Proverbs 1:10
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10 My son, if sinners entice you,
don’t consent.
Proverbs 1:10
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Proverbs 4:23-27
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23 Keep your heart with all diligence,
for out of it is the wellspring of life.
24 Put away from yourself a perverse mouth.
Put corrupt lips far from you.
25 Let your eyes look straight ahead.
Fix your gaze directly before you.
26 Make the path of your feet level.
Let all of your ways be established.
27 Don’t turn to the right hand nor to the left.
Remove your foot from evil.
Proverbs 4:23-27
New American Standard Bible
23 Watch over your heart with all diligence,
For (A)from it flow the springs of life.
24 Rid yourself of a (B)deceitful mouth
And (C)keep devious [a]speech far from you.
25 Let your eyes look directly ahead
And let your [b]gaze be fixed straight in front of you.
26 (D)[c]Watch the path of your feet,
And all your (E)ways will be established.
27 (F)Do not turn to the right or to the left;
(G)Turn your foot from evil.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 4:24 Or lips
- Proverbs 4:25 Or eyelids
- Proverbs 4:26 I.e., prob. stay on the path
Proverbs 10:9
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9 He who walks blamelessly walks surely,
but he who perverts his ways will be found out.
Proverbs 10:9
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Proverbs 11:5-6
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5 The righteousness of the blameless will direct his way,
but the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness.
6 The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them,
but the unfaithful will be trapped by evil desires.
Proverbs 11:5-6
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5 The (A)righteousness of the blameless will smooth his way,
But (B)the wicked will fall by his own wickedness.
6 The righteousness of the upright will rescue them,
But the treacherous will (C)be caught by their own greed.
Proverbs 14:12
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12 There is a way which seems right to a man,
but in the end it leads to death.
Proverbs 14:12
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Proverbs 14:16
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16 A wise man fears and shuns evil,
but the fool is hot headed and reckless.
Proverbs 14:16
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Footnotes
- Proverbs 14:16 Lit fears
Proverbs 14:22
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22 Don’t they go astray who plot evil?
But love and faithfulness belong to those who plan good.
Proverbs 14:22
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22 Will they who (A)devise evil not go astray?
But kindness and truth will be to those who devise good.
Proverbs 15:3
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3 Yahweh’s eyes are everywhere,
keeping watch on the evil and the good.
Proverbs 15:3
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3 The (A)eyes of the Lord are in every place,
Watching the evil and the good.
Proverbs 16:6
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6 By mercy and truth iniquity is atoned for.
By the fear of Yahweh men depart from evil.
Proverbs 16:6
New American Standard Bible
6 By (A)mercy and truth atonement is made for wrongdoing,
And by [a]the (B)fear of the Lord one keeps away from evil.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 16:6 Or reverence for
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 16:17
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17 The (A)highway of the upright is to turn away from evil;
One who watches his way protects his [a]life.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 16:17 Lit soul
Proverbs 19:21
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21 There are many plans in a man’s heart,
but Yahweh’s counsel will prevail.
Proverbs 19:21
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Proverbs 21:15
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15 It is joy to the righteous to do justice;
but it is a destruction to the workers of iniquity.
Proverbs 21:15
New American Standard Bible
15 The exercise of justice is joy for the righteous,
But (A)terror to those who practice injustice.
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