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Psalms 66:18
If I had been aware of malice in my heart, the Lord would not have listened.
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Hebrews 11:25
and chose to suffer with the people of God rather than to enjoy the fleeting pleasure of sin.
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1 Peter 3 17
For it is better to suffer for doing good, if that should be God’s will, than for doing evil.
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Ezekiel 14:4
“ Therefore, speak to them and tell them,‘ This is what the Lord GOD says: When anyone from the house of Israel sets up idols in his heart and puts his sinful stumbling block in front of himself, and then comes to the prophet, I, the LORD, will answer him appropriately. I will answer him according to his many idols,
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Matthew 5:29-30
If your right eye causes you to sin, gouge it out and throw it away. For it is better that you lose one of the parts of your body than for your whole body to be thrown into hell.And if your right hand causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away. For it is better that you lose one of the parts of your body than for your whole body to go into hell.
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Matthew 16:24
Then Jesus said to his disciples,“ If anyone wants to follow after me, let him deny himself, take up his cross, and follow me.
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Daniel 3:16-18
Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego replied to the king,“ Nebuchadnezzar, we don’t need to give you an answer to this question.If the God we serve exists, then he can rescue us from the furnace of blazing fire, and he can rescue us from the power of you, the king.But even if he does not rescue us, we want you as king to know that we will not serve your gods or worship the gold statue you set up.”
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Daniel 6:10
When Daniel learned that the document had been signed, he went into his house. The windows in its upstairs room opened toward Jerusalem, and three times a day he got down on his knees, prayed, and gave thanks to his God, just as he had done before.
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Job 35:3
For you ask,“ What does it profit you, and what benefit comes to me, if I do not sin?”
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Acts 5:40-41
After they called in the apostles and had them flogged, they ordered them not to speak in the name of Jesus and released them.Then they went out from the presence of the Sanhedrin, rejoicing that they were counted worthy to be treated shamefully on behalf of the Name.
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Matthew 13:21
But he has no root and is short-lived. When distress or persecution comes because of the word, immediately he falls away.
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1 Peter 4 15-1 Peter 4 16
Let none of you suffer as a murderer, a thief, an evildoer, or a meddler.But if anyone suffers as a Christian, let him not be ashamed but let him glorify God in having that name.
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Job 34:7-9
What man is like Job? He drinks derision like water.He keeps company with evildoers and walks with wicked men.For he has said,“ A man gains nothing when he becomes God’s friend.”