Proverbs 2:15

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Ps 125:5 : 5 As for such as turn aside unto their crooked ways, the LORD shall lead them forth with the workers of iniquity: but peace shall be upon Israel.
Prov 21:8 : 8 The way of man is froward and strange: but as for the pure, his work is right.
Isa 30:8-9 : 8 Now go, write it before them in a table, and note it in a book, that it may be for the time to come for ever and ever: 9 That this is a rebellious people, lying children, children that will not hear the law of the LORD: 10 Which say to the seers, See not; and to the prophets, Prophesy not unto us right things, speak unto us smooth things, prophesy deceits: 11 Get you out of the way, turn aside out of the path, cause the Holy One of Israel to cease from before us. 12 Wherefore thus saith the Holy One of Israel, Because ye despise this word, and trust in oppression and perverseness, and stay thereon: 13 Therefore this iniquity shall be to you as a breach ready to fall, swelling out in a high wall, whose breaking cometh suddenly at an instant.
Isa 59:8 : 8 The way of peace they know not; and there is no judgment in their goings: they have made them crooked paths: whosoever goeth therein shall not know peace.
Phil 2:15 : 15 That ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world;
Deut 32:5 : 5 They have corrupted themselves, their spot is not the spot of his children: they are a perverse and crooked generation.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

Prov 2:12-14
3 verses
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12To deliver thee from the way of the evil man, from the man that speaketh froward things;
13Who leave the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness;
14Who rejoice to do evil, and delight in the frowardness of the wicked;
Prov 11:20
78%
20They that are of a froward heart are abomination to the LORD: but such as are upright in their way are his delight.
Prov 21:8
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8The way of man is froward and strange: but as for the pure, his work is right.
Rom 3:15-16
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77%
15Their feet are swift to shed blood:
16Destruction and misery are in their ways:
Prov 2:16
76%
16To deliver thee from the strange woman, even from the stranger which flattereth with her words;
Prov 1:15-16
2 verses
76%
15My son, walk not thou in the way with them; refrain thy foot from their path:
16For their feet run to evil, and make haste to shed blood.
Prov 6:14
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14Frowardness is in his heart, he deviseth mischief continually; he soweth discord.
Prov 2:20
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20That thou mayest walk in the way of good men, and keep the paths of the righteous.
Prov 22:5
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5Thorns and snares are in the way of the froward: he that doth keep his soul shall be far from them.
Prov 10:9
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9He that walketh uprightly walketh surely: but he that perverteth his ways shall be known.
Prov 6:12
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12A naughty person, a wicked man, walketh with a froward mouth.
Isa 59:7-8
2 verses
75%
7Their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed innocent blood: their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity; wasting and destruction are in their paths.
8The way of peace they know not; and there is no judgment in their goings: they have made them crooked paths: whosoever goeth therein shall not know peace.
Job 22:15
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15Hast thou marked the old way which wicked men have trodden?
Prov 14:2
73%
2He that walketh in his uprightness feareth the LORD: but he that is perverse in his ways despiseth him.
Prov 11:3
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3The integrity of the upright shall guide them: but the perverseness of transgressors shall destroy them.
Prov 17:20
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20He that hath a froward heart findeth no good: and he that hath a perverse tongue falleth into mischief.
Prov 3:32
73%
32For the froward is abomination to the LORD: but his secret is with the righteous.
Prov 5:6
73%
6Lest thou shouldest ponder the path of life, her ways are moveable, that thou canst not know them.
Prov 28:18
73%
18Whoso walketh uprightly shall be saved: but he that is perverse in his ways shall fall at once.
Job 5:13
73%
13He taketh the wise in their own craftiness: and the counsel of the froward is carried headlong.
Prov 13:15
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15Good understanding giveth favour: but the way of transgressors is hard.
Prov 2:18
73%
18For her house inclineth unto death, and her paths unto the dead.
Prov 4:14-15
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14Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in the way of evil men.
15Avoid it, pass not by it, turn from it, and pass away.
Prov 19:3
73%
3The foolishness of man perverteth his way: and his heart fretteth against the LORD.
Lam 3:9
73%
9He hath inclosed my ways with hewn stone, he hath made my paths crooked.
Prov 7:25
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25Let not thine heart decline to her ways, go not astray in her paths.
Prov 4:19
72%
19The way of the wicked is as darkness: they know not at what they stumble.
Ps 55:11
72%
11Wickedness is in the midst thereof: deceit and guile depart{H8686)} not from her streets.
2 Pet 2:15
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15Which have forsaken the right way, and are gone astray, following the way of Balaam the son of Bosor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness;
Prov 28:10
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10Whoso causeth the righteous to go astray in an evil way, he shall fall himself into his own pit: but the upright shall have good things in possession.
2 Pet 2:2
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2And many shall follow their pernicious ways; by reason of whom the way of truth shall be evil spoken of.
Deut 32:5
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5They have corrupted themselves, their spot is not the spot of his children: they are a perverse and crooked generation.
Jer 2:33
72%
33Why trimmest thou thy way to seek love? therefore hast thou also taught the wicked ones thy ways.
Hos 14:9
72%
9Who is wise, and he shall understand these things? prudent, and he shall know them? for the ways of the LORD are right, and the just shall walk in them: but the transgressors shall fall therein.
Job 6:18
71%
18The paths of their way are turned aside; they go to nothing, and perish.
Job 34:8
71%
8Which goeth in company with the workers of iniquity, and walketh with wicked men.
Prov 10:29
71%
29The way of the LORD is strength to the upright: but destruction shall be to the workers of iniquity.
Prov 16:29
71%
29A violent man enticeth his neighbour, and leadeth him into the way that is not good.
Ps 125:5
71%
5As for such as turn aside unto their crooked ways, the LORD shall lead them forth with the workers of iniquity: but peace shall be upon Israel.
Prov 15:19
71%
19The way of the slothful man is as an hedge of thorns: but the way of the righteous is made plain.
Ps 18:26
71%
26With the pure thou wilt shew thyself pure; and with the froward thou wilt shew thyself froward.
Prov 6:18
71%
18An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief,
Prov 21:29
71%
29A wicked man hardeneth his face: but as for the upright, he directeth his way.
Prov 15:9
71%
9The way of the wicked is an abomination unto the LORD: but he loveth him that followeth after righteousness.