Ephesians 2:1-2

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Made Alive in Christ

2 As for you, you were dead in your transgressions and sins,^(A) ²in which you used to live^(B) when you followed the ways of this world^(C) and of the ruler of the kingdom of the air,^(D) the spirit who is now at work in those who are disobedient.^(E)

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1 Samuel 15:11

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¹¹“I regret^(A) that I have made Saul king, because he has turned^(B) away from me and has not carried out my instructions.”^(C) Samuel was angry,^(D) and he cried out to the Lord all that night.

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1 Samuel 15:11 in all English translations

1 Kings 11:9

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⁹The Lord became angry with Solomon because his heart had turned away from the Lord, the God of Israel, who had appeared^(A) to him twice.

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1 Kings 11:9 in all English translations

Psalm 53:3

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³Everyone has turned away, all have become corrupt;
there is no one who does good,
not even one.^(A)

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Psalm 53:3 in all English translations

Jeremiah 8:4-5

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Sin and Punishment

⁴“Say to them, ‘This is what the Lord says:

“‘When people fall down, do they not get up?^(A)
    When someone turns away,^(B) do they not return?
⁵Why then have these people turned away?
    Why does Jerusalem always turn away?
They cling to deceit;^(C)
    they refuse to return.^(D)

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Amos 4:6-11

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⁶“I gave you empty stomachs in every city
and lack of bread in every town,
yet you have not returned to me,”
declares the Lord.^(A)

⁷“I also withheld^(B) rain from you
    when the harvest was still three months away.
I sent rain on one town,
    but withheld it from another.^(C)
One field had rain;
    another had none and dried up.
⁸People staggered from town to town for water^(D)
    but did not get enough^(E) to drink,
    yet you have not returned^(F) to me,”
declares the Lord.^(G)

⁹“Many times I struck your gardens and vineyards,
destroying them with blight and mildew.^(H)
Locusts^(I) devoured your fig and olive trees,^(J)
yet you have not returned^(K) to me,”
declares the Lord.

¹⁰“I sent plagues^(L) among you
    as I did to Egypt.^(M)
I killed your young men^(N) with the sword,
    along with your captured horses.
I filled your nostrils with the stench^(O) of your camps,
    yet you have not returned to me,”^(P)
declares the Lord.^(Q)

¹¹“I overthrew some of you
as I overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah.^(R)
You were like a burning stick^(S) snatched from the fire,
yet you have not returned to me,”
declares the Lord.^(T)

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Amos 4:6-11

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⁶“I gave you empty stomachs in every city
and lack of bread in every town,
yet you have not returned to me,”
declares the Lord.^(A)

⁷“I also withheld^(B) rain from you
    when the harvest was still three months away.
I sent rain on one town,
    but withheld it from another.^(C)
One field had rain;
    another had none and dried up.
⁸People staggered from town to town for water^(D)
    but did not get enough^(E) to drink,
    yet you have not returned^(F) to me,”
declares the Lord.^(G)

⁹“Many times I struck your gardens and vineyards,
destroying them with blight and mildew.^(H)
Locusts^(I) devoured your fig and olive trees,^(J)
yet you have not returned^(K) to me,”
declares the Lord.

¹⁰“I sent plagues^(L) among you
    as I did to Egypt.^(M)
I killed your young men^(N) with the sword,
    along with your captured horses.
I filled your nostrils with the stench^(O) of your camps,
    yet you have not returned to me,”^(P)
declares the Lord.^(Q)

¹¹“I overthrew some of you
as I overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah.^(R)
You were like a burning stick^(S) snatched from the fire,
yet you have not returned to me,”
declares the Lord.^(T)