Deuteronomy 20:18
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18 that (A)they may not teach you to do according to all their abominable practices that they have done for their gods, and so you (B)sin against the Lord your God.
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Deuteronomy 12:30-31
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30 take care (A)that you be not ensnared to follow them, after they have been destroyed before you, and that you do not inquire about their gods, saying, ‘How did these nations serve their gods?—that I also may do the same.’ 31 (B)You shall not worship the Lord your God in that way, for every (C)abominable thing that the Lord hates they have done for their gods, for (D)they even burn their sons and their daughters in the fire to their gods.
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Exodus 23:33
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33 They shall not dwell in your land, lest they make you sin against me; for if you serve their gods, (A)it will surely be a snare to you.”
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Ephesians 5:11
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11 (A)Take no part in the (B)unfruitful (C)works of darkness, but instead (D)expose them.
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2 Thessalonians 3:14
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14 If anyone does not obey what we say in this letter, take note of that person, and (A)have nothing to do with him, that he may be ashamed.
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2 Corinthians 6:17
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17 Therefore (A)go out from their midst,
and be separate from them, says the Lord,
and touch no unclean thing;
then I will welcome you,
1 Corinthians 15:33
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33 (A)Do not be deceived: (B)“Bad company ruins good morals.”[a]
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- 1 Corinthians 15:33 Probably from Menander's comedy Thais
Psalm 106:34-40
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34 They did not (A)destroy the peoples,
(B)as the Lord commanded them,
35 but they (C)mixed with the nations
and learned to do as they did.
36 They served their idols,
which became (D)a snare to them.
37 They (E)sacrificed their sons
and their daughters to (F)the demons;
38 they poured out innocent blood,
the blood of their sons and daughters,
whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan,
and the land was (G)polluted with blood.
39 Thus they (H)became unclean by their acts,
and (I)played the whore in their deeds.
40 Then (J)the anger of the Lord was kindled against (K)his people,
and he abhorred his (L)heritage;
Joshua 23:13
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13 know for certain that (A)the Lord your God will no longer drive out these nations before you, (B)but they shall be a snare and a trap for you, a whip on your sides and thorns in your eyes, until you perish from off this good ground that the Lord your God has given you.
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Deuteronomy 7:4-5
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4 for they would turn away your sons from following me, to serve other gods. (A)Then the anger of the Lord would be kindled against you, and he would destroy you (B)quickly. 5 But thus shall you deal with them: (C)you shall break down their altars and dash in pieces their (D)pillars and chop down their (E)Asherim and (F)burn their carved images with fire.
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Exodus 34:16
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16 and you take of (A)their daughters for your sons, and their daughters (B)whore after their gods and make your sons whore after their gods.
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2 Timothy 2:17-18
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17 and their talk will spread like gangrene. Among them are (A)Hymenaeus and Philetus, 18 who have swerved from the truth, (B)saying that the resurrection has already happened. They are upsetting the faith of some.
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1 Timothy 6:5
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5 and constant friction among people (A)who are depraved in mind and deprived of the truth, (B)imagining that godliness is a means of gain.
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Judges 2:3
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3 So now I say, (A)I will not drive them out before you, but they shall become (B)thorns in your sides, and their gods shall be a snare to you.”
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Deuteronomy 18:19
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19 (A)And whoever will (B)not listen to my words that he shall speak in my name, I myself will require it of him.
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Revelation 18:3-5
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3 For all nations have drunk[a]
(A)the wine of the passion of her sexual immorality,
and (B)the kings of the earth have committed immorality with her,
and (C)the merchants of the earth have grown rich from the power of her luxurious living.”
4 Then I heard another voice from heaven saying,
(D)“Come out of her, my people,
lest you take part in her sins,
lest you share in her plagues;
5 for (E)her sins are heaped high as heaven,
and (F)God has remembered her iniquities.
Footnotes
- Revelation 18:3 Some manuscripts fallen by
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