Job 36:21

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Job 36:21

Take heed, regard not iniquity: for this hast thou chosen rather than affliction.

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Psalm 66:18

Ezekiel 14:4

Matthew 5:29

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I said in my heart, The Lord will not give ear to me:

For this cause say to them, These are the words of the Lord: Every man of Israel who has taken his false god into his heart, and put before his face the sin which is the cause of his fall, and comes to the prophet; I the Lord will give him an answer by myself in agreement with the number of his false gods;

And if your right eye is a cause of trouble to you, take it out and put it away from you; because it is better to undergo the loss of one part, than for all your body to go into hell.

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What man is like Job, a man who freely makes sport of God,

What profit is it to me, and how am I better off than if I had done wrong?

Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, answering Nebuchadnezzar the king, said, There is no need for us to give you an answer to this question.

And Daniel, on hearing that the writing had been signed, went into his house; (now he had windows in his room on the roof opening in the direction of Jerusalem;) and three times a day he went down on his knees in prayer and praise before his God, as he had done before.

But having no root in himself, he goes on for a time; and when trouble comes or pain, because of the word, he quickly becomes full of doubts.

Then Jesus said to his disciples, If any man would come after me, let him give up all, and take up his cross, and come after me.

And he seemed to them to be right: and they sent for the Apostles, and, after having them whipped and giving them orders to give no teaching in the name of Jesus, they let them go.

Feeling that it was better to undergo pain with the people of God, than for a short time to have a taste of the pleasures of sin;

Because if it is God's purpose for you to undergo pain, it is better to do so for well-doing than for evil-doing.

Let no one among you undergo punishment as a taker of life, or as a thief, or as an evil-doer, or as one who is over-interested in other men's business;