Proverbs 1:10
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10 My son, if sinners entice you,
do not consent.
Proverbs 4:23-27
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23 Keep your heart with all diligence,
for out of it are the issues of life.
24 Put away from you a deceitful mouth,
and put perverse lips far from you.
25 Let your eyes look right on,
and let your eyelids look straight before you.
26 Ponder the path of your feet,
and let all your ways be established.
27 Do not turn to the right or to the left;
remove your foot from evil.
Proverbs 10:9
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9 He who walks uprightly walks surely,
but he who perverts his ways will be known.
Proverbs 11:5-6
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5 The righteousness of the upright will direct his way,
but the wicked will fall by his own wickedness.
6 The righteousness of the upright will deliver them,
but transgressors will be taken by their schemes.
Proverbs 14:12
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12 There is a way that seems right to a man,
but its end is the way of death.
Proverbs 14:16
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16 A wise man fears and departs from evil,
but the fool rages and is self-confident.
Proverbs 14:22
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22 Do they not err who devise evil?
But mercy and truth will be to those who devise good.
Proverbs 15:3
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3 The eyes of the Lord are in every place,
keeping watch on the evil and the good.
Proverbs 16:6
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6 By mercy and truth iniquity is purged;
and by the fear of the Lord men depart from evil.
Proverbs 16:17
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17 The highway of the upright is to depart from evil;
he who keeps his way preserves his soul.
Proverbs 19:21
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21 There are many plans in a man’s heart,
nevertheless the counsel of the Lord will stand.
Proverbs 21:15
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15 It is joy to the just to do justice,
but destruction will come to the workers of iniquity.
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