12 Beware, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief in departing from the living God;

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“The (A)heart is deceitful above all things,
And [a]desperately wicked;
Who can know it?

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  1. Jeremiah 17:9 Or incurably sick

Thus says the Lord:

(A)“Cursed is the man who trusts in man
And makes (B)flesh his [a]strength,
Whose heart departs from the Lord.

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  1. Jeremiah 17:5 Lit. arm

24 (A)Yet they did not obey or incline their ear, but (B)followed[a] the counsels and the [b]dictates of their evil hearts, and (C)went[c] backward and not forward.

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  1. Jeremiah 7:24 walked in
  2. Jeremiah 7:24 stubbornness or imagination
  3. Jeremiah 7:24 Lit. they were

God’s Warning Rejected

12 And they said, (A)“That is hopeless! So we will walk according to our own plans, and we will every one [a]obey the (B)dictates[b] of his evil heart.”

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  1. Jeremiah 18:12 Lit. do
  2. Jeremiah 18:12 stubbornness or imagination

Hear the Heavenly Voice

25 See that you do not refuse Him who speaks. For (A)if they did not escape who refused Him who spoke on earth, much more shall we not escape if we turn away from Him who speaks from heaven,

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15 looking carefully lest anyone (A)fall short of the grace of God; lest any (B)root of bitterness springing up cause trouble, and by this many become defiled;

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38 Now (A)the[a] just shall live by faith;
But if anyone draws back,
My soul has no pleasure in him.”

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  1. Hebrews 10:38 NU My just one

12 Therefore (A)let him who thinks he stands take heed lest he fall.

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(A)Yet they did not obey or incline their ear, but (B)everyone [a]followed the dictates of his evil heart; therefore I will bring upon them all the words of this covenant, which I commanded them to do, but which they have not done.’ ”

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  1. Jeremiah 11:8 walked in the stubbornness or imagination

10 Therefore I was angry with that generation,
And said, ‘They always go astray in their heart,
And they have not known My ways.’

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21 (A)For from within, out of the heart of men, (B)proceed evil thoughts, (C)adulteries, (D)fornications, murders, 22 thefts, (E)covetousness, wickedness, (F)deceit, (G)lewdness, an evil eye, (H)blasphemy, (I)pride, foolishness. 23 All these evil things come from within and defile a man.”

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13 “For My people have committed two evils:
They have forsaken Me, the (A)fountain of living waters,
And hewn themselves cisterns—broken cisterns that can hold no water.

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32 For the [a]turning away of the simple will slay them,
And the complacency of fools will destroy them;

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  1. Proverbs 1:32 waywardness

“But (A)watch out for yourselves, for they will deliver you up to councils, and you will be beaten in the synagogues. You will [a]be brought before rulers and kings for My sake, for a testimony to them.

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  1. Mark 13:9 NU, M stand

12 And you have done (A)worse than your fathers, for behold, (B)each one [a]follows the dictates of his own evil heart, so that no one listens to Me.

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  1. Jeremiah 16:12 walks after the stubbornness or imagination

17 “At that time Jerusalem shall be called The Throne of the Lord, and all the nations shall be gathered to it, (A)to the name of the Lord, to Jerusalem. No more shall they (B)follow[a] the dictates of their evil hearts.

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  1. Jeremiah 3:17 walk after the stubbornness or imagination

The Family of Hosea

When the Lord began to speak by Hosea, the Lord said to Hosea:

(A)“Go, take yourself a wife of harlotry
And children of harlotry,
For (B)the land has committed great [a]harlotry
By departing from the Lord.”

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  1. Hosea 1:2 Spiritual adultery

21 For if God did not spare the natural branches, He may not spare you either.

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And He said: (A)“Take heed that you not be deceived. For many will come in My name, saying, ‘I am He,’ and, ‘The time has drawn near.’ [a]Therefore do not [b]go after them.

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  1. Luke 21:8 NU omits Therefore
  2. Luke 21:8 follow

And Jesus answered and said to them: (A)“Take heed that no one deceives you.

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21 For I have kept the ways of the Lord,
And have not wickedly departed from my God.

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17 (A)They said to God, ‘Depart from us!
What can the Almighty do to [a]them?’

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  1. Job 22:17 LXX, Syr. us

21 And the Lord smelled (A)a soothing aroma. Then the Lord said in His heart, “I will never again (B)curse the ground for man’s sake, although the (C)imagination[a] of man’s heart is evil from his youth; (D)nor will I again destroy every living thing as I have done.

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  1. Genesis 8:21 intent or thought

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