Job 36:21

¹⁹ Will he esteem thy riches? no, not gold, nor all the forces of strength.

²⁰ Desire not the night, when people are cut off in their place.

Take heed, regard not iniquity: for this hast thou chosen rather than affliction.

²² Behold, God exalteth by his power: who teacheth like him?

²³ Who hath enjoined him his way? or who can say, Thou hast wrought iniquity?

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB: Be careful not to turn to iniquity, for this you have preferred to affliction.
KJV: Take heed, regard not iniquity: for this hast thou chosen rather than affliction.
WEB: Take heed, don’t regard iniquity; for you have chosen this rather than affliction.
ASV: Take heed, regard not iniquity: For this hast thou chosen rather than affliction.
DARBY: Take heed, turn not to iniquity; for this hast thou chosen rather than affliction.
BLB: Take heed not to turn to iniquity, for upon this you have been chosen by affliction.

ÅB: Vokt deg, vend deg ikke til synd! For det har du mere lyst til enn til å lide.
OTB: Vær forsiktig med å vende deg til det onde,
som du synes å foretrekke fremfor lidelse.
B1930: Vokt dig, vend dig ikke til synd! For det har du mere lyst til enn til å lide.

Psalms 66:18
If I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear me:
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Hebrews 11:25
Choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season;
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1 Peter 3:17
For it is better, if the will of God be so, that ye suffer for well doing, than for evil doing.
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Matthew 16:24
Then said Jesus unto his disciples, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.
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Daniel 3:16–18
Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, answered and said to the king, O Nebuchadnezzar, we are not careful to answer thee in this matter.
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Daniel 6:10
Now when Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went into his house; and his windows being open in his chamber toward Jerusalem, he kneeled upon his knees three times a day, and prayed, and gave thanks before his God, as he did aforetime.
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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?
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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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