"Hear me, you who know what is right, you people who have taken my instruction to heart: Do not fear the reproach of mere mortals or be terrified by their insults. For the moth will eat them up like a garment; the worm will devour them like wool. But my righteousness will last forever, my salvation through all generations."
Hear me, you who know what is right
Isaiah 51:1 "Listen to me, you who pursue righteousness and who seek the LORD: Look to the rock from which you were cut and to the quarry from which you were hewn; ..."
you people who have taken my instruction to heart
Deuteronomy 6:6 These commandments that I give you today are to be on your hearts.
Psalm 119:11 I have hidden your word in my heart that I might not sin against you.
Do not fear the reproach of mere mortals or be terrified by their insults
Psalm 119:39 Take away the disgrace I dread, for your laws are good.
Isaiah 50:7 Because the Sovereign LORD helps me, I will not be disgraced. Therefore have I set my face like flint, and I know I will not be put to shame.
Isaiah 54:4 "Do not be afraid; you will not be put to shame. Do not fear disgrace; you will not be humiliated. You will forget the shame of your youth and remember no more the reproach of your widowhood."
Matthew 5:11 "Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of me."
Luke 6:22 "Blessed are you when people hate you, when they exclude you and insult you and reject your name as evil, because of the Son of Man."
Acts 5:41 The apostles left the Sanhedrin, rejoicing because they had been counted worthy of suffering disgrace for the Name.
For the moth will eat them up like a garment
Job 13:28 "So man wastes away like something rotten, like a garment eaten by moths."
James 5:2 Your wealth has rotted, and moths have eaten your clothes.
the worm will devour them like wool
Isaiah 14:11 All your pomp has been brought down to the grave, along with the noise of your harps; maggots are spread out beneath you and worms cover you.
But my righteousness will last forever
Isaiah 51:6 "Lift up your eyes to the heavens, look at the earth beneath; the heavens will vanish like smoke, the earth will wear out like a garment and its inhabitants die like flies. But my salvation will last forever, my righteousness will never fail."
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