Job 21:14
New Living Translation
14 And yet they say to God, ‘Go away.
We want no part of you and your ways.
Job 22:17
New Living Translation
17 For they said to God, ‘Leave us alone!
What can the Almighty do to us?’
Romans 8:7
New Living Translation
7 For the sinful nature is always hostile to God. It never did obey God’s laws, and it never will.
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2 Thessalonians 2:10-12
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10 He will use every kind of evil deception to fool those on their way to destruction, because they refuse to love and accept the truth that would save them. 11 So God will cause them to be greatly deceived, and they will believe these lies. 12 Then they will be condemned for enjoying evil rather than believing the truth.
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Psalm 10:4
New Living Translation
4 The wicked are too proud to seek God.
They seem to think that God is dead.
2 Timothy 4:3-4
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3 For a time is coming when people will no longer listen to sound and wholesome teaching. They will follow their own desires and will look for teachers who will tell them whatever their itching ears want to hear. 4 They will reject the truth and chase after myths.
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John 15:23-24
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23 Anyone who hates me also hates my Father. 24 If I hadn’t done such miraculous signs among them that no one else could do, they would not be guilty. But as it is, they have seen everything I did, yet they still hate me and my Father.
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John 3:19-20
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19 And the judgment is based on this fact: God’s light came into the world, but people loved the darkness more than the light, for their actions were evil. 20 All who do evil hate the light and refuse to go near it for fear their sins will be exposed.
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Proverbs 1:29
New Living Translation
29 For they hated knowledge
and chose not to fear the Lord.
Romans 1:28
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28 Since they thought it foolish to acknowledge God, he abandoned them to their foolish thinking and let them do things that should never be done.
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John 8:45-47
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45 So when I tell the truth, you just naturally don’t believe me! 46 Which of you can truthfully accuse me of sin? And since I am telling you the truth, why don’t you believe me? 47 Anyone who belongs to God listens gladly to the words of God. But you don’t listen because you don’t belong to God.”
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Luke 8:37
New Living Translation
37 And all the people in the region of the Gerasenes begged Jesus to go away and leave them alone, for a great wave of fear swept over them.
So Jesus returned to the boat and left, crossing back to the other side of the lake.
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Luke 8:28
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28 As soon as he saw Jesus, he shrieked and fell down in front of him. Then he screamed, “Why are you interfering with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? Please, I beg you, don’t torture me!”
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Habakkuk 1:15
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15 Must we be strung up on their hooks
and caught in their nets while they rejoice and celebrate?
Proverbs 1:22
New Living Translation
22 “How long, you simpletons,
will you insist on being simpleminded?
How long will you mockers relish your mocking?
How long will you fools hate knowledge?
Proverbs 1:7
New Living Translation
7 Fear of the Lord is the foundation of true knowledge,
but fools despise wisdom and discipline.
Psalm 10:11
New Living Translation
11 The wicked think, “God isn’t watching us!
He has closed his eyes and won’t even see what we do!”
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