Proverbs 16:29

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A violent man entices his neighbor and leads him down a path that is not good.

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  • 1 Sam 19:11 : 11 Saul sent messengers to David's house to watch him and to kill him in the morning. But Michal, David’s wife, warned him, saying, 'If you don’t escape tonight, you will be killed in the morning.'
  • 1 Sam 19:17 : 17 Saul said to Michal, 'Why have you deceived me like this? You let my enemy go, and he has escaped.' Michal answered Saul, 'He said to me,
  • 1 Sam 22:7-9 : 7 Saul said to his servants who stood around him, 'Listen now, men of Benjamin! Will the son of Jesse give all of you fields and vineyards? Will he make all of you commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds?' 8 'You have all conspired against me! No one reveals to me when my son makes a covenant with the son of Jesse. None of you feels sorry for me or tells me that my son has stirred up my servant to lie in wait for me, as he does today.' 9 Then Doeg the Edomite, who was standing with Saul's servants, answered, 'I saw the son of Jesse come to Nob, to Ahimelech son of Ahitub.'
  • 1 Sam 23:19-21 : 19 The Ziphites went to Saul at Gibeah and said, 'Isn't David hiding among us in the strongholds in the woods, on the hill of Hachilah, south of Jeshimon?' 20 Now, O king, come down whenever you desire, and it will be our duty to surrender him into your hand. 21 Saul replied, 'May you be blessed by the LORD, for you have shown compassion on me.'
  • Neh 6:13 : 13 He had been hired to intimidate me so that I would commit a sin by acting this way. Then they could give me a bad name and discredit me.
  • Prov 1:10-14 : 10 My son, if sinners entice you, do not consent. 11 If they say, 'Come with us, let us lie in wait for blood; let us ambush the innocent without cause;' 12 Like Sheol, we will swallow them alive, whole, like those who go down to the pit; 13 We will find all kinds of precious wealth; we will fill our houses with plunder. 14 Cast your lot among us; we will all have one purse.
  • Prov 2:12-15 : 12 rescuing you from the way of evil, from anyone who speaks perversely, 13 from those who abandon the paths of uprightness to walk in the ways of darkness, 14 from those who rejoice in doing evil and delight in the perversity of wickedness. 15 Their paths are crooked, and their ways are devious.
  • Prov 3:31 : 31 Do not envy a violent man or choose any of his ways.
  • Prov 12:26 : 26 The righteous choose their companions wisely, but the way of the wicked leads them astray.
  • 2 Pet 3:17 : 17 Therefore, beloved, since you have been forewarned, be on your guard so that you are not carried away by the error of lawless people and fall from your own steadfastness.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 81%

    27 A worthless man plots evil, and his words are like a scorching fire.

    28 A perverse person spreads conflict, and a gossip separates close friends.

  • 30 The one who winks with his eyes is plotting perverse things, and the one who purses his lips is bent on evil.

  • 26 The righteous choose their companions wisely, but the way of the wicked leads them astray.

  • Prov 29:5-6
    2 verses
    76%

    5 A man who flatters his neighbor spreads a net for his steps.

    6 An evil man is ensnared by his transgression, but the righteous rejoice and are glad.

  • 22 An angry man stirs up strife, and a hot-tempered man commits many transgressions.

  • 75%

    18 A person who lacks sense shakes hands in pledge and puts up security for their neighbor.

    19 Whoever loves transgression loves strife; whoever builds a high gate invites destruction.

    20 A crooked heart will not find good, and the one with a deceitful tongue will fall into trouble.

  • 74%

    18 Like a madman who shoots fiery arrows, arrows, and death,

    19 so is the one who deceives their neighbor and says, 'I was only joking!'

  • 11 A rebellious person seeks only evil, so a cruel messenger will be sent against them.

  • 14 He plots evil with deceit in his heart; he constantly stirs up dissension.

  • 12 A worthless person, a man of wickedness, walks with a corrupt mouth,

  • Prov 1:10-11
    2 verses
    73%

    10 My son, if sinners entice you, do not consent.

    11 If they say, 'Come with us, let us lie in wait for blood; let us ambush the innocent without cause;'

  • 29 A wicked man hardens his face, but an upright person considers their way.

  • Prov 1:15-16
    2 verses
    73%

    15 My son, do not walk in the way with them; keep your foot away from their paths,

    16 For their feet run to evil; they hasten to shed blood.

  • 73%

    17 Seldom set foot in your neighbor’s house, lest he become weary of you and hate you.

    18 Like a club, a sword, or a sharp arrow is a person who gives false testimony against his neighbor.

  • Prov 4:14-15
    2 verses
    73%

    14 Do not set foot on the path of the wicked or walk in the way of evildoers.

    15 Avoid it; do not travel on it. Turn away from it and go on your way.

  • Prov 3:29-31
    3 verses
    73%

    29 Do not plot harm against your neighbor who lives trustingly beside you.

    30 Do not accuse anyone for no reason, when they have done you no harm.

    31 Do not envy a violent man or choose any of his ways.

  • 10 The soul of the wicked desires evil; his neighbor finds no favor in his eyes.

  • 10 Whoever leads the upright along an evil path will fall into his own pit, but the blameless will inherit what is good.

  • 11 May burning coals fall upon them; may they be thrown into the fire, into deep pits, never to rise again.

  • 3 Do not drag me away with the wicked, with those who do evil, who speak peace to their neighbors but harbor evil in their hearts.

  • 12 rescuing you from the way of evil, from anyone who speaks perversely,

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    24 Do not make friends with a hot-tempered person, and do not associate with one easily angered.

    25 Or you may learn their ways and set a trap for your soul.

  • 3 For he flatters himself in his own eyes, thinking his iniquity will not be discovered or hated.

  • 21 Those who cause humanity to sin with a word, who set traps for the one who rebukes in the gate, and who twist justice by making the righteous nothing, will be judged.

  • 8 The one who plots evil will be called a schemer.

  • 2 From the fruit of their lips, people enjoy good things, but the appetite of the treacherous desires violence.

  • 23 The wicked accept a bribe in secret to pervert the ways of justice.

  • 19 a false witness who pours out lies, and one who stirs up conflict among brothers.

  • 15 Do not lie in ambush, wicked person, at the house of the righteous; do not destroy their resting place.

  • 13 If anyone returns evil for good, evil will never depart from their house.

  • 27 Whoever diligently seeks good finds favor, but trouble will come to the one who searches for evil.

  • 17 A quick-tempered person does foolish things, and one who devises evil is hated.

  • 17 A man burdened with the guilt of bloodshed will flee to the pit; let no one support him.

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    18 A hot-tempered person stirs up conflict, but one who is patient calms a quarrel.

    19 The path of the lazy is like a hedge of thorns, but the way of the upright is smooth.

  • 15 Their paths are crooked, and their ways are devious.

  • 3 A man’s foolishness twists his way, and his heart rages against the LORD.

  • 7 The violence of the wicked will sweep them away because they refuse to act justly.