Proverbs 1:10-19
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10 If young toughs tell you, “Come and join us”—turn your back on them! 11 “We’ll hide and rob and kill,” they say. 12 “Good or bad, we’ll treat them all alike. 13 And the loot we’ll get! All kinds of stuff! 14 Come on, throw in your lot with us; we’ll split with you in equal shares.”
15 Don’t do it, son! Stay far from men like that, 16 for crime is their way of life, and murder is their specialty. 17 When a bird sees a trap being set, it stays away, 18 but not these men; they trap themselves! They lay a booby trap for their own lives. 19 Such is the fate of all who live by violence and murder.[a] They will die a violent death.
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- Proverbs 1:19 all who live by violence and murder, literally, “all who are greedy of gain.”
Proverbs 16:29
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29 Wickedness loves company—and leads others into sin.[a]
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- Proverbs 16:29 Wickedness loves company—and leads others into sin, or “An evil man deceives his neighbor and leads him into loss.”
Proverbs 25:26
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26 If a godly man compromises with the wicked, it is like polluting a fountain or muddying a spring.
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Proverbs 27:3
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3 A rebel’s frustrations are heavier than sand and rocks.
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Proverbs 28:10
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10 A curse on those who lead astray the godly. But men who encourage the upright to do good shall be given a worthwhile reward.
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