2 Corinthians 4:9

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

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

Cross References

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.

Micah 7:8

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

Proverbs 24:16

Good people might fall again and again, but they always get up. It is the wicked who are defeated by their troubles.

Psalm 42:11

Why am I so sad? Why am I so upset? I tell myself, “Wait for God’s help! You will again be able to praise him, your God, the one who will save you.”

Hebrews 13:5

Keep your lives free from the love of money. And be satisfied with what you have. God has said, “I will never leave you; I will never run away from you.” Deuteronomy 31:6

2 Corinthians 7:6

But God encourages those who are troubled, and he certainly encouraged us by bringing Titus to us.

Isaiah 62:4

You will never again be called ‘The People God Left.’ Your land will never again be called ‘The Land God Destroyed.’ You will be called ‘The People God Loves.’ Your land will be called ‘God’s Bride,’ because the Lord loves you, and your land will be his.

Psalm 9:10

Lord, those who know your name come to you for protection. And when they come, you do not leave them without help.

John 15:20

“Remember the lesson I told you: Servants are not greater than their master. If people treated me badly, they will treat you badly too. And if they obeyed my teaching, they will obey yours too.

Psalm 42:5

Why am I so sad? Why am I so upset? I tell myself, “Wait for God’s help! You will again be able to praise him, your God, the one who will save you.” In my sadness I say, “I will remember you from here on this small hill, where Mount Hermon and the Jordan River meet.”

Psalm 37:28

The Lord loves what is right, and he will never leave his followers without help. He will always protect them, but he will destroy the families of the wicked.

Psalm 22:1

My God, my God, why have you left me? You seem too far away to save me, too far to hear my cries for help!

Job 22:29

When people are brought down and you ask God to help them, he will rescue those who have been humbled.

Psalm 129:2

All my life enemies have attacked me, but they have never defeated me.

Habakkuk 3:17

Figs might not grow on the fig trees, and grapes might not grow on the vines. Olives might not grow on the olive trees, and food might not grow in the fields. There might not be any sheep in the pens or cattle in the barns.

Romans 8:35

Can anything separate us from Christ’s love? Can trouble or problems or persecution separate us from his love? If we have no food or clothes or face danger or even death, will that separate us from his love?

2 Timothy 3:12

Everyone who wants to live showing true devotion to God in Christ Jesus will be persecuted.