2 Corinthians 4:9

New English Translation

we are persecuted, but not abandoned; we are knocked down, but not destroyed,

Cross References

Job 22:29

When people are brought low and you say ‘Lift them up!’ then he will save the downcast;

Psalm 129:2

“Since my youth they have often attacked me, but they have not defeated me.

Psalm 22:1

My God, my God, why have you abandoned me? I groan in prayer, but help seems far away.

Psalm 37:28

For the Lord promotes justice, and never abandons his faithful followers. They are permanently secure, but the children of evil men are wiped out.

Psalm 42:11

Why are you depressed, O my soul? Why are you upset? Wait for God! For I will again give thanks to my God for his saving intervention.

Psalm 42:5

Why are you depressed, O my soul? Why are you upset? Wait for God! For I will again give thanks to my God for his saving intervention.

Psalm 9:10

Your loyal followers trust in you, for you, Lord, do not abandon those who seek your help.

Proverbs 24:16

Although a righteous person may fall seven times, he gets up again, but the wicked will be brought down by calamity.

Isaiah 43:2

When you pass through the waters, I am with you; when you pass through the streams, they will not overwhelm you. When you walk through the fire, you will not be burned; the flames will not harm you.

Isaiah 62:4

You will no longer be called, “Abandoned,” and your land will no longer be called “Desolate.” Indeed, you will be called “My Delight is in Her,” and your land “Married.” For the Lord will take delight in you, and your land will be married to him.

Micah 7:8

My enemies, do not gloat over me! Though I have fallen, I will get up. Though I sit in darkness, the Lord will be my light.

Habakkuk 3:17

When the fig tree does not bud, and there are no grapes on the vines; when the olive trees do not produce, and the fields yield no crops; when the sheep disappear from the pen, and there are no cattle in the stalls,

John 15:20

Remember what I told you, ‘A slave is not greater than his master.’ If they persecuted me, they will also persecute you. If they obeyed my word, they will obey yours too.

Romans 8:35

Who will separate us from the love of Christ? Will trouble, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or danger, or sword?

2 Corinthians 7:6

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

2 Timothy 3:12

Now in fact all who want to live godly lives in Christ Jesus will be persecuted.

Hebrews 13:5

Your conduct must be free from the love of money and you must be content with what you have, for he has said, “I will never leave you and I will never abandon you.”