Hebrews 11:25

Examples Of Faith In Action

²⁴ By faith Moses, when he was come to years, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter, ²⁵ choosing rather to endure ill-treatment with the people of God than to enjoy the passing pleasures of sin, ²⁶ esteeming the reproach of the Christ greater riches than the treasures in Egypt, for he had respect unto the recompense of the reward.

People of God

Pleasures of Sin

With God

For A Season

Israelites

Sin

Job 20:5

that the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite but for a moment?

Job 36:21

Take heed, do not regard iniquity, to choose it rather than poverty.

Psalm 84:10

for a day in thy courts is better than a thousand outside of them. I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.

Job 21:11-13

They send forth their little ones like a flock of sheep, and their children dance.

Psalm 47:9

The princes of the peoples have joined the people of the God of Abraham; for the shields of the earth belong unto God; he is greatly exalted.

Psalm 73:18-20

Surely thou didst set them in slippery places; in desolation thou shalt cause them to fall.

Isaiah 21:4

My heart panted; the horror frightened me; the night of my pleasure he has turned into fear unto me.

Isaiah 47:8-9

Therefore now hear this, thou delicate one, that dost sit in confidence and say in thine heart, I am, and no one else beside me; I shall not sit as a widow, neither shall I be fatherless.

Matthew 5:10-12

Blessed are those who suffer persecution for righteousness' sake, for theirs is the kingdom of the heavens.

Matthew 13:21

yet he has no root in himself but is temporal, for when affliction or persecution arises because of the word, by and by he is offended.

Luke 12:19-20

And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast many goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry.

Luke 16:25

But Abraham said, Son, remember that thou in thy lifetime didst receive thy good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things; but now he is comforted here, and thou art tormented.

Acts 7:24-25

And seeing one of them suffer wrong, he defended him and smote the Egyptian, avenging the oppressed;

Acts 20:23-24

except that the Holy Spirit witnesses in every city, saying that prisons and tribulations await me.

Romans 5:3

And not only this, but we even glory in the tribulations, knowing that the tribulation works patience;

Romans 8:17-18

and if sons, also heirs certainly of God and joint-heirs with Christ, if so be that we suffer with him that we may be also glorified together with him.

Romans 8:35-39

Who shall separate us from the charity of Christ? shall tribulation or distress or persecution or famine or nakedness or peril or sword?

2 Corinthians 5:17

Therefore if anyone is in Christ, they are a new creation: old things are passed away; behold, all things are made new.

Colossians 1:24

who now rejoice in my sufferings for you and fulfill in my flesh that which is lacking of the tribulations of the Christ for his body's sake, which is the congregation ,

2 Thessalonians 1:3-6

We must thank God always for you, brethren, as is due because your faith grows exceedingly, and the charity of each and every one of you toward each other abounds,

2 Timothy 1:8

Therefore be not thou ashamed to give testimony of our Lord, nor of me his prisoner, but be thou partaker of the afflictions of the gospel by the power of God,

2 Timothy 2:3-10

Thou, therefore, work hard as a good soldier of Jesus Christ.

2 Timothy 3:11-12

persecutions, afflictions, which came unto me at Antioch, at Iconium, at Lystra, persecutions I have endured, and the Lord delivered me out of them all.

Hebrews 4:9

There remains therefore a rest for the people of God.

Hebrews 10:32

But bring to memory the former days, in which, after ye received the light, ye endured a great fight of afflictions;

Hebrews 11:37

they were stoned; they were sawn asunder, were tempted, were slain with the sword; they wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins; poor, afflicted, mistreated,

James 1:20

for the wrath of man does not work the righteousness of God.

James 5:5

Ye have lived in pleasure on the earth and been wanton; ye have refreshed your hearts, as in the day of slaughter of sacrifices.

1 Peter 1:6-7

In which ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need be, ye are afflicted in diverse temptations,

1 Peter 2:10

Ye who in the time past were not a people, but are now the people of God, who in the time past had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy.

1 Peter 4:12-16

Beloved, think it not strange when you are tried by fire (which is done to prove you) as though some strange thing happened unto you,

Revelation 18:7

As much as she has glorified herself and lived deliciously, give her that much torment and sorrow; for she says in her heart, I sit a queen, and am no widow, and shall see no sorrow.