Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season;
Choosing
The people
Bible References
Choosing
Hebrews 10:32
But remember the former days, when, after being enlightened, you endured a great conflict of sufferings,
Job 36:21 “Be careful, do not turn to evil,
For you have preferred this toaffliction.
For you have preferred this to
Psalm 84:10 For a day in Your courts is better than a thousand outside.
I would rather stand at the threshold of the house of my God
Than dwell in the tents of wickedness.
I would rather stand at the threshold of the house of my God
Than dwell in the tents of wickedness.
Matthew 5:10 “Blessed are those who have been persecuted for the sake of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
Matthew 13:21 yet he has no firm root in himself, but is only temporary, and when affliction or persecution arises because of the word, immediately he falls away.
Acts 7:24
And when he saw one of them being treated unjustly, he defended him and took vengeance for the oppressed by striking down the Egyptian.
Acts 20:23
except that the Holy Spirit solemnly testifies to me in every city, saying that bonds and afflictions await me.
Romans 5:3 And not only this, but we also exult in our tribulations, knowing that tribulation brings about perseverance;
Romans 8:17
and if children, heirs also, heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ, if indeed we suffer with Him so that we may also be glorified with Him.
2 Corinthians 5:17
Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creature; the old things passed away; behold, new things have come.
Colossians 1:24 Now I rejoice in my sufferings for your sake, and in my flesh I do my share on behalf of His body, which is the church, in filling up what is lacking in Christ’s afflictions.
2 Thessalonians 1:3
We ought always to give thanks to God for you, brethren, as is only fitting, because your faith is greatly enlarged, and the love of each one of you toward one another grows ever greater;
2 Timothy 1:8
Therefore do not be ashamed of the testimony of our Lord or of me His prisoner, but join with me in suffering for the gospel according to the power of God,
2 Timothy 2:3 Suffer hardship with me, as a good soldier of Christ Jesus.
2 Timothy 3:11 persecutions, and sufferings, such as happened to me at Antioch, at Iconium and at Lystra; what persecutions I endured, and out of them all the Lord rescued me!
James 1:20
for the anger of man does not achieve the righteousness of God.
1 Peter 1:6 In this you greatly rejoice, even though now for a little while, if necessary, you have been distressed by various trials,
1 Peter 4:12 Beloved, do not be surprised at the fiery ordeal among you, which comes upon you for your testing, as though some strange thing were happening to you;
The people
Hebrews 4:9
So there remains a Sabbath rest for the people of God.
Psalm 47:9 The princes of the people have assembled themselves as the people of the God of Abraham,
For theshields of the earth belong to God;
Heis highly exalted.
For the
He
1 Peter 2:10 for you once were not a people, but now you are the people of God; you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.
The pleasures
Job 20:5 That the triumphing of the wicked is short,
Andthe joy of the godless momentary?
And
Job 21:11 “They send forth their little ones like the flock,
And their children skip about.
And their children skip about.
Psalm 73:18 Surely You set them in slippery places;
You cast them down todestruction.
You cast them down to
Isaiah 21:4 My mind reels, horror overwhelms me;
The twilight I longed for has beenturned for me into trembling.
The twilight I longed for has been
Isaiah 47:8 “Now, then, hear this, you sensual one,
Whodwells securely,
Who says inyour heart,
‘I am, and there is no one besides me.
I willnot sit as a widow,
Nor know loss of children.’
Who
Who says in
‘
I will
Nor know loss of children.’
Luke 12:19 And I will say to my soul, “Soul, you have many goods laid up for many years to come; take your ease, eat, drink and be merry.”’
Luke 16:25 But Abraham said, ‘Child, remember that during your life you received your good things, and likewise Lazarus bad things; but now he is being comforted here, and you are in agony.
James 5:5
You have lived luxuriously on the earth and led a life of wanton pleasure; you have fattened your hearts in a day of slaughter.
Revelation 18:7 To the degree that she glorified herself and lived sensuously, to the same degree give her torment and mourning; for she says in her heart, ‘I sit as a queen and I am not a widow, and will never see mourning.’