Job 36:21
Do not turn to evil. You seem to prefer evil to affliction.
Psalm 66:18
If I had thought about doing anything sinful, Jehovah would not have listened to me.
Hebrews 11:25
He chose to share the bad treatment with the people of God, rather than enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season.
1 Peter 3:17
It is better to suffer for doing what is right, if suffering is God's will, than to suffer for doing evil (wrong) (sin).
Job 34:7-9
Who is there like Job, who drinks up scoffing like water?
Job 35:3
If you ask: 'What advantage do I have? How am I better off than if I had sinned?'
Ezekiel 14:4
Speak to them. Tell them, 'This is what Jehovah says: Suppose an Israelite is devoted to idols and allows himself to sin. Suppose he goes to a prophet to ask for my help. I, Jehovah, will give that Israelite an answer, the answer that his many idolaters deserve.
Daniel 3:16-18
Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego answered and said to the king: O Nebuchadnezzar, we have no need to answer you in this matter.
Daniel 6:10
Daniel knew that the decree was signed. He went into his house. His windows were open in his chamber toward Jerusalem. He kneeled upon his knees three times a day, and prayed, and gave thanks before his God, like he did before.
Matthew 5:29-30
If your right eye causes you to sin, take it out and throw it away! It is better to lose a part of your body then to have your whole body destroyed in the ever-burning fires of the Valley of Hinnom.
Matthew 13:21
There is no root in him. He endures for a while. When he has tribulation or persecution because of the word, he falls away.
Matthew 16:24
Then Jesus told his disciples: If any man wants to follow me (be mine), let him deny (disown) himself, and take up his stake and follow me (Greek: akoloutheo moi, let him be following me) (accompany me) (be in the same way with me).
Acts 5:40-41
They agreed with him and called the apostles. They beat them and commanded that they should not speak in the name of Jesus. Then they let them go.
1 Peter 4:15-16
Let none of you suffer as a murderer, or a thief, or an evildoer, or as a meddler in other people's business.