Luke 11:26
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26 Then it goes and brings seven other spirits more evil than itself, and they enter and dwell there. And (A)the last state of that person is worse than the first.”
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John 5:14
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14 Afterward Jesus found him in the temple and said to him, “See, you are well! (A)Sin no more, (B)that nothing worse may happen to you.”
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Matthew 12:45
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45 Then it goes and brings with it seven other spirits more evil than itself, and they enter and dwell there, and (A)the last state of that person is worse than the first. So also will it be with this (B)evil generation.”
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2 Peter 2:20-22
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20 For if, (A)after they have escaped the defilements of the world (B)through the knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they are again entangled in them and overcome, (C)the last state has become worse for them than the first. 21 For (D)it would have been better for them never to have known the way of righteousness than after knowing it to turn back from (E)the holy commandment delivered to them. 22 What the true proverb says has happened to them: “The (F)dog returns to its own vomit, and the sow, after washing herself, returns to wallow in the mire.”
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Jude 12-13
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12 These are hidden reefs[a] (A)at your love feasts, as they feast with you without fear, (B)shepherds feeding themselves; (C)waterless clouds, (D)swept along by winds; fruitless trees in late autumn, twice dead, (E)uprooted; 13 (F)wild waves of the sea, casting up the foam of (G)their own shame; (H)wandering stars, (I)for whom the gloom of utter darkness has been reserved forever.
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- Jude 1:12 Or are blemishes
1 John 5:16
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16 If anyone sees his brother committing a sin not leading to death, he shall ask, and (A)God[a] will give him life—to those who commit sins that do not lead to death. (B)There is sin that leads to death; (C)I do not say that one should pray for that.
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- 1 John 5:16 Greek he
Hebrews 10:26-31
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26 For (A)if we go on sinning deliberately (B)after receiving the knowledge of the truth, (C)there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins, 27 (D)but a fearful expectation of judgment, and (E)a fury of fire that will consume the adversaries. 28 (F)Anyone who has set aside the law of Moses dies without mercy (G)on the evidence of two or three witnesses. 29 How much worse punishment, do you think, will be deserved by the one (H)who has trampled underfoot the Son of God, and has profaned (I)the blood of the covenant (J)by which he was sanctified, and has (K)outraged the Spirit of grace? 30 For we know him who said, (L)“Vengeance is mine; I will repay.” And again, (M)“The Lord will judge his people.” 31 (N)It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.
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Hebrews 6:4-8
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4 For it is impossible, in the case of those (A)who have once been enlightened, who have tasted (B)the heavenly gift, and (C)have shared in the Holy Spirit, 5 and (D)have tasted the goodness of the word of God and the powers of the age to come, 6 and (E)then have fallen away, to restore them again to repentance, since (F)they are crucifying once again the Son of God to their own harm and holding him up to contempt. 7 For (G)land that has drunk the rain that often falls on it, and produces a crop useful to those for whose sake it is cultivated, receives a blessing from God. 8 But (H)if it bears thorns and thistles, it is worthless and near to being cursed, (I)and its end is to be burned.
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Zephaniah 1:6
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6 (A)those who have turned back from following the Lord,
(B)who do not seek the Lord or inquire of him.”
Matthew 23:15
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15 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you travel across sea and land to make a single (A)proselyte, and when he becomes a proselyte, you make him twice as much a (B)child of (C)hell[a] as yourselves.
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- Matthew 23:15 Greek Gehenna; also verse 33
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