Surely then shall you lift up your face without spot; Yes, you shall be steadfast, and shall not fear:
If you do well, will it not be lifted up? If you don't do well, sin crouches at the door. Its desire is for you, but you are to rule over it.*
If I am wicked, woe to me. If I am righteous, I still shall not lift up my head, being filled with disgrace, and conscious of my affliction.
For then you will delight yourself in the Almighty, and shall lift up your face to God.
Though an army should encamp against me, my heart shall not fear. Though war should rise against me, even then I will be confident.
Therefore we won't be afraid, though the earth changes, though the mountains are shaken into the heart of the seas;
In the fear of the LORD is a secure fortress, and he will be a refuge for his children.
The wicked flee when no one pursues; but the righteous are as bold as a lion.
For our boasting is this: the testimony of our conscience, that in holiness and sincerity of God, not in fleshly wisdom but in the grace of God we behaved ourselves in the world, and more abundantly toward you.
I desire therefore that the men in every place pray, lifting up holy hands without wrath and doubting.
Now, little children, remain in him, that when he appears, we may have boldness, and not be ashamed before him at his coming.