2 Timothy 2:16
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16 Avoid profane chatter, for it will lead people[a] into more and more impiety,(A)
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- 2.16 Gk for they will advance
Titus 3:9
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9 But avoid stupid controversies, genealogies, dissensions, and quarrels about the law, for they are unprofitable and worthless.(A)
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1 Timothy 6:20
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Personal Instructions and Benediction
20 Timothy, guard the deposit entrusted to you. Avoid the profane chatter and contradictions of what is falsely called knowledge;(A)
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2 Thessalonians 2:7-8
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7 For the mystery of lawlessness is already at work, but only until the one who now restrains it is removed.(A) 8 And then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord Jesus[a] will destroy[b] with the breath of his mouth, annihilating him by the manifestation of his coming.(B)
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Hosea 12:1
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12 Ephraim herds the wind
and pursues the east wind all day long;
they multiply falsehood and violence;
they make a treaty with Assyria,
and oil is carried to Egypt.(A)
Ezra 10:10
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10 Then Ezra the priest stood up and said to them, “You have trespassed and married foreign women and so increased the guilt of Israel.
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Revelation 13:3
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3 One of its heads seemed to have received a death blow, but its fatal wound[a] had been healed. In amazement the whole earth followed the beast.(A)
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- 13.3 Gk the plague of its death
2 Peter 2:18
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18 For they speak bombastic nonsense, and with debased[a] desires of the flesh they entice people who have just[b] escaped from those who live in error.
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2 Peter 2:2
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2 Even so, many will follow their debaucheries, and because of these teachers[a] the way of truth will be maligned.
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- 2.2 Gk because of them
Hebrews 12:15
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15 See to it that no one fails to obtain the grace of God, that no root of bitterness springs up and causes trouble and through it many become defiled.(A)
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Titus 1:14
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14 not paying attention to Jewish myths or to commandments of those who reject the truth.(A)
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Titus 1:11
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11 they must be silenced, since they are upsetting whole families by teaching for sordid gain what it is not right to teach.(A)
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2 Timothy 3:13
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13 But wicked people and impostors will go from bad to worse, deceiving others and being deceived.(A)
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2 Timothy 2:14
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A Worker Approved by God
14 Remind them of this, and warn them before the Lord[a] that they are to avoid wrangling over words, which does no good but only ruins those who are listening.(A)
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- 2.14 Other ancient authorities read God
Revelation 13:14
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14 and by the signs that it is allowed to perform on behalf of the beast it deceives the inhabitants of earth, telling them to make an image for the beast that had been wounded by the sword[a] and yet lived,(A)
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- 13.14 Or that had received the plague of the sword
1 Timothy 4:7
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7 Have nothing to do with profane and foolish tales. Train yourself in godliness,(A)
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1 Corinthians 15:33
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1 Corinthians 5:6
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6 Your boasting is not a good thing. Do you not know that a little yeast leavens all of the dough?(A)
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