27 For indeed, (A)those who are far from You shall perish;
You have destroyed all those who [a]desert You for harlotry.

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  1. Psalm 73:27 Are unfaithful to You

27 Those who are far from you will perish;(A)
    you destroy all who are unfaithful(B) to you.

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[a]Adulterers and adulteresses! Do you not know that (A)friendship with the world is enmity with God? (B)Whoever therefore wants to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God.

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  1. James 4:4 NU omits Adulterers and

You adulterous(A) people,[a] don’t you know that friendship with the world(B) means enmity against God?(C) Therefore, anyone who chooses to be a friend of the world becomes an enemy of God.(D)

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  1. James 4:4 An allusion to covenant unfaithfulness; see Hosea 3:1.

155 Salvation is far from the wicked,
For they do not seek Your statutes.

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155 Salvation is far from the wicked,
    for they do not seek out(A) your decrees.

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15 lest you make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, and they (A)play the harlot with their gods and make sacrifice to their gods, and one of them (B)invites you and you (C)eat of his sacrifice,

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15 “Be careful not to make a treaty(A) with those who live in the land; for when they prostitute(B) themselves to their gods and sacrifice to them, they will invite you and you will eat their sacrifices.(C)

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39 And you shall have the tassel, that you may look upon it and (A)remember all the commandments of the Lord and do them, and that you (B)may not (C)follow the harlotry to which your own heart and your own eyes are inclined,

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39 You will have these tassels to look at and so you will remember(A) all the commands of the Lord, that you may obey them and not prostitute yourselves(B) by chasing after the lusts of your own hearts(C) and eyes.

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The Scarlet Woman and the Scarlet Beast

17 Then (A)one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls came and talked with me, saying [a]to me, “Come, (B)I will show you the judgment of (C)the great harlot (D)who sits on many waters, (E)with whom the kings of the earth committed fornication, and (F)the inhabitants of the earth were made drunk with the wine of her fornication.”

So he carried me away in the Spirit (G)into the wilderness. And I saw a woman sitting (H)on a scarlet beast which was full of (I)names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns. The woman (J)was arrayed in purple and scarlet, (K)and adorned with gold and precious stones and pearls, (L)having in her hand a golden cup (M)full of abominations and the filthiness of [b]her fornication. And on her forehead a name was written:

(N)MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT,
THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS
AND OF THE ABOMINATIONS
OF THE EARTH.

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  1. Revelation 17:1 NU, M omit to me
  2. Revelation 17:4 M the fornication of the earth

Babylon, the Prostitute on the Beast

17 One of the seven angels(A) who had the seven bowls(B) came and said to me, “Come, I will show you the punishment(C) of the great prostitute,(D) who sits by many waters.(E) With her the kings of the earth committed adultery, and the inhabitants of the earth were intoxicated with the wine of her adulteries.”(F)

Then the angel carried me away in the Spirit(G) into a wilderness.(H) There I saw a woman sitting on a scarlet(I) beast that was covered with blasphemous names(J) and had seven heads and ten horns.(K) The woman was dressed in purple and scarlet, and was glittering with gold, precious stones and pearls.(L) She held a golden cup(M) in her hand, filled with abominable things and the filth of her adulteries.(N) The name written on her forehead was a mystery:(O)

babylon the great(P)

the mother of prostitutes(Q)

and of the abominations of the earth.

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39 Thus they [a]were (A)defiled by their own works,
And (B)played[b] the harlot by their own deeds.

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  1. Psalm 106:39 became unclean
  2. Psalm 106:39 Were unfaithful

39 They defiled themselves(A) by what they did;
    by their deeds they prostituted(B) themselves.

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13 Therefore the Lord said:

(A)“Inasmuch as these people draw near with their mouths
And honor Me (B)with their lips,
But have removed their hearts far from Me,
And their fear toward Me is taught by the commandment of men,

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13 The Lord says:

“These people(A) come near to me with their mouth
    and honor me with their lips,(B)
    but their hearts are far from me.(C)
Their worship of me
    is based on merely human rules they have been taught.[a](D)

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  1. Isaiah 29:13 Hebrew; Septuagint They worship me in vain; / their teachings are merely human rules

14 (A)Yet they say to God, ‘Depart from us,
For we do not desire the knowledge of Your ways.
15 (B)Who is the Almighty, that we should serve Him?
And (C)what profit do we have if we pray to Him?’

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14 Yet they say to God, ‘Leave us alone!(A)
    We have no desire to know your ways.(B)
15 Who is the Almighty, that we should serve him?
    What would we gain by praying to him?’(C)

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17 And He came and preached peace to you who were afar off and to those who were near.

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17 He came and preached peace(A) to you who were far away and peace to those who were near.(B)

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13 But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far off have been brought near by the blood of Christ.

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13 But now in Christ Jesus you who once(A) were far away have been brought near(B) by the blood of Christ.(C)

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(A)Hypocrites! Well did Isaiah prophesy about you, saying:

‘These(B) people [a]draw near to Me with their mouth,
And honor Me with their lips,
But their heart is far from Me.

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  1. Matthew 15:8 NU omits draw near to Me with their mouth, And

You hypocrites! Isaiah was right when he prophesied about you:

“‘These people honor me with their lips,
    but their hearts are far from me.

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You have planted them, yes, they have taken root;
They grow, yes, they bear fruit.
(A)You are near in their mouth
But far from their [a]mind.

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  1. Jeremiah 12:2 Most secret parts, lit. kidneys

You have planted(A) them, and they have taken root;
    they grow and bear fruit.(B)
You are always on their lips
    but far from their hearts.(C)

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