Verse 12

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

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."