Psalm 101:4
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4 Perverseness of heart shall be far from me;
I will know nothing of evil.(A)
Proverbs 11:20
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20 Crooked minds are an abomination to the Lord,
but those of blameless ways are his delight.(A)
2 Timothy 2:19
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19 But God’s firm foundation stands, bearing this inscription: “The Lord knows those who are his,” and, “Let everyone who calls on the name of the Lord turn away from wickedness.”(A)
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2 Corinthians 6:14-16
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The Temple of the Living God
14 Do not be mismatched with unbelievers. For what do righteousness and lawlessness have in common? Or what partnership is there between light and darkness?(A) 15 What agreement does Christ have with Beliar? Or what does a believer share with an unbeliever? 16 What agreement has the temple of God with idols? For we[a] are the temple of the living God, as God said,
“I will live in them[b] and walk among them,
and I will be their God,
and they shall be my people.(B)
Matthew 7:23
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23 Then I will declare to them, ‘I never knew you; go away from me, you who behave lawlessly.’(A)
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Proverbs 22:24
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24 Make no friends with those given to anger,
and do not associate with hotheads,
Proverbs 9:6
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6 Lay aside immaturity and live,
and walk in the way of insight.”(A)
Proverbs 8:13
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13 The fear of the Lord is hatred of evil.
Pride and arrogance and the way of evil
and perverted speech I hate.(A)
Psalm 119:115
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115 Go away from me, you evildoers,
that I may keep the commandments of my God.(A)
Proverbs 3:32
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32 for the perverse are an abomination to the Lord,
but the upright are in his confidence.(A)
Proverbs 2:12-15
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12 It will save you from the way of evil,
from those who speak perversely,
13 who forsake the paths of uprightness
to walk in the ways of darkness,(A)
14 who rejoice in doing evil
and delight in the perverseness of evil,(B)
15 those whose paths are crooked
and who are devious in their ways.(C)
Psalm 6:8
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8 Depart from me, all you workers of evil,
for the Lord has heard the sound of my weeping.(A)
2 Corinthians 11:33
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33 but I was let down in a basket through a window in the wall[a] and escaped from his hands.
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