Verse 26

The righteous is more excellent than his neighbor, but the way of the wicked leads them astray.

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  • Ps 16:3 : 3 But to the saints that are in the earth, and to the excellent, in whom is all my delight.'
  • Ps 18:12-13 : 12 At the brightness before him his thick clouds passed, hailstones and coals of fire. 13 The LORD also thundered in the heavens, and the Highest gave his voice; hailstones and coals of fire.
  • Prov 12:13 : 13 The wicked is ensnared by the transgression of his lips, but the just will come out of trouble.
  • Prov 17:27 : 27 He who has knowledge spares his words, and a man of understanding is of a calm spirit.
  • Matt 5:46-48 : 46 For if you love those who love you, what reward have you? Do not even the tax collectors do the same? 47 And if you greet your brethren only, what do you do more than others? Do not even the tax collectors do so? 48 Therefore be perfect, just as your Father in heaven is perfect.
  • Luke 6:32-36 : 32 For if you love those who love you, what thanks do you have? for sinners also love those who love them. 33 And if you do good to those who do good to you, what thanks do you have? for sinners also do the same. 34 And if you lend to those from whom you hope to receive, what thanks do you have? for sinners also lend to sinners, to receive as much again. 35 But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing in return; and your reward shall be great, and you shall be children of the Highest: for he is kind to the unthankful and to the evil. 36 Be therefore merciful, as your Father also is merciful.
  • Jas 1:13-14 : 13 Let no one say when he is tempted, I am tempted by God: for God cannot be tempted with evil, nor does He tempt anyone; 14 But each one is tempted when he is drawn away by his own lust and enticed.
  • 1 Pet 2:18-21 : 18 Servants, be submissive to your masters with all respect, not only to the good and gentle, but also to the harsh. 19 For this is commendable, if because of conscience toward God one endures grief, suffering wrongfully. 20 For what credit is it if, when you are beaten for your faults, you take it patiently? But when you do good and suffer for it, if you take it patiently, this is commendable before God. 21 For to this you were called, because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that you should follow His steps:
  • 2 Pet 2:18-22 : 18 For when they speak great swelling words of vanity, they allure through the lusts of the flesh, through wantonness, those who have barely escaped from those who live in error. 19 While they promise them liberty, they themselves are slaves of corruption; for by whom a man is overcome, by him also he is brought into bondage. 20 For if, after they have escaped the defilements of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they are again entangled in them and overcome, the latter end is worse for them than the beginning. 21 For it would have been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than having known it, to turn from the holy commandment delivered to them. 22 But it has happened to them according to the true proverb: "The dog returns to his own vomit," and "the sow that was washed to her wallowing in the mire."
  • 1 John 2:26 : 26 These things I have written to you concerning those who try to deceive you.
  • Rev 12:9 : 9 And the great dragon was thrown down, the serpent of old who is called the devil and Satan, who deceives the whole world; he was thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him.
  • Rev 13:14 : 14 And he deceives those who dwell on the earth by the means of those miracles which he had power to do in the sight of the beast, saying to those who dwell on the earth that they should make an image to the beast who was wounded by the sword and lived.