Proverbs 2:12

American Standard Version (1901)

To deliver thee from the way of evil, From the men that speak perverse things;

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 Cor 15:33 : 33 Be not deceived: Evil companionships corrupt good morals.
  • 2 Cor 6:17 : 17 Wherefore Come ye out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, And touch no unclean thing; And I will receive you,
  • Prov 8:13 : 13 The fear of Jehovah is to hate evil: Pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, And the perverse mouth, do I hate.
  • Prov 13:20 : 20 Walk with wise men, and thou shalt be wise; But the companion of fools shall smart for it.
  • Prov 16:28-30 : 28 A perverse man scattereth abroad strife; And a whisperer separateth chief friends. 29 A man of violence enticeth his neighbor, And leadeth him in a way that is not good. 30 He that shutteth his eyes, [it is] to devise perverse things: He that compresseth his lips bringeth evil to pass.
  • Isa 59:3-5 : 3 For your hands are defiled with blood, and your fingers with iniquity; your lips have spoken lies, your tongue muttereth wickedness. 4 None sueth in righteousness, and none pleadeth in truth: they trust in vanity, and speak lies; they conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity. 5 They hatch adders' eggs, and weave the spider's web: he that eateth of their eggs dieth; and that which is crushed breaketh out into a viper.
  • Acts 20:30 : 30 and from among your own selves shall men arise, speaking perverse things, to draw away the disciples after them.
  • Ps 17:4-5 : 4 As for the works of men, by the word of thy lips I have kept me from the ways of the violent. 5 My steps have held fast to thy paths, My feet have not slipped.
  • Ps 26:4-5 : 4 I have not sat with men of falsehood; Neither will I go in with dissemblers. 5 I hate the assembly of evil-doers, And will not sit with the wicked.
  • Ps 101:4 : 4 A perverse heart shall depart from me: I will know no evil thing.
  • Ps 141:4 : 4 Incline not my heart to any evil thing, To practise deeds of wickedness With men that work iniquity: And let me not eat of their dainties.
  • Prov 1:10-19 : 10 My son, if sinners entice thee, Consent thou not. 11 If they say, Come with us, Let us lay wait for blood; Let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause; 12 Let us swallow them up alive as Sheol, And whole, as those that go down into the pit; 13 We shall find all precious substance; We shall fill our houses with spoil; 14 Thou shalt cast thy lot among us; We will all have one purse: 15 My son, walk not thou in the way with them; Refrain thy foot from their path: 16 For their feet run to evil, And they make haste to shed blood. 17 For in vain is the net spread In the sight of any bird: 18 And these lay wait for their own blood; They lurk privily for their own lives. 19 So are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; It taketh away the life of the owners thereof.
  • Prov 3:32 : 32 For the perverse is an abomination to Jehovah; But his friendship is with the upright.
  • Prov 4:14-17 : 14 Enter not into the path of the wicked, And walk not in the way of evil men. 15 Avoid it, pass not by it; Turn from it, and pass on. 16 For they sleep not, except they do evil; And their sleep is taken away, unless they cause some to fall. 17 For they eat the bread of wickedness, And drink the wine of violence.
  • Prov 9:6 : 6 Leave off, ye simple ones, and live; And walk in the way of understanding.

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  • Prov 2:13-16
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    13Who forsake the paths of uprightness, To walk in the ways of darkness;

    14Who rejoice to do evil, And delight in the perverseness of evil;

    15Who are crooked in their ways, And wayward in their paths:

    16To deliver thee from the strange woman, Even from the foreigner that flattereth with her words;

  • Prov 2:11
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    11Discretion shall watch over thee; Understanding shall keep thee:

  • Ps 140:1
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    1[For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David]. Deliver me, O Jehovah, from the evil man; Preserve me from the violent man:

  • Prov 6:24
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    24To keep thee from the evil woman, From the flattery of the foreigner's tongue.

  • Prov 2:20
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    20That thou mayest walk in the way of good men, And keep the paths of the righteous.

  • Ps 34:13
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    13Keep thy tongue from evil, And thy lips from speaking guile.

  • Prov 22:5
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    5Thorns [and] snares are in the way of the perverse: He that keepeth his soul shall be far from them.

  • Prov 16:17
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    17The highway of the upright is to depart from evil: He that keepeth his way preserveth his soul.

  • Prov 4:24
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    24Put away from thee a wayward mouth, And perverse lips put far from thee.

  • Prov 4:14-15
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    14Enter not into the path of the wicked, And walk not in the way of evil men.

    15Avoid it, pass not by it; Turn from it, and pass on.

  • Ps 140:4
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    4Keep me, O Jehovah, from the hands of the wicked; Preserve me from the violent man: Who have purposed to thrust aside my steps.

  • Prov 6:12
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    12A worthless person, a man of iniquity, Is he that walketh with a perverse mouth;

  • Prov 1:15-16
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    15My son, walk not thou in the way with them; Refrain thy foot from their path:

    16For their feet run to evil, And they make haste to shed blood.

  • Prov 12:6
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    6The words of the wicked are of lying in wait for blood; But the mouth of the upright shall deliver them.

  • Prov 17:20
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    20He that hath a wayward heart findeth no good; And he that hath a perverse tongue falleth into mischief.

  • Prov 4:27
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    27Turn not to the right hand nor to the left: Remove thy foot from evil.

  • Ps 120:2
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    2Deliver my soul, O Jehovah, from lying lips, [And] from a deceitful tongue.

  • Ps 17:4
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    4As for the works of men, by the word of thy lips I have kept me from the ways of the violent.

  • Prov 10:31-32
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    31The mouth of the righteous bringeth forth wisdom; But the perverse tongue shall be cut off.

    32The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable; But the mouth of the wicked [speaketh] perverseness.

  • Ps 50:19
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    19Thou givest thy mouth to evil, And thy tongue frameth deceit.

  • Prov 11:3
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    3The integrity of the upright shall guide them; But the perverseness of the treacherous shall destroy them.

  • Ps 101:4
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    4A perverse heart shall depart from me: I will know no evil thing.

  • Prov 10:9
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    9He that walketh uprightly walketh surely; But he that perverteth his ways shall be known.

  • Prov 16:29
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    29A man of violence enticeth his neighbor, And leadeth him in a way that is not good.

  • Prov 12:2
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    2A good man shall obtain favor of Jehovah; But a man of wicked devices will he condemn.

  • Prov 7:5
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    5That they may keep thee from the strange woman, From the foreigner that flattereth with her words.

  • Prov 28:18
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    18Whoso walketh uprightly shall be delivered; But he that is perverse in [his] ways shall fall at once.

  • Prov 21:8
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    8The way of him that is laden with guilt is exceeding crooked; But as for the pure, his work is right.

  • Ps 18:26
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    26With the pure thou wilt show thyself pure; And with the perverse thou wilt show thyself froward.

  • Prov 13:15
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    15Good understanding giveth favor; But the way of the transgressor is hard.

  • Ps 140:11
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    11An evil speaker shall not be established in the earth: Evil shall hunt the violent man to overthrow him.

  • 2 Sam 22:27
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    27With the pure thou wilt show thyself pure; And with the perverse thou wilt show thyself froward.

  • Ps 141:9
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    9Keep me from the snare which they have laid for me, And from the gins of the workers of iniquity.

  • Ps 144:11
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    11Rescue me, and deliver me out of the hand of aliens, Whose mouth speaketh deceit, And whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood.

  • Ps 36:3
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    3The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit: He hath ceased to be wise [and] to do good.

  • Prov 12:13
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    13In the transgression of the lips is a snare to the evil man; But the righteous shall come out of trouble.

  • Prov 6:14
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    14In whose heart is perverseness, Who deviseth evil continually, Who soweth discord.

  • Prov 13:6
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    6Righteousness guardeth him that is upright in the way; But wickedness overthroweth the sinner.

  • Prov 22:12
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    12The eyes of Jehovah preserve [him that hath] knowledge; But he overthroweth the words of the treacherous man.

  • Ps 64:2
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    2Hide me from the secret counsel of evil-doers, From the tumult of the workers of iniquity;

  • Prov 11:20
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    20They that are perverse in heart are an abomination to Jehovah; But such as are perfect in [their] way are his delight.

  • Prov 27:12
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    12A prudent man seeth the evil, [and] hideth himself; [But] the simple pass on, [and] suffer for it.

  • Prov 28:10
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    10Whoso causeth the upright to go astray in an evil way, He shall fall himself into his own pit; But the perfect shall inherit good.

  • Isa 31:2
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    2Yet he also is wise, and will bring evil, and will not call back his words, but will arise against the house of the evil-doers, and against the help of them that work iniquity.