Pro 9:6, Isa 55:7, Eze 18:27-32, Mat 3:2, 8, 18:2-3, 23:13, Luk 9:33, 13:24 | ESV | STEP | Leave your simple ways , and live , and walk in the way of insight .

n[See ver. 30 above]

o ch. 4:17; Mark 1:15

p ch. 10:7; Dan. 2:44; [ch. 6:10]

q Acts 26:20

rSee Luke 22:32

s ch. 19:14; Mark 10:15; Luke 18:17; [Ps. 131:2; 1 Cor. 14:20; 1 Pet. 2:2]

t[ch. 5:19, 20]

u Luke 11:52

v[ch. 16:19]

w[ch. 5:20; 21:31; Luke 7:30]

y[Neh. 8:15]

z[Mark 9:6; 14:40]

aa 1 Tim. 4:10; Heb. 12:4; [1 Tim. 6:12 (Gk.)]; See 1 Cor. 9:25

ab Matt. 7:13

Proverbs 9:6

6 Leave ^ayour simple ways, ^{▼▼Or Leave the company of the simple} and ^clive,
^dand walk in the way of insight.”

Isaiah 55:7

7 let the wicked forsake his way,
and the unrighteous man his thoughts;
let him return to the Lord, that he may have compassion on him,
and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.

Ezekiel 18:27-32

27 Again, ^ewhen a wicked person turns away from the wickedness he has committed and does what is just and right, he shall save his life. 28 Because he considered and turned away from all the transgressions that he had committed, he shall surely live; he shall not die. 29 Yet the house of Israel says, ‘The way of the Lord is not just.’ O house of Israel, are my ways not just? Is it not your ways that are not just?

30 “Therefore ^fI will judge you, O house of Israel, every one according to his ways, declares the Lord God. ^gRepent and turn from all your transgressions, ^hlest iniquity be your ruin. ^{▼▼Or lest iniquity be your stumbling block} 31 ^jCast away from you all the transgressions that you have committed, and ^kmake yourselves a new heart and a new spirit! ^lWhy will you die, O house of Israel? 32 ^mFor I have no pleasure in the death of anyone, declares the Lord God; ⁿso turn, and live.”

Matthew 3:2

2 ^o“Repent, for ^pthe kingdom of heaven is at hand.”

Matthew 3:8

8 Bear fruit ^qin keeping with repentance.

Matthew 18:2-3

2 And calling to him a child, he put him in the midst of them 3 and said, “Truly, I say to you, unless you ^rturn and ^sbecome like children, you ^twill never enter the kingdom of heaven.

Matthew 23:13

13 “But woe ^uto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you ^vshut the kingdom of heaven in people’s faces. For you ^wneither enter yourselves nor allow those who would enter to go in. ^{▼▼Some manuscripts add here (or after verse 12) verse 14: Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you devour widows’ houses and for a pretense you make long prayers; therefore you will receive the greater condemnation}

Luke 9:33

33 And as the men were parting from him, Peter said to Jesus, “Master, it is good that we are here. Let us make three ^ytents, one for you and one for Moses and one for Elijah”— ^znot knowing what he said.

Luke 13:24

24 ^aa“Strive ^abto enter through the narrow door. For many, I tell you, will seek to enter and will not be able.