2 Corinthians 4:9

Easy To Read Version

We are persecuted, but God does not leave us. We are hurt sometimes, but we are not destroyed.

Cross References

Job 22:29

God makes proud people ashamed.\par But God helps humble people.\par

Psalm 129:2

I have had many enemies all my life.\par But they never won.\par

Psalm 22:1

My God, my God!\par Why did you leave me?\par You are too far away to save me!\par You are too far away to hear my cries for help!\par

Psalm 37:28

The Lord loves fairness.\par He will not leave his followers\par without help.\par The Lord will always protect his followers,\par but he will destroy wicked people.\par

Psalm 42:11

Why should I be so sad?\par Why should I be so upset?\par I should wait for God’s help.\par I will get the chance to praise him yet.\par He will save me!\par

Psalm 42:5

Why should I be so sad?\par Why should I be so upset?\par I should wait for God’s help.\par I will get the chance to praise him yet.\par He will save me!\par

Psalm 9:10

People who know your name\par should trust you.\par Lord, if people come to you,\par you will not leave them without help.\par

Proverbs 24:16

If a good man falls seven times, he will always stand again. But evil people will always be defeated by trouble.

Isaiah 43:2

When you have troubles, I am with you. When you cross rivers, you will not be hurt. When you walk through fire, you will not be burned; the flames will not hurt you.

Isaiah 62:4

You will never again be called\par ‘The People that God had Left.’\par Your land will never again be called\par ‘The Land that God Destroyed.’\par You will be called\par ‘The People God Loves.’\par Your land will be called\par ‘God’s Bride.’\par Why? Because the Lord loves you.\par And your land will belong to him.\par

Micah 7:8

I have fallen.\par But enemy, don’t laugh at me!\par I will get up again.\par I sit in darkness now.\par But the Lord will be a light for me.\par

Habakkuk 3:17

Figs might not grow on the fig trees.\par Grapes might not grow on the vines.\par Olives might not grow on the olive trees.\par Food might not grow in the fields.\par There might not be any sheep in the pens.\par There might not be any cattle in the barns.\par

John 15:20

Remember the lesson I told you: A servant is not greater than his master. If people did wrong to me, then they will do wrong to you too. And if people obeyed my teaching, then they will obey yours too.

Romans 8:35

Can anything separate us from Christ’s love? No! Can trouble separate us from Christ’s love? No! Can problems or persecution {\cf2\super [70]} separate us from Christ’s love? No! If we have no food or clothes, will that separate us from Christ’s love? No! Will danger or even death separate us from Christ’s love? No!

2 Corinthians 7:6

But God comforts people who are troubled. And God comforted us when Titus came.

2 Timothy 3:12

Every person who wants to live the way God wants, in Christ Jesus, will be persecuted.

Hebrews 13:5

Keep your lives free from the love of money. And be satisfied with the things you have. God has said,