Proverbs 16:17

World English Bible (2000)

The highway of the upright is to depart from evil. He who keeps his way preserves his soul.

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Referenced Verses

  • Isa 35:8 : 8 A highway will be there, a road, and it will be called The Holy Way. The unclean shall not pass over it, but it will be for those who walk in the Way. Wicked fools will not go there.
  • Rev 3:10 : 10 Because you kept my command to endure, I also will keep you from the hour of testing, which is to come on the whole world, to test those who dwell on the earth.
  • Prov 4:24-27 : 24 Put away from yourself a perverse mouth. Put corrupt lips far from you. 25 Let your eyes look straight ahead. Fix your gaze directly before you. 26 Make the path of your feet level. Let all of your ways be established. 27 Don't turn to the right hand nor to the left. Remove your foot from evil.
  • Prov 10:9 : 9 He who walks blamelessly walks surely, but he who perverts his ways will be found out.
  • Prov 19:16 : 16 He who keeps the commandment keeps his soul, but he who is contemptuous in his ways shall die.
  • Matt 24:13 : 13 But he who endures to the end, the same will be saved.
  • Acts 10:35 : 35 but in every nation he who fears him and works righteousness is acceptable to him.
  • Acts 24:16 : 16 Herein I also practice always having a conscience void of offense toward God and men.
  • Titus 2:10-14 : 10 not stealing, but showing all good fidelity; that they may adorn the doctrine of God, our Savior, in all things. 11 For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation to all men, 12 instructing us to the intent that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we would live soberly, righteously, and godly in this present world; 13 looking for the blessed hope and appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ; 14 who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify for himself a people for his own possession, zealous for good works.
  • Heb 10:39 : 39 But we are not of those who shrink back to destruction, but of those who have faith to the saving of the soul.
  • Jude 1:21 : 21 Keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ to eternal life.
  • Jude 1:24 : 24 Now to him who is able to keep them from stumbling, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory in great joy,

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  • Prov 2:20
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    20 that you may walk in the way of good men, and keep the paths of the righteous.

  • Prov 15:24
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    24 The path of life leads upward for the wise, to keep him from going downward to Sheol.

  • Prov 13:6
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    6 Righteousness guards the way of integrity, but wickedness overthrows the sinner.

  • Prov 22:5
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    5 Thorns and snares are in the path of the wicked: whoever guards his soul stays from them.

  • Prov 4:14-15
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    14 Don't enter into the path of the wicked. Don't walk in the way of evil men.

    15 Avoid it, and don't pass by it. Turn from it, and pass on.

  • Prov 16:18
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    18 Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.

  • Prov 4:26-27
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    26 Make the path of your feet level. Let all of your ways be established.

    27 Don't turn to the right hand nor to the left. Remove your foot from evil.

  • Prov 10:17
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    17 He is in the way of life who heeds correction, but he who forsakes reproof leads others astray.

  • Prov 10:9
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    9 He who walks blamelessly walks surely, but he who perverts his ways will be found out.

  • Prov 2:11-13
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    11 Discretion will watch over you. Understanding will keep you,

    12 to deliver you from the way of evil, from the men who speak perverse things;

    13 who forsake the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness;

  • Prov 2:8-9
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    8 that he may guard the paths of justice, and preserve the way of his saints.

    9 Then you will understand righteousness and justice, equity and every good path.

  • Prov 1:15
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    15 My son, don't walk in the way with them. Keep your foot from their path,

  • Prov 11:19
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    19 He who is truly righteous gets life. He who pursues evil gets death.

  • Prov 19:16
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    16 He who keeps the commandment keeps his soul, but he who is contemptuous in his ways shall die.

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

  • Prov 28:18
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    18 Whoever walks blamelessly is kept safe; but one with perverse ways will fall suddenly.

  • Prov 19:8
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    8 He who gets wisdom loves his own soul. He who keeps understanding shall find good.

  • Prov 14:12
    74%

    12 There is a way which seems right to a man, but in the end it leads to death.

  • Prov 16:25
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    25 There is a way which seems right to a man, but in the end it leads to death.

  • Prov 12:28
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    28 In the way of righteousness is life; in its path there is no death.

  • Prov 13:15
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    15 Good understanding wins favor; but the way of the unfaithful is hard.

  • Prov 10:29
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    29 The way of Yahweh is a stronghold to the upright, but it is a destruction to the workers of iniquity.

  • Prov 21:29
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    29 A wicked man hardens his face; but as for the upright, he establishes his ways.

  • Prov 16:9
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    9 A man's heart plans his course, but Yahweh directs his steps.

  • Ps 34:13-14
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    13 Keep your tongue from evil, and your lips from speaking lies.

    14 Depart from evil, and do good. seek peace, and pursue it.

  • Prov 14:15-16
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    15 A simple man believes everything, but the prudent man carefully considers his ways.

    16 A wise man fears, and shuns evil, but the fool is hotheaded and reckless.

  • Prov 28:6
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    6 Better is the poor who walks in his integrity, than he who is perverse in his ways, and he is rich.

  • Isa 26:7
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    7 The way of the just is uprightness. You who are upright make the path of the righteous level.

  • Prov 3:7
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    7 Don't be wise in your own eyes. Fear Yahweh, and depart from evil.

  • Prov 16:16
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    16 How much better it is to get wisdom than gold! Yes, to get understanding is to be chosen rather than silver.

  • Prov 9:6
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    6 Leave your simple ways, and live. Walk in the way of understanding."

  • Prov 11:5
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    5 The righteousness of the blameless will direct his way, but the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness.

  • Prov 12:26
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    26 A righteous person is cautious in friendship, but the way of the wicked leads them astray.

  • Ps 121:7
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    7 Yahweh will keep you from all evil. He will keep your soul.

  • Ps 37:27
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    27 Depart from evil, and do good. Live securely forever.

  • Ezek 18:27
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    27 Again, when the wicked man turns away from his wickedness that he has committed, and does that which is lawful and right, he shall save his soul alive.

  • Prov 15:19
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    19 The way of the sluggard is like a thorn patch, but the path of the upright is a highway.

  • Prov 28:10
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    10 Whoever causes the upright to go astray in an evil way, he will fall into his own trap; but the blameless will inherit good.

  • Prov 14:2
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    2 He who walks in his uprightness fears Yahweh, but he who is perverse in his ways despises him.

  • Prov 7:25
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    25 Don't let your heart turn to her ways. Don't go astray in her paths,

  • Prov 21:16
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    16 The man who wanders out of the way of understanding shall rest in the assembly of the dead.

  • Prov 16:6
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    6 By mercy and truth iniquity is atoned for. By the fear of Yahweh men depart from evil.

  • Prov 19:2
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    2 It isn't good to have zeal without knowledge; nor being hasty with one's feet and missing the way.