21 Take heed, (A)do not turn to iniquity,
For (B)you have chosen this rather than affliction.

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21 Beware of turning to evil,(A)
    which you seem to prefer to affliction.(B)

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25 choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God than to enjoy the [a]passing pleasures of sin,

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Footnotes

  1. Hebrews 11:25 temporary

25 He chose to be mistreated(A) along with the people of God rather than to enjoy the fleeting pleasures of sin.

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18 (A)If I regard iniquity in my heart,
The Lord will not hear.

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18 If I had cherished sin in my heart,
    the Lord would not have listened;(A)

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17 For it is better, if it is the will of God, to suffer for doing good than for doing evil.

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17 For it is better, if it is God’s will,(A) to suffer for doing good(B) than for doing evil.

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40 And they agreed with him, and when they had (A)called for the apostles (B)and beaten them, they commanded that they should not speak in the name of Jesus, and let them go. 41 So they departed from the presence of the council, (C)rejoicing that they were counted worthy to suffer shame for [a]His name.

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  1. Acts 5:41 NU the name; M the name of Jesus

40 His speech persuaded them. They called the apostles in and had them flogged.(A) Then they ordered them not to speak in the name of Jesus, and let them go.

41 The apostles left the Sanhedrin, rejoicing(B) because they had been counted worthy of suffering disgrace for the Name.(C)

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Take Up the Cross and Follow Him(A)

24 (B)Then Jesus said to His disciples, “If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and (C)follow Me.

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24 Then Jesus said to his disciples, “Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me.(A)

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21 yet he has no root in himself, but endures only for a while. For when (A)tribulation or persecution arises because of the word, immediately (B)he stumbles.

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21 But since they have no root, they last only a short time. When trouble or persecution comes because of the word, they quickly fall away.(A)

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29 (A)If your right eye causes you to [a]sin, (B)pluck it out and cast it from you; for it is more profitable for you that one of your members perish, than for your whole body to be cast into hell. 30 And if your right hand causes you to [b]sin, cut it off and cast it from you; for it is more profitable for you that one of your members perish, than for your whole body to be cast into hell.

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  1. Matthew 5:29 Lit. stumble or offend
  2. Matthew 5:30 Lit. stumble or offend

29 If your right eye causes you to stumble,(A) gouge it out and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one part of your body than for your whole body to be thrown into hell. 30 And if your right hand causes you to stumble,(B) cut it off and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one part of your body than for your whole body to go into hell.

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Daniel in the Lions’ Den

10 Now when Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went home. And in his upper room, with his windows open (A)toward Jerusalem, he knelt down on his knees (B)three times that day, and prayed and gave thanks before his God, as was his custom since early days.

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10 Now when Daniel learned that the decree had been published, he went home to his upstairs room where the windows opened toward(A) Jerusalem. Three times a day he got down on his knees(B) and prayed, giving thanks to his God, just as he had done before.(C)

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16 Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego answered and said to the king, “O Nebuchadnezzar, (A)we have no need to answer you in this matter. 17 If that is the case, our (B)God whom we serve is able to (C)deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and He will deliver us from your hand, O king. 18 But if not, let it be known to you, O king, that we do not serve your gods, nor will we (D)worship the gold image which you have set up.”

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16 Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego(A) replied to him, “King Nebuchadnezzar, we do not need to defend ourselves before you in this matter. 17 If we are thrown into the blazing furnace, the God we serve is able to deliver(B) us from it, and he will deliver(C) us[a] from Your Majesty’s hand. 18 But even if he does not, we want you to know, Your Majesty, that we will not serve your gods or worship the image of gold you have set up.(D)

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  1. Daniel 3:17 Or If the God we serve is able to deliver us, then he will deliver us from the blazing furnace and

“Therefore speak to them, and say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord God: “Everyone of the house of Israel who sets up his idols in his heart, and puts before him what causes him to stumble into iniquity, and then comes to the prophet, I the Lord will answer him who comes, according to the multitude of his idols,

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Therefore speak to them and tell them, ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: When any of the Israelites set up idols in their hearts and put a wicked stumbling block before their faces and then go to a prophet, I the Lord will answer them myself in keeping with their great idolatry.

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For (A)you say,
‘What advantage will it be to You?
What profit shall I have, more than if I had sinned?’

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Yet you ask him, ‘What profit is it to me,[a]
    and what do I gain by not sinning?’(A)

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  1. Job 35:3 Or you

What man is like Job,
(A)Who drinks [a]scorn like water,
Who goes in company with the workers of iniquity,
And walks with wicked men?
For (B)he has said, ‘It profits a man nothing
That he should delight in God.’

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  1. Job 34:7 derision

Is there anyone like Job,
    who drinks scorn like water?(A)
He keeps company with evildoers;
    he associates with the wicked.(B)
For he says, ‘There is no profit
    in trying to please God.’(C)

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