From the Jews five times have I received forty [stripes], save one. Thrice have I been scourged, once I have been stoned, three times I have suffered shipwreck, a night and day I passed in the deep: in journeyings often, in perils of rivers, in perils of robbers, in perils from [my own] race, in perils from [the] nations, in perils in [the] city, in perils in [the] desert, in perils on [the] sea, in perils among false brethren; in labour and toil, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness. Besides those things that are without, the crowd [of cares] pressing on me daily, the burden of all the assemblies. 2 Corinthians 11:24-28
I will therefore that the men pray in every place, lifting up pious hands, without wrath or reasoning. 1 Timothy 2:8
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2 Corinthians 11:28, 2 Corinthians 4:8,9From scenes of conflict, burden, grief and care,
Hebrews 10:22, 1 Timothy 2:8To Thy blest presence, Lord, we now repair;
Song of Songs 2:3, Philippians 4:5Thy shadow here provides a calm retreat,
Luke 7:13, Hebrews 4:15Where sympathies divine our frailty meet.
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Isaiah 53:4, Hebrews 4:16To Thee the cause of every sigh is known,
Isaiah 63:9, John 11:23Thou who dost feel the sorrows of Thine own;
1 Corinthians 2:1-5, 2 Corinthians 7:5Unspoken fears, and questions hard to solve,
1 Corinthians 2:16, 2 Corinthians 7:6Before the rays of heav'nly light dissolve.
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2 Corinthians 3:4, 2 Corinthians 7:6Thy well-proved love our confidence inspires
2 Corinthians 12:9, Hebrews 4:16To count upon the grace that never tires;
Luke 12:42-44, Ephesians 6:18So would we make Thine interests, Lord, our care,
1 Peter 4:7, Colossians 4:2And with thanksgiving wait on Thee in prayer.