TOPICAL BIBLE
Cowardice
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2 Samuel 15:14And David said to all the servants with him in Jerusalem, “Arise and let us flee, or we will not escape from Absalom! We must leave quickly, or he will soon overtake us, heap disaster on us, and put the city to the sword.”2 Samuel 15:15The king’s servants replied, “Whatever our lord the king decides, we are your servants.”2 Samuel 15:16Then the king set out, and his entire household followed him. But he left behind ten concubines to take care of the palace.2 Samuel 15:17So the king set out with all the people following him. He stopped at the last house,Job 15:24Distress and anguish terrify him, overwhelming him like a king poised to attack.Job 18:11Terrors frighten him on every side and harass his every step.Psalm 78:9The archers of Ephraim turned back on the day of battle.Proverbs 28:1The wicked flee when no one pursues, but the righteous are as bold as a lion.Proverbs 29:25The fear of man is a snare, but whoever trusts in the LORD is set securely on high.Isaiah 51:12“I, even I, am He who comforts you. Why should you be afraid of mortal man, of a son of man who withers like grass?Isaiah 51:13But you have forgotten the LORD, your Maker, who stretched out the heavens and laid the foundations of the earth. You live in terror all day long because of the fury of the oppressor who is bent on destruction. But where is the fury of the oppressor?Matthew 8:26“You of little faith,” Jesus replied, “why are you so afraid?” Then He got up and rebuked the winds and the sea, and it was perfectly calm.Matthew 14:25During the fourth watch of the night, Jesus went out to them, walking on the sea.Matthew 26:56But this has all happened so that the writings of the prophets would be fulfilled.” Then all the disciples deserted Him and fled.Matthew 26:69Meanwhile, Peter was sitting out in the courtyard, and a servant girl came up to him. “You also were with Jesus the Galilean,” she said.Matthew 26:70But he denied it before them all: “I do not know what you are talking about.”Matthew 26:71When Peter had gone out to the gateway, another servant girl saw him and said to the people there, “This man was with Jesus of Nazareth.”Matthew 26:72And again he denied it with an oath: “I do not know the man!”Matthew 26:73After a little while, those standing nearby came up to Peter. “Surely you are one of them,” they said, “for your accent gives you away.”Matthew 26:74At that he began to curse and swear to them, “I do not know the man!” And immediately a rooster crowed.Matthew 28:4The guards trembled in fear of him and became like dead men.Mark 4:38But Jesus was in the stern, sleeping on the cushion. So they woke Him and said, “Teacher, don’t You care that we are perishing?”Mark 6:50for they all saw Him and were terrified. But Jesus spoke up at once: “Take courage! It is I. Do not be afraid.”Mark 14:66While Peter was in the courtyard below, one of the servant girls of the high priest came downMark 14:67and saw him warming himself there. She looked at Peter and said, “You also were with Jesus the Nazarene.”Mark 14:68But he denied it. “I do not know or even understand what you are talking about,” he said. Then he went out to the gateway, and the rooster crowed.Mark 14:69There the servant girl saw him and again said to those standing nearby, “This man is one of them.”Mark 14:70But he denied it again. After a little while, those standing nearby said once more to Peter, “Surely you are one of them, for you too are a Galilean.”Mark 14:71But he began to curse and swear, “I do not know this man of whom you speak!”Mark 14:72And immediately the rooster crowed a second time. Then Peter remembered the word that Jesus had spoken to him: “Before the rooster crows twice, you will deny Me three times.” And he broke down and wept.Luke 8:25“Where is your faith?” He asked. Frightened and amazed, they asked one another, “Who is this? He commands even the winds and the water, and they obey Him!”Luke 22:54Then they seized Jesus, led Him away, and took Him into the house of the high priest. And Peter followed at a distance.Luke 22:55When those present had kindled a fire in the middle of the courtyard and sat down together, Peter sat down among them.Luke 22:56A servant girl saw him seated in the firelight and looked intently at him. “This man also was with Him,” she said.Luke 22:57But Peter denied it. “Woman, I do not know Him,” he said.Luke 22:58A short time later, someone else saw him and said, “You also are one of them.” But Peter said, “Man, I am not.”Luke 22:59About an hour later, another man insisted, “Certainly this man was with Him, for he too is a Galilean.”Luke 22:60“Man, I do not know what you are talking about,” Peter replied. And immediately, while he was still speaking, the rooster crowed.John 3:1Now there was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a leader of the Jews.John 3:2He came to Jesus at night and said, “Rabbi, we know that You are a teacher who has come from God. For no one could perform the signs You are doing if God were not with him.”John 6:19When they had rowed about three or four miles, they saw Jesus approaching the boat, walking on the sea—and they were terrified.John 9:22His parents said this because they were afraid of the Jews. For the Jews had already determined that anyone who confessed Jesus as the Christ would be put out of the synagogue.John 12:42Nevertheless, many of the leaders believed in Him. But because of the Pharisees they did not confess Him, for fear that they would be put out of the synagogue.John 12:43For they loved praise from men more than praise from God.John 18:16But Peter stood outside at the door. Then the disciple who was known to the high priest went out and spoke to the doorkeeper, and brought Peter in.John 18:17At this, the servant girl watching the door said to Peter, “Aren’t you also one of this man’s disciples?” “I am not,” he answered.John 18:25Simon Peter was still standing and warming himself. So they asked him, “Aren’t you also one of His disciples?” He denied it and said, “I am not.”John 18:27Peter denied it once more, and immediately a rooster crowed.John 19:12From then on, Pilate tried to release Him, but the Jews kept shouting, “If you release this man, you are no friend of Caesar. Anyone who declares himself a king is defying Caesar.”John 19:13When Pilate heard these words, he brought Jesus out and sat on the judgment seat at a place called the Stone Pavement, which in Hebrew is Gabbatha.John 19:14It was the day of Preparation for the Passover, about the sixth hour. And Pilate said to the Jews, “Here is your King!”John 19:15At this, they shouted, “Away with Him! Away with Him! Crucify Him!” “Shall I crucify your King?” Pilate asked. “We have no king but Caesar,” replied the chief priests.John 19:16Then Pilate handed Jesus over to be crucified, and the soldiers took Him away.John 19:38Afterward, Joseph of Arimathea, who was a disciple of Jesus (but secretly for fear of the Jews), asked Pilate to let him remove the body of Jesus. Pilate gave him permission, so he came and removed His body.Acts 16:27When the jailer woke up and saw the prison doors open, he drew his sword and was about to kill himself, presuming that the prisoners had escaped.Galatians 2:11When Cephas came to Antioch, however, I opposed him to his face, because he stood condemned.Galatians 2:12For before certain men came from James, he used to eat with the Gentiles. But when they arrived, he began to draw back and separate himself, for fear of those in the circumcision group.Galatians 2:13The other Jews joined him in his hypocrisy, so that by their hypocrisy even Barnabas was led astray.Galatians 2:14When I saw that they were not walking in line with the truth of the gospel, I said to Cephas in front of them all, “If you, who are a Jew, live like a Gentile and not like a Jew, how can you compel the Gentiles to live like Jews?”Galatians 6:12Those who want to make a good impression outwardly are trying to compel you to be circumcised. They only do this to avoid persecution for the cross of Christ.