“The Lord delivers and vindicates me! I fear no one! The Lord protects my life! I am afraid of no one!.. I have asked the Lord for one thing –
May the Lord answer you when you are in trouble; may the God of Jacob make you secure! May he send you help from his temple; from Zion may he
“they came to Zerubbabel and the leaders and said to them, “Let us help you build, for like you we seek your God and we have been sacrificing to him
And his heart took great pride in the ways of Yahweh, and again he took away the high places and the Asherim from Judah.” 2 Chronicles 17:6 LSB https://bible.com/bible/3345/2ch.17.6.LSB
“Also to his son Shemaiah sons were born who ruled over the house of their father, for they were mighty men of valor. The sons of Shemaiah were Othni, Rephael,
“¶They hate him who reproves in the gate, And they abhor him who speaks with integrity….Therefore at such a time the one with insight keeps silent, for it is an
“But you will be betrayed even by parents and brothers and relatives and friends, and they will put some of you to death, and you will be hated by all
“Offer to God a sacrifice of thanksgiving And pay your vows to the Highest; Call upon Me in the day of distress; I shall rescue you, and you will glorify
“Blessed are you when men hate you, and exclude you, and insult you, and scorn your name as evil, for the sake of the Son of Man. “Be glad in
“And looking at him, Jesus loved him and said to him, “One thing you lack: go and sell all you possess and give to the poor, and you will have