2 Corinthians 4:9

New American Bible - revised edition

persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed;

Cross References

Job 22:29

For when they are brought low, you will say, “It is pride!” But downcast eyes he saves.

Psalm 129:2

Viciously have they attacked me from my youth, yet they have not prevailed against me.

Psalm 22:1

For the leader; according to “The deer of the dawn.” A psalm of David.

Psalm 37:28

For the Lord loves justice and does not abandon the faithful. When the unjust are destroyed, and the offspring of the wicked cut off,

Psalm 42:11

It shatters my bones, when my adversaries reproach me, when they say to me every day: “Where is your God?”

Psalm 42:5

Those times I recall as I pour out my soul, When I would cross over to the shrine of the Mighty One, to the house of God, Amid loud cries of thanksgiving, with the multitude keeping festival.

Psalm 9:10

The Lord is a stronghold for the oppressed, a stronghold in times of trouble.

Proverbs 24:16

Though the just fall seven times, they rise again, but the wicked stumble from only one mishap.

Isaiah 43:2

When you pass through waters, I will be with you; through rivers, you shall not be swept away. When you walk through fire, you shall not be burned, nor will flames consume you.

Isaiah 62:4

No more shall you be called “Forsaken,” nor your land called “Desolate,” But you shall be called “My Delight is in her,” and your land “Espoused.” For the Lord delights in you, and your land shall be espoused.

Micah 7:8

Do not rejoice over me, my enemy! though I have fallen, I will arise; though I sit in darkness, the Lord is my light.

Habakkuk 3:17

For though the fig tree does not blossom, and no fruit appears on the vine, Though the yield of the olive fails and the terraces produce no nourishment, Though the flocks disappear from the fold and there is no herd in the stalls,

John 15:20

Remember the word I spoke to you, ‘No slave is greater than his master.’ If they persecuted me, they will also persecute you. If they kept my word, they will also keep yours.

Romans 8:35

What will separate us from the love of Christ? Will anguish, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or the sword?

2 Corinthians 7:6

But God, who encourages the downcast, encouraged us by the arrival of Titus,

2 Timothy 3:12

In fact, all who want to live religiously in Christ Jesus will be persecuted.

Hebrews 13:5

Let your life be free from love of money but be content with what you have, for he has said, “I will never forsake you or abandon you.”