Job 36:21

KJV1611 – Modern English

Take heed, do not regard iniquity: for this you have chosen rather than affliction.

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  • Ps 66:18 : 18 If I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear me:
  • Heb 11:25 : 25 choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God than to enjoy the passing pleasures of sin,
  • 1 Pet 3:17 : 17 For it is better, if it is the will of God, to suffer for doing good than for doing evil.
  • 1 Pet 4:15-16 : 15 But let none of you suffer as a murderer, or as a thief, or as an evildoer, or as a meddler in other people's matters. 16 Yet if anyone suffers as a Christian, let him not be ashamed; but let him glorify God in this matter.
  • Job 34:7-9 : 7 What man is like Job, who drinks up scorn like water? 8 Who goes in company with the workers of iniquity, and walks with wicked men. 9 For he has said, It profits a man nothing to delight himself in God.
  • Job 35:3 : 3 For you said, What advantage will it be to you? and, What profit shall I have, if I am cleansed from my sin?
  • Ezek 14:4 : 4 Therefore speak to them and say to them, Thus says the Lord GOD: Every man of the house of Israel who sets up his idols in his heart and puts the stumbling block of his iniquity before his face, and comes to the prophet; I the LORD will answer him who comes according to the multitude of his idols;
  • Dan 3:16-18 : 16 Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego answered the king, O Nebuchadnezzar, we do not need to defend ourselves in this matter. 17 If that is the case, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and He will deliver us from your hand, O king. 18 But if not, let it be known to you, O king, that we do not serve your gods, nor will we worship the golden image which you have set up.
  • Dan 6:10 : 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 knelt on his knees three times a day, and prayed, and gave thanks before his God, as he did before.
  • Matt 5:29-30 : 29 And if your right eye causes you to sin, pluck it out and cast it from you: for it is better for you that one of your members perish, than for your whole body to be cast into hell. 30 And if your right hand causes you to sin, cut it off and cast it from you: for it is better for you that one of your members perish, than for your whole body to be cast into hell.
  • Matt 13:21 : 21 But they have no root and last only a short time. When trouble or persecution comes because of the word, they quickly fall away.
  • Matt 16:24 : 24 Then Jesus said to His disciples, If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me.
  • Acts 5:40-41 : 40 And they agreed with him: and when they had called the apostles, and beaten them, they commanded them not to speak in the name of Jesus, and let them go. 41 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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