Psalm 125:5
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5 But those who turn aside to their own crooked ways,
the Lord will lead away with evildoers.
Peace be upon Israel!(A)
Isaiah 59:8
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8 The way of peace they do not know,
and there is no justice in their ways.
Their roads they have made crooked;
no one who walks in them knows peace.(A)
Proverbs 2:15
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15 those whose paths are crooked
and who are devious in their ways.(A)
Psalm 128:6
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6 May you see your children’s children.
Peace be upon Israel!(A)
Psalm 40:4
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4 Happy are those who make
the Lord their trust,
who do not turn to the proud,
to those who go astray after false gods.(A)
Galatians 6:16
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16 As for those who will follow this rule—peace be upon them, and mercy, and upon the Israel of God.
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John 14:27
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27 Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled, and do not let them be afraid.(A)
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Matthew 7:23
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23 Then I will declare to them, ‘I never knew you; go away from me, you who behave lawlessly.’(A)
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Psalm 101:3
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3 I will not set before my eyes
anything that is base.
I hate the work of those who fall away;
it shall not cling to me.(A)
Philippians 2:15
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15 so that you may be blameless and innocent, children of God without blemish in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, in which you shine like stars in the world,(A)
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1 Peter 1:2
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2 who have been chosen and destined by God the Father and sanctified by the Spirit to be obedient to Jesus Christ and to be sprinkled with his blood:
May grace and peace be yours in abundance.(A)
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Hebrews 10:38
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38 but my righteous one will live by faith.
My soul takes no pleasure in anyone who shrinks back.”(A)
Matthew 24:48-51
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48 But if that wicked slave says to himself, ‘My master is delayed,’ 49 and begins to beat his fellow slaves and eats and drinks with drunkards, 50 the master of that slave will come on a day when he does not expect him and at an hour that he does not know. 51 He will cut him in pieces[a] and put him with the hypocrites, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.(A)
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- 24.51 Or cut him off
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)
Hosea 2:18
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18 I will make for you[a] a covenant on that day with the wild animals, the birds of the air, and the creeping things of the ground, and I will abolish[b] the bow, the sword, and war from the land, and I will make you[c] lie down in safety.(A)
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Ezekiel 37:26
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26 I will make a covenant of peace with them; it shall be an everlasting covenant with them, and I will bless[a] them and multiply them and will set my sanctuary among them forevermore.(A)
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- 37.26 Tg: Heb give
Jeremiah 2:19
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19 Your wickedness will punish you,
and your faithlessness will convict you.
Know and see that it is evil and bitter
for you to forsake the Lord your God;
the fear of me is not in you,
says the Lord God of hosts.(A)
Isaiah 54:13
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13 All your children shall be taught by the Lord,
and great shall be the prosperity of your children.(A)
Isaiah 54:10
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10 For the mountains may depart
and the hills be removed,
but my steadfast love shall not depart from you,
and my covenant of peace shall not be removed,
says the Lord, who has compassion on you.(A)
Proverbs 14:14
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- 14.14 Cn: Heb from upon him
Psalm 94:4
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4 They pour out their arrogant words;
all the evildoers boast.(A)
Psalm 92:7
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7 though the wicked sprout like grass
and all evildoers flourish,
they are doomed to destruction forever,(A)
Job 23:11
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11 My foot has held fast to his steps;
I have kept his way and have not turned aside.(A)
1 Chronicles 10:13-14
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13 So Saul died for his unfaithfulness; he was unfaithful to the Lord in that he did not keep the command of the Lord; moreover, he had consulted a medium, seeking guidance,(A) 14 and did not seek guidance from the Lord. Therefore the Lord[a] put him to death and turned the kingdom over to David son of Jesse.(B)
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- 10.14 Heb he
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