2 Corinthians 1:8

For we do not wish you to be ignorant, brethren, as to our tribulation which happened to us in Asia, that we were excessively pressed beyond our power, so as to despair even of living.

1 Corinthians 15:32

If, to speak after the manner of man, I have fought with beasts in Ephesus, what is the profit to me if those that are dead do not rise? let us eat and drink; for to-morrow we die.

1 Samuel 20:3

And David swore again and again, and said, Thy father certainly knows that I have found favour in thy sight: and he has thought, Jonathan shall not know this, lest he be grieved; but truly as Jehovah liveth, and as thy soul liveth, there is but a step between me and death.

1 Samuel 27:1

And David said in his heart, I shall now perish one day by the hand of Saul: there is nothing better for me than that I should speedily escape into the land of the Philistines; and Saul will despair of me to seek me any more within all the limits of Israel, and I shall escape out of his hand.

Acts 19:23-35

And there took place at that time no small disturbance about the way.

1 Corinthians 4:8

Already ye are filled; already ye have been enriched; ye have reigned without us; and I would that ye reigned, that we also might reign with you.

1 Corinthians 16:9

For a great door is opened to me and an effectual one, and the adversaries many.

2 Corinthians 4:7-12

But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the surpassingness of the power may be of God, and not from us:

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For we would not, brethren, have you ignorant of our trouble which came to us in Asia, that we were pressed out of measure, above strength, insomuch that we despaired even of life:

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Of our

2 Corinthians 4:7
But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the surpassingness of the power may be of God, and not from us:
Acts 19:23
And there took place at that time no small disturbance about the way.
1 Corinthians 15:32
If, to speak after the manner of man, I have fought with beasts in Ephesus, what is the profit to me if those that are dead do not rise? let us eat and drink; for to-morrow we die.
1 Corinthians 16:9
For a great door is opened to me and an effectual one, and the adversaries many.

Insomuch

1 Corinthians 4:8
Already ye are filled; already ye have been enriched; ye have reigned without us; and I would that ye reigned, that we also might reign with you.
1 Samuel 20:3
And David swore again and again, and said, Thy father certainly knows that I have found favour in thy sight: and he has thought, Jonathan shall not know this, lest he be grieved; but truly as Jehovah liveth, and as thy soul liveth, there is but a step between me and death.
1 Samuel 27:1
And David said in his heart, I shall now perish one day by the hand of Saul: there is nothing better for me than that I should speedily escape into the land of the Philistines; and Saul will despair of me to seek me any more within all the limits of Israel, and I shall escape out of his hand.

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Psalm 56:3
In the day that I am afraid, I will confide in thee.
Ecclesiastes 2:20
Then I went about to cause my heart to despair of all the labour wherewith I had laboured under the sun.