Proverbs 2:12

King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

To deliver thee from the way of the evil man, from the man that speaketh froward things;

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 Cor 15:33 : 33 Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners.
  • 2 Cor 6:17 : 17 Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you,
  • Prov 8:13 : 13 The fear of the LORD is to hate evil: ide, and arrogancy, and the evil way, and the froward mouth, do I hate.
  • Prov 13:20 : 20 He that walketh with wise men shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed.
  • Prov 16:28-30 : 28 A froward man soweth strife: and a whisperer separateth chief friends. 29 A violent man enticeth his neighbour, and leadeth him into the way that is not good. 30 He shutteth his eyes to devise froward things: moving his lips he 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 hath muttered perverseness. 4 None calleth for justice, nor any pleadeth for truth: they trust in vanity, and speak lies; they conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity. 5 They hatch cockatrice' 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 Also of your own selves shall men arise, speaking perverse things, to draw away disciples after them.
  • Ps 17:4-5 : 4 Concerning the works of men, by the word of thy li I have kept me from the paths of the destroyer. 5 Hold up my goings in thy paths, that my footste slip not.
  • Ps 26:4-5 : 4 I have not sat with vain persons, neither will I go in with dissemblers. 5 I have hated the congregation of evil doers; and will not sit with the wicked.
  • Ps 101:4 : 4 A froward heart shall depart from me: I will not know a wicked person.
  • Ps 141:4 : 4 Incline not my heart to any evil thing, to practise wicked works 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 ivily for the innocent without cause: 12 Let us swallow them up alive as the grave; and whole, as those that go down into the pit: 13 We shall find all ecious substance, we shall fill our houses with spoil: 14 Cast in thy lot among us; let us 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 make haste to shed blood. 17 Surely in vain the net is sead in the sight of any bird. 18 And they lay wait for their own blood; they lurk ivily for their own lives. 19 So are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; which taketh away the life of the owners thereof.
  • Prov 3:32 : 32 For the froward is abomination to the LORD: but his secret is with the righteous.
  • Prov 4:14-17 : 14 Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in the way of evil men. 15 Avoid it, pass not by it, turn from it, and pass away. 16 For they sleep not, except they have done mischief; 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 Forsake the foolish, and live; and go in the way of understanding.

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    13 Who leave the paths of uightness, to walk in the ways of darkness;

    14 Who rejoice to do evil, and delight in the frowardness of the wicked;

    15 Whose ways are crooked, and they froward in their paths:

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  • Prov 2:11
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    11 Discretion shall eserve thee, understanding shall keep thee:

  • Ps 140:1
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    1 To the chief Musician, A alm of David. Deliver me, O LORD, from the evil man: preserve me from the violent man;

  • Prov 6:24
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    24 To keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman.

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

  • Ps 34:13
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    13 Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy li from speaking guile.

  • Prov 22:5
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    5 Thorns and snares are in the way of the froward: he that doth keep his soul shall be far from them.

  • Prov 16:17
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    17 The highway of the uight is to depart from evil: he that keepeth his way eserveth his soul.

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

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

    15 Avoid it, pass not by it, turn from it, and pass away.

  • Ps 140:4
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    4 Keep me, O LORD, from the hands of the wicked; preserve me from the violent man; who have purposed to overthrow my goings.

  • Prov 6:12
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    12 A naughty person, a wicked man, walketh with a froward mouth.

  • Prov 1:15-16
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    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 make haste to shed blood.

  • Prov 12:6
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    6 The words of the wicked are to lie in wait for blood: but the mouth of the uight shall deliver them.

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

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

  • Ps 120:2
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    2 Deliver my soul, O LORD, from lying li, and from a deceitful tongue.

  • Ps 17:4
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    4 Concerning the works of men, by the word of thy li I have kept me from the paths of the destroyer.

  • Prov 10:31-32
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    31 The mouth of the just bringeth forth wisdom: but the froward tongue shall be cut out.

    32 The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable: but the mouth of the wicked speaketh frowardness.

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

  • Prov 11:3
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    3 The integrity of the uight shall guide them: but the perverseness of transgressors shall destroy them.

  • Ps 101:4
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    4 A froward heart shall depart from me: I will not know a wicked person.

  • Prov 10:9
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    9 He that walketh uightly walketh surely: but he that perverteth his ways shall be known.

  • Prov 16:29
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    29 A violent man enticeth his neighbour, and leadeth him into the way that is not good.

  • Prov 12:2
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    2 A good man obtaineth favour of the LORD: but a man of wicked devices will he condemn.

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

  • Prov 28:18
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    18 Whoso walketh uightly shall be saved: but he that is perverse in his ways shall fall at once.

  • Prov 21:8
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    8 The way of man is froward and strange: but as for the pure, his work is right.

  • Ps 18:26
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    26 With the pure thou wilt shew thyself pure; and with the froward thou wilt shew thyself froward.

  • Prov 13:15
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    15 Good understanding giveth favour: but the way of transgressors is hard.

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

  • 2 Sam 22:27
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    27 With the pure thou wilt shew thyself pure; and with the froward thou wilt shew thyself unsavoury.

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    9 Keep me from the snares which they have laid for me, and the gins of the workers of iniquity.

  • Ps 144:11
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    11 Rid me, and deliver me from the hand of strange children, whose mouth speaketh vanity, and their right hand is a right hand of falsehood:

  • Ps 36:3
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    3 The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit: he hath left off to be wise, and to do good.

  • Prov 12:13
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    13 The wicked is snared by the transgression of his lips: but the just shall come out of trouble.

  • Prov 6:14
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    14 Frowardness is in his heart, he deviseth mischief continually; he soweth discord.

  • Prov 13:6
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    6 Righteousness keepeth him that is uight in the way: but wickedness overthroweth the sinner.

  • Prov 22:12
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    12 The eyes of the LORD eserve knowledge, and he overthroweth the words of the transgressor.

  • Ps 64:2
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    2 Hide me from the secret counsel of the wicked; from the insurrection of the workers of iniquity:

  • Prov 11:20
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    20 They that are of a froward heart are abomination to the LORD: but such as are uight in their way are his delight.

  • Prov 27:12
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    12 A udent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself; but the simple pass on, and are punished.

  • Prov 28:10
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    10 Whoso causeth the righteous to go astray in an evil way, he shall fall himself into his own pit: but the uight shall have good things in possession.

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