Revelation 21:8 specifies the 'detestable' and 'liars' who face the second fire — those excluded from the city.

Revelation 22:15 lists those 'outside' — the same categories of unclean and false excluded from the new Jerusalem.

Revelation 22:14 blesses those who wash their robes — the positive counterpart to being written in the book of life.

Revelation 20:15 sentences the unregistered to the lake of fire — the opposite fate of those written in the book.

Revelation 20:12 shows the book of life opened at judgment — the same book that determines who enters the city.

Revelation 17:5 names Babylon 'mother of abominations' — directly opposing the purity required for entry.

Revelation 13:8 contrasts those whose names are not in the book of life — the inverse of the entry requirement here.

Revelation 3:5 promises the conqueror's name will not be blotted from the book of life — the same criterion for entry.

1 Corinthians 6:9 lists the unrighteous who will not inherit God's kingdom—reinforcing that the unclean are excluded from the New Jerusalem.

1 Corinthians 6:10 continues the list of those who will not inherit the kingdom—parallel to the exclusion of the unclean from the New Jerusalem.

Matthew 13:41 describes angels removing all lawbreakers from the kingdom—parallel to the New Jerusalem having no unclean thing.

Galatians 5:19-21 warns that those practicing fleshly works will not inherit the kingdom—parallel to the New Jerusalem's exclusion of the unclean.

Ephesians 5:5 states that no immoral or impure person has an inheritance in Christ's kingdom—parallel to the New Jerusalem's purity requirement.

Joel 3:17 says Jerusalem shall be holy with no strangers passing through—parallel to the New Jerusalem's exclusion of the unclean.

Isaiah 52:1 declares that the uncircumcised and unclean shall no longer enter Jerusalem—echoing the holy city's purity requirement.

Isaiah 35:8 describes a Highway of Holiness where the unclean cannot walk—parallel to the New Jerusalem's exclusion of the unclean.

Hebrews 12:14 says without holiness no one will see the Lord—parallel to the necessity of purity to enter the New Jerusalem.

1 Timothy 1:10 lists liars among those condemned by sound doctrine, reinforcing the exclusion of the false from the New Jerusalem.

Colossians 3:9 commands putting off falsehood, directly corresponding to the exclusion of anyone who does what is false from the Holy City.

Ephesians 5:27 presents the church as spotless and holy, matching the perfect purity of those who enter the New Jerusalem.

Titus 1:16 describes people who are detestable and unfit, directly aligning with the 'detestable' excluded from the New Jerusalem.

Galatians 5:21 lists works of the flesh that exclude from the kingdom, directly paralleling the exclusion of the unclean from the New Jerusalem.

1 Peter 1:4 calls the inheritance imperishable and undefiled, mirroring the purity of the New Jerusalem that nothing unclean enters.

2 Peter 3:13 promises a new earth where righteousness dwells, directly parallel to the righteous inhabitants of the New Jerusalem.

In Exodus 32:32, Moses refers to God's book of life — the same concept determining inclusion in the New Jerusalem.

Isaiah 4:3 speaks of those recorded for life in Jerusalem as holy — directly parallel to being written in the Lamb's book of life.

In Exodus 28:36, the high priest's 'Holy to the LORD' inscription symbolizes the holiness required for God's presence — prefiguring the exclusive purity of New Jerusalem citizens.

In Numbers 35:34, God commands not to defile the land where He dwells — directly paralleling the exclusion of uncleanness from God's holy city.

In Deuteronomy 25:16, dishonest acts are an abomination to God — matching the 'detestable or false' excluded from the New Jerusalem.

In Psalm 5:4, evil cannot dwell with God — a direct parallel to the exclusion of the unclean from God's holy presence in the New Jerusalem.

In Psalm 24:4, those with clean hands and pure heart may ascend God's hill — directly paralleling the purity requirement for entering the New Jerusalem.

Acts 26:18 describes turning from darkness to light to receive a place among the sanctified, directly linking to those who enter the New Jerusalem.

Zephaniah 3:13 describes a remnant without deceit or lies—mirroring the exclusion of false ones from the New Jerusalem.

Zechariah 8:3 calls Jerusalem the faithful, holy city where God dwells—prefiguring the New Jerusalem's purity and God's presence.

Luke 10:20 says rejoice names are written in heaven—directly parallels the book of life in Revelation 21:27.

Isaiah 1:26 promises Jerusalem will be called 'city of righteousness' — foreshadowing the New Jerusalem where only the righteous dwell.

Psalm 69:36 promises that those who love God's name will dwell in His city — echoing the condition of being written in the Lamb's book of life.

Numbers 5:3 commands removing the unclean from the camp to avoid defiling God’s dwelling; this verse excludes the impure from the New Jerusalem.

Philippians 4:3 mentions fellow workers whose names are in the book of life — the same concept but in a personal, ecclesial context.

Ezekiel 43:12 declares the temple area most holy — reflecting the absolute holiness of the New Jerusalem where no unclean thing enters.

Ezekiel 33:26 warns that abominations disqualify from possessing the land — similar exclusion principle as the unclean from the New Jerusalem.

Isaiah 11:9 describes the holy mountain where nothing hurts — mirrored by the New Jerusalem with no unclean thing.

Obadiah 1:17 speaks of Mount Zion's holiness and deliverance—foreshadowing the holy New Jerusalem where only the clean enter.

Psalm 93:5 declares that holiness adorns God's house — matching the requirement that nothing unclean enters the New Jerusalem.

In Psalm 45:7, the king loves righteousness and hates wickedness — reflecting the moral standard that underlies exclusion of the wicked from the New Jerusalem.

Matthew 5:20 requires righteousness to enter the kingdom—similar to needing the book of life to enter the New Jerusalem.

Matthew 15:20 defines defilement from the heart—Revelation excludes the defiled from the holy city.