Verse 6

Forsake the foolish, and live; and go in the way of understanding.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 13:20 : 20 He who walks with wise men shall be wise, but a companion of fools shall be destroyed.
  • Prov 4:11 : 11 I have taught you in the way of wisdom; I have led you in right paths.
  • Prov 4:14-15 : 14 Do not enter the path of the wicked, and do not walk in the way of evil men. 15 Avoid it, do not pass by it, turn from it, and pass away.
  • Prov 8:35 : 35 For whoever finds me finds life and will obtain favor from the LORD.
  • Prov 9:11 : 11 For by me your days shall be multiplied, and the years of your life shall be increased.
  • Prov 10:17 : 17 He is in the way of life who keeps instruction, but he who refuses reproof errs.
  • Matt 7:13-14 : 13 Enter by the narrow gate: for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and many are those who go in by it. 14 Because narrow is the gate and difficult is the way which leads to life, and few are those who find it.
  • Luke 13:24 : 24 Strive to enter through the narrow gate: for many, I say to you, will seek to enter and will not be able.
  • Acts 2:40 : 40 And with many other words he testified and encouraged them, saying, 'Save yourselves from this perverse generation.'
  • 2 Cor 6:17 : 17 Therefore come out from among them and be separate, says the Lord. Do not touch what is unclean, and I will receive you.
  • Rev 18:4 : 4 And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, that you may not be partakers of her sins, and that you may not receive her plagues.
  • Ps 26:4-6 : 4 I have not sat with false persons, nor will I go in with hypocrites. 5 I have hated the congregation of evildoers, and will not sit with the wicked. 6 I will wash my hands in innocence, so I will circle Your altar, O LORD,
  • Ps 45:10 : 10 Listen, O daughter, and consider, and incline your ear; forget your own people, and your father's house;
  • Ps 119:115 : 115 Depart from me, you evildoers, for I will keep the commandments of my God.