Psalm 119:161

Shin.
Princes persecute me without cause,
But my heart stands in [reverent] awe of Your words [so I can expect You to help me].

1 Samuel 26:18

And David said, “Why is my lord pursuing his servant? For what have I done? Or what evil is in my hand?

Psalm 119:23

Even though princes sit and talk to one another against me,
Your servant meditates on Your statutes.

Genesis 39:9

He is not greater in this house than I am, nor has he kept anything from me except you, because you are his wife. How then could I do this great evil and sin against God [and your husband]?”

Genesis 42:18

Now Joseph said to them on the third day, “Do this and [you may] live, for I fear God:

1 Samuel 21:15

Do I lack madmen, that you bring this one to behave like a madman in my presence? Shall this one come into my house?”

1 Samuel 24:9-15

David said to Saul, “Why do you listen to the words of men who say, ‘David seeks to harm you?’

because your heart was tender (receptive, penitent) and you humbled yourself before the Lord when you heard what I said against this place and against its inhabitants, that they should become a desolation and a curse, and because you have torn your clothes and wept before Me, I have heard you,” declares the Lord.

Nehemiah 5:15

But the former governors who were [in office] before me put heavy burdens on the people and took food and wine from them in addition to forty shekels of silver [as an excessive monthly salary]; even their servants assumed authority over the people. But I did not do so because of the [reverent] fear of God.

Job 31:23

“For tragedy from God is a terror to me,
And because of His majesty and exaltation I can do nothing [nor endure facing Him].

Psalm 4:4

Tremble [with anger or fear], and do not sin;
Meditate in your heart upon your bed and be still [reflect on your sin and repent of your rebellion]. Selah.

Psalm 119:157

Many are my persecutors and my adversaries,
Yet I do not turn away from Your testimonies.

Isaiah 66:2

“For all these things My hand has made,
So all these things came into being [by and for Me],” declares the Lord.
“But to this one I will look [graciously],
To him who is humble and contrite in spirit, and who [reverently] trembles at My word and honors My commands.

Jeremiah 36:23-25

And after Jehudi had read three or four columns [of the scroll], King Jehoiakim would cut off that portion with a scribe’s knife and throw it into the fire that was in the brazier, until the [entire] scroll was consumed by the fire.

John 15:25

But [this is so] that the word which has been written in their Law would be fulfilled, ‘They hated Me without a cause.’

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