Proverbs 2:13
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13 who forsake the paths of uprightness
to walk in the ways of darkness,(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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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)
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 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
Proverbs 21:16
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16 Whoever wanders from the way of understanding
will rest in the assembly of the dead.(A)
Hebrews 6:4-6
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4 For it is impossible to restore again to repentance those who have once been enlightened and have tasted the heavenly gift and have shared in the Holy Spirit(A) 5 and have tasted the good word of God and the powers of the age to come(B) 6 and then have fallen away, since they are crucifying again the Son of God to their own harm and are holding him up to contempt.(C)
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2 Timothy 4:10
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10 for Demas, in love with this present world, has deserted me and gone to Thessalonica; Crescens has gone to Galatia,[a] Titus to Dalmatia.(A)
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1 Thessalonians 5:5-7
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5 for you are all children of light and children of the day; we are not of the night or of darkness. 6 So, then, let us not fall asleep as others do, but let us keep awake and be sober,(A) 7 for those who sleep sleep at night, and those who are drunk get drunk at night.(B)
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Romans 1:21
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21 for though they knew God, they did not honor him as God or give thanks to him, but they became futile in their thinking, and their senseless hearts were darkened.(A)
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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 2:9-11
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9 When the person in charge tasted the water that had become wine and did not know where it came from (though the servants who had drawn the water knew), that person called the bridegroom 10 and said to him, “Everyone serves the good wine first and then the inferior wine after the guests have become drunk. But you have kept the good wine until now.” 11 Jesus did this, the first of his signs, in Cana of Galilee and revealed his glory, and his disciples believed in him.(A)
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John 1:6
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6 There was a man sent from God whose name was John.
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Matthew 12:43-45
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The Return of the Unclean Spirit
43 “When the unclean spirit has gone out of a person, it wanders through waterless regions looking for a resting place, but it finds none. 44 Then it says, ‘I will return to my house from which I came.’ When it returns, it finds it empty, swept, and put in order. 45 Then it goes and brings along seven other spirits more evil than itself, and they enter and live there, and the last state of that person is worse than the first. So will it be also with this evil generation.”(A)
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Zephaniah 1:6
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6 those who have turned back from following the Lord,
who have not sought the Lord or inquired of him.(A)
Ezekiel 33:12-13
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12 And you, mortal, say to your people: The righteousness of the righteous shall not save them when they transgress, and as for the wickedness of the wicked, it shall not make them stumble when they turn from their wickedness, and the righteous shall not be able to live by their righteousness[a] when they sin.(A) 13 Though I say to the righteous that they shall surely live, yet if they trust in their righteousness and commit iniquity, none of their righteous deeds shall be remembered, but in the iniquity that they have committed they shall die.(B)
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- 33.12 Heb by it
Ezekiel 18:26
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26 When the righteous turn away from their righteousness and commit iniquity, they shall die for it; for the iniquity that they have committed, they shall die.
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Psalm 82:5
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5 They have neither knowledge nor understanding;
they walk around in darkness;
all the foundations of the earth are shaken.(A)
Psalm 36:3
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3 The words of their mouths are mischief and deceit;
they have ceased to act wisely and do good.(A)
Psalm 14:3
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3 They have all gone astray; they are all alike perverse;
there is no one who does good,
no, not one.(A)
Job 24:13-16
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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)
14 The murderer rises at dusk
to kill the poor and needy
and in the night is like a thief.(B)
15 The eye of the adulterer also waits for the twilight,
saying, ‘No eye will see me,’
and he disguises his face.(C)
16 In the dark they dig through houses;
by day they shut themselves up;
they do not know the light.(D)
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