Proverbs 16:29

World English Bible (2000)

A man of violence entices his neighbor, and leads him in a way that is not good.

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 Sam 19:11 : 11 Saul sent messengers to David's house, to watch him, and to kill him in the morning. Michal, David's wife, told him, saying, "If you don't save your life tonight, tomorrow you will be killed."
  • 1 Sam 19:17 : 17 Saul said to Michal, "Why have you deceived me thus, and let my enemy go, so that he is escaped?" Michal answered Saul, "He said to me, 'Let me go! Why should I kill you?'"
  • 1 Sam 22:7-9 : 7 Saul said to his servants who stood about him, "Hear now, you Benjamites! Will the son of Jesse give everyone of you fields and vineyards, will he make you all captains of thousands and captains of hundreds, 8 that all of you have conspired against me, and there is none who discloses to me when my son makes a treaty with the son of Jesse, and there is none of you who is sorry for me, or discloses to me that my son has stirred up my servant against me, to lie in wait, as at this day?" 9 Then Doeg the Edomite, who stood by the servants of Saul, answered and said, "I saw the son of Jesse coming to Nob, to Ahimelech the son of Ahitub.
  • 1 Sam 23:19-21 : 19 Then the Ziphites came up to Saul to Gibeah, saying, "Doesn't David hide himself with us in the strongholds in the wood, in the hill of Hachilah, which is on the south of the desert? 20 Now therefore, O king, come down, according to all the desire of your soul to come down; and our part shall be to deliver him up into the king's hand." 21 Saul said, "You are blessed by Yahweh; for you have had compassion on me.
  • Neh 6:13 : 13 He hired so that I would be afraid, do so, and sin, and that they might have material for an evil report, that they might reproach me.
  • Prov 1:10-14 : 10 My son, if sinners entice you, don't consent. 11 If they say, "Come with us, Let's lay in wait for blood; let's lurk secretly for the innocent without cause; 12 let's swallow them up alive like Sheol, and whole, like those who go down into the pit. 13 We'll find all valuable wealth. We'll fill our houses with spoil. 14 You shall cast your lot among us. We'll all have one purse."
  • Prov 2:12-15 : 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; 14 who rejoice to do evil, and delight in the perverseness of evil; 15 who are crooked in their ways, and wayward in their paths:
  • Prov 3:31 : 31 Don't envy the man of violence. Choose none of his ways.
  • Prov 12:26 : 26 A righteous person is cautious in friendship, but the way of the wicked leads them astray.
  • 2 Pet 3:17 : 17 You therefore, beloved, knowing these things beforehand, beware, lest being carried away with the error of the wicked, you fall from your own steadfastness.

Similar Verses (AI)

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    27 A worthless man devises mischief. His speech is like a scorching fire.

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  • Prov 16:30
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    30 One who winks his eyes to plot perversities, one who compresses his lips, is bent on evil.

  • Prov 12:26
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  • Prov 29:5-6
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    5 A man who flatters his neighbor spreads a net for his feet.

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  • Prov 29:22
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    22 An angry man stirs up strife, and a wrathful man abounds in sin.

  • Prov 17:18-20
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    18 A man void of understanding strikes hands, and becomes collateral in the presence of his neighbor.

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  • Prov 26:18-19
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    18 Like a madman who shoots torches, arrows, and death,

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  • Prov 17:11
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    11 An evil man seeks only rebellion; therefore a cruel messenger shall be sent against him.

  • Prov 6:14
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    14 in whose heart is perverseness, who devises evil continually, who always sows discord.

  • Prov 6:12
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    12 A worthless person, a man of iniquity, is he who walks with a perverse mouth;

  • Prov 1:10-11
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    10 My son, if sinners entice you, don't consent.

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

  • Prov 1:15-16
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    15 My son, don't walk in the way with them. Keep your foot from their path,

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  • Prov 25:17-18
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    17 Let your foot be seldom in your neighbor's house, lest he be weary of you, and hate you.

    18 A man who gives false testimony against his neighbor is like a club, a sword, or a sharp arrow.

  • 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 3:29-31
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    29 Don't devise evil against your neighbor, since he dwells securely by you.

    30 Don't strive with a man without cause, if he has done you no harm.

    31 Don't envy the man of violence. Choose none of his ways.

  • Prov 21:10
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    10 The soul of the wicked desires evil; his neighbor finds no mercy in his eyes.

  • 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.

  • Ps 140:11
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    11 An evil speaker won't be established in the earth. Evil will hunt the violent man to overthrow him.

  • Ps 28:3
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    3 Don't draw me away with the wicked, with the workers of iniquity who speak peace with their neighbors, but mischief is in their hearts.

  • Prov 2:12
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    12 to deliver you from the way of evil, from the men who speak perverse things;

  • Prov 22:24-25
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    24 Don't befriend a hot-tempered man, and don't associate with one who harbors anger:

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    8 One who plots to do evil will be called a schemer.

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    2 By the fruit of his lips, a man enjoys good things; but the unfaithful crave violence.

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    23 A wicked man receives a bribe in secret, to pervert the ways of justice.

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    19 a false witness who utters lies, and he who sows discord among brothers.

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    13 Whoever rewards evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house.

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  • Prov 14:17
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    17 He who is quick to become angry will commit folly, and a crafty man is hated.

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  • Prov 15:18-19
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    18 A wrathful man stirs up contention, but one who is slow to anger appeases strife.

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

  • Prov 2:15
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    15 who are crooked in their ways, and wayward in their paths:

  • Prov 19:3
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    3 The foolishness of man subverts his way; his heart rages against Yahweh.

  • Prov 21:7
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    7 The violence of the wicked will drive them away, because they refuse to do what is right.