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But if notl, be it known unto thee, O king, that we will not servem thy gods, nor worship the golden image which thou hast set up.

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Job 13:15• ¹⁵Behold, if he slay me, yet would I trust in him; but I will defend mine own ways before him. (Job 13:15)

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Acts 4:19• ¹⁹But Peter and John answering said to them, If it be righteous before God to listen to you rather than to God, judge ye; (Acts 4:19)

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Ex. 20:3‑5• ³Thou shalt have no other gods before me.
⁴Thou shalt not make thyself any graven image, or any form of what is in the heavens above, or what is in the earth beneath, or what is in the waters under the earth:
⁵thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them; for I, Jehovah thy God, am a jealous *God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the sons to the third and to the fourth generation of them that hate me, (Ex. 20:3‑5)

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Lev. 19:4• ⁴Ye shall not turn unto idols, and ye shall not make to yourselves molten gods: I am Jehovah your God. (Lev. 19:4)

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Job 13:15• ¹⁵Behold, if he slay me, yet would I trust in him; but I will defend mine own ways before him. (Job 13:15)

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Prov. 28:1• ¹The wicked flee when no man pursueth; but the righteous are bold as a lion. (Prov. 28:1)

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Isa. 51:12‑13• ¹²I, even I, am he that comforteth you: who art thou, that thou fearest a man that shall die, and the son of man that shall become as grass;
¹³and forgettest Jehovah thy Maker, who hath stretched out the heavens, and laid the foundations of the earth; and thou art afraid continually all the day because of the fury of the oppressor, when he prepareth to destroy? And where is the fury of the oppressor? (Isa. 51:12‑13)

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Matt. 10:28,32‑33,39• ²⁸And be not afraid of those who kill the body, but cannot kill the soul; but fear rather him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.
³²Every one therefore who shall confess me before men, *I* also will confess him before my Father who is in the heavens.
³³But whosoever shall deny me before men, him will *I* also deny before my Father who is in the heavens.
³⁹He that finds his life shall lose it, and he who has lost his life for my sake shall find it. (Matt. 10:28,32‑33,39)

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Matt. 16:2• ²But he answering said to them, When evening is come, ye say, Fine weather, for the sky is red; (Matt. 16:2)

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Luke 12:3‑9• ³therefore whatever ye have said in the darkness shall be heard in the light, and what ye have spoken in the ear in chambers shall be proclaimed upon the housetops.
⁴But I say to you, my friends, Fear not those who kill the body and after this have no more that they can do.
⁵But I will shew you whom ye shall fear: Fear him who after he has killed has authority to cast into hell; yea, I say to you, Fear *him*.
⁶Are not five sparrows sold for two assaria? and one of them is not forgotten before God.
⁷But even the hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not therefore, ye are better than many sparrows.
⁸But I say to you, Whosoever shall confess me before men, the Son of man will confess him also before the angels of God;
⁹but he that shall have denied me before men shall be denied before the angels of God; (Luke 12:3‑9)

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Acts 4:10‑13,19• ¹⁰be it known to you all, and to all the people of Israel, that in the name of Jesus Christ the Nazaraean, whom *ye* have crucified, whom God has raised from among the dead, by *him* this man stands here before you sound in body.
¹¹*He* is the stone which has been set at nought by you the builders, which is become the corner stone.
¹²And salvation is in none other, for neither is there another name under heaven which is given among men by which we must be saved.
¹³But seeing the boldness of Peter and John, and perceiving that they were unlettered and uninstructed men, they wondered; and they recognised them that they were with Jesus.
¹⁹But Peter and John answering said to them, If it be righteous before God to listen to you rather than to God, judge ye; (Acts 4:10‑13,19)

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Acts 5:29‑32• ²⁹But Peter answering, and the apostles, said, God must be obeyed rather than men.
³⁰The God of our fathers has raised up Jesus, whom *ye* have slain, having hanged on a cross.
³¹Him has God exalted by his right hand as leader and saviour, to give repentance to Israel and remission of sins.
³²And *we* are his witnesses of these things, and the Holy Spirit also, which God has given to those that obey him. (Acts 5:29‑32)

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Rev. 2:10‑11• ¹⁰Fear nothing of what thou art about to suffer. Behold, the devil is about to cast of you into prison, that ye may be tried; and ye shall have tribulation ten days. Be thou faithful unto death, and I will give to thee the crown of life.
¹¹He that has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the assemblies. He that overcomes shall in no wise be injured of the second death. (Rev. 2:10‑11)

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Rev. 12:11• ¹¹and *they* have overcome him by reason of the blood of the Lamb, and by reason of the word of their testimony, and have not loved their life even unto death. (Rev. 12:11)

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Ex. 20:3‑5• ³Thou shalt have no other gods before me.
⁴Thou shalt not make thyself any graven image, or any form of what is in the heavens above, or what is in the earth beneath, or what is in the waters under the earth:
⁵thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them; for I, Jehovah thy God, am a jealous *God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the sons to the third and to the fourth generation of them that hate me, (Ex. 20:3‑5)

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Lev. 19:4• ⁴Ye shall not turn unto idols, and ye shall not make to yourselves molten gods: I am Jehovah your God. (Lev. 19:4)

• As another has observed, their faith and obedience were as absolute as the will of the king. (“Daniel 3” by E. Dennett)

• The limit of his {the Christian’s} obedience to kings is obedience to God in obeying them. The moment he is called upon to disobey God by yielding to a monarch’s demands, he must, if he would retain a good conscience towards God, refuse the demanded subjection, even at the cost of life. Such was the ground taken in this conflict between Nebuchadnezzar and these three subjects of his realm. (“Daniel 3” by E. Dennett)

J. N. Darby Translation

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But if not, be it known unto thee, O king, that we will not serve thy gods, nor worship the golden image that thou hast set up.