Job 24:13
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13 “There are those who rebel against the light,
who are not acquainted with its ways
and do not stay in its paths.(A)
John 3:19-20
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19 And this is the judgment, that the light has come into the world, and people loved darkness rather than light because their deeds were evil.(A) 20 For all who do evil hate the light and do not come to the light, so that their deeds may not be exposed.(B)
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Jude 6
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6 And the angels who did not keep their own position but deserted their proper dwelling, he has kept in eternal chains in deepest darkness for the judgment of the great day.(A)
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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 Thessalonians 2:10-12
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10 and every kind of wicked deception for those who are perishing because they refused to love the truth and so be saved.(A) 11 For this reason God sends them a powerful delusion, leading them to believe what is false,(B) 12 so that all who have not believed the truth but took pleasure in unrighteousness will be condemned.(C)
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Proverbs 4:19
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19 The way of the wicked is like deep darkness;
they do not know what they stumble over.(A)
2 Peter 2:20-22
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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.(A) 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.(B) 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.”(C)
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- 2.20 Other ancient authorities read our
James 4:17
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17 Anyone, then, who knows the right thing to do and fails to do it commits sin.(A)
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Romans 3:11-17
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11 there is no one who has understanding;
there is no one who seeks God.
12 All have turned aside; together they have become worthless;
there is no one who shows kindness;
there is not even one.”
13 “Their throats are opened graves;
they use their tongues to deceive.”
“The venom of vipers is under their lips.”(A)
14 “Their mouths are full of cursing and bitterness.”
15 “Their feet are swift to shed blood;(B)
16 ruin and misery are in their paths,
17 and the way of peace they have not known.”
Romans 2:17-24
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The Jews and the Law
17 But if you call yourself a Jew and rely on the law and boast of your relation to God(A) 18 and know his will and determine what really matters because you are instructed in the law, 19 and if you are sure that you are a guide to the blind, a light to those who are in darkness, 20 a corrector of the foolish, a teacher of children, having in the law the embodiment of knowledge and truth,(B) 21 you, then, who teach others, will you not teach yourself? You who preach against stealing, do you steal?(C) 22 You who forbid adultery, do you commit adultery? You who abhor idols, do you rob temples? 23 You who boast in the law, do you dishonor God by your transgression of the law? 24 For, as it is written, “The name of God is blasphemed[a] among the gentiles because of you.”(D)
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- 2.24 Or despised
Romans 1:32
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32 They know God’s decree, that those who practice such things deserve to die, yet they not only do them but even applaud others who practice them.(A)
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John 15:22-24
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22 If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not have sin, but now they have no excuse for their sin.(A) 23 Whoever hates me hates my Father also.(B) 24 If I had not done among them the works that no one else did, they would not have sin. But now they have seen and hated both me and my Father.(C)
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John 15:6
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6 Whoever does not abide in me is thrown away like a branch and withers; such branches are gathered, thrown into the fire, and burned.
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John 12:40
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40 “He has blinded their eyes
and hardened their heart,
so that they might not look with their eyes
and understand with their heart and turn—
and I would heal them.”(A)
John 12:35
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35 Jesus said to them, “The light is in you[a] for a little longer. Walk while you have the light, so that the darkness may not overtake you. If you walk in the darkness, you do not know where you are going.
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John 9:39-41
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39 Jesus said, “I came into this world for judgment, so that those who do not see may see and those who do see may become blind.”(A) 40 Some of the Pharisees who were with him heard this and said to him, “Surely we are not blind, are we?”(B) 41 Jesus said to them, “If you were blind, you would not have sin. But now that you say, ‘We see,’ your sin remains.(C)
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John 8:44
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44 You are from your father the devil, and you choose to do your father’s desires. He was a murderer from the beginning and does not stand in the truth because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks according to his own nature, for he is a liar and the father of lies.(A)
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John 8:31
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True Disciples
31 Then Jesus said to the Jews who had believed in him, “If you continue in my word, you are truly my disciples,
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Luke 12:47-48
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47 That slave who knew what his master wanted but did not prepare himself or do what was wanted will receive a severe beating.(A) 48 But the one who did not know and did what deserved a beating will receive a light beating. From everyone to whom much has been given, much will be required, and from the one to whom much has been entrusted, even more will be demanded.(B)
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Job 23:11-12
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11 My foot has held fast to his steps;
I have kept his way and have not turned aside.(A)
12 I have not departed from the commandment of his lips;
I have treasured his words in my bosom.[a](B)
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- 23.12 Gk: Heb words more than my daily bread
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