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- Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you, and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of Me.
- No weapon formed against you shall prosper, and you will refute every tongue that accuses you. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and their vindication is from Me,” declares the LORD.
- With his mouth the ungodly man destroys his neighbor, but through knowledge the righteous are rescued.
- Do not avenge yourselves, beloved, but leave room for God’s wrath. For it is written: “Vengeance is Mine; I will repay, says the Lord.”
- Consider it pure joy, my brothers, when you encounter trials of many kinds, …
- Do not repay evil with evil or insult with insult, but with blessing, because to this you were called so that you may inherit a blessing.
- A false witness will not go unpunished, and one who pours out lies will perish.
- For wicked and deceitful mouths open against me; they speak against me with lying tongues.
- Do not accuse a man without cause, when he has done you no harm.
- But the LORD is with me like a fearsome warrior. Therefore, my persecutors will stumble and will not prevail. Since they have not succeeded, they will be utterly put to shame, with an everlasting disgrace that will never be forgotten.