Proverbs 9:6
New Living Translation
6 Leave your simple ways behind, and begin to live;
learn to use good judgment.”
Proverbs 13:20
New Living Translation
20 Walk with the wise and become wise;
associate with fools and get in trouble.
Proverbs 4:11
New Living Translation
11 I will teach you wisdom’s ways
and lead you in straight paths.
Luke 13:24
New Living Translation
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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2 Corinthians 6:17
New Living Translation
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]
Footnotes
- 6:17 Isa 52:11; Ezek 20:34 (Greek version).
Revelation 18:4
New Living Translation
4 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.
Acts 2:40
New Living Translation
40 Then Peter continued preaching for a long time, strongly urging all his listeners, “Save yourselves from this crooked generation!”
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Matthew 7:13-14
New Living Translation
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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- 7:13 Greek The road that leads to destruction.
Proverbs 9:11
New Living Translation
11 Wisdom will multiply your days
and add years to your life.
Proverbs 8:35
New Living Translation
35 For whoever finds me finds life
and receives favor from the Lord.
Proverbs 4:14-15
New Living Translation
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.
Psalm 119:115
New Living Translation
115 Get out of my life, you evil-minded people,
for I intend to obey the commands of my God.
Psalm 45:10
New Living Translation
10 Listen to me, O royal daughter; take to heart what I say.
Forget your people and your family far away.
Psalm 26:4-6
New Living Translation
4 I do not spend time with liars
or go along with hypocrites.
5 I hate the gatherings of those who do evil,
and I refuse to join in with the wicked.
6 I wash my hands to declare my innocence.
I come to your altar, O Lord,
Proverbs 10:17
New Living Translation
17 People who accept discipline are on the pathway to life,
but those who ignore correction will go astray.
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