Psalms 119:39
Turn away the disgrace I dread, for Your judgments are good.
BSB
ASV
Turn away my reproach whereof I am afraid; For thine ordinances are good.
KJV
Turn away my reproach which I fear: for thy judgments are good.
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Titus 2:8and wholesome speech that is above reproach, so that anyone who opposes us will be ashamed, having nothing bad to say about us.
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Conduct yourselves with such honor among the Gentiles that, though they slander you as evildoers, they may see your good deeds and glorify God on the day He visits us.
For it is God’s will that by doing good you should silence the ignorance of foolish men.
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Psalms 57:3He reaches down from heaven and saves me; He rebukes those who trample me. Selah God sends forth His loving devotion and His truth.
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O LORD, do not withhold Your mercy from me; Your loving devotion and faithfulness will always guard me.
Send out Your light and Your truth; let them lead me. Let them bring me to Your holy mountain, and to the place where You dwell.
Then Peter came to himself and said, “Now I know for sure that the Lord has sent His angel and rescued me from Herod’s grasp and from everything the Jewish people were anticipating.”
Part Your heavens, O LORD, and come down; touch the mountains, that they may smoke.
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1 Timothy 3:7Furthermore, he must have a good reputation with outsiders, so that he will not fall into disgrace and into the snare of the devil.
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For we are taking great care to do what is right, not only in the eyes of the Lord, but also in the eyes of men.
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Romans 2:2And we know that God’s judgment against those who do such things is based on truth.
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But the LORD abides forever; He has established His throne for judgment.
