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Hebrews 12:2

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Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.
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  1. Micah 7:7Rank 1 from verse 2
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    7Therefore I will look unto the Lord; I will wait for the God of my salvation: my God will hear me.

  2. 1 Peter 3:18Rank 2 from verse 2
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    18For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit:

  3. 1 Peter 2:23–24Rank 3 from verse 2
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    23Who, when he was reviled, reviled not again; when he suffered, he threatened not; but committed himself to him that judgeth righteously:

    24Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed.

  4. Hebrews 1:3Rank 4 from verse 2
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    3Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high;

  5. Philippians 1:6Rank 5 from verse 2
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    6Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ:

  6. Ephesians 5:2Rank 6 from verse 2
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    2And walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweetsmelling savour.

  7. Hebrews 9:28Rank 7 from verse 2
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    28So Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many; and unto them that look for him shall he appear the second time without sin unto salvation.

  8. Titus 2:13–14Rank 8 from verse 2
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    13Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ;

    14Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.

  9. John 6:40Rank 9 from verse 2
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    40And this is the will of him that sent me, that every one which seeth the Son, and believeth on him, may have everlasting life: and I will raise him up at the last day.

  10. Philippians 2:8–11Rank 10 from verse 2
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    8And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.

    9Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name:

    10That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth;

    11And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

  11. 1 Peter 3:22Rank 11 from verse 2
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    22Who is gone into heaven, and is on the right hand of God; angels and authorities and powers being made subject unto him.

  12. Acts 5:31Rank 12 from verse 2
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    31Him hath God exalted with his right hand to be a Prince and a Saviour, for to give repentance to Israel, and forgiveness of sins.

  13. Philippians 3:20Rank 13 from verse 2
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    20For our conversation is in heaven; from whence also we look for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ:

  14. 2 Timothy 4:8Rank 14 from verse 2
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    8Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day: and not to me only, but unto all them also that love his appearing.

  15. Isaiah 45:22Rank 15 from verse 2
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    22Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth: for I am God, and there is none else.

  16. Isaiah 53:3Rank 16 from verse 2
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    3He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not.

  17. Jude 1:21Rank 17 from verse 2
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    21Keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life.

  18. Luke 24:26Rank 18 from verse 2
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    26Ought not Christ to have suffered these things, and to enter into his glory?

  19. 1 Peter 4:14–16Rank 19 from verse 2
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    14If ye be reproached for the name of Christ, happy are ye; for the spirit of glory and of God resteth upon you: on their part he is evil spoken of, but on your part he is glorified.

    15But let none of you suffer as a murderer, or as a thief, or as an evildoer, or as a busybody in other men’s matters.

    16Yet if any man suffer as a Christian, let him not be ashamed; but let him glorify God on this behalf.

  20. Mark 14:36Rank 20 from verse 2
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    36And he said, Abba, Father, all things are possible unto thee; take away this cup from me: nevertheless not what I will, but what thou wilt.

  21. Hebrews 8:1Rank 21 from verse 2
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    1NOW of the things which we have spoken this is the sum: We have such an high priest, who is set on the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens;

  22. John 17:1–4Rank 22 from verse 2
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    1THESE words spake Jesus, and lifted up his eyes to heaven, and said, Father, the hour is come; glorify thy Son, that thy Son also may glorify thee:

    2As thou hast given him power over all flesh, that he should give eternal life to as many as thou hast given him.

    3And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.

    4I have glorified thee on the earth: I have finished the work which thou gavest me to do.

  23. Hebrews 5:9Rank 23 from verse 2
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    9And being made perfect, he became the author of eternal salvation unto all them that obey him;

  24. Isaiah 8:17Rank 24 from verse 2
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    17And I will wait upon the Lord, that hideth his face from the house of Jacob, and I will look for him.

  25. Revelation 2:8Rank 25 from verse 2
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    8And unto the angel of the church in Smyrna write; These things saith the first and the last, which was dead, and is alive;

  26. Acts 2:25–26Rank 26 from verse 2
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    25For David speaketh concerning him, I foresaw the Lord always before my face, for he is on my right hand, that I should not be moved:

    26Therefore did my heart rejoice, and my tongue was glad; moreover also my flesh shall rest in hope:

  27. Hebrews 12:3Rank 27 from verse 2
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    3For consider him that endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, lest ye be wearied and faint in your minds.

  28. Hebrews 13:13Rank 28 from verse 2
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    13Let us go forth therefore unto him without the camp, bearing his reproach.

  29. Isaiah 50:6–7Rank 29 from verse 2
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    6I gave my back to the smiters, and my cheeks to them that plucked off the hair: I hid not my face from shame and spitting.

    7¶ For the Lord God will help me; therefore shall I not be confounded: therefore have I set my face like a flint, and I know that I shall not be ashamed.

  30. John 12:27–28Rank 30 from verse 2
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    27Now is my soul troubled; and what shall I say? Father, save me from this hour: but for this cause came I unto this hour.

    28Father, glorify thy name. Then came there a voice from heaven, saying, I have both glorified it, and will glorify it again.

  31. John 13:3Rank 31 from verse 2
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    3Jesus knowing that the Father had given all things into his hands, and that he was come from God, and went to God;

  32. Psalms 138:8Rank 32 from verse 2
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    8The Lord will perfect that which concerneth me: thy mercy, O Lord, endureth for ever: forsake not the works of thine own hands.

  33. Ephesians 2:16Rank 33 from verse 2
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    16And that he might reconcile both unto God in one body by the cross, having slain the enmity thereby:

  34. Luke 17:5Rank 34 from verse 2
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    5And the apostles said unto the Lord, Increase our faith.

  35. Mark 9:24Rank 35 from verse 2
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    24And straightway the father of the child cried out, and said with tears, Lord, I believe; help thou mine unbelief.

  36. Hebrews 2:7–10Rank 36 from verse 2
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    7Thou madest him a little lower than the angels; thou crownedst him with glory and honour, and didst set him over the works of thy hands:

    8Thou hast put all things in subjection under his feet. For in that he put all in subjection under him, he left nothing that is not put under him. But now we see not yet all things put under him.

    9But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels for the suffering of death, crowned with glory and honour; that he by the grace of God should taste death for every man.

    10For it became him, for whom are all things, and by whom are all things, in bringing many sons unto glory, to make the captain of their salvation perfect through sufferings.

  37. John 1:29Rank 37 from verse 2
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    29¶ The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.

  38. John 12:32Rank 38 from verse 2
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    32And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all men unto me.

  39. Matthew 26:67–68Rank 39 from verse 2
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    67Then did they spit in his face, and buffeted him; and others smote him with the palms of their hands,

    68Saying, Prophesy unto us, thou Christ, Who is he that smote thee?

  40. Psalms 22:6–8Rank 40 from verse 2
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    6But I am a worm, and no man; a reproach of men, and despised of the people.

    7All they that see me laugh me to scorn: they shoot out the lip, they shake the head, saying,

    8He trusted on the Lord that he would deliver him: let him deliver him, seeing he delighted in him.

  41. Isaiah 53:10–12Rank 41 from verse 2
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    10¶ Yet it pleased the Lord to bruise him; he hath put him to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of the Lord shall prosper in his hand.

    11He shall see of the travail of his soul, and shall be satisfied: by his knowledge shall my righteous servant justify many; for he shall bear their iniquities.

    12Therefore will I divide him a portion with the great, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong; because he hath poured out his soul unto death: and he was numbered with the transgressors; and he bare the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors.

  42. Luke 23:35–39Rank 42 from verse 2
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    35And the people stood beholding. And the rulers also with them derided him, saying, He saved others; let him save himself, if he be Christ, the chosen of God.

    36And the soldiers also mocked him, coming to him, and offering him vinegar,

    37And saying, If thou be the king of the Jews, save thyself.

    38And a superscription also was written over him in letters of Greek, and Latin, and Hebrew, THIS IS THE KING OF THE JEWS.

    39¶ And one of the malefactors which were hanged railed on him, saying, If thou be Christ, save thyself and us.

  43. Matthew 16:21Rank 43 from verse 2
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    21¶ From that time forth began Jesus to shew unto his disciples, how that he must go unto Jerusalem, and suffer many things of the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and be raised again the third day.

  44. 1 Corinthians 1:7–8Rank 44 from verse 2
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    7So that ye come behind in no gift; waiting for the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ:

    8Who shall also confirm you unto the end, that ye may be blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.

  45. Acts 5:41Rank 45 from verse 2
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    41¶ And they departed from the presence of the council, rejoicing that they were counted worthy to suffer shame for his name.

  46. Hebrews 1:13Rank 46 from verse 2
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    13But to which of the angels said he at any time, Sit on my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool?

  47. Matthew 20:28Rank 47 from verse 2
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    28Even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.

  48. Psalms 69:19–20Rank 48 from verse 2
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    19Thou hast known my reproach, and my shame, and my dishonour: mine adversaries are all before thee.

    20Reproach hath broken my heart; and I am full of heaviness: and I looked for some to take pity, but there was none; and for comforters, but I found none.

  49. 1 John 1:1–3Rank 49 from verse 2
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    1THAT which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon, and our hands have handled, of the Word of life;

    2(For the life was manifested, and we have seen it, and bear witness, and shew unto you that eternal life, which was with the Father, and was manifested unto us;)

    3That which we have seen and heard declare we unto you, that ye also may have fellowship with us: and truly our fellowship is with the Father, and with his Son Jesus Christ.

  50. 1 Peter 1:11Rank 50 from verse 2
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    11Searching what, or what manner of time the Spirit of Christ which was in them did signify, when it testified beforehand the sufferings of Christ, and the glory that should follow.

  51. Acts 2:36Rank 51 from verse 2
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    36Therefore let all the house of Israel know assuredly, that God hath made that same Jesus, whom ye have crucified, both Lord and Christ.

  52. Hebrews 10:14Rank 52 from verse 2
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    14For by one offering he hath perfected for ever them that are sanctified.

  53. Isaiah 31:1Rank 53 from verse 2
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    1WOE to them that go down to Egypt for help; and stay on horses, and trust in chariots, because they are many; and in horsemen, because they are very strong; but they look not unto the Holy One of Israel, neither seek the Lord!

  54. Isaiah 49:6–7Rank 54 from verse 2
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    6And he said, It is a light thing that thou shouldest be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of Israel: I will also give thee for a light to the Gentiles, that thou mayest be my salvation unto the end of the earth.

    7Thus saith the Lord, the Redeemer of Israel, and his Holy One, to him whom man despiseth, to him whom the nation abhorreth, to a servant of rulers, Kings shall see and arise, princes also shall worship, because of the Lord that is faithful, and the Holy One of Israel, and he shall choose thee.

  55. John 12:24Rank 55 from verse 2
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    24Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except a corn of wheat fall into the ground and die, it abideth alone: but if it die, it bringeth forth much fruit.

  56. John 8:56Rank 56 from verse 2
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    56Your father Abraham rejoiced to see my day: and he saw it, and was glad.

  57. Luke 23:11Rank 57 from verse 2
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    11And Herod with his men of war set him at nought, and mocked him, and arrayed him in a gorgeous robe, and sent him again to Pilate.

  58. Mark 9:12Rank 58 from verse 2
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    12And he answered and told them, Elias verily cometh first, and restoreth all things; and how it is written of the Son of man, that he must suffer many things, and be set at nought.

  59. Matthew 20:18–20Rank 59 from verse 2
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    18Behold, we go up to Jerusalem; and the Son of man shall be betrayed unto the chief priests and unto the scribes, and they shall condemn him to death,

    19And shall deliver him to the Gentiles to mock, and to scourge, and to crucify him: and the third day he shall rise again.

    20¶ Then came to him the mother of Zebedee’s children with her sons, worshipping him, and desiring a certain thing of him.

  60. Psalms 110:1Rank 60 from verse 2
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    1THE Lord said unto my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool.

  61. Psalms 16:9–11Rank 61 from verse 2
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    9Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoiceth: my flesh also shall rest in hope.

    10For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell; neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.

    11Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy presence is fulness of joy; at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore.

  62. Revelation 1:11Rank 62 from verse 2
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    11Saying, I am Alpha and Omega, the first and the last: and, What thou seest, write in a book, and send it unto the seven churches which are in Asia; unto Ephesus, and unto Smyrna, and unto Pergamos, and unto Thyatira, and unto Sardis, and unto Philadelphia, and unto Laodicea.

  63. Revelation 1:17Rank 63 from verse 2
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    17And when I saw him, I fell at his feet as dead. And he laid his right hand upon me, saying unto me, Fear not; I am the first and the last:

  64. Zechariah 12:10Rank 64 from verse 2
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    10And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplications: and they shall look upon me whom they have pierced, and they shall mourn for him, as one mourneth for his only son, and shall be in bitterness for him, as one that is in bitterness for his firstborn.

  65. Hebrews 10:5–12Rank 65 from verse 2
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    5Wherefore when he cometh into the world, he saith, Sacrifice and offering thou wouldest not, but a body hast thou prepared me:

    6In burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin thou hast had no pleasure.

    7Then said I, Lo, I come (in the volume of the book it is written of me,) to do thy will, O God.

    8Above when he said, Sacrifice and offering and burnt offerings and offering for sin thou wouldest not, neither hadst pleasure therein; which are offered by the law;

    9Then said he, Lo, I come to do thy will, O God. He taketh away the first, that he may establish the second.

    10By the which will we are sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.

    11And every priest standeth daily ministering and offering oftentimes the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins:

    12But this man, after he had offered one sacrifice for sins for ever, sat down on the right hand of God;

  66. Hebrews 11:36Rank 66 from verse 2
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    36And others had trial of cruel mockings and scourgings, yea, moreover of bonds and imprisonment:

  67. Hebrews 7:19Rank 67 from verse 2
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    19For the law made nothing perfect, but the bringing in of a better hope did; by the which we draw nigh unto God.

  68. John 13:31–32Rank 68 from verse 2
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    31¶ Therefore, when he was gone out, Jesus said, Now is the Son of man glorified, and God is glorified in him.

    32If God be glorified in him, God shall also glorify him in himself, and shall straightway glorify him.

  69. Matthew 27:27–50Rank 69 from verse 2
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    27Then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into the common hall, and gathered unto him the whole band of soldiers.

    28And they stripped him, and put on him a scarlet robe.

    29¶ And when they had platted a crown of thorns, they put it upon his head, and a reed in his right hand: and they bowed the knee before him, and mocked him, saying, Hail, King of the Jews!

    30And they spit upon him, and took the reed, and smote him on the head.

    31And after that they had mocked him, they took the robe off from him, and put his own raiment on him, and led him away to crucify him.

    32And as they came out, they found a man of Cyrene, Simon by name: him they compelled to bear his cross.

    33And when they were come unto a place called Golgotha, that is to say, a place of a skull,

    34¶ They gave him vinegar to drink mingled with gall: and when he had tasted thereof, he would not drink.

    35And they crucified him, and parted his garments, casting lots: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, They parted my garments among them, and upon my vesture did they cast lots.

    36And sitting down they watched him there;

    37And set up over his head his accusation written, THIS IS JESUS THE KING OF THE JEWS.

    38Then were there two thieves crucified with him, one on the right hand, and another on the left.

    39¶ And they that passed by reviled him, wagging their heads,

    40And saying, Thou that destroyest the temple, and buildest it in three days, save thyself. If thou be the Son of God, come down from the cross.

    41Likewise also the chief priests mocking him, with the scribes and elders, said,

    42He saved others; himself he cannot save. If he be the King of Israel, let him now come down from the cross, and we will believe him.

    43He trusted in God; let him deliver him now, if he will have him: for he said, I am the Son of God.

    44The thieves also, which were crucified with him, cast the same in his teeth.

    45Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land unto the ninth hour.

    46And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? that is to say, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?

    47Some of them that stood there, when they heard that, said, This man calleth for Elias.

    48And straightway one of them ran, and took a spunge, and filled it with vinegar, and put it on a reed, and gave him to drink.

    49The rest said, Let be, let us see whether Elias will come to save him.

    50¶ Jesus, when he had cried again with a loud voice, yielded up the ghost.

  70. Hebrews 10:33Rank 70 from verse 2
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    33Partly, whilst ye were made a gazingstock both by reproaches and afflictions; and partly, whilst ye became companions of them that were so used.

  71. Revelation 1:8Rank 71 from verse 2
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    8I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty.

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Hebrews 12:2

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faith

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Sense 1: The substance of things hoped for and the evidence of things not seen; trust, confidence, belief, persuasion, or reliance. Sense 2: Faithfulness, fidelity, or trustworthiness. Sense 3: The revealed truth or gospel believed and kept.

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for

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1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.

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joy

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Sense 1: Gladness, delight, or rejoicing. Sense 2: To rejoice, delight, or be glad.

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set

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1. To put or place a person or thing in a position, relation, or condition; when passive, to be so placed, fixed, or adorned. 2. To establish, fix, appoint, assign, prescribe, or determine. 3. To arrange, prepare, present, display, or put in order or array. 4. To direct, turn, or firmly apply the face, heart, eyes, mind, affection, or action toward something. 5. To start, advance, send out, proceed on a course or work, or make an attack, as in set forward, set forth, or set upon where those meanings apply. 6. To value or esteem; or, in set at nought or set light by, to despise. 7. Of the sun, to go down.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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before

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Earlier than in time; in front of; in the presence of; or prior in order or rank.

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cross

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Sense 1: An instrument of execution formed of two pieces of timber crossing each other, used for crucifixion. Sense 2: By reference to Christ, his crucifixion and death upon it. Sense 3: A burden of suffering or self-denial borne in following Christ.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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shame

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Sense 1: A painful sense of guilt, disgrace, or dishonor. Sense 2: As a verb, to make ashamed or bring disgrace upon.

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right

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1. Correct, just, upright, proper, lawful, fitting, true, or due; also a rightful claim or authority. 2. The direction or side opposite the left. 3. Straight, favourable, skilful, or approved. 4. Very, quite, or fully.

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hand

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Sense 1: The part of the body at the end of the arm. Sense 2: Figuratively, power, possession, aid, or agency.

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12:1WHEREFORE seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,

12:2Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.

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12:3For consider him that endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, lest ye be wearied and faint in your minds.

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