BE COURAGEOUS

"As they were speaking to the people, the priests and the captain of the temple guard and the
Sadducees came up to them, being greatly disturbed because they were teaching the people and
proclaiming in Jesus the resurrection from the dead."
Acts 4:1-2 NASB

"Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous! Do not tremble or be dismayed, for the Lord
your God is with you wherever you go."
Joshua 1:9 NASB

"Remember the word that I said to you, 'A slave is not greater than his master.' If they persecuted Me,
they will also persecute you; if they kept My word, they will keep yours also."
John 15:20 NASB

"In this you greatly rejoice, even though now for a little while, if necessary, you have been distressed by
various trials, so that the proof of your faith, being more precious than gold which is perishable, even
though tested by fire, may be found to result in praise and glory and honor at the revelation of Jesus
Christ."
1 Peter 1:6-7 NASB

"For it is better, if God should will it so, that you suffer for doing what is right rather than for doing what
is wrong."
1 Peter 3:17 NASB

"Consider it all joy, my brethren, when you encounter various trials, knowing that the testing of your
faith produces endurance. And let endurance have its perfect result, so that you may be perfect and
complete, lacking in nothing."
James 1:2-4 NASB

"When they had placed them in the center, they began to inquire, "By what power, or in what name,
have you done this?" Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them, "Rulers and elders of the
people, if we are on trial today for a benefit done to a sick man, as to how this man has been made well,
let it be known to all of you and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ the
Nazarene, whom you crucified, whom God raised from the dead-by this name this man stands here
before you in good health."
Acts 4:7-10 NASB

"He is the stone which was rejected by you, the builders , but which became the chief corner stone. And
there is salvation in no one else; for there is no other name under heaven that has been given among
men by which we must be saved."
Acts 4:11-12 NASB

"I shall give thanks to You, for You have answered me, And You have become my salvation. The stone
which the builders rejected Has become the chief corner stone."
Psalms 118:21-22 NASB

"So then you are no longer strangers and aliens, but you are fellow citizens with the saints, and are of
God's household, having been built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus Himself
being the corner stone, in whom the whole building, being fitted together, is growing into a holy temple
in the Lord, in whom you also are being built together into a dwelling of God in the Spirit."
Ephesians 2:19-22 NASB

"Now as they observed the confidence of Peter and John and understood that they were uneducated
and untrained men, they were amazed, and began to recognize them as having been with Jesus." Acts
4:13 NASB

"And seeing the man who had been healed standing with them, they had nothing to say in reply. But
when they had ordered them to leave the Council, they began to confer with one another, saying,
"What shall we do with these men? For the fact that a noteworthy miracle has taken place through
them is apparent to all who live in Jerusalem, and we cannot deny it."
Acts 4:14-16 NASB

"And even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who are perishing, in whose case the god of this
world has blinded the minds of the unbelieving so that they might not see the light of the gospel of the
glory of Christ, who is the image of God."
2 Corinthians 4:3-4 NASB

"But so that it will not spread any further among the people, let us warn them to speak no longer to any
man in this name." And when they had summoned them, they commanded them not to speak or teach
at all in the name of Jesus. But Peter and John answered and said to them, "Whether it is right in the
sight of God to give heed to you rather than to God, you be the judge; for we cannot stop speaking
about what we have seen and heard."
Acts 4:17-20 NASB

"When they had threatened them further, they let them go (finding no basis on which to punish them)
on account of the people, because they were all glorifying God for what had happened; for the man was
more than forty years old on whom this miracle of healing had been performed."
Acts 4:21-22 NASB

"I say to you, My friends, do not be afraid of those who kill the body and after that have no more that
they can do. But I will warn you whom to fear: fear the One who, after He has killed, has authority to
cast into hell; yes, I tell you, fear Him!
Luke 12:4-5 NASB

"When they had been released, they went to their own companions and reported all that the chief
priests and the elders had said to them. And when they heard this, they lifted their voices to God with
one accord and said, "O Lord, it is You who made the heaven and the earth and the sea , and all that is in
them , who by the Holy Spirit, through the mouth of our father David Your servant, said, ' why did the
gentiles rage , and the peoples devise futile things ? ' the kings of the earth took their stand, and the
rulers were gathered together against the Lord and against His christ."
Acts 4:23-26 NASB

"Worship the Lord with reverence And rejoice with trembling. Do homage to the Son, that He not
become angry, and you perish in the way, For His wrath may soon be kindled. How blessed are all who
take refuge in Him!
Psalms 2:11-12 NASB

"For truly in this city there were gathered together against Your holy servant Jesus, whom You anointed,
both Herod and Pontius Pilate, along with the Gentiles and the peoples of Israel, to do whatever Your
hand and Your purpose predestined to occur."
Acts 4:27-28 NASB

"So that at the name of Jesus every knee will bow, of those who are in heaven and on earth and under
the earth, and that every tongue will confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father."
Philippians 2:10-11 NASB

"And now, Lord, take note of their threats, and grant that Your bond-servants may speak Your word with
all confidence, while You extend Your hand to heal, and signs and wonders take place through the name
of Your holy servant Jesus." And when they had prayed, the place where they had gathered together
was shaken, and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak the word of God with
boldness."
Acts 4:29-31 NASB