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Psalms 66:18
If I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear[ me]:
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Hebrews 11:25
Choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season;
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1 Peter 3 17
For[ it is] better, if the will of God be so, that ye suffer for well doing, than for evil doing.
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Ezekiel 14:4
Therefore speak unto them, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Every man of the house of Israel that setteth up his idols in his heart, and putteth the stumblingblock of his iniquity before his face, and cometh to the prophet; I the LORD will answer him that cometh according to the multitude of his idols;
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Matthew 5:29-30
And if thy right eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast[ it] from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not[ that] thy whole body should be cast into hell.And if thy right hand offend thee, cut it off, and cast[ it] from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not[ that] thy whole body should be cast into hell.
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Matthew 16:24
Then said Jesus unto his disciples, If any[ man] will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.
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Daniel 3:16-18
Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, answered and said to the king, O Nebuchadnezzar, we[ are] not careful to answer thee in this matter.If it be[ so], our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and he will deliver[ us] out of thine hand, O king.But if not, be it known unto thee, O king, that we will not serve thy gods, nor worship the golden image which thou hast set up.
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Daniel 6:10
Now when Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went into his house; and his windows being open in his chamber toward Jerusalem, he kneeled upon his knees three times a day, and prayed, and gave thanks before his God, as he did aforetime.
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Job 35:3
For thou saidst, What advantage will it be unto thee?[ and], What profit shall I have,[ if I be cleansed] from my sin?
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Acts 5:40-41
And to him they agreed: and when they had called the apostles, and beaten[ them], they commanded that they should not speak in the name of Jesus, and let them go.And they departed from the presence of the council, rejoicing that they were counted worthy to suffer shame for his name.
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Matthew 13:21
Yet hath he not root in himself, but dureth for a while: for when tribulation or persecution ariseth because of the word, by and by he is offended.
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1 Peter 4 15-1 Peter 4 16
But let none of you suffer as a murderer, or[ as] a thief, or[ as] an evildoer, or as a busybody in other men’s matters.Yet if[ any man suffer] as a Christian, let him not be ashamed; but let him glorify God on this behalf.
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Job 34:7-9
What man[ is] like Job,[ who] drinketh up scorning like water?Which goeth in company with the workers of iniquity, and walketh with wicked men.For he hath said, It profiteth a man nothing that he should delight himself with God.