TOPICAL BIBLE
Cowardice
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2 Samuel 15:14David said to all his servants who were with him at Jerusalem, “Arise, and let us flee; for else none of us shall escape from Absalom. Make speed to depart, lest he overtake us quickly, and bring down evil on us, and strike the city with the edge of the sword.”2 Samuel 15:15The king’s servants said to the king, “Behold, your servants are ready to do whatever my lord the king chooses.”2 Samuel 15:16The king went forth, and all his household after him. The king left ten women, who were concubines, to keep the house.2 Samuel 15:17The king went forth, and all the people after him; and they stayed in Beth Merhak.Job 15:24Distress and anguish make him afraid. They prevail against him, as a king ready to the battle.Job 18:11Terrors shall make him afraid on every side, and shall chase him at his heels.Psalm 78:9The children of Ephraim, being armed and carrying bows, turned back in 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 proves to be a snare, but whoever puts his trust in Yahweh is kept safe.Isaiah 51:12“I, even I, am he who comforts you: who are you, that you are afraid of man who shall die, and of the son of man who shall be made as grass;Isaiah 51:13and have forgotten Yahweh your Maker, who stretched forth the heavens, and laid the foundations of the earth; and fear continually all the day because of the fury of the oppressor, when he makes ready to destroy? and where is the fury of the oppressor?Matthew 8:26He said to them, “Why are you fearful, O you of little faith?” Then he got up, rebuked the wind and the sea, and there was a great calm.Matthew 14:25In the fourth watch of the night, Jesus came to them, walking on the sea.Matthew 26:56But all this has happened, that the Scriptures of the prophets might be fulfilled.” Then all the disciples left him, and fled.Matthew 26:69Now Peter was sitting outside in the court, and a maid came to him, saying, “You were also with Jesus, the Galilean!”Matthew 26:70But he denied it before them all, saying, “I don’t know what you are talking about.”Matthew 26:71When he had gone out onto the porch, someone else saw him, and said to those who were there, “This man also was with Jesus of Nazareth.”Matthew 26:72Again he denied it with an oath, “I don’t know the man.”Matthew 26:73After a little while those who stood by came and said to Peter, “Surely you are also one of them, for your speech makes you known.”Matthew 26:74Then he began to curse and to swear, “I don’t know the man!” Immediately the rooster crowed.Matthew 28:4For fear of him, the guards shook, and became like dead men.Mark 4:38He himself was in the stern, asleep on the cushion, and they woke him up, and told him, “Teacher, don’t you care that we are dying?”Mark 6:50for they all saw him, and were troubled. But he immediately spoke with them, and said to them, “Cheer up! It is I! Don’t be afraid.”Mark 14:66As Peter was in the courtyard below, one of the maids of the high priest came,Mark 14:67and seeing Peter warming himself, she looked at him, and said, “You were also with the Nazarene, Jesus!”Mark 14:68But he denied it, saying, “I neither know, nor understand what you are saying.” He went out on the porch, and the rooster crowed.Mark 14:69The maid saw him, and began again to tell those who stood by, “This is one of them.”Mark 14:70But he again denied it. After a little while again those who stood by said to Peter, “You truly are one of them, for you are a Galilean, and your speech shows it.”Mark 14:71But he began to curse, and to swear, “I don’t know this man of whom you speak!”Mark 14:72The rooster crowed the second time. Peter remembered the word, how that Jesus said to him, “Before the rooster crows twice, you will deny me three times.” When he thought about that, he wept.Luke 8:25He said to them, “Where is your faith?” Being afraid they marveled, saying one to another, “Who is this, then, that he commands even the winds and the water, and they obey him?”Luke 22:54They seized him, and led him away, and brought him into the high priest’s house. But Peter followed from a distance.Luke 22:55When they had kindled a fire in the middle of the courtyard, and had sat down together, Peter sat among them.Luke 22:56A certain servant girl saw him as he sat in the light, and looking intently at him, said, “This man also was with him.”Luke 22:57He denied Jesus, saying, “Woman, I don’t know him.”Luke 22:58After a little while someone else saw him, and said, “You also are one of them!” But Peter answered, “Man, I am not!”Luke 22:59After about one hour passed, another confidently affirmed, saying, “Truly this man also was with him, for he is a Galilean!”Luke 22:60But Peter said, “Man, I don’t know what you are talking about!” Immediately, while he was still speaking, a rooster crowed.John 3:1Now there was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews.John 3:2The same came to him by night, and said to him, “Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher come from God, for no one can do these signs that you do, unless God is with him.”John 6:19When therefore they had rowed about twenty-five or thirty stadia, they saw Jesus walking on the sea, and drawing near to the boat; and they were afraid.John 9:22His parents said these things because they feared the Jews; for the Jews had already agreed that if any man would confess him as Christ, he would be put out of the synagogue.John 12:42Nevertheless even of the rulers many believed in him, but because of the Pharisees they didn’t confess it, so that they wouldn’t be put out of the synagogue,John 12:43for they loved men’s praise more than God’s praise.John 18:16but Peter was standing at the door outside. So the other disciple, who was known to the high priest, went out and spoke to her who kept the door, and brought in Peter.John 18:17Then the maid who kept the door said to Peter, “Are you also one of this man’s disciples?” He said, “I am not.”John 18:25Now Simon Peter was standing and warming himself. They said therefore to him, “You aren’t also one of his disciples, are you?” He denied it, and said, “I am not.”John 18:27Peter therefore denied it again, and immediately the rooster crowed.John 19:12At this, Pilate was seeking to release him, but the Jews cried out, saying, “If you release this man, you aren’t Caesar’s friend! Everyone who makes himself a king speaks against Caesar!”John 19:13When Pilate therefore heard these words, he brought Jesus out, and sat down on the judgment seat at a place called “The Pavement,” but in Hebrew, “Gabbatha.”John 19:14Now it was the Preparation Day of the Passover, at about the sixth hour. He said to the Jews, “Behold, your King!”John 19:15They cried out, “Away with him! Away with him! Crucify him!” Pilate said to them, “Shall I crucify your King?” The chief priests answered, “We have no king but Caesar!”John 19:16So then he delivered him to them to be crucified. So they took Jesus and led him away.John 19:38After these things, Joseph of Arimathaea, being a disciple of Jesus, but secretly for fear of the Jews, asked of Pilate that he might take away Jesus’ body. Pilate gave him permission. He came therefore and took away his body.Acts 16:27The jailer, being roused out of sleep and seeing the prison doors open, drew his sword and was about to kill himself, supposing that the prisoners had escaped.Galatians 2:11But when Peter came to Antioch, I resisted him to his face, because he stood condemned.Galatians 2:12For before some people came from James, he ate with the Gentiles. But when they came, he drew back and separated himself, fearing those who were of the circumcision.Galatians 2:13And the rest of the Jews joined him in his hypocrisy; so that even Barnabas was carried away with their hypocrisy.Galatians 2:14But when I saw that they didn’t walk uprightly according to the truth of the Good News, I said to Peter before them all, “If you, being a Jew, live as the Gentiles do, and not as the Jews do, why do you compel the Gentiles to live as the Jews do?Galatians 6:12As many as desire to look good in the flesh, they compel you to be circumcised; only that they may not be persecuted for the cross of Christ.