Bible verses about "cowardice" | Sawyer

^{54 (29:3)} And apprehending him, they led him away, and conducted him to the house of the chief priest; and Peter followed at a distance. ⁵⁵ And they having kindled a fire in the midst of the court, and sat down, Peter sat in the midst of them. ⁵⁶ And a certain female servant seeing him sitting by the light, and looking steadily at him, said, This man also was with him. ⁵⁷ But he denied him, saying, I do not know him, woman. ⁵⁸ And after a little, another seeing him, said, You also are one of them. But Peter said, Man, I am not. ⁵⁹ And about an hour intervening, another strongly affirmed, saying, Certainly, this man was also with him; for he is also a Galilean. ⁶⁰ But Peter said, Man, I know not what you say. And immediately, while he was yet speaking, a cock crew.

¹¹ Blessed are you when they shall reproach you, and persecute you, and say every evil against you, falsely, for my sake. ¹² Rejoice and exult, for great is your reward in heaven; for so persecuted they the prophets who were before you.

^{66 (15:3)} And Peter being in the court below, one of the female servants of the chief priest came, ⁶⁷ and seeing Peter warming himself, looked at him, and said, You also were with Jesus the Nazarene. ⁶⁸ But he denied it, saying, I do not know [him]; neither do I know what you say. And he went out into the porch, and a cock crew. ⁶⁹ And the female servant seeing him said to those standing by, This is one of them. ⁷⁰ But he again denied it. And after a short time those standing by again said to Peter, You are certainly one of them, for you are also a Galilean. ⁷¹ And he cursed and swore, I know not this man of whom you speak. ⁷² And a cock crew a second time. And Peter was reminded of the word, how Jesus said to him, Before a cock crows twice, you will deny me thrice. And he wept bitterly.

^{11 (1:7)} But when Peter came to Antioch I opposed him to his face, because he was to blame. ¹² For before some came from James he eat with the gentiles; but when they came, he withdrew and separated himself; fearing those of the circumcision; ¹³ and the other Jews also dissembled with him, so that Barnabas was carried away with their dissimulation. ¹⁴ But when I saw that they walked not correctly, according to the truth of the gospel, I said to Peter before all, If you being a Jew live after the manner of the gentiles, and not after the manner of the Jews, why do you compel the gentiles to practise Judaism?

⁷ For God gave us not a spirit of fear, but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.

⁸ But the fearful and unbelieving and abominable and murderers and fornicators and sorcerers and idolaters and all liars shall have their part in the lake which burns with fire and sulphur, which is the second death.