10 They have become hardened;[a](A)
their mouths speak arrogantly.(B)

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  1. Psalm 17:10 Lit have closed up their fat

70 Their hearts are hard and insensitive,(A)
but I delight in Your instruction.(B)

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18 Let lying lips be quieted;(A)
they speak arrogantly against the righteous
with pride and contempt.(B)

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They pour out arrogant words;
all the evildoers boast.(A)

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23 Guard your heart above all else,[a]
for it is the source of life.(A)

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  1. Proverbs 4:23 Or heart with all diligence

All a man’s ways seem right to him,
but the Lord evaluates the motives.[a](A)

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  1. Proverbs 16:2 Lit weighs spirits

All a man’s ways seem right to him,
but the Lord evaluates the motives.[a](A)

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  1. Proverbs 21:2 Lit Lord weighs the hearts

15 A fool’s way is right in his own eyes,(A)
but whoever listens to counsel is wise.

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15 And He told them: “You are the ones who justify(A) yourselves in the sight of others, but God knows your hearts.(B) For what is highly admired by people is revolting(C) in God’s sight.

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11 It’s not what goes into the mouth that defiles(A) a man, but what comes out of the mouth, this defiles a man.”(B)

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18 But what comes out of the mouth comes from the heart, and this defiles a man.(A)

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“You are not to do as we are doing here today; everyone is doing whatever seems right in his own eyes.

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Do not boast so proudly,
or let arrogant words come out of your mouth,
for the Lord is a God of knowledge,
and actions are weighed by Him.(A)

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12 But these people, like irrational animals—creatures of instinct born to be caught and destroyed—speak blasphemies about things they don’t understand, and in their destruction they too will be destroyed,

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29 I know that after my departure savage wolves will come in among you, not sparing the flock.

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Demonic Influence

Now the Spirit(A) explicitly says that in later times(B) some will depart from the faith,(C) paying attention to deceitful spirits(D) and the teachings of demons,(E)

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Difficult Times Ahead

But know this: Difficult times will come in the last days.(A)

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For the time will come when they will not tolerate sound doctrine,(A) but according to their own desires, will multiply teachers for themselves because they have an itch to hear something new.[a]

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  1. 2 Timothy 4:3 Or to hear what they want to hear; lit themselves, itching in the hearing

First, be aware of this: Scoffers will come in the last days(A) to scoff, living according to their own desires,

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Your silver and gold are corroded, and their corrosion will be a witness against you and will eat your flesh like fire. You stored up treasure in the last days!(A)

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But because of your hardness and unrepentant heart you are storing up wrath(A) for yourself in the day of wrath,(B) when God’s righteous judgment is revealed.

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