Matthew 25:25

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“So I was afraid and went out and hid your talent in the ground. See, you have what belongs to you.’”

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BSBPD

“So I was afraid and went out and hid your talent in the ground. See, you have what belongs to you.’”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“And I was afraid, and went and hid thy talent in the earth: lo, there thou hast that is thine.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“and I was afraid, and went away and hid thy talent in the earth: lo, thou hast thine own.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“and having been afraid, having gone away, I hid thy talent in the earth; lo, thou hast thine own!”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Matthew 25:25 — 6 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. 2 Samuel 6:9That day David feared the LORD and asked, “How can the ark of the LORD ever come to me?”
  2. Proverbs 26:13The slacker says, “A lion is in the road! A fierce lion roams the public square!”
  3. Isaiah 57:11Whom have you dreaded and feared, so that you lied and failed to remember Me or take this to heart? Is it not because I have long been silent that you do not fear Me?
  4. Romans 8:15For you did not receive a spirit of slavery that returns you to fear, but you received the Spirit of sonship, by whom we cry, “Abba! Father!”
  5. 2 Timothy 1:6For this reason I remind you to fan into flame the gift of God, which is in you through the laying on of my hands.
  6. Revelation 21:8But to the cowardly and unbelieving and abominable and murderers and sexually immoral and sorcerers and idolaters and all liars, their place will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur. This is the second death.”

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