the LORD will do for his servants– I will vindicate them,” says the LORD.
  • Rom 8:35-37 : 35 Who will separate us from the love of Christ? Will trouble, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or danger, or sword? 36 As it is written,“For your sake we encounter death all day long; we were considered as sheep to be slaughtered.” 37 No, in all these things we have complete victory through him who loved us!
  • 2 Cor 5:6-8 : 6 Therefore we are always full of courage, and we know that as long as we are alive here on earth we are absent from the Lord– 7 for we live by faith, not by sight. 8 Thus we are full of courage and would prefer to be away from the body and at home with the Lord.
  • 1 Sam 28:15-16 : 15 Samuel said to Saul,“Why have you disturbed me by bringing me up?” Saul replied,“I am terribly troubled! The Philistines are fighting against me and God has turned away from me. He does not answer me anymore– not by the prophets nor by dreams. So I have called on you to tell me what I should do.” 16 Samuel said,“Why are you asking me, now that the LORD has turned away from you and has become your enemy?
  • 2 Chr 20:15 : 15 He said:“Pay attention, all you people of Judah, residents of Jerusalem, and King Jehoshaphat! This is what the LORD says to you:‘Don’t be afraid and don’t panic because of this huge army! For the battle is not yours, but God’s.
  • Job 4:6 : 6 Is not your piety your confidence, and your blameless ways your hope?
  • 2 Kgs 6:15-17 : 15 The prophet’s attendant got up early in the morning. When he went outside there was an army surrounding the city, along with horses and chariots. He said to Elisha,“Oh no, my master! What will we do?” 16 He replied,“Don’t be afraid, for our side outnumbers them.” 17 Then Elisha prayed,“O LORD, open his eyes so he can see.” The LORD opened the servant’s eyes and he saw that the hill was full of horses and chariots of fire all around Elisha.

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    6The LORD is on my side, I am not afraid! What can people do to me?

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    14But I trust in you, O LORD! I declare,“You are my God!”

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    29Indeed, with your help I can charge against an army; by my God’s power I can jump over a wall.

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    30Indeed, with your help I can charge against an army; by my God’s power I can jump over a wall.

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  • Ps 27:5-6
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    5He will surely give me shelter in the day of danger; he will hide me in his home; he will place me on an inaccessible rocky summit.

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    7I am committed to peace, but when I speak, they want to make war.

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    7Though a thousand may fall beside you, and a multitude on your right side, it will not reach you.

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    10All the nations surrounded me. Indeed, in the name of the LORD I pushed them away.

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    13“You aggressively attacked me and tried to knock me down, but the LORD helped me.

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    17Do not cause me dismay! You are my source of safety in times of trouble.