Proverbs 2:12
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To deliver thee from the way of the evil man, from the man that speaketh froward things;to deliver you from the way of evil, from the man who speaks perversity,
In other translations
To deliver thee from the way of the evil man, from the man that speaketh froward things;to deliver you from the way of evil, from the man who speaks perversity,
Hebrew words
Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.
Related verses
- 1 Corinthians 15:33Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners.Do not be deceived: “Bad company corrupts good character.”
- Proverbs 13:20He that walketh with wise men shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed.He who walks with the wise will become wise, but the companion of fools will be destroyed.
- Proverbs 8:13The fear of the Lord is to hate evil: pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, and the froward mouth, do I hate.To fear the LORD is to hate evil; I hate arrogant pride, evil conduct, and perverse speech.
- 2 Corinthians 6:17Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you,“Therefore come out from among them and be separate, says the Lord. Touch no unclean thing, and I will receive you.”
- Isaiah 59:3-53 For your hands are defiled with blood, and your fingers with iniquity; your lips have spoken lies, your tongue hath muttered perverseness. 4 None calleth for justice, nor any pleadeth for truth: they trust in vanity, and speak lies; they conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity. 5 They hatch cockatrice’ eggs, and weave the spider’s web: he that eateth of their eggs dieth, and that which is crushed breaketh out into a viper.3 For your hands are stained with blood, and your fingers with iniquity; your lips have spoken lies, and your tongue mutters injustice. 4 No one calls for justice; no one pleads his case honestly. They rely on empty pleas; they tell lies; they conceive mischief and give birth to iniquity. 5 They hatch the eggs of vipers and weave a spider’s web. Whoever eats their eggs will die; crack one open, and a viper is hatched.
- Psalm 26:4-54 I have not sat with vain persons, neither will I go in with dissemblers. 5 I have hated the congregation of evil doers; and will not sit with the wicked.4 I do not sit with deceitful men, nor keep company with hypocrites. 5 I hate the mob of evildoers, and refuse to sit with the wicked.
- Proverbs 16:28-3028 A froward man soweth strife: and a whisperer separateth chief friends. 29 A violent man enticeth his neighbour, and leadeth him into the way that is not good. 30 He shutteth his eyes to devise froward things: moving his lips he bringeth evil to pass.28 A perverse man spreads dissension, and a gossip divides close friends. 29 A violent man entices his neighbor and leads him down a path that is not good. 30 He who winks his eye devises perversity; he who purses his lips is bent on evil.
- Proverbs 9:6Forsake the foolish, and live; and go in the way of understanding.Leave your folly behind, and you will live; walk in the way of understanding.”
- Psalm 17:4-54 Concerning the works of men, by the word of thy lips I have kept me from the paths of the destroyer. 5 Hold up my goings in thy paths, that my footsteps slip not.4 As for the deeds of men— by the word of Your lips I have avoided the ways of the violent. 5 My steps have held to Your paths; my feet have not slipped.
- Acts 20:30Also of your own selves shall men arise, speaking perverse things, to draw away disciples after them.Even from your own number, men will rise up and distort the truth to draw away disciples after them.
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