Daniel 1:10
New King James Version
10 And the chief of the eunuchs said to Daniel, “I fear my lord the king, who has appointed your food and drink. For why should he see your faces looking worse than the young men who are your age? Then you would endanger my head before the king.”
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Matthew 6:16-18
New King James Version
Fasting to Be Seen Only by God
16 “Moreover, (A)when you fast, do not be like the [a]hypocrites, with a sad countenance. For they disfigure their faces that they may appear to men to be fasting. Assuredly, I say to you, they have their reward. 17 But you, when you fast, (B)anoint your head and wash your face, 18 so that you do not appear to men to be fasting, but to your Father who is in the secret place; and your Father who sees in secret will reward you [b]openly.
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- Matthew 6:16 pretenders
- Matthew 6:18 NU, M omit openly
John 12:42-43
New King James Version
Walk in the Light
42 Nevertheless even among the rulers many believed in Him, but (A)because of the Pharisees they did not confess Him, lest they should be put out of the synagogue; 43 (B)for they loved the praise of men more than the praise of God.
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Proverbs 29:25
New King James Version
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- Proverbs 29:25 secure, lit. set on high
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