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Mat 12:45 — Then goeth he, and taketh with himself seven other spirits more wicked than himself, and they enter in and dwell there: and the last [state] of that man is worse than the first. Even so shall it be also unto this wicked generation.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

seven		Mat 12:24; Mar 5:9; Mar 16:9; Eph 6:12
more		Mat 23:15
and the		Luk 11:26; Hbr 6:4-8; Hbr 10:26-31,39; 2Pe 2:14-22; 1Jo 5:16,17; Jud 1:10-13
Even		And so it was; for they became worse and worse, as if totally abandoned to diabolical influence, till the besom of destruction swept them away. Mat 21:38-44; Mat 23:32-39,24,34; Luk 11:49-51; Luk 19:41-44; Jhn 15:22-24; Rom 11:8-10; 1Th 2:15,16

Correlating Passages

seven

	Mat 12:24	But when the Pharisees heard [it], they said, This [fellow] doth not cast out devils, but by Beelzebub the prince of the devils.
	Mar 5:9	And he asked him, What [is] thy name? And he answered, saying, My name [is] Legion: for we are many.
	Mar 16:9	Now when [Jesus] was risen early the first [day] of the week, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, out of whom he had cast seven devils.
	Eph 6:12	For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high [places].

Mat 23:15

Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye compass sea and land to make one proselyte, and when he is made, ye make him twofold more the child of hell than yourselves.

and the

	Luk 11:26	Then goeth he, and taketh [to him] seven other spirits more wicked than himself; and they enter in, and dwell there: and the last [state] of that man is worse than the first.
	Hbr 6:4	For [it is] impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Ghost,
	Hbr 6:5	And have tasted the good word of God, and the powers of the world to come,
	Hbr 6:6	If they shall fall away, to renew them again unto repentance; seeing they crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh, and put [him] to an open shame.
	Hbr 6:7	For the earth which drinketh in the rain that cometh oft upon it, and bringeth forth herbs meet for them by whom it is dressed, receiveth blessing from God:
	Hbr 6:8	But that which beareth thorns and briers [is] rejected, and [is] nigh unto cursing; whose end [is] to be burned.
	Hbr 10:26	For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins,
	Hbr 10:27	But a certain fearful looking for of judgment and fiery indignation, which shall devour the adversaries.
	Hbr 10:28	He that despised Moses' law died without mercy under two or three witnesses:
	Hbr 10:29	Of how much sorer punishment, suppose ye, shall he be thought worthy, who hath trodden under foot the Son of God, and hath counted the blood of the covenant, wherewith he was sanctified, an unholy thing, and hath done despite unto the Spirit of grace?
	Hbr 10:30	For we know him that hath said, Vengeance [belongeth] unto me, I will recompense, saith the Lord. And again, The Lord shall judge his people.
	Hbr 10:31	[It is] a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.
	Hbr 10:39	But we are not of them who draw back unto perdition; but of them that believe to the saving of the soul.
	2Pe 2:14	Having eyes full of adultery, and that cannot cease from sin; beguiling unstable souls: an heart they have exercised with covetous practices; cursed children:
	2Pe 2:15	Which have forsaken the right way, and are gone astray, following the way of Balaam [the son] of Bosor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness;
	2Pe 2:16	But was rebuked for his iniquity: the dumb ass speaking with man's voice forbad the madness of the prophet.
	2Pe 2:17	These are wells without water, clouds that are carried with a tempest; to whom the mist of darkness is reserved for ever.
	2Pe 2:18	For when they speak great swelling [words] of vanity, they allure through the lusts of the flesh, [through much] wantonness, those that were clean escaped from them who live in error.
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	1Jo 5:16	If any man see his brother sin a sin [which is] not unto death, he shall ask, and he shall give him life for them that sin not unto death. There is a sin unto death: I do not say that he shall pray for it.
	1Jo 5:17	All unrighteousness is sin: and there is a sin not unto death.
	Jud 1:10	But these speak evil of those things which they know not: but what they know naturally, as brute beasts, in those things they corrupt themselves.
	Jud 1:11	Woe unto them! for they have gone in the way of Cain, and ran greedily after the error of Balaam for reward, and perished in the gainsaying of Core.
	Jud 1:12	These are spots in your feasts of charity, when they feast with you, feeding themselves without fear: clouds [they are] without water, carried about of winds; trees whose fruit withereth, without fruit, twice dead, plucked up by the roots;
	Jud 1:13	Raging waves of the sea, foaming out their own shame; wandering stars, to whom is reserved the blackness of darkness for ever.

Even

	Mat 21:38	But when the husbandmen saw the son, they said among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and let us seize on his inheritance.
	Mat 21:39	And they caught him, and cast [him] out of the vineyard, and slew [him].
	Mat 21:40	When the lord therefore of the vineyard cometh, what will he do unto those husbandmen?
	Mat 21:41	They say unto him, He will miserably destroy those wicked men, and will let out [his] vineyard unto other husbandmen, which shall render him the fruits in their seasons.
	Mat 21:42	Jesus saith unto them, Did ye never read in the scriptures, The stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner: this is the Lord's doing, and it is marvellous in our eyes?
	Mat 21:43	Therefore say I unto you, The kingdom of God shall be taken from you, and given to a nation bringing forth the fruits thereof.
	Mat 21:44	And whosoever shall fall on this stone shall be broken: but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will grind him to powder.
	Mat 23:32	Fill ye up then the measure of your fathers.
	Mat 23:33	[Ye] serpents, [ye] generation of vipers, how can ye escape the damnation of hell?
	Mat 23:34	Wherefore, behold, I send unto you prophets, and wise men, and scribes: and [some] of them ye shall kill and crucify; and [some] of them shall ye scourge in your synagogues, and persecute [them] from city to city:
	Mat 23:35	That upon you may come all the righteous blood shed upon the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel unto the blood of Zacharias son of Barachias, whom ye slew between the temple and the altar.
	Mat 23:36	Verily I say unto you, All these things shall come upon this generation.
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	Mat 23:24	[Ye] blind guides, which strain at a gnat, and swallow a camel.
	Mat 23:34	Wherefore, behold, I send unto you prophets, and wise men, and scribes: and [some] of them ye shall kill and crucify; and [some] of them shall ye scourge in your synagogues, and persecute [them] from city to city:
	Luk 11:49	Therefore also said the wisdom of God, I will send them prophets and apostles, and [some] of them they shall slay and persecute:
	Luk 11:50	That the blood of all the prophets, which was shed from the foundation of the world, may be required of this generation;
	Luk 11:51	From the blood of Abel unto the blood of Zacharias, which perished between the altar and the temple: verily I say unto you, It shall be required of this generation.
	Luk 19:41	And when he was come near, he beheld the city, and wept over it,
	Luk 19:42	Saying, If thou hadst known, even thou, at least in this thy day, the things [which belong] unto thy peace! but now they are hid from thine eyes.
	Luk 19:43	For the days shall come upon thee, that thine enemies shall cast a trench about thee, and compass thee round, and keep thee in on every side,
	Luk 19:44	And shall lay thee even with the ground, and thy children within thee; and they shall not leave in thee one stone upon another; because thou knewest not the time of thy visitation.
	Jhn 15:22	If I had not come and spoken unto them, they had not had sin: but now they have no cloke for their sin.
	Jhn 15:23	He that hateth me hateth my Father also.
	Jhn 15:24	If I had not done among them the works which none other man did, they had not had sin: but now have they both seen and hated both me and my Father.
	Rom 11:8	(According as it is written, God hath given them the spirit of slumber, eyes that they should not see, and ears that they should not hear;) unto this day.
	Rom 11:9	And David saith, Let their table be made a snare, and a trap, and a stumblingblock, and a recompence unto them:
	Rom 11:10	Let their eyes be darkened, that they may not see, and bow down their back alway.
	1Th 2:15	Who both killed the Lord Jesus, and their own prophets, and have persecuted us; and they please not God, and are contrary to all men:
	1Th 2:16