Proverbs 2:12

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to deliver you from the way of the wicked, from those speaking perversity,

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 Cor 15:33 : 33 Do not be deceived:“Bad company corrupts good morals.”
  • 2 Cor 6:17 : 17 Therefore“come out from their midst, and be separate,” says the Lord,“and touch no unclean thing, and I will welcome you,
  • Prov 8:13 : 13 The fear of the LORD is to hate evil; I hate arrogant pride and the evil way and perverse utterances.
  • Prov 13:20 : 20 The one who associates with the wise grows wise, but a companion of fools suffers harm.
  • Prov 16:28-30 : 28 A perverse person spreads dissension, and a gossip separates the closest friends. 29 A violent person entices his neighbor, and then leads him down a path that is terrible. 30 The one who winks his eyes devises perverse things, and one who compresses his lips has accomplished evil.
  • Isa 59:3-5 : 3 For your hands are stained with blood and your fingers with sin; your lips speak lies, your tongue utters malicious words. 4 No one is concerned about justice; no one sets forth his case truthfully. They depend on false words and tell lies; they conceive of oppression and give birth to sin. 5 They hatch the eggs of a poisonous snake and spin a spider’s web. Whoever eats their eggs will die, a poisonous snake is hatched.
  • Acts 20:30 : 30 Even from among your own group men will arise, teaching perversions of the truth to draw the disciples away after them.
  • Ps 17:4-5 : 4 As for the actions of people– just as you have commanded, I have not followed in the footsteps of violent men. 5 I carefully obey your commands; I do not deviate from them.
  • Ps 26:4-5 : 4 I do not associate with deceitful men, or consort with those who are dishonest. 5 I hate the mob of evil men, and do not associate with the wicked.
  • Ps 101:4 : 4 I will have nothing to do with a perverse person; I will not permit evil.
  • Ps 141:4 : 4 Do not let me have evil desires, or participate in sinful activities with men who behave wickedly. I will not eat their delicacies.
  • Prov 1:10-19 : 10 Admonition to Avoid Easy but Unjust Riches My child, if sinners try to entice you, do not consent! 11 If they say,“Come with us! We will lie in wait to shed blood; we will ambush an innocent person capriciously. 12 We will swallow them alive like Sheol, those full of vigor like those going down to the Pit. 13 We will seize all kinds of precious wealth; we will fill our houses with plunder. 14 Join with us! We will all share equally in what we steal.” 15 My child, do not go down their way, withhold yourself from their path; 16 for they are eager to inflict harm, and they hasten to shed blood. 17 Surely it is futile to spread a net in plain sight of any bird, 18 but these men lie in wait for their own blood, they ambush their own lives! 19 Such are the ways of all who gain profit unjustly; it takes away the life of those who obtain it!
  • Prov 3:32 : 32 for one who goes astray is an abomination to the LORD, but he reveals his intimate counsel to the upright.
  • Prov 4:14-17 : 14 Do not enter the path of the wicked or walk in the way of those who are evil. 15 Avoid it, do not go on it; turn away from it, and go on. 16 For they cannot sleep unless they cause harm; they are robbed of sleep until they make someone stumble. 17 Indeed they have eaten bread gained from wickedness and drink wine obtained from violence.
  • Prov 9:6 : 6 Abandon your foolish ways so that you may live, and proceed in the way of understanding.”

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 2:13-16
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    13who leave the upright paths to walk on the dark ways,

    14who delight in doing evil, they rejoice in perverse evil;

    15whose paths are morally crooked, and who are devious in their ways;

    16to deliver you from the adulterous woman, from the loose woman who has flattered you with her words;

  • Prov 2:11
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    11Discretion will protect you, understanding will guard you,

  • Ps 140:1
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    1For the music director; a psalm of David. O LORD, rescue me from wicked men! Protect me from violent men,

  • Prov 6:24
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    24by keeping you from the evil woman, from the smooth tongue of the loose woman.

  • Prov 2:20
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    20So you will walk in the way of good people, and will keep on the paths of the righteous.

  • Ps 34:13
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    13Then make sure you don’t speak evil words or use deceptive speech!

  • Prov 22:5
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    5Thorns and snares are in the path of the perverse, but the one who guards himself keeps far from them.

  • Prov 16:17
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    17The highway of the upright is to turn away from evil; the one who guards his way safeguards his life.

  • Prov 4:24
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    24Remove perverse speech from your mouth; keep devious talk far from your lips.

  • Prov 4:14-15
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    14Do not enter the path of the wicked or walk in the way of those who are evil.

    15Avoid it, do not go on it; turn away from it, and go on.

  • Ps 140:4
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    4O LORD, shelter me from the power of the wicked! Protect me from violent men, who plan to knock me over.

  • Prov 6:12
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    12A worthless and wicked person walks around saying perverse things;

  • Prov 1:15-16
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    15My child, do not go down their way, withhold yourself from their path;

    16for they are eager to inflict harm, and they hasten to shed blood.

  • Prov 12:6
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    6The words of the wicked lie in wait to shed innocent blood, but the words of the upright will deliver them.

  • Prov 17:20
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    20The one who has a perverse heart does not find good, and the one who is deceitful in speech falls into trouble.

  • Prov 4:27
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    27Do not turn to the right or to the left; turn yourself away from evil.

  • Ps 120:2
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    2I said,“O LORD, rescue me from those who lie with their lips and those who deceive with their tongue.

  • Ps 17:4
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    4As for the actions of people– just as you have commanded, I have not followed in the footsteps of violent men.

  • Prov 10:31-32
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    31The speech of the righteous bears the fruit of wisdom, but the one who speaks perversion will be destroyed.

    32The lips of the righteous know what is pleasing, but the speech of the wicked is perverse.

  • Ps 50:19
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    19You do damage with words, and use your tongue to deceive.

  • Prov 11:3
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    3The integrity of the upright guides them, but the crookedness of the treacherous destroys them.

  • Ps 101:4
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    4I will have nothing to do with a perverse person; I will not permit evil.

  • Prov 10:9
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    9The one who conducts himself in integrity will live securely, but the one who behaves perversely will be found out.

  • Prov 16:29
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    29A violent person entices his neighbor, and then leads him down a path that is terrible.

  • Prov 12:2
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    2A good person obtains favor from the LORD, but the LORD condemns a person with wicked schemes.

  • Prov 7:5
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    5so that they may keep you from the adulterous woman, from the loose woman who has flattered you with her words.

  • Prov 28:18
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    18The one who walks blamelessly will be delivered, but whoever is perverse in his ways will fall at once.

  • Prov 21:8
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    8The way of the guilty person is devious, but as for the pure, his way is upright.

  • Ps 18:26
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    26You prove to be reliable to one who is blameless, but you prove to be deceptive to one who is perverse.

  • Prov 13:15
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    15Keen insight wins favor, but the conduct of the treacherous ends in destruction.

  • Ps 140:11
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    11A slanderer will not endure on the earth; calamity will hunt down a violent man and strike him down.

  • 2 Sam 22:27
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    27You prove to be reliable to one who is blameless, but you prove to be deceptive to one who is perverse.

  • Ps 141:9
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    9Protect me from the snare they have laid for me, and the traps the evildoers have set.

  • Ps 144:11
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    11Grab me and rescue me from the power of foreigners, who speak lies, and make false promises.

  • Ps 36:3
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    3The words he speaks are sinful and deceitful; he does not care about doing what is wise and right.

  • Prov 12:13
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    13The evil person is ensnared by the transgression of his speech, but the righteous person escapes out of trouble.

  • Prov 6:14
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    14he plots evil with perverse thoughts in his heart, he spreads contention at all times.

  • Prov 13:6
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    6Righteousness guards the one who lives with integrity, but wickedness overthrows the sinner.

  • Prov 22:12
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    12The eyes of the LORD watched over a cause, and subverted the words of the treacherous person.

  • Ps 64:2
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    2Hide me from the plots of evil men, from the crowd of evildoers.

  • Prov 11:20
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    20The LORD abhors those who are perverse in heart, but those who are blameless in their ways are his delight.

  • Prov 27:12
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    12A shrewd person saw danger–he hid himself; the naive passed right on by– they had to pay for it.

  • Prov 28:10
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    10The one who leads the upright astray in an evil way will himself fall into his own pit, but the blameless will inherit what is good.

  • Isa 31:2
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    2Yet he too is wise and he will bring disaster; he does not retract his decree. He will attack the wicked nation, and the nation that helps those who commit sin.