Psalm 119:101
New Living Translation
101 I have refused to walk on any evil path,
so that I may remain obedient to your word.
Proverbs 1:15
New Living Translation
15 My child, don’t go along with them!
Stay far away from their paths.
1 Peter 3:10-11
New Living Translation
10 For the Scriptures say,
“If you want to enjoy life
and see many happy days,
keep your tongue from speaking evil
and your lips from telling lies.
11 Turn away from evil and do good.
Search for peace, and work to maintain it.
1 Peter 2:1-2
New Living Translation
2 So get rid of all evil behavior. Be done with all deceit, hypocrisy, jealousy, and all unkind speech. 2 Like newborn babies, you must crave pure spiritual milk so that you will grow into a full experience of salvation. Cry out for this nourishment,
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Isaiah 55:7
New Living Translation
7 Let the wicked change their ways
and banish the very thought of doing wrong.
Let them turn to the Lord that he may have mercy on them.
Yes, turn to our God, for he will forgive generously.
Psalm 119:104
New Living Translation
104 Your commandments give me understanding;
no wonder I hate every false way of life.
Psalm 119:59-60
New Living Translation
59 I pondered the direction of my life,
and I turned to follow your laws.
60 I will hurry, without delay,
to obey your commands.
Titus 2:11-12
New Living Translation
11 For the grace of God has been revealed, bringing salvation to all people. 12 And we are instructed to turn from godless living and sinful pleasures. We should live in this evil world with wisdom, righteousness, and devotion to God,
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Isaiah 53:6
New Living Translation
6 All of us, like sheep, have strayed away.
We have left God’s paths to follow our own.
Yet the Lord laid on him
the sins of us all.
Psalm 18:23
New Living Translation
23 I am blameless before God;
I have kept myself from sin.
Jeremiah 2:36
New Living Translation
36 First here, then there—
you flit from one ally to another asking for help.
But your new friends in Egypt will let you down,
just as Assyria did before.
Psalm 119:126
New Living Translation
126 Lord, it is time for you to act,
for these evil people have violated your instructions.
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