Romans 8:36

New Century Version

As it is written in the Scriptures: “For you we are in danger of death all the time. People think we are worth no more than sheep to be killed.”

Cross References

Psalm 141:7

“The ground is plowed and broken up. In the same way, our bones have been scattered at the grave.”

Psalm 44:11

You gave us away like sheep to be eaten and have scattered us among the nations.

Psalm 44:22

But for you we are in danger of death all the time. People think we are worth no more than sheep to be killed.

Isaiah 53:7

He was beaten down and punished, but he didn’t say a word. He was like a lamb being led to be killed. He was quiet, as a sheep is quiet while its wool is being cut; he never opened his mouth.

Jeremiah 11:19

Before this, I was like a gentle lamb waiting to be butchered. I did not know they had made plans against me, saying: “Let us destroy the tree and its fruit. Let’s kill him so people will forget him.”

Jeremiah 12:3

But you know my heart, Lord. You see me and test my thoughts about you. Drag the evil people away like sheep to be butchered. Set them aside for the day of killing.

Jeremiah 51:40

“I will take the people of Babylon to be killed. They will be like lambs, like sheep and goats waiting to be killed.

John 16:2

People will put you out of their synagogues. Yes, the time is coming when those who kill you will think they are offering service to God.

Acts 20:24

I don’t care about my own life. The most important thing is that I complete my mission, the work that the Lord Jesus gave me—to tell people the Good News about God’s grace.

Acts 8:32

The portion of Scripture he was reading was this: “He was like a sheep being led to be killed. He was quiet, as a lamb is quiet while its wool is being cut; he never opened his mouth.

1 Corinthians 15:30

And what about us? Why do we put ourselves in danger every hour?

1 Corinthians 15:31

I die every day. That is true, brothers and sisters, just as it is true that I brag about you in Christ Jesus our Lord.

1 Corinthians 4:9

But it seems to me that God has put us apostles in last place, like those sentenced to die. We are like a show for the whole world to see—angels and people.

2 Corinthians 1:9

Truly, in our own hearts we believed we would die. But this happened so we would not trust in ourselves but in God, who raises people from the dead.

2 Corinthians 11:23

Are they serving Christ? I am serving him more. (I am crazy to talk like this.) I have worked much harder than they. I have been in prison more often. I have been hurt more in beatings. I have been near death many times.

2 Corinthians 6:9

We are not known, but we are well known. We seem to be dying, but we continue to live. We are punished, but we are not killed.

Philippians 3:10

I want to know Christ and the power that raised him from the dead. I want to share in his sufferings and become like him in his death.