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Perseverance: General Scriptures Concerning 1 Chronicles 16:11

Seek out the LORD and His strength; seek His face always.

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Perseverance: General Scriptures Concerning Job 17:9

Yet a righteous one holds to his way, and the one with clean hands grows stronger.

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Perseverance: General Scriptures Concerning Psalm 37:24, 28

Though he falls, he will not be overwhelmed, for the LORD is holding his hand. / For the LORD loves justice and will not forsake His saints. They are preserved forever, but the offspring of the wicked will be cut off.

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Perseverance: General Scriptures Concerning Psalm 73:24

You guide me with Your counsel, and later receive me in glory.

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Perseverance: General Scriptures Concerning Psalm 138:8

The LORD will fulfill His purpose for me. O LORD, Your loving devotion endures forever—do not abandon the works of Your hands.

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Perseverance: General Scriptures Concerning Proverbs 4:18

The path of the righteous is like the first gleam of dawn, shining brighter and brighter until midday.

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Perseverance: General Scriptures Concerning Jeremiah 32:40

I will make an everlasting covenant with them: I will never turn away from doing good to them, and I will put My fear in their hearts, so that they will never turn away from Me.

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Perseverance: General Scriptures Concerning Hosea 12:6

But you must return to your God, maintaining love and justice, and always waiting on your God.

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Perseverance: General Scriptures Concerning Matthew 10:22

You will be hated by everyone because of My name, but the one who perseveres to the end will be saved.

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Perseverance: General Scriptures Concerning Matthew 24:13

But the one who perseveres to the end will be saved.

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Perseverance: General Scriptures Concerning Mark 4:3–8

“Listen! A farmer went out to sow his seed. / And as he was sowing, some seed fell along the path, and the birds came and devoured it. / Some fell on rocky ground, where it did not have much soil. It sprang up quickly because the soil was shallow.

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Perseverance: General Scriptures Concerning Mark 13:13

You will be hated by everyone because of My name, but the one who perseveres to the end will be saved.

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Perseverance: General Scriptures Concerning Luke 10:42

But only one thing is necessary. Mary has chosen the good portion, and it will not be taken away from her.”

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Perseverance: General Scriptures Concerning Luke 22:31, 32

Simon, Simon, Satan has asked to sift each of you like wheat. / But I have prayed for you, Simon, that your faith will not fail. And when you have turned back, strengthen your brothers.”

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Perseverance: General Scriptures Concerning John 6:37, 39, 40

Everyone the Father gives Me will come to Me, and the one who comes to Me I will never drive away. / And this is the will of Him who sent Me, that I shall lose none of those He has given Me, but raise them up at the last day. / For it is My Father’s will that everyone who looks to the Son and believes in Him shall have eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day.”

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Perseverance: General Scriptures Concerning John 8:31, 32

So He said to the Jews who had believed Him, “If you continue in My word, you are truly My disciples. / Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”

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Perseverance: General Scriptures Concerning John 10:28, 29

I give them eternal life, and they will never perish. No one can snatch them out of My hand. / My Father who has given them to Me is greater than all. No one can snatch them out of My Father’s hand.

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Perseverance: General Scriptures Concerning John 15:4, 5, 7, 9

Remain in Me, and I will remain in you. Just as no branch can bear fruit by itself unless it remains in the vine, neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in Me. / I am the vine and you are the branches. The one who remains in Me, and I in him, will bear much fruit. For apart from Me you can do nothing. / If you remain in Me and My words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you.

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Perseverance: General Scriptures Concerning Acts 11:23

When he arrived and saw the grace of God, he rejoiced and encouraged them all to abide in the Lord with all their hearts.

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Perseverance: General Scriptures Concerning Acts 13:43

After the synagogue was dismissed, many of the Jews and devout converts to Judaism followed Paul and Barnabas, who spoke to them and urged them to continue in the grace of God.

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Perseverance: General Scriptures Concerning Acts 14:21, 22

They preached the gospel to that city and made many disciples. Then they returned to Lystra, Iconium, and Antioch, / strengthening the souls of the disciples and encouraging them to continue in the faith. “We must endure many hardships to enter the kingdom of God,” they said.

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Perseverance: General Scriptures Concerning Romans 2:6, 7

God “will repay each one according to his deeds.” / To those who by perseverance in doing good seek glory, honor, and immortality, He will give eternal life.

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Perseverance: General Scriptures Concerning Romans 8:30, 33–35, 37–39

And those He predestined, He also called; those He called, He also justified; those He justified, He also glorified. / Who will bring any charge against God’s elect? It is God who justifies. / Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or distress or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword?

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Perseverance: General Scriptures Concerning Romans 11:29

For God’s gifts and His call are irrevocable.

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Perseverance: General Scriptures Concerning 1 Corinthians 1:8, 9

He will sustain you to the end, so that you will be blameless on the day of our Lord Jesus Christ. / God, who has called you into fellowship with His Son Jesus Christ our Lord, is faithful.

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Perseverance: General Scriptures Concerning 1 Corinthians 15:1, 2, 58

Now, brothers, I want to remind you of the gospel I preached to you, which you received, and in which you stand firm. / By this gospel you are saved, if you hold firmly to the word I preached to you. Otherwise, you have believed in vain. / Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast and immovable. Always excel in the work of the Lord, because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain.

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Perseverance: General Scriptures Concerning 1 Corinthians 16:13

Be on the alert. Stand firm in the faith. Be men of courage. Be strong.

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Perseverance: General Scriptures Concerning 2 Corinthians 1:21, 22

Now it is God who establishes both us and you in Christ. He anointed us, / placed His seal on us, and put His Spirit in our hearts as a pledge of what is to come.

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Perseverance: General Scriptures Concerning 2 Corinthians 5:9, 15

So we aspire to please Him, whether we are here in this body or away from it. / And He died for all, that those who live should no longer live for themselves, but for Him who died for them and was raised again.

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Perseverance: General Scriptures Concerning Galatians 5:1, 10

It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not be encumbered once more by a yoke of slavery. / I am confident in the Lord that you will take no other view. The one who is troubling you will bear the judgment, whoever he may be.

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Perseverance: General Scriptures Concerning Galatians 6:9

Let us not grow weary in well-doing, for in due time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.

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Perseverance: General Scriptures Concerning Ephesians 4:14

Then we will no longer be infants, tossed about by the waves and carried around by every wind of teaching and by the clever cunning of men in their deceitful scheming.

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Perseverance: General Scriptures Concerning Ephesians 6:13, 18

Therefore take up the full armor of God, so that when the day of evil comes, you will be able to stand your ground, and having done everything, to stand. / Pray in the Spirit at all times, with every kind of prayer and petition. To this end, stay alert with all perseverance in your prayers for all the saints.

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Perseverance: General Scriptures Concerning Philippians 1:6, 27

being confident of this, that He who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus. / Nevertheless, conduct yourselves in a manner worthy of the gospel of Christ. Then, whether I come and see you or only hear about you in my absence, I will know that you stand firm in one spirit, contending side by side for the faith of the gospel,

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Perseverance: General Scriptures Concerning Philippians 3:16

Nevertheless, we must live up to what we have already attained.

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Perseverance: General Scriptures Concerning Philippians 4:1

Therefore, my brothers, whom I love and long for, my joy and crown, that is how you must stand firm in the Lord, my beloved.

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Perseverance: General Scriptures Concerning Colossians 1:10, 22, 23

so that you may walk in a manner worthy of the Lord and may please Him in every way: bearing fruit in every good work, growing in the knowledge of God, / But now He has reconciled you by Christ’s physical body through death to present you holy, unblemished, and blameless in His presence— / if indeed you continue in your faith, established and firm, not moved from the hope of the gospel you heard, which has been proclaimed to every creature under heaven, and of which I, Paul, have become a servant.

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Perseverance: General Scriptures Concerning Colossians 2:7

rooted and built up in Him, established in the faith as you were taught, and overflowing with thankfulness.

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Perseverance: General Scriptures Concerning 1 Thessalonians 3:8, 13

For now we can go on living, as long as you are standing firm in the Lord. / so that He may establish your hearts in blamelessness and holiness before our God and Father at the coming of our Lord Jesus with all His saints. Amen.

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Perseverance: General Scriptures Concerning 1 Thessalonians 5:21

but test all things. Hold fast to what is good.

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Perseverance: General Scriptures Concerning 2 Thessalonians 2:15–17

Therefore, brothers, stand firm and cling to the traditions we taught you, whether by speech or by letter. / Now may our Lord Jesus Christ Himself and God our Father, who by grace has loved us and given us eternal comfort and good hope, / encourage your hearts and strengthen you in every good word and deed.

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Perseverance: General Scriptures Concerning 2 Thessalonians 3:13

But as for you, brothers, do not grow weary in well-doing.

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Perseverance: General Scriptures Concerning 2 Timothy 1:12, 13

For this reason, even though I suffer as I do, I am not ashamed; for I know whom I have believed, and I am convinced that He is able to guard what I have entrusted to Him for that day. / Hold on to the pattern of sound teaching you have heard from me, with the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus.

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Perseverance: General Scriptures Concerning 2 Timothy 2:1, 3, 12

You therefore, my child, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus. / Join me in suffering, like a good soldier of Christ Jesus. / if we endure, we will also reign with Him; if we deny Him, He will also deny us;

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Perseverance: General Scriptures Concerning 2 Timothy 3:14

But as for you, continue in the things you have learned and firmly believed, since you know from whom you have learned them.

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Perseverance: General Scriptures Concerning 2 Timothy 4:18

And the Lord will rescue me from every evil action and bring me safely into His heavenly kingdom. To Him be the glory forever and ever. Amen.

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Perseverance: General Scriptures Concerning Titus 1:9

He must hold firmly to the faithful word as it was taught, so that he can encourage others by sound teaching and refute those who contradict it.

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Perseverance: General Scriptures Concerning Hebrews 2:1

We must pay closer attention, therefore, to what we have heard, so that we do not drift away.

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Perseverance: General Scriptures Concerning Hebrews 3:5, 6, 14

Now Moses was faithful as a servant in all God’s house, testifying to what would be spoken later. / But Christ is faithful as the Son over God’s house. And we are His house, if we hold firmly to our confidence and the hope of which we boast. / We have come to share in Christ if we hold firmly to the end the assurance we had at first.

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Perseverance: General Scriptures Concerning Hebrews 4:14

Therefore, since we have a great high priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold firmly to what we profess.

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Perseverance: General Scriptures Concerning Hebrews 6:1, 11, 12, 15, 17, 18

Therefore let us leave the elementary teachings about Christ and go on to maturity, not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works, and of faith in God, / We want each of you to show this same diligence to the very end, in order to make your hope sure. / Then you will not be sluggish, but will imitate those who through faith and patience inherit what has been promised.

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Perseverance: General Scriptures Concerning Hebrews 10:23, 35, 36

Let us hold resolutely to the hope we profess, for He who promised is faithful. / So do not throw away your confidence; it holds a great reward. / You need to persevere, so that after you have done the will of God, you will receive what He has promised.

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Perseverance: General Scriptures Concerning Hebrews 12:1–15

Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off every encumbrance and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with endurance the race set out for us. / Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before Him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God. / Consider Him who endured such hostility from sinners, so that you will not grow weary and lose heart.

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Perseverance: General Scriptures Concerning Hebrews 13:9, 13

Do not be carried away by all kinds of strange teachings, for it is good for the heart to be strengthened by grace and not by foods of no value to those devoted to them. / Therefore let us go to Him outside the camp, bearing the disgrace He bore.

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Perseverance: General Scriptures Concerning James 1:4, 12, 25

Allow perseverance to finish its work, so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything. / Blessed is the man who perseveres under trial, because when he has stood the test, he will receive the crown of life that God has promised to those who love Him. / But the one who looks intently into the perfect law of freedom, and continues to do so—not being a forgetful hearer, but an effective doer—he will be blessed in what he does.

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Perseverance: General Scriptures Concerning James 5:10, 11

Brothers, as an example of patience in affliction, take the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord. / See how blessed we consider those who have persevered. You have heard of Job’s perseverance and have seen the outcome from the Lord. The Lord is full of compassion and mercy.

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Perseverance: General Scriptures Concerning 1 Peter 1:4–7

and into an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and unfading, reserved in heaven for you, / who through faith are shielded by God’s power for the salvation that is ready to be revealed in the last time. / In this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while you may have had to suffer grief in various trials

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Perseverance: General Scriptures Concerning 1 Peter 5:8

Be sober-minded and alert. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.

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Perseverance: General Scriptures Concerning 2 Peter 1:10, 11

Therefore, brothers, strive to make your calling and election sure. For if you practice these things you will never stumble, / and you will receive a lavish reception into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.

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Perseverance: General Scriptures Concerning 2 Peter 3:17, 18

Therefore, beloved, since you already know these things, be on your guard so that you will not be carried away by the error of the lawless and fall from your secure standing. / But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To Him be the glory both now and to the day of eternity. Amen.

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Perseverance: General Scriptures Concerning 1 John 2:19, 27

They went out from us, but they did not belong to us. For if they had belonged to us, they would have remained with us. But their departure made it clear that none of them belonged to us. / And as for you, the anointing you received from Him remains in you, and you do not need anyone to teach you. But just as His true and genuine anointing teaches you about all things, so remain in Him as you have been taught.

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Perseverance: General Scriptures Concerning Revelation 2:7, 10, 11, 17, 25–28

He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who overcomes, I will grant the right to eat from the tree of life in the Paradise of God. / Do not fear what you are about to suffer. Look, the devil is about to throw some of you into prison to test you, and you will suffer tribulation for ten days. Be faithful even unto death, and I will give you the crown of life. / He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. The one who overcomes will not be harmed by the second death.

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Perseverance: General Scriptures Concerning Revelation 3:5, 11, 12, 21

Like them, he who overcomes will be dressed in white. And I will never blot out his name from the Book of Life, but I will confess his name before My Father and His angels. / I am coming soon. Hold fast to what you have, so that no one will take your crown. / The one who overcomes I will make a pillar in the temple of My God, and he will never again leave it. Upon him I will write the name of My God, and the name of the city of My God (the new Jerusalem that comes down out of heaven from My God), and My new name.

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Perseverance: General Scriptures Concerning Revelation 14:12

Here is a call for the perseverance of the saints who keep the commandments of God and the faith of Jesus.

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Perseverance: General Scriptures Concerning Revelation 16:15

“Behold, I am coming like a thief. Blessed is the one who remains awake and clothed, so that he will not go naked and let his shame be exposed.”

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Perseverance: General Scriptures Concerning Revelation 21:7, 8

The one who overcomes will inherit all things, and I will be his God, and he will be My son. / But to the cowardly and unbelieving and abominable and murderers and sexually immoral and sorcerers and idolaters and all liars, their place will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur. This is the second death.”

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Perseverance: General Scriptures Concerning Revelation 22:11

Let the unrighteous continue to be unrighteous, and the vile continue to be vile; let the righteous continue to practice righteousness, and the holy continue to be holy.”

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