Cowardice
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Joshua 7:5
And the men of Ai smote of them about thirty and six men: for they chased them from before the gate even to Shebarim, and smote them in the going down: why the hearts of the people melted, and became as water.
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2 Timothy 4:16
At my first answer no man stood with me, but all men forsook me: I pray God that it may not be laid to their charge.
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John 18:17
Then said the damsel that kept the door to Peter, Are not you also one of this man's disciples? He said, I am not.
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John 18:27
Peter then denied again: and immediately the cock crew.
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John 18:25
And Simon Peter stood and warmed himself. They said therefore to him, Are not you also one of his disciples? He denied it, and said, I am not.
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John 6:19
So when they had rowed about five and twenty or thirty furlongs, they see Jesus walking on the sea, and drawing near to the ship: and they were afraid.
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John 12:42
Nevertheless among the chief rulers also many believed on him; but because of the Pharisees they did not confess him, lest they should be put out of the synagogue:
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John 9:22
These words spoke his parents, because they feared the Jews: for the Jews had agreed already, that if any man did confess that he was Christ, he should be put out of the synagogue.
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
(n.) Want of courage to face danger; extreme timidity; pusillanimity; base fear of danger or hurt; lack of spirit.
Greek
1167. deilia -- cowardice
... cowardice. Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: deilia Phonetic Spelling:
(di-lee'-ah) Short Definition: cowardice Definition: cowardice, timidity. ...
//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/1167.htm - 6k
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Cowardice. November 26.
... Cowardice. November 26. There is but one thing which you have to fear in earth or
heaven"being untrue to your better selves, and therefore untrue to God. ...
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Whether Cowardice* is a Greater vice than Intemperance? [*Cf. Q ]
... OF THE VICES OPPOSED TO TEMPERANCE (FOUR ARTICLES) Whether cowardice* is
a greater vice than intemperance? [*Cf. Q ]. Objection 1 ...
/.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether cowardice is a greater.htm

But this New Cloudy Political Cowardice Has Rendered Useless the ...
... Chapter 3 But this new cloudy political cowardice has rendered useless
the old English compromise.? But this new cloudy political ...
/.../chesterton/whats wrong with the world/chapter 3 but this new.htm

His Charge of Cowardice is Baseless: for Basil Displayed the ...
... Book I. Section 12. His charge of cowardice is baseless: for Basil displayed the
highest courage before the Emperor and his Lord-Lieutenants. ...
/.../gregory/gregory of nyssa dogmatic treatises etc/section 12 his charge of.htm

Defence of his Flight. 1. Athanasius Charged with Cowardice for ...
... Chapter II. Defence of His Flight. 1. Athanasius charged with cowardice
for escaping. I hear that Leontius [1389] , now at Antioch ...
/.../athanasius/select works and letters or athanasius/defence of his flight 1.htm

Wider Wooing.
... And a struggle begins between conscience and cowardice, between right action with
an ugly fight for it, and yielding to wrong with an easy time of it. ...
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Ep. Lviii. To Basil.
... Some openly charge us with heresy, others with cowardice; with heresy, those who
believe that our language is not sound; with cowardice, they who blame our ...
/.../cyril/select letters of saint gregory nazianzen/ep lviii to basil.htm

Quotations from Athanasius' Defense of his Flight. '
... In short, they overlook the fact that while they pretend to upbraid us with cowardice,'
they are really criminating themselves: for if it be disgraceful to flee ...
/.../chapter viii quotations from athanasius defense.htm

Acts xxii. 17-20
... narrowly, because these virtues have their corresponding vices hard by them: mere
forwardness passing itself off for boldness, mere cowardice for gentleness ...
/.../chrysostom/homilies on acts and romans/homily xlviii acts xxii 17-20.htm

The Third Day in Passion-Week - the Events of that Day - the ...
... measures against the growing danger. Yet, even so, cowardice as well as
cunning marked their procedure. They dared not directly ...
/.../edersheim/the life and times of jesus the messiah/chapter iii the third day.htm

Thesaurus
Cowardice (1 Occurrence)
...Cowardice (1 Occurrence). 2 Timothy 1:7 For the Spirit which God has given us is
not a spirit of cowardice, but one of power and of love and of sound judgement. ...
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Sarai (13 Occurrences)
... This double relationship suggested to Abraham the expedient that he twice used when
he lacked faith in God to protect his life and in cowardice sought his own ...
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Sarah (38 Occurrences)
... This double relationship suggested to Abraham the expedient that he twice used when
he lacked faith in God to protect his life and in cowardice sought his own ...
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Cow (32 Occurrences)

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Discretion (20 Occurrences)
... discretion. (DBY). 2 Timothy 1:7 For God has not given us a spirit of cowardice,
but of power, and of love, and of wise discretion. (DBY). ...
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Post (26 Occurrences)
... 15. (vt) To hold up to public blame or reproach; to advertise opprobriously; to
denounce by public proclamation; as, to post one for cowardice. 16. ...
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Courage (74 Occurrences)
... A virtue highly esteemed among all nations, one of the four chief "natural" (cardinal)
virtues (The Wisdom of Solomon 8:7), while cowardice ranks as one of the ...
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Cowardly (1 Occurrence)

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Nero
... Here he prepared for suicide, but with great cowardice. He kept exclaiming, "What
an artist I am to perish!" (Qualis artifex pereo, Suet. xlix). ...
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Tongues (67 Occurrences)
... It is common to admire their courage and zeal, to contrast their fearlessness in
the presence of enemies and danger with their former timidity and cowardice. ...
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Resources
What does the Bible say about cowardice or being a coward? | GotQuestions.org

What can we learn from the tribe of Naphtali? | GotQuestions.org

What does the Bible say about conscientious objection? | GotQuestions.org

Cowardice: Dictionary and Thesaurus | Clyx.com

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Cowardice (1 Occurrence)

2 Timothy 1:7
For the Spirit which God has given us is not a spirit of cowardice, but one of power and of love and of sound judgement.
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Subtopics

Cowardice

Cowardice in Fearing to Attempt the Conquest of Canaan

Cowardice in the Battle With the People of Ai

Cowardice: 20, 000 of Gideon's Army

Cowardice: Aaron, in Yielding to the Israelites, when They Demanded an Idol

Cowardice: Abraham, in Calling his Wife his Sister

Cowardice: Adam, in Attempting to Shift Responsibility for his Sin Upon Eve

Cowardice: Amoritish Kings

Cowardice: Canaanites

Cowardice: David, in Fleeing from Absalom

Cowardice: During the Storm at Sea

Cowardice: Early Converts Among the Rulers

Cowardice: Ephraimites

Cowardice: Ephraimites and Manassehites

Cowardice: General Scriptures Concerning

Cowardice: Guards of the Sepulcher of Jesus

Cowardice: Isaac, in Calling his Wife his Sister

Cowardice: Jacob, in Flying from Laban

Cowardice: Joseph of Arimathaea, Secretly a Disciple

Cowardice: Nicodemus, in Coming to Jesus by Night

Cowardice: Parents of the Blind Man, Who Was Restored to Sight

Cowardice: Peter and Other Christians, at Antioch (Of Syria)

Cowardice: Peter, in Denying the Lord

Cowardice: Pilate, in Condemning Jesus, Through Fear of the People

Cowardice: Samuel, Fearing to Obey God's Command to Anoint a King in Saul's Place

Cowardice: The Philippian Jailer

Cowardice: The Ten Spies

Cowardice: To Fight With the Philistines

Cowardice: To Meet Goliath

Cowardice: when Jesus Was Apprehended

Cowardice: when They Saw Jesus Walking on the Sea

Related Terms

Sarai (13 Occurrences)

Sarah (38 Occurrences)

Cow (32 Occurrences)

Discretion (20 Occurrences)

Post (26 Occurrences)

Courage (74 Occurrences)

Cowardly (1 Occurrence)

Nero

Tongues (67 Occurrences)

Second (2060 Occurrences)

Judgement (68 Occurrences)

Lot (145 Occurrences)

Prophets (270 Occurrences)

Prophecy (37 Occurrences)

Herod (45 Occurrences)

Fire (602 Occurrences)

Abraham (2539 Occurrences)

Jacob (361 Occurrences)

Corinthians (3 Occurrences)

Epistle (13 Occurrences)

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