Be careful not to turn to iniquity, for this you have preferred to affliction.
Cross References
Hebrews 11:25He chose to suffer oppression with God's people rather than to experience the fleeting enjoyment of sin.
Job 36:8And if men are bound with chains, caught in cords of affliction,
Job 36:10He opens their ears to correction and commands that they turn from iniquity.
Job 36:15God rescues the afflicted by their affliction and opens their ears in oppression.
Psalm 31:6I hate those who cling to worthless idols, but in the LORD I trust.
Psalm 66:18If I had cherished iniquity in my heart, the Lord would not have listened.
Treasury of Scripture
Take heed, regard not iniquity: for this have you chosen rather than affliction.
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Psalm 66:18
If I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear me:
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;
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…
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Job 34:7-9
What man is like Job, who drinketh up scorning like water? …
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?
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…
