Hebrews 10:38
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38 but my righteous one will live by faith.
My soul takes no pleasure in anyone who shrinks back.”(A)
Galatians 3:11
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11 Now it is evident that no one is reckoned as righteous before God by the law, for “the one who is righteous will live by faith.”[a](A)
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- 3.11 Or The one who is righteous through faith will live
Romans 1:17
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17 For in it the righteousness of God is revealed through faith for faith, as it is written, “The one who is righteous will live by faith.”[a](A)
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- 1.17 Or The one who is righteous through faith will live
Habakkuk 2:4
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4 Look at the proud!
Their spirit is not right in them,
but the righteous live by their faithfulness.(A)
Hebrews 6:4-6
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4 For it is impossible to restore again to repentance those who have once been enlightened and have tasted the heavenly gift and have shared in the Holy Spirit(A) 5 and have tasted the good word of God and the powers of the age to come(B) 6 and then have fallen away, since they are crucifying again the Son of God to their own harm and are holding him up to contempt.(C)
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Psalm 85:8
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8 Let me hear what God the Lord will speak,
for he will speak peace to his people,
to his faithful, to those who turn to him in their hearts.[a](A)
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- 85.8 Gk: Heb but let them not turn back to folly
Isaiah 42:1
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The Servant, a Light to the Nations
42 Here is my servant, whom I uphold,
my chosen, in whom my soul delights;
I have put my spirit upon him;
he will bring forth justice to the nations.(A)
Psalm 147:11
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11 but the Lord takes pleasure in those who fear him,
in those who hope in his steadfast love.
Matthew 12:18
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18 “Here is my servant, whom I have chosen,
my beloved, with whom my soul is well pleased.
I will put my Spirit upon him,
and he will proclaim justice to the gentiles.(A)
Ezekiel 3:20
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20 Again, if the righteous turn from their righteousness and commit iniquity and I lay a stumbling block before them, they shall die; because you have not warned them, they shall die for their sin, and their righteous deeds that they have done shall not be remembered, but their blood I will require at your hand.(A)
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1 Thessalonians 2:15
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15 who killed both the Lord Jesus and the prophets[a] and drove us out; they displease God and oppose everyone(A)
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- 2.15 Other ancient authorities read their own prophets
Matthew 13:21
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21 yet such a person has no root but endures only for a while, and when trouble or persecution arises on account of the word, that person immediately falls away.[a](A)
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- 13.21 Or stumbles
Matthew 12:43-45
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The Return of the Unclean Spirit
43 “When the unclean spirit has gone out of a person, it wanders through waterless regions looking for a resting place, but it finds none. 44 Then it says, ‘I will return to my house from which I came.’ When it returns, it finds it empty, swept, and put in order. 45 Then it goes and brings along seven other spirits more evil than itself, and they enter and live there, and the last state of that person is worse than the first. So will it be also with this evil generation.”(A)
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Malachi 1:10
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10 Oh, that someone among you would shut the temple[a] doors, so that you would not kindle fire on my altar in vain! I have no pleasure in you, says the Lord of hosts, and I will not accept an offering from your hands.(A)
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- 1.10 Heb lacks temple
Zephaniah 1:6
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6 those who have turned back from following the Lord,
who have not sought the Lord or inquired of him.(A)
Hebrews 10:26-27
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26 For if we willfully persist in sin after having received the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins(A) 27 but a fearful prospect of judgment and a fury of fire that will consume the adversaries.(B)
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Ezekiel 18:24
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24 But when the righteous turn away from their righteousness and commit iniquity and do the same abominable things that the wicked do, shall they live? None of the righteous deeds that they have done shall be remembered, for the treachery of which they are guilty and the sin they have committed, they shall die.(A)
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Psalm 149:4
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4 For the Lord takes pleasure in his people;
he adorns the humble with victory.(A)
Psalm 5:4
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4 For you are not a God who delights in wickedness;
evil will not sojourn with you.(A)
1 John 2:19
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19 They went out from us, but they did not belong to us, for if they had belonged to us they would have remained[a] with us. But by going out they made it plain that none of them belongs to us.(A)
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- 2.19 Or abided
2 Peter 2:19-22
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19 They promise them freedom, but they themselves are slaves of corruption, for people are slaves to whatever masters them.(A) 20 For if, after they have escaped the defilements of the world through the knowledge of the[a] Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they are again entangled in them and overpowered, the last state has become worse for them than the first.(B) 21 For it would have been better for them never to have known the way of righteousness than, after knowing it, to turn back from the holy commandment that was handed on to them.(C) 22 It has happened to them according to the true proverb,
“The dog turns back to its own vomit,”
and,
“The sow is washed only to wallow in the mud.”(D)
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- 2.20 Other ancient authorities read our
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