2 Peter 2:21
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21 For (A)it would have been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than having known it, to turn from the holy commandment delivered to them.
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Ezekiel 18:24
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24 “But (A)when a righteous man turns away from his righteousness and commits iniquity, and does according to all the abominations that the wicked man does, shall he live? (B)All the righteousness which he has done shall not be remembered; because of the unfaithfulness of which he is guilty and the sin which he has committed, because of them he shall die.
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Hebrews 6:4-6
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4 For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted (A)the heavenly gift, and (B)have become partakers of the Holy Spirit, 5 and have tasted the good word of God and the powers of the age to come, 6 [a]if they fall away, to renew them again to repentance, (C)since they crucify again for themselves the Son of God, and put Him to an open shame.
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- Hebrews 6:6 Or and have fallen away
James 4:17
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17 Therefore, (A)to him who knows to do good and does not do it, to him it is sin.
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Ezekiel 3:20
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20 “Again, when a (A)righteous man turns from his righteousness and commits iniquity, and I lay a stumbling block before him, he shall die; because you did not give him warning, he shall die in his sin, and his righteousness which he has done shall not be remembered; but his blood I will require at your hand.
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Luke 12:47
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47 And (A)that servant who (B)knew his master’s will, and did not prepare himself or do according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes.
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John 15:22
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22 (A)If I had not come and spoken to them, they would have no sin, (B)but now they have no excuse for their sin.
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1 Thessalonians 4:2
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2 for you know what commandments we gave you through the Lord Jesus.
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John 9:41
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41 Jesus said to them, (A)“If you were blind, you would have no sin; but now you say, ‘We see.’ Therefore your sin remains.
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Zephaniah 1:6
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6 (A)Those who have turned back from following the Lord,
And (B)have not sought the Lord, nor inquired of Him.”
Matthew 21:32
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32 For (A)John came to you in the way of righteousness, and you did not believe him; (B)but tax collectors and harlots believed him; and when you saw it, you did not afterward [a]relent and believe him.
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- Matthew 21:32 regret it
Proverbs 16:31
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31 (A)The silver-haired head is a crown of glory,
If it is found in the way of righteousness.
Romans 7:12
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12 Therefore (A)the law is holy, and the commandment holy and just and good.
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Psalm 36:3-4
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3 The words of his mouth are wickedness and deceit;
(A)He has ceased to be wise and to do good.
4 (B)He devises wickedness on his bed;
He sets himself (C)in a way that is not good;
He does not [a]abhor (D)evil.
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- Psalm 36:4 reject, loathe
Ezekiel 23:13
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13 Then I saw that she was defiled;
Both took the same way.
Proverbs 12:28
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28 In the way of righteousness is life,
And in its pathway there is no death.
Psalm 125:5
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5 As for such as turn aside to their (A)crooked ways,
The Lord shall lead them away
With the workers of iniquity.
(B)Peace be upon Israel!
Matthew 11:23-24
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23 And you, Capernaum, (A)who[a] are exalted to heaven, will be brought down to Hades; for if the mighty works which were done in you had been done in Sodom, it would have remained until this day. 24 But I say to you (B)that it shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom in the day of judgment than for you.”
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- Matthew 11:23 NU will you be exalted to heaven? No, you will be
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