Forsake foolishness 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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20 He who walks with wise men will be wise,
But the companion of fools will 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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11 I have (A)taught you in the way of wisdom;
I have led you in right paths.

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11 I instruct(A) you in the way of wisdom
    and lead you along straight paths.(B)

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24 (A)“Strive to enter through the narrow gate, for (B)many, I say to you, will seek to enter and will not be able.

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24 “Make every effort to enter through the narrow door,(A) because many, I tell you, will try to enter and will not be able to.

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17 Therefore

(A)“Come out from among them
And be separate, says the Lord.
Do not touch what is unclean,
And I will receive you.”

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17 Therefore,

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

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Corinthians 6:17 Isaiah 52:11; Ezek. 20:34,41

And I heard another voice from heaven saying, (A)“Come out of her, my people, lest you share in her sins, and lest you receive 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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  1. Revelation 18:4 Jer. 51:45

A Vital Church Grows

40 And with many other words he testified and exhorted them, saying, “Be saved from this [a]perverse generation.”

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  1. Acts 2:40 crooked

40 With many other words he warned them; and he pleaded with them, “Save yourselves from this corrupt generation.”(A)

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The Narrow Way(A)

13 (B)“Enter by the narrow gate; for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and there are many who go in by it. 14 [a]Because narrow is the gate and [b]difficult is the way which leads to life, and there are few who find it.

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  1. Matthew 7:14 NU, M How narrow . . . !
  2. Matthew 7:14 confined

The Narrow and Wide Gates

13 “Enter through the narrow gate.(A) For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it. 14 But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it.

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11 (A)For by me your days will be multiplied,
And years of life will be added to you.

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11 For through wisdom[a] your days will be many,
    and years will be added to your life.(A)

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  1. Proverbs 9:11 Septuagint, Syriac and Targum; Hebrew me

35 For whoever finds me finds life,
And (A)obtains favor from the Lord;

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35 For those who find me(A) find life(B)
    and receive favor from the Lord.(C)

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14 (A)Do not enter the path of the wicked,
And do not walk in the way of evil.
15 Avoid it, do not travel on it;
Turn away from it and pass on.

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14 Do not set foot on the path of the wicked
    or walk in the way of evildoers.(A)
15 Avoid it, do not travel on it;
    turn from it and go on your way.

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115 (A)Depart from me, you evildoers,
For I will keep the commandments of my God!

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115 Away from me,(A) you evildoers,
    that I may keep the commands of my God!

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10 Listen, O daughter,
Consider and incline your ear;
(A)Forget your own people also, and your father’s house;

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10 Listen, daughter,(A) and pay careful attention:(B)
    Forget your people(C) and your father’s house.

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