Romans 8:36

New International Reader's Version

It is written, “Because of you, we face death all day long. We are considered as sheep to be killed.” (Psalm 44:22)

Cross References

Psalm 141:7

They will say, “As clumps of dirt are left from plowing up the ground, so our bones will be scattered near an open grave.”

Psalm 44:11

You handed us over to be eaten up like sheep. You have scattered us among the nations.

Psalm 44:22

But because of you, we face death all day long. We are considered as sheep to be killed.

Isaiah 53:7

He was treated badly and made to suffer. But he didn’t open his mouth. He was led away like a lamb to be killed. Sheep are silent while their wool is being cut off. In the same way, he didn’t open his mouth.

Jeremiah 11:19

I had been like a gentle lamb led off to be killed. I didn’t realize they had made plans against me. They had said, “Let’s destroy the tree and its fruit. Let’s take away his life. Then his name won’t be remembered anymore.”

Jeremiah 12:3

Lord, you know me and see me. You test my thoughts about you. Drag those people off like sheep to be killed! Set them apart for the day of their death!

Jeremiah 51:40

“I will lead them down like lambs to be put to death. They will be like rams and goats that have been killed.

John 16:2

You will be thrown out of the synagogue. In fact, the time is coming when someone may kill you. And they will think they are doing God a favor.

Acts 20:24

But my life means nothing to me. My only goal is to finish the race. I want to complete the work the Lord Jesus has given me. He wants me to tell others about the good news of God’s grace.

Acts 8:32

Here is the part of Scripture the official was reading. It says, “He was led like a sheep to be killed. Just as lambs are silent while their wool is being cut off, he did not open his mouth.

1 Corinthians 15:30

And why would we put ourselves in danger every hour?

1 Corinthians 15:31

I face death every day. That’s the truth. And here is something you can be just as sure of. I take pride in what Christ Jesus our Lord has done for you through my work.

1 Corinthians 4:9

It seems to me that God has put us apostles on display at the end of a parade. We are like people sentenced to die in front of a crowd. We have been made a show for the whole creation to see. Angels and people are staring at us.

2 Corinthians 1:9

In fact, we felt as if we were under the sentence of death. But that happened so that we would not depend on ourselves but on God. He raises the dead to life.

2 Corinthians 11:23

Are they serving Christ? I am serving him even more. I’m out of my mind to talk like this! I have worked much harder. I have been in prison more often. I have suffered terrible beatings. Again and again I almost died.

2 Corinthians 6:9

We are known, but people treat us as if we were unknown. We are dying, but we continue to live. We are beaten, but we are not killed.

Philippians 3:10

I want to know Christ better. Yes, I want to know the power that raised him from the dead. I want to join him in his sufferings. I want to become like him by sharing in his death.