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Leave your simple ways behind, and begin to live;
    learn to use good judgment.”

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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 Walk with the wise and become wise;
    associate with fools and get in trouble.

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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 will teach you wisdom’s ways
    and lead you in straight 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 “Work hard to enter the narrow door to God’s Kingdom, for many will try to enter but will fail.

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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, come out from among unbelievers,
    and separate yourselves from them, says the Lord.
Don’t touch their filthy things,
    and I will welcome you.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. 6:17 Isa 52:11; Ezek 20:34 (Greek version).

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

Then I heard another voice calling from heaven,

“Come away from her, my people.
    Do not take part in her sins,
    or you will be punished with her.

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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

40 Then Peter continued preaching for a long time, strongly urging all his listeners, “Save yourselves from this crooked generation!”

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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 Gate

13 “You can enter God’s Kingdom only through the narrow gate. The highway to hell[a] is broad, and its gate is wide for the many who choose that way. 14 But the gateway to life is very narrow and the road is difficult, and only a few ever find it.

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  1. 7:13 Greek The road that leads to destruction.

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 Wisdom will multiply your days
    and add years to your life.

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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 receives 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 Don’t do as the wicked do,
    and don’t follow the path of evildoers.
15 Don’t even think about it; don’t go that way.
    Turn away and keep moving.

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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 Get out of my life, you evil-minded people,
    for I intend to obey the commands 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 to me, O royal daughter; take to heart what I say.
    Forget your people and your family far away.

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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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