29 A man of violence (A)entices his neighbor
    and leads him in a way that is not good.

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29 A violent person entices their neighbor
    and leads them down a path that is not good.(A)

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12 delivering you from the way of evil,
    from men of perverted speech,
13 who forsake the paths of uprightness
    to (A)walk in the ways of darkness,
14 who (B)rejoice in doing evil
    and (C)delight in the perverseness of evil,
15 men whose (D)paths are crooked,
    (E)and who are (F)devious in their ways.

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12 Wisdom will save(A) you from the ways of wicked men,
    from men whose words are perverse,
13 who have left the straight paths
    to walk in dark ways,(B)
14 who delight in doing wrong
    and rejoice in the perverseness of evil,(C)
15 whose paths are crooked(D)
    and who are devious in their ways.(E)

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26 One who is righteous is a guide to his neighbor,[a]
    but the way of the wicked leads them astray.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 12:26 Or The righteous chooses his friends carefully

26 The righteous choose their friends carefully,
    but the way of the wicked leads them astray.(A)

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31 (A)Do not envy (B)a man of violence
    and do not choose any of his ways,

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31 Do not envy(A) the violent
    or choose any of their ways.

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10 My son, if sinners (A)entice you,
    do not consent.
11 If they say, “Come with us, (B)let us lie in wait for blood;
    (C)let us ambush the innocent without reason;
12 like Sheol let us (D)swallow them alive,
    and whole, like (E)those who go down to the pit;
13 we shall find all precious goods,
    we shall fill our houses with plunder;
14 throw in your lot among us;
    we will all have one purse”—

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10 My son, if sinful men entice(A) you,
    do not give in(B) to them.(C)
11 If they say, “Come along with us;
    let’s lie in wait(D) for innocent blood,
    let’s ambush some harmless soul;
12 let’s swallow(E) them alive, like the grave,
    and whole, like those who go down to the pit;(F)
13 we will get all sorts of valuable things
    and fill our houses with plunder;
14 cast lots with us;
    we will all share the loot(G)”—

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17 You therefore, beloved, (A)knowing this beforehand, (B)take care that you are not carried away with the error of lawless people and lose your own stability.

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17 Therefore, dear friends, since you have been forewarned, be on your guard(A) so that you may not be carried away by the error(B) of the lawless(C) and fall from your secure position.(D)

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13 For this purpose he was hired, that I should be afraid and act in this way and sin, and so they could give me a bad name in order to taunt me.

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13 He had been hired to intimidate me so that I would commit a sin by doing this, and then they would give me a bad name to discredit me.(A)

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19 (A)Then the Ziphites went up to Saul at Gibeah, saying, “Is not David hiding among us in the strongholds at Horesh, on the hill of Hachilah, which is south of (B)Jeshimon? 20 Now come down, O king, according to all your heart's desire to come down, (C)and our part shall be to surrender him into the king's hand.” 21 And Saul said, (D)“May you be blessed by the Lord, (E)for you have had compassion on me.

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19 The Ziphites(A) went up to Saul at Gibeah and said, “Is not David hiding among us(B) in the strongholds at Horesh, on the hill of Hakilah,(C) south of Jeshimon? 20 Now, Your Majesty, come down whenever it pleases you to do so, and we will be responsible for giving(D) him into your hands.”

21 Saul replied, “The Lord bless(E) you for your concern(F) for me.

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And Saul said to his servants who stood about him, “Hear now, people of Benjamin; will the son of Jesse (A)give every one of you fields and vineyards, will he make you all commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds, that all of you have conspired against me? No one discloses to me (B)when my son makes a covenant with the son of Jesse. None of you (C)is sorry for me or discloses to me that my son has stirred up my servant against me, (D)to lie in wait, as at this day.” Then answered (E)Doeg the Edomite, who stood by the servants of Saul, “I saw the son of Jesse (F)coming to Nob, to (G)Ahimelech the son of Ahitub,

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He said to them, “Listen, men of Benjamin! Will the son of Jesse give all of you fields and vineyards? Will he make all of you commanders(A) of thousands and commanders of hundreds? Is that why you have all conspired(B) against me? No one tells me when my son makes a covenant(C) with the son of Jesse.(D) None of you is concerned(E) about me or tells me that my son has incited my servant to lie in wait for me, as he does today.”

But Doeg(F) the Edomite, who was standing with Saul’s officials, said, “I saw the son of Jesse come to Ahimelek son of Ahitub(G) at Nob.(H)

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17 Saul said to Michal, “Why have you deceived me thus and let my enemy go, so that he has escaped?” And Michal answered Saul, “He said to me, ‘Let me go. (A)Why should I kill you?’”

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17 Saul said to Michal, “Why did you deceive me like this and send my enemy away so that he escaped?”

Michal told him, “He said to me, ‘Let me get away. Why should I kill you?’”

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11 (A)Saul sent messengers to David's house to watch him, that he might kill him in the morning. But Michal, David's wife, told him, “If you do not escape with your life tonight, tomorrow you will be killed.”

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11 Saul sent men to David’s house to watch(A) it and to kill him in the morning.(B) But Michal, David’s wife, warned him, “If you don’t run for your life tonight, tomorrow you’ll be killed.”

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