Romans 7:15
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15 I don’t really understand myself, for I want to do what is right, but I don’t do it. Instead, I do what I hate.
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Galatians 5:17
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17 The sinful nature wants to do evil, which is just the opposite of what the Spirit wants. And the Spirit gives us desires that are the opposite of what the sinful nature desires. These two forces are constantly fighting each other, so you are not free to carry out your good intentions.
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Romans 7:19-20
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19 I want to do what is good, but I don’t. I don’t want to do what is wrong, but I do it anyway. 20 But if I do what I don’t want to do, I am not really the one doing wrong; it is sin living in me that does it.
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Nahum 1:7
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7 The Lord is good,
a strong refuge when trouble comes.
He is close to those who trust in him.
James 3:2
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2 Indeed, we all make many mistakes. For if we could control our tongues, we would be perfect and could also control ourselves in every other way.
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Ecclesiastes 7:20
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20 Not a single person on earth is always good and never sins.
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Philippians 3:12-14
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Pressing toward the Goal
12 I don’t mean to say that I have already achieved these things or that I have already reached perfection. But I press on to possess that perfection for which Christ Jesus first possessed me. 13 No, dear brothers and sisters, I have not achieved it,[a] but I focus on this one thing: Forgetting the past and looking forward to what lies ahead, 14 I press on to reach the end of the race and receive the heavenly prize for which God, through Christ Jesus, is calling us.
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- 3:13 Some manuscripts read not yet achieved it.
Romans 12:9
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9 Don’t just pretend to love others. Really love them. Hate what is wrong. Hold tightly to what is good.
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Jude 23
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23 Rescue others by snatching them from the flames of judgment. Show mercy to still others,[a] but do so with great caution, hating the sins that contaminate their lives.[b]
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1 John 1:7-8
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7 But if we are living in the light, as God is in the light, then we have fellowship with each other, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, cleanses us from all sin.
8 If we claim we have no sin, we are only fooling ourselves and not living in the truth.
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Romans 14:22
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22 You may believe there’s nothing wrong with what you are doing, but keep it between yourself and God. Blessed are those who don’t feel guilty for doing something they have decided is right.
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Psalm 19:12
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12 How can I know all the sins lurking in my heart?
Cleanse me from these hidden faults.
2 Timothy 2:19
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19 But God’s truth stands firm like a foundation stone with this inscription: “The Lord knows those who are his,”[a] and “All who belong to the Lord must turn away from evil.”[b]
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Hebrews 1:9
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9 You love justice and hate evil.
Therefore, O God, your God has anointed you,
pouring out the oil of joy on you more than on anyone else.”[a]
Amos 5:15
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15 Hate evil and love what is good;
turn your courts into true halls of justice.
Perhaps even yet the Lord God of Heaven’s Armies
will have mercy on the remnant of his people.[a]
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- 5:15 Hebrew the remnant of Joseph.
Proverbs 8:13
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13 All who fear the Lord will hate evil.
Therefore, I hate pride and arrogance,
corruption and perverse speech.
Romans 7:16
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16 But if I know that what I am doing is wrong, this shows that I agree that the law is good.
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Psalm 119:113
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Psalm 101:3
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3 I will refuse to look at
anything vile and vulgar.
I hate all who deal crookedly;
I will have nothing to do with them.
Psalm 1:6
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6 For the Lord watches over the path of the godly,
but the path of the wicked leads to destruction.
Proverbs 13:5
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5 The godly hate lies;
the wicked cause shame and disgrace.
Psalm 119:163
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163 I hate and abhor all falsehood,
but I love your instructions.
Psalm 119:128
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128 Each of your commandments is right.
That is why I hate every false way.
Psalm 65:3
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3 Though we are overwhelmed by our sins,
you forgive them all.
1 Kings 8:46
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46 “If they sin against you—and who has never sinned?—you might become angry with them and let their enemies conquer them and take them captive to their land far away or near.
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