20 He that walketh with wise men shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed.

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20 Walk with the wise and become wise,
    for a companion of fools suffers harm.(A)

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33 Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners.

34 Awake to righteousness, and sin not; for some have not the knowledge of God: I speak this to your shame.

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33 Do not be misled:(A) “Bad company corrupts good character.”[a](B) 34 Come back to your senses as you ought, and stop sinning; for there are some who are ignorant of God(C)—I say this to your shame.(D)

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Corinthians 15:33 From the Greek poet Menander

Forsake the foolish, and live; and go in the way of understanding.

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Leave your simple ways and you will live;(A)
    walk in the way of insight.”(B)

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31 The ear that heareth the reproof of life abideth among the wise.

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31 Whoever heeds life-giving correction
    will be at home among the wise.(A)

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14 Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?

15 And what concord hath Christ with Belial? or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel?

16 And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.

17 Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you.

18 And will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.

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Warning Against Idolatry

14 Do not be yoked together(A) with unbelievers.(B) For what do righteousness and wickedness have in common? Or what fellowship can light have with darkness?(C) 15 What harmony is there between Christ and Belial[a]?(D) Or what does a believer(E) have in common with an unbeliever?(F) 16 What agreement is there between the temple of God and idols?(G) For we are the temple(H) of the living God.(I) As God has said:

“I will live with them
    and walk among them,
and I will be their God,
    and they will be my people.”[b](J)

17 Therefore,

“Come out from them(K)
    and be separate,
says the Lord.
Touch no unclean thing,
    and I will receive you.”[c](L)

18 And,

“I will be a Father to you,
    and you will be my sons and daughters,(M)
says the Lord Almighty.”[d](N)

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Corinthians 6:15 Greek Beliar, a variant of Belial
  2. 2 Corinthians 6:16 Lev. 26:12; Jer. 32:38; Ezek. 37:27
  3. 2 Corinthians 6:17 Isaiah 52:11; Ezek. 20:34,41
  4. 2 Corinthians 6:18 2 Samuel 7:14; 7:8

And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues.

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Warning to Escape Babylon’s Judgment

Then I heard another voice from heaven say:

“‘Come out of her, my people,’[a](A)
    so that you will not share in her sins,
    so that you will not receive any of her plagues;(B)

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Footnotes

  1. Revelation 18:4 Jer. 51:45

63 I am a companion of all them that fear thee, and of them that keep thy precepts.

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63 I am a friend to all who fear you,(A)
    to all who follow your precepts.(B)

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24 And let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works:

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24 And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds,(A)

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11 If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause:

12 Let us swallow them up alive as the grave; and whole, as those that go down into the pit:

13 We shall find all precious substance, we shall fill our houses with spoil:

14 Cast in thy lot among us; let us all have one purse:

15 My son, walk not thou in the way with them; refrain thy foot from their path:

16 For their feet run to evil, and make haste to shed blood.

17 Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird.

18 And they lay wait for their own blood; they lurk privily for their own lives.

19 So are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; which taketh away the life of the owners thereof.

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11 If they say, “Come along with us;
    let’s lie in wait(A) for innocent blood,
    let’s ambush some harmless soul;
12 let’s swallow(B) them alive, like the grave,
    and whole, like those who go down to the pit;(C)
13 we will get all sorts of valuable things
    and fill our houses with plunder;
14 cast lots with us;
    we will all share the loot(D)”—
15 my son, do not go along with them,
    do not set foot(E) on their paths;(F)
16 for their feet rush into evil,(G)
    they are swift to shed blood.(H)
17 How useless to spread a net
    where every bird can see it!
18 These men lie in wait(I) for their own blood;
    they ambush only themselves!(J)
19 Such are the paths of all who go after ill-gotten gain;
    it takes away the life of those who get it.(K)

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16 Then they that feared the Lord spake often one to another: and the Lord hearkened, and heard it, and a book of remembrance was written before him for them that feared the Lord, and that thought upon his name.

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The Faithful Remnant

16 Then those who feared the Lord talked with each other, and the Lord listened and heard.(A) A scroll(B) of remembrance was written in his presence concerning those who feared(C) the Lord and honored his name.

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27 Her house is the way to hell, going down to the chambers of death.

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27 Her house is a highway to the grave,
    leading down to the chambers of death.(A)

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22 He goeth after her straightway, as an ox goeth to the slaughter, or as a fool to the correction of the stocks;

23 Till a dart strike through his liver; as a bird hasteth to the snare, and knoweth not that it is for his life.

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22 All at once he followed her
    like an ox going to the slaughter,
like a deer[a] stepping into a noose[b](A)
23     till an arrow pierces(B) his liver,
like a bird darting into a snare,
    little knowing it will cost him his life.(C)

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 7:22 Syriac (see also Septuagint); Hebrew fool
  2. Proverbs 7:22 The meaning of the Hebrew for this line is uncertain.

12 Abram dwelled in the land of Canaan, and Lot dwelled in the cities of the plain, and pitched his tent toward Sodom.

13 But the men of Sodom were wicked and sinners before the Lord exceedingly.

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12 Abram lived in the land of Canaan,(A) while Lot(B) lived among the cities of the plain(C) and pitched his tents near Sodom.(D) 13 Now the people of Sodom(E) were wicked and were sinning greatly against the Lord.(F)

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