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Hebrews 12:3

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For consider him that endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, lest ye be wearied and faint in your minds.
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  1. Galatians 6:9Rank 1 from verse 3
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    9And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.

  2. 2 Corinthians 4:16Rank 2 from verse 3
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    16For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day.

  3. Revelation 2:3Rank 3 from verse 3
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    3And hast borne, and hast patience, and for my name’s sake hast laboured, and hast not fainted.

  4. 1 Corinthians 15:58Rank 4 from verse 3
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    58Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord.

  5. Hebrews 12:2Rank 5 from verse 3
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    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.

  6. Hebrews 3:1Rank 6 from verse 3
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    1WHEREFORE, holy brethren, partakers of the heavenly calling, consider the Apostle and High Priest of our profession, Christ Jesus;

  7. John 15:18–24Rank 7 from verse 3
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    18If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before it hated you.

    19If ye were of the world, the world would love his own: but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you.

    20Remember the word that I said unto you, The servant is not greater than his lord. If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you; if they have kept my saying, they will keep yours also.

    21But all these things will they do unto you for my name’s sake, because they know not him that sent me.

    22If I had not come and spoken unto them, they had not had sin: but now they have no cloke for their sin.

    23He that hateth me hateth my Father also.

    24If I had not done among them the works which none other man did, they had not had sin: but now have they both seen and hated both me and my Father.

  8. 2 Corinthians 4:1Rank 8 from verse 3
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    1THEREFORE seeing we have this ministry, as we have received mercy, we faint not;

  9. John 5:16Rank 9 from verse 3
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    16And therefore did the Jews persecute Jesus, and sought to slay him, because he had done these things on the sabbath day.

  10. 1 Samuel 12:24Rank 10 from verse 3
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    24Only fear the Lord, and serve him in truth with all your heart: for consider how great things he hath done for you.

  11. Matthew 10:24–25Rank 11 from verse 3
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    24The disciple is not above his master, nor the servant above his lord.

    25It is enough for the disciple that he be as his master, and the servant as his lord. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebub, how much more shall they call them of his household?

  12. 2 Thessalonians 3:13Rank 12 from verse 3
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    13But ye, brethren, be not weary in well doing.

  13. Hebrews 12:5Rank 13 from verse 3
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    5And ye have forgotten the exhortation which speaketh unto you as unto children, My son, despise not thou the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked of him:

  14. Deuteronomy 20:3Rank 14 from verse 3
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    3And shall say unto them, Hear, O Israel, ye approach this day unto battle against your enemies: let not your hearts faint, fear not, and do not tremble, neither be ye terrified because of them;

  15. Luke 14:1Rank 15 from verse 3
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    1AND it came to pass, as he went into the house of one of the chief Pharisees to eat bread on the sabbath day, that they watched him.

  16. 2 Timothy 2:7–8Rank 16 from verse 3
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    7Consider what I say; and the Lord give thee understanding in all things.

    8Remember that Jesus Christ of the seed of David was raised from the dead according to my gospel:

  17. John 8:52Rank 17 from verse 3
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    52Then said the Jews unto him, Now we know that thou hast a devil. Abraham is dead, and the prophets; and thou sayest, If a man keep my saying, he shall never taste of death.

  18. Isaiah 40:30–31Rank 18 from verse 3
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    30Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall:

    31But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.

  19. Isaiah 50:4Rank 19 from verse 3
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    4The Lord God hath given me the tongue of the learned, that I should know how to speak a word in season to him that is weary: he wakeneth morning by morning, he wakeneth mine ear to hear as the learned.

  20. John 18:22Rank 20 from verse 3
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    22And when he had thus spoken, one of the officers which stood by struck Jesus with the palm of his hand, saying, Answerest thou the high priest so?

  21. Luke 19:39–40Rank 21 from verse 3
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    39And some of the Pharisees from among the multitude said unto him, Master, rebuke thy disciples.

    40And he answered and said unto them, I tell you that, if these should hold their peace, the stones would immediately cry out.

  22. Matthew 21:15–16Rank 22 from verse 3
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    15And when the chief priests and scribes saw the wonderful things that he did, and the children crying in the temple, and saying, Hosanna to the Son of David; they were sore displeased,

    16And said unto him, Hearest thou what these say? And Jesus saith unto them, Yea; have ye never read, Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings thou hast perfected praise?

  23. Proverbs 24:10Rank 23 from verse 3
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    10If thou faint in the day of adversity, thy strength is small.

  24. John 7:12Rank 24 from verse 3
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    12And there was much murmuring among the people concerning him: for some said, He is a good man: others said, Nay; but he deceiveth the people.

  25. John 8:13Rank 25 from verse 3
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    13The Pharisees therefore said unto him, Thou bearest record of thyself; thy record is not true.

  26. John 8:48–49Rank 26 from verse 3
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    48Then answered the Jews, and said unto him, Say we not well that thou art a Samaritan, and hast a devil?

    49Jesus answered, I have not a devil; but I honour my Father, and ye do dishonour me.

  27. Luke 11:15–16Rank 27 from verse 3
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    15But some of them said, He casteth out devils through Beelzebub the chief of the devils.

    16And others, tempting him, sought of him a sign from heaven.

  28. Luke 11:53–54Rank 28 from verse 3
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    53And as he said these things unto them, the scribes and the Pharisees began to urge him vehemently, and to provoke him to speak of many things:

    54Laying wait for him, and seeking to catch something out of his mouth, that they might accuse him.

  29. Luke 13:13–14Rank 29 from verse 3
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    13And he laid his hands on her: and immediately she was made straight, and glorified God.

    14And the ruler of the synagogue answered with indignation, because that Jesus had healed on the sabbath day, and said unto the people, There are six days in which men ought to work: in them therefore come and be healed, and not on the sabbath day.

  30. Luke 15:2Rank 30 from verse 3
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    2And the Pharisees and scribes murmured, saying, This man receiveth sinners, and eateth with them.

  31. Luke 16:14Rank 31 from verse 3
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    14And the Pharisees also, who were covetous, heard all these things: and they derided him.

  32. Luke 2:34Rank 32 from verse 3
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    34And Simeon blessed them, and said unto Mary his mother, Behold, this child is set for the fall and rising again of many in Israel; and for a sign which shall be spoken against;

  33. Luke 4:28–29Rank 33 from verse 3
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    28And all they in the synagogue, when they heard these things, were filled with wrath,

    29And rose up, and thrust him out of the city, and led him unto the brow of the hill whereon their city was built, that they might cast him down headlong.

  34. Luke 5:21Rank 34 from verse 3
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    21And the scribes and the Pharisees began to reason, saying, Who is this which speaketh blasphemies? Who can forgive sins, but God alone?

  35. Matthew 11:19Rank 35 from verse 3
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    19The Son of man came eating and drinking, and they say, Behold a man gluttonous, and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners. But wisdom is justified of her children.

  36. Matthew 12:24Rank 36 from verse 3
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    24But when the Pharisees heard it, they said, This fellow doth not cast out devils, but by Beelzebub the prince of the devils.

  37. Matthew 15:2Rank 37 from verse 3
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    2Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? for they wash not their hands when they eat bread.

  38. Matthew 21:23Rank 38 from verse 3
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    23¶ And when he was come into the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people came unto him as he was teaching, and said, By what authority doest thou these things? and who gave thee this authority?

  39. Matthew 21:46Rank 39 from verse 3
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    46But when they sought to lay hands on him, they feared the multitude, because they took him for a prophet.

  40. Matthew 22:15Rank 40 from verse 3
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    15¶ Then went the Pharisees, and took counsel how they might entangle him in his talk.

  41. John 10:31–39Rank 41 from verse 3
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    31Then the Jews took up stones again to stone him.

    32Jesus answered them, Many good works have I shewed you from my Father; for which of those works do ye stone me?

    33The Jews answered him, saying, For a good work we stone thee not; but for blasphemy; and because that thou, being a man, makest thyself God.

    34Jesus answered them, Is it not written in your law, I said, Ye are gods?

    35If he called them gods, unto whom the word of God came, and the scripture cannot be broken;

    36Say ye of him, whom the Father hath sanctified, and sent into the world, Thou blasphemest; because I said, I am the Son of God?

    37If I do not the works of my Father, believe me not.

    38But if I do, though ye believe not me, believe the works: that ye may know, and believe, that the Father is in me, and I in him.

    39Therefore they sought again to take him: but he escaped out of their hand,

  42. John 12:9–10Rank 42 from verse 3
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    9Much people of the Jews therefore knew that he was there: and they came not for Jesus’ sake only, but that they might see Lazarus also, whom he had raised from the dead.

    10¶ But the chief priests consulted that they might put Lazarus also to death;

  43. John 8:59Rank 43 from verse 3
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    59Then took they up stones to cast at him: but Jesus hid himself, and went out of the temple, going through the midst of them, and so passed by.

  44. John 9:40Rank 44 from verse 3
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    40And some of the Pharisees which were with him heard these words, and said unto him, Are we blind also?

  45. John 10:20Rank 45 from verse 3
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    20And many of them said, He hath a devil, and is mad; why hear ye him?

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Hebrews 12:3

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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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consider

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1. To think upon attentively; to examine or weigh. 2. To regard, observe, or take notice of.

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against

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Opposed to, contrary to, facing, toward, or in contact with; in some settings, exposed to or ready for a stated time.

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lest

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For fear that, to prevent the possibility that, or so that an undesired or warned-of result may not occur.

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ye

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The second-person plural subject pronoun, referring to the persons being addressed as those who are, do, or receive the stated predicate.

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wearied

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Past-tense or past-participial form of weary (to reduce or exhaust the physical strength of the body; to tire; to fatigue).

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faint

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1. Weak or failing in heart, spirit, or mind; to lose courage or cease to persevere. 2. Weak, weary, or exhausted in bodily strength; to become weak or exhausted.

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in

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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.

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your

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The possessive form of ye or you, ordinarily plural, marking what belongs to, concerns, proceeds from, or stands in relation to the persons addressed.

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minds

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Sense 1: The faculty or state of thought, understanding, intention, disposition, memory, or will. Sense 2: As a verb, to regard or set one's thought upon.

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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.

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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