Hebrews 3:12
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12 Be careful then, dear brothers and sisters.[a] Make sure that your own hearts are not evil and unbelieving, turning you away from the living God.
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- 3:12 Greek brothers.
Jeremiah 17:5
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Wisdom from the Lord
5 This is what the Lord says:
“Cursed are those who put their trust in mere humans,
who rely on human strength
and turn their hearts away from the Lord.
Jeremiah 17:9
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9 “The human heart is the most deceitful of all things,
and desperately wicked.
Who really knows how bad it is?
Jeremiah 7:24
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24 “But my people would not listen to me. They kept doing whatever they wanted, following the stubborn desires of their evil hearts. They went backward instead of forward.
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Jeremiah 18:12
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12 But the people replied, “Don’t waste your breath. We will continue to live as we want to, stubbornly following our own evil desires.”
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1 Corinthians 10:12
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12 If you think you are standing strong, be careful not to fall.
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Hebrews 12:25
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25 Be careful that you do not refuse to listen to the One who is speaking. For if the people of Israel did not escape when they refused to listen to Moses, the earthly messenger, we will certainly not escape if we reject the One who speaks to us from heaven!
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Hebrews 10:38
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38 And my righteous ones will live by faith.[a]
But I will take no pleasure in anyone who turns away.”[b]
Hebrews 12:15
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15 Look after each other so that none of you fails to receive the grace of God. Watch out that no poisonous root of bitterness grows up to trouble you, corrupting many.
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Mark 7:21-23
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21 For from within, out of a person’s heart, come evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder, 22 adultery, greed, wickedness, deceit, lustful desires, envy, slander, pride, and foolishness. 23 All these vile things come from within; they are what defile you.”
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Jeremiah 11:8
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8 but your ancestors did not listen or even pay attention. Instead, they stubbornly followed their own evil desires. And because they refused to obey, I brought upon them all the curses described in this covenant.’”
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Hebrews 3:10
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10 So I was angry with them, and I said,
‘Their hearts always turn away from me.
They refuse to do what I tell them.’
Jeremiah 16:12
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12 And you are even worse than your ancestors! You stubbornly follow your own evil desires and refuse to listen to me.
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Jeremiah 3:17
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17 In that day Jerusalem will be known as ‘The Throne of the Lord.’ All nations will come there to honor the Lord. They will no longer stubbornly follow their own evil desires.
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Jeremiah 2:13
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13 “For my people have done two evil things:
They have abandoned me—
the fountain of living water.
And they have dug for themselves cracked cisterns
that can hold no water at all!
Proverbs 1:32
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32 For simpletons turn away from me—to death.
Fools are destroyed by their own complacency.
Mark 13:33
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33 And since you don’t know when that time will come, be on guard! Stay alert[a]!
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- 13:33 Some manuscripts add and pray.
Mark 13:9
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9 “When these things begin to happen, watch out! You will be handed over to the local councils and beaten in the synagogues. You will stand trial before governors and kings because you are my followers. But this will be your opportunity to tell them about me.[a]
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- 13:9 Or But this will be your testimony against them.
Matthew 24:4
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4 Jesus told them, “Don’t let anyone mislead you,
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Hosea 1:2
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Hosea’s Wife and Children
2 When the Lord first began speaking to Israel through Hosea, he said to him, “Go and marry a prostitute,[a] so that some of her children will be conceived in prostitution. This will illustrate how Israel has acted like a prostitute by turning against the Lord and worshiping other gods.”
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- 1:2 Or a promiscuous woman.
1 Thessalonians 1:9
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9 for they keep talking about the wonderful welcome you gave us and how you turned away from idols to serve the living and true God.
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Psalm 18:21
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21 For I have kept the ways of the Lord;
I have not turned from my God to follow evil.
Job 22:17
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17 For they said to God, ‘Leave us alone!
What can the Almighty do to us?’
Hebrews 2:1-3
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A Warning against Drifting Away
2 So we must listen very carefully to the truth we have heard, or we may drift away from it. 2 For the message God delivered through angels has always stood firm, and every violation of the law and every act of disobedience was punished. 3 So what makes us think we can escape if we ignore this great salvation that was first announced by the Lord Jesus himself and then delivered to us by those who heard him speak?
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Romans 11:21
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21 For if God did not spare the original branches, he won’t[a] spare you either.
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- 11:21 Some manuscripts read perhaps he won’t.
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