Daniel 3:18 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI) But if not, be it known to you, O king, that we will not serve your gods or worship the golden image which you have set up.” More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition But if not, let it be known to you, O king, that we will not serve your gods or worship the golden image which you have set up! [Job 13:15; Acts 4:19, 20.] American Standard Version (1901) 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. Common English Bible But if he doesn’t, know this for certain, Your Majesty: we will never serve your gods or worship the gold statue you’ve set up.” Catholic Public Domain Version But even if he will not, let it be known to you, O king, that we will not worship your gods, nor adore the gold statue, which you have raised up." English Standard Version 2016 But if not, be it known to you, O king, that we will not serve your gods or worship the golden image that you have set up.” |
He said, “I have been very jealous for the Lord, the God of hosts; for the people of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down thy altars, and slain thy prophets with the sword; and I, even I only, am left; and they seek my life, to take it away.”
Yet I will leave seven thousand in Israel, all the knees that have not bowed to Baal, and every mouth that has not kissed him.”
Behold, he will slay me; I have no hope; yet I will defend my ways to his face.
The wicked flee when no one pursues, but the righteous are bold as a lion.
Nebuchadnezzar said, “Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, who has sent his angel and delivered his servants, who trusted in him, and set at naught the king's command, and yielded up their bodies rather than serve and worship any god except their own God.
Do not turn to idols or make for yourselves molten gods: I am the Lord your God.
And do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul; rather fear him who can destroy both soul and body in hell.
He who finds his life will lose it, and he who loses his life for my sake will find it.
He answered them, “When it is evening, you say, ‘It will be fair weather; for the sky is red.’
But Peter and John answered them, “Whether it is right in the sight of God to listen to you rather than to God, you must judge;
choosing rather to share ill-treatment with the people of God than to enjoy the fleeting pleasures of sin.
And if you be unwilling to serve the Lord, choose this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your fathers served in the region beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you dwell; but as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.”
And they have conquered him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, for they loved not their lives even unto death.