Proverbs 2:12

Webster's Bible (1833)

To deliver you from the way of evil, From the men who speak perverse things;

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 Cor 15:33 : 33 Don't be deceived! "Evil companionships corrupt good morals."
  • 2 Cor 6:17 : 17 Therefore, "'Come out from among them, And be separate,' says the Lord, 'Touch no unclean thing. I will receive you.
  • Prov 8:13 : 13 The fear of Yahweh is to hate evil. I hate pride, arrogance, the evil way, and the perverse mouth.
  • Prov 13:20 : 20 One who walks with wise men grows wise, But a companion of fools suffers harm.
  • Prov 16:28-30 : 28 A perverse man stirs up strife. A whisperer separates close friends. 29 A man of violence entices his neighbor, And leads him in a way that is not good. 30 One who winks his eyes to plot perversities, One who compresses his lips, is bent on evil.
  • Isa 59:3-5 : 3 For your hands are defiled with blood, and your fingers with iniquity; your lips have spoken lies, your tongue mutters wickedness. 4 None sues in righteousness, and none pleads in truth: they trust in vanity, and speak lies; they conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity. 5 They hatch adders' eggs, and weave the spider's web: he who eats of their eggs dies; and that which is crushed breaks out into a viper.
  • Acts 20:30 : 30 Men will arise from among your own selves, speaking perverse things, to draw away the disciples after them.
  • Ps 17:4-5 : 4 As for the works of men, by the word of your lips I have kept myself from the ways of the violent. 5 My steps have held fast to your paths, My feet have not slipped.
  • Ps 26:4-5 : 4 I have not sat with deceitful men, Neither will I go in with hypocrites. 5 I hate the assembly of evil-doers, And will not sit with the wicked.
  • Ps 101:4 : 4 A perverse heart will be far from me. I will have nothing to do with evil.
  • Ps 141:4 : 4 Don't incline my heart to any evil thing, To practice deeds of wickedness with men who work iniquity. Don't let me eat of their delicacies.
  • Prov 1:10-19 : 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." 15 My son, don't walk in the way with them. Keep your foot from their path, 16 For their feet run to evil. They hurry to shed blood. 17 For in vain is the net spread in the sight of any bird: 18 But these lay wait for their own blood. They lurk secretly for their own lives. 19 So are the ways of everyone who is greedy for gain. It takes away the life of its owners.
  • Prov 3:32 : 32 For the perverse is an abomination to Yahweh, But his friendship is with the upright.
  • Prov 4:14-17 : 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. 16 For they don't sleep, unless they do evil. Their sleep is taken away, unless they make someone fall. 17 For they eat the bread of wickedness, And drink the wine of violence.
  • Prov 9:6 : 6 Leave your simple ways, and live. Walk in the way of understanding."

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 2:13-16
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    13Who forsake the paths of uprightness, To walk in the ways of darkness;

    14Who rejoice to do evil, And delight in the perverseness of evil;

    15Who are crooked in their ways, And wayward in their paths:

    16To deliver you from the strange woman, Even from the foreigner who flatters with her words;

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

  • Ps 140:1
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    1> Deliver me, Yahweh, from the evil man. Preserve me from the violent man;

  • Prov 6:24
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    24To keep you from the immoral woman, From the flattery of the wayward wife's tongue.

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

  • Ps 34:13
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    13Keep your tongue from evil, And your lips from speaking lies.

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

  • Prov 16:17
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    17The highway of the upright is to depart from evil. He who keeps his way preserves his soul.

  • Prov 4:24
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    24Put away from yourself a perverse mouth. Put corrupt lips far from you.

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

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

  • Ps 140:4
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    4Yahweh, keep me from the hands of the wicked. Preserve me from the violent men who have determined to trip my feet.

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

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

    16For their feet run to evil. They hurry to shed blood.

  • Prov 12:6
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    6The words of the wicked are about lying in wait for blood, But the speech of the upright rescues them.

  • Prov 17:20
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    20One who has a perverse heart doesn't find prosperity, And one who has a deceitful tongue falls into trouble.

  • Prov 4:27
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    27Don't turn to the right hand nor to the left. Remove your foot from evil.

  • Ps 120:2
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    2Deliver my soul, Yahweh, from lying lips, From a deceitful tongue.

  • Ps 17:4
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    4As for the works of men, by the word of your lips I have kept myself from the ways of the violent.

  • Prov 10:31-32
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    31The mouth of the righteous brings forth wisdom, But the perverse tongue will be cut off.

    32The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable, But the mouth of the wicked is perverse.

  • Ps 50:19
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    19"You give your mouth to evil. You harnesses your tongue for deceit.

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

  • Ps 101:4
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    4A perverse heart will be far from me. I will have nothing to do with evil.

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

  • Prov 16:29
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    29A man of violence entices his neighbor, And leads him in a way that is not good.

  • Prov 12:2
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    2A good man shall obtain favor from Yahweh, But he will condemn a man of wicked devices.

  • Prov 7:5
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    5That they may keep you from the strange woman, From the foreigner who flatters with her words.

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

  • Prov 21:8
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    8The way of the guilty is devious, But the conduct of the innocent is upright.

  • Ps 18:26
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    26With the pure, you will show yourself pure. With the crooked you will show yourself shrewd.

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

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

  • 2 Sam 22:27
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    27With the pure you will show yourself pure; With the crooked you will show yourself shrewd.

  • Ps 141:9
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    9Keep me from the snare which they have laid for me, From the traps of the workers of iniquity.

  • Ps 144:11
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    11Rescue me, and deliver me out of the hands of foreigners, Whose mouths speak deceit, Whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood.

  • Ps 36:3
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    3The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit. He has ceased to be wise and to do good.

  • Prov 12:13
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    13An evil man is trapped by sinfulness of lips, But the righteous shall come out of trouble.

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

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

  • Prov 22:12
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    12The eyes of Yahweh watch over knowledge; But he frustrates the words of the unfaithful.

  • Ps 64:2
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    2Hide me from the conspiracy of the wicked, From the noisy crowd of the ones doing evil;

  • Prov 11:20
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    20Those who are perverse in heart are an abomination to Yahweh, But those whose ways are blameless are his delight.

  • Prov 27:12
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    12A prudent man sees danger and takes refuge; But the simple pass on, and suffer for it:

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

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