Luke 12:4; Genesis 12:12–13; Genesis 20:2; Genesis 20:11; Genesis 26:7; John 12:42–43

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Luke 12:4

Have No Fear

I tell you, my friends, ado not fear those who kill the body, and after that have nothing more that they can do.


Genesis 12:12–13

12 and when the Egyptians see you, they will say, This is his wife. Then they ywill kill me, but they will let you live. 13 Say you are my sister, that it may go well with me because of you, and that my life may be spared for your sake.


Genesis 20:2

And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, sShe is my sister. And Abimelech king of Gerar sent and took Sarah.


Genesis 20:11

11 Abraham said, I did it because I thought, zThere is no fear of God at all in this place, and athey will kill me because of my wife.


Genesis 26:7

When the men of the place asked him about his wife, fhe said, She is my sister, for ghe feared to say, My wife, thinking, lest the men of the place should kill me because of Rebekah, because hshe was attractive in appearance.


John 12:42–43

42 Nevertheless, vmany even of the authorities believed in him, but wfor fear of the Pharisees they did not xconfess it, so that they would not be xput out of the synagogue; 43 yfor they loved the glory that comes from man more than the glory that comes from God.