Proverbs 2:10-11
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10 Wisdom will enter your mind,
and knowledge will fill you with delight.
11 Discretion will guard you;
understanding will protect you.
Proverbs 2:20
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20 So you should stay on the path of good people,
guarding the road of the righteous.
Proverbs 4:14-19
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14 Don’t go on the way of the wicked;
don’t walk on the path of evil people.
15 Avoid it! Don’t turn onto it;
stay off of it and keep going!
16 They don’t sleep unless they do evil;
they are robbed of sleep unless they make someone stumble.
17 They eat the bread of evil,
and they drink the wine of violence.
18 The way of the righteous is like morning light
that gets brighter and brighter till it is full day.
19 The path of the wicked is like deep darkness;
they don’t know where they will stumble.
Proverbs 13:20
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20 Walk with wise people and become wise;
befriend fools and get in trouble.
Proverbs 16:28
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28 Destructive people produce conflict;
gossips alienate close friends.
Proverbs 17:12
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12 Safer to meet a bear robbed of her cubs
than fools in their folly.
Proverbs 17:17
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17 Friends love all the time,
and kinsfolk are born for times of trouble.
Proverbs 18:24
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24 There are persons for companionship,
but then there are friends who are more loyal than family.
Proverbs 19:4
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4 Riches increase one’s friends,
but the poor lose their friends.
Proverbs 19:6-7
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6 Many seek favor from rulers;
everyone befriends a gift giver.
7 All the relatives of the poor hate them;
even more, their friends stay far from them.
When they pursue them with words, they aren’t there.
Proverbs 20:19
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19 Gossips reveal secrets;
don’t associate with those who talk too much.
Proverbs 22:24-25
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24 Don’t befriend people controlled by anger;
don’t associate with hot-tempered people;
25 otherwise, you will learn their ways
and become trapped.
Proverbs 23:17-21
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17 Don’t let your heart envy sinners,
but fear the Lord constantly;
18 then you will have a future,
and your hope won’t be cut off.
19 Listen, my child, and be wise!
Keep your mind straight on the path.
20 Don’t hang out with those who get drunk on wine
or those who eat too much meat,
21 because drunks and gluttons will be impoverished;
their stupor will clothe them in rags.
Proverbs 24:1-2
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24 Don’t envy evil people,
and don’t long to be with them.
2 Their hearts are focused on violence,
and their lips speak of trouble.
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