Daniel 3:28

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²⁶ Then Nebuchadnezzar approached the door of the blazing fiery furnace and called out, “Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, servants of the Most High God, come out!” So Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego came out of the fire,

²⁷ and when the satraps, prefects, governors, and royal advisers had gathered around, they saw that the fire had no effect on the bodies of these men. Not a hair of their heads was singed, their robes were unaffected, and there was no smell of fire on them.

Nebuchadnezzar declared, “Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, who has sent His angel and delivered His servants who trusted in Him. They violated the king’s command and risked their lives rather than serve or worship any god except their own God.

²⁹ Therefore I decree that the people of any nation or language who say anything offensive against the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego will be cut into pieces and their houses reduced to rubble. For there is no other god who can deliver in this way.”

³⁰ Then the king promoted Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego in the province of Babylon.

Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB: Nebuchadnezzar declared, “Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, who has sent His angel and delivered His servants who trusted in Him. They violated the king’s command and risked their lives rather than serve or worship any god except their own God.
KJV: Then Nebuchadnezzar spake, and said, Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, who hath sent his angel, and delivered his servants that trusted in him, and have changed the king’s word, and yielded their bodies, that they might not serve nor worship any god, except their own God.
WEB: Nebuchadnezzar spoke and said, “Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, who has sent his angel and delivered his servants who trusted in him, and have changed the king’s word, and have yielded their bodies, that they might not serve nor worship any god except their own God.
ASV: Nebuchadnezzar spake and said, Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, who hath sent his angel, and delivered his servants that trusted in him, and have changed the king`s word, and have yielded their bodies, that they might not serve nor worship any god, except their own God.
DARBY: Nebuchadnezzar spoke and said, Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, who hath sent his angel, and delivered his servants who trusted in him, and who changed the king's word, and yielded their bodies, that they might not serve nor worship any god, except their own God!
BLB: Nebuchadnezzar answered and said, “Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, who sent His angel and delivered His servants who trusted in Him, and [who] changed the word of the king, and gave up their bodies that they should not serve and not give homage to any god, except to their God!

ÅB: Da tok Nebukadnesar til orde og sa: Lovet være Sadraks, Mesaks og Abed-Negos gud, som sendte sin engel og frelste sine tjenere, som satte sin lit til ham og gjorde mot kongens ord og vågde sitt liv for ikke å dyrke eller tilbe noen gud uten sin gud.
OTB: Nebukadnesar erklærte: "Velsignet være Sjadrak, Mesjak og Abed-Negos Gud, som har sendt sin engel og reddet sine tjenere som stolte på ham. De trosset kongens befaling og var villige til å gi opp sine liv heller enn å tjene eller tilbe noen gud unntatt sin egen Gud.
B1930: Da tok Nebukadnesar til orde og sa: Lovet være Sadraks, Mesaks og Abed-Negos gud, som sendte sin engel og frelste sine tjenere, som satte sin lit til ham og gjorde mot kongens ord og vågde sitt liv for ikke å dyrke eller tilbede nogen gud uten sin gud.

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Romans 14:7–8
For none of us lives to himself alone, and none of us dies to himself alone.
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Psalms 34:7–8
The angel of the LORD encamps around those who fear Him, and he delivers them.
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Psalms 84:11–12
For the LORD God is a sun and a shield; the LORD gives grace and glory; He withholds no good thing from those who walk with integrity.
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Exodus 20:5
You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on their children to the third and fourth generations of those who hate Me,
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Revelation 12:11
They have conquered him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony. And they did not love their lives so as to shy away from death.
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Psalms 22:4–5
In You our fathers trusted; they trusted and You delivered them.
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Romans 12:1
Therefore I urge you, brothers, on account of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God, which is your spiritual service of worship.
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Psalms 147:11
The LORD is pleased with those who fear Him, who hope in His loving devotion.
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