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Do not turn my heart to any evil,
    to busy myself with wicked deeds
in company with those who work iniquity;
    do not let me eat of their delicacies.(A)

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Do not let my heart(A) be drawn to what is evil
    so that I take part in wicked deeds(B)
along with those who are evildoers;
    do not let me eat their delicacies.(C)

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13     And do not bring us to the time of trial,[a]
        but rescue us from the evil one.[b](A)

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Footnotes

  1. 6.13 Or us into testing
  2. 6.13 Or from evil. Other ancient authorities add, in some form, For the kingdom and the power and the glory are yours forever. Amen.

13 And lead us not into temptation,[a](A)
    but deliver us from the evil one.[b](B)

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 6:13 The Greek for temptation can also mean testing.
  2. Matthew 6:13 Or from evil; some late manuscripts one, / for yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen.

36 Turn my heart to your decrees
    and not to selfish gain.(A)

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36 Turn my heart(A) toward your statutes
    and not toward selfish gain.(B)

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17 Why, O Lord, do you let us stray from your ways
    and let our heart harden, so that we do not fear you?
Turn back for the sake of your servants,
    the tribes that are your heritage.(A)

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17 Why, Lord, do you make us wander(A) from your ways
    and harden our hearts(B) so we do not revere(C) you?
Return(D) for the sake of your servants,
    the tribes that are your inheritance.(E)

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17 Therefore come out from them,
    and be separate from them, says the Lord,
and touch nothing unclean;
    then I will welcome you,(A)

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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

33 Do not be deceived:

“Bad company ruins good morals.”

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33 Do not be misled:(A) “Bad company corrupts good character.”[a](B)

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

58 but incline our hearts to him, to walk in all his ways and to keep his commandments, his statutes, and his ordinances that he commanded our ancestors.(A)

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58 May he turn our hearts(A) to him, to walk in obedience to him and keep the commands, decrees and laws he gave our ancestors.

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13 No one, when tempted, should say, “I am being tempted by God,” for God cannot be tempted by evil and he himself tempts no one.

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13 When tempted, no one should say, “God is tempting me.” For God cannot be tempted by evil, nor does he tempt anyone;

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31 So, whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do everything for the glory of God.(A)

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31 So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God.(A)

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Then I heard another voice from heaven saying,

“Come out of her, my people,
    so that you do not take part in her sins
and so that you do not share in her plagues,(A)

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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

But to this day the Lord has not given you a mind to understand or eyes to see or ears to hear.(A)

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But to this day the Lord has not given you a mind that understands or eyes that see or ears that hear.(A)

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The king assigned them a daily portion of the royal rations of food and wine. They were to be educated for three years, so that at the end of that time they could be stationed in the king’s court.(A) Among them were Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah, from the tribe of Judah.(B) The palace master gave them other names: Daniel he called Belteshazzar, Hananiah he called Shadrach, Mishael he called Meshach, and Azariah he called Abednego.(C)

But Daniel resolved that he would not defile himself with the royal rations of food and wine, so he asked the palace master to allow him not to defile himself.(D)

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The king assigned them a daily amount of food and wine(A) from the king’s table.(B) They were to be trained for three years,(C) and after that they were to enter the king’s service.(D)

Among those who were chosen were some from Judah: Daniel,(E) Hananiah, Mishael and Azariah.(F) The chief official gave them new names: to Daniel, the name Belteshazzar;(G) to Hananiah, Shadrach; to Mishael, Meshach; and to Azariah, Abednego.(H)

But Daniel resolved not to defile(I) himself with the royal food and wine, and he asked the chief official for permission not to defile himself this way.

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22 ‘How?’ the Lord asked him. He replied, ‘I will go out and be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets.’ Then the Lord[a] said, ‘You are to entice him, and you shall succeed; go out and do it.’(A)

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  1. 22.22 Heb he

22 “‘By what means?’ the Lord asked.

“‘I will go out and be a deceiving(A) spirit in the mouths of all his prophets,’ he said.

“‘You will succeed in enticing him,’ said the Lord. ‘Go and do it.’

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