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Key Bible Verses — Important Scriptures to Read and Understand
Important passages from Genesis to Revelation, each shown in full in your chosen Bible version, with where it comes from and what it means in its setting.
Scripture in WEBWorld English Bible — Protestant Edition
For Betrayal
As for you, you meant evil against me, but God meant it for good, to save many people alive, as is happening today. You meant evil, but God meant it for good
After their father dies, Joseph's brothers fear revenge. Joseph refuses to take God's place, forgives them, and sees God's purpose in what they did, without calling their wrong good.
Cast your burden on the LORD and he will sustain you. He will never allow the righteous to be moved. Cast your burden on the LORD
From a psalm of David about betrayal by a close friend. He urges handing burdens to the LORD, who sustains the righteous; 1 Peter 5:7 echoes it.
43“You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’ 44But I tell you, love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who mistreat you and persecute you, 45that you may be children of your Father who is in heaven. For he makes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the just and the unjust. Love your enemies
Jesus teaches his followers to love their enemies and pray for those who persecute them, as their Father sends sun and rain on good and evil alike.