Psalm 73:27
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27 For indeed, (A)those who are far from You shall perish;
You have destroyed all those who [a]desert You for harlotry.
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- Psalm 73:27 Are unfaithful to You
James 4:4
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4 [a]Adulterers and adulteresses! Do you not know that (A)friendship with the world is enmity with God? (B)Whoever therefore wants to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God.
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- James 4:4 NU omits Adulterers and
Psalm 119:155
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155 Salvation is far from the wicked,
For they do not seek Your statutes.
Numbers 15:39
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39 And you shall have the tassel, that you may look upon it and (A)remember all the commandments of the Lord and do them, and that you (B)may not (C)follow the harlotry to which your own heart and your own eyes are inclined,
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Exodus 34:15
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15 lest you make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, and they (A)play the harlot with their gods and make sacrifice to their gods, and one of them (B)invites you and you (C)eat of his sacrifice,
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Revelation 17:1-5
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The Scarlet Woman and the Scarlet Beast
17 Then (A)one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls came and talked with me, saying [a]to me, “Come, (B)I will show you the judgment of (C)the great harlot (D)who sits on many waters, 2 (E)with whom the kings of the earth committed fornication, and (F)the inhabitants of the earth were made drunk with the wine of her fornication.”
3 So he carried me away in the Spirit (G)into the wilderness. And I saw a woman sitting (H)on a scarlet beast which was full of (I)names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns. 4 The woman (J)was arrayed in purple and scarlet, (K)and adorned with gold and precious stones and pearls, (L)having in her hand a golden cup (M)full of abominations and the filthiness of [b]her fornication. 5 And on her forehead a name was written:
(N)MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT,
THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS
AND OF THE ABOMINATIONS
OF THE EARTH.
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- Revelation 17:1 NU, M omit to me
- Revelation 17:4 M the fornication of the earth
Ephesians 2:17
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17 And He came and preached peace to you who were afar off and to those who were near.
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Ephesians 2:13
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13 But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far off have been brought near by the blood of Christ.
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Matthew 15:7-8
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7 (A)Hypocrites! Well did Isaiah prophesy about you, saying:
8 ‘These(B) people [a]draw near to Me with their mouth,
And honor Me with their lips,
But their heart is far from Me.
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- Matthew 15:8 NU omits draw near to Me with their mouth, And
Jeremiah 12:2
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2 You have planted them, yes, they have taken root;
They grow, yes, they bear fruit.
(A)You are near in their mouth
But far from their [a]mind.
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- Jeremiah 12:2 Most secret parts, lit. kidneys
Isaiah 29:13
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13 Therefore the Lord said:
(A)“Inasmuch as these people draw near with their mouths
And honor Me (B)with their lips,
But have removed their hearts far from Me,
And their fear toward Me is taught by the commandment of men,
Psalm 106:39
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- Psalm 106:39 became unclean
- Psalm 106:39 Were unfaithful
Job 21:14-15
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14 (A)Yet they say to God, ‘Depart from us,
For we do not desire the knowledge of Your ways.
15 (B)Who is the Almighty, that we should serve Him?
And (C)what profit do we have if we pray to Him?’
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