Proverbs 2:11-22
World English Bible
11 Discretion will watch over you.
Understanding will keep you,
12 to deliver you from the way of evil,
from the men who speak perverse things,
13 who forsake the paths of uprightness,
to walk in the ways of darkness,
14 who rejoice to do evil,
and delight in the perverseness of evil,
15 who are crooked in their ways,
and wayward in their paths,
16 to deliver you from the strange woman,
even from the foreigner who flatters with her words,
17 who forsakes the friend of her youth,
and forgets the covenant of her God;
18 for her house leads down to death,
her paths to the departed spirits.
19 None who go to her return again,
neither do they attain to the paths of life.
20 So you may walk in the way of good men,
and keep the paths of the righteous.
21 For the upright will dwell in the land.
The perfect will remain in it.
22 But the wicked will be cut off from the land.
The treacherous will be rooted out of it.
Proverbs 2:11-22
New International Version
11 Discretion will protect you,
and understanding will guard you.(A)
12 Wisdom will save(B) 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,(C)
14 who delight in doing wrong
and rejoice in the perverseness of evil,(D)
15 whose paths are crooked(E)
and who are devious in their ways.(F)
16 Wisdom will save you also from the adulterous woman,(G)
from the wayward woman with her seductive words,
17 who has left the partner of her youth
and ignored the covenant she made before God.[a](H)
18 Surely her house leads down to death
and her paths to the spirits of the dead.(I)
19 None who go to her return
or attain the paths of life.(J)
Footnotes
- Proverbs 2:17 Or covenant of her God
Proverbs 3:31-32
World English Bible
31 Don’t envy the man of violence.
Choose none of his ways.
32 For the perverse is an abomination to Yahweh,
but his friendship is with the upright.
Proverbs 3:31-32
New International Version
31 Do not envy(A) the violent
or choose any of their ways.
Proverbs 6:12-15
World English Bible
12 A worthless person, a man of iniquity,
is he who walks with a perverse mouth,
13 who winks with his eyes, who signals with his feet,
who motions with his fingers,
14 in whose heart is perverseness,
who devises evil continually,
who always sows discord.
15 Therefore his calamity will come suddenly.
He will be broken suddenly, and that without remedy.
Proverbs 6:12-15
New International Version
12 A troublemaker and a villain,
who goes about with a corrupt mouth,
13 who winks maliciously with his eye,(A)
signals with his feet
and motions with his fingers,(B)
14 who plots evil(C) with deceit in his heart—
he always stirs up conflict.(D)
15 Therefore disaster will overtake him in an instant;(E)
he will suddenly(F) be destroyed—without remedy.(G)
Proverbs 10:6
World English Bible
6 Blessings are on the head of the righteous,
but violence covers the mouth of the wicked.
Proverbs 10:6
New International Version
Footnotes
- Proverbs 10:6 Or righteous, / but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence
Proverbs 10:11-13
World English Bible
11 The mouth of the righteous is a spring of life,
but violence covers the mouth of the wicked.
12 Hatred stirs up strife,
but love covers all wrongs.
13 Wisdom is found on the lips of him who has discernment,
but a rod is for the back of him who is void of understanding.
Proverbs 10:11-13
New International Version
Proverbs 10:18
World English Bible
18 He who hides hatred has lying lips.
He who utters a slander is a fool.
Proverbs 10:18
New International Version
18 Whoever conceals hatred with lying lips(A)
and spreads slander is a fool.
Proverbs 11:13
World English Bible
13 One who brings gossip betrays a confidence,
but one who is of a trustworthy spirit is one who keeps a secret.
Proverbs 11:13
New International Version
Proverbs 12:15-18
World English Bible
15 The way of a fool is right in his own eyes,
but he who is wise listens to counsel.
16 A fool shows his annoyance the same day,
but one who overlooks an insult is prudent.
17 He who is truthful testifies honestly,
but a false witness lies.
18 There is one who speaks rashly like the piercing of a sword,
but the tongue of the wise heals.
Proverbs 12:15-18
New International Version
17 An honest witness tells the truth,
but a false witness tells lies.(F)
Proverbs 13:16
World English Bible
16 Every prudent man acts from knowledge,
but a fool exposes folly.
Proverbs 13:16
New International Version
Footnotes
- Proverbs 13:16 Or prudent protect themselves through
Proverbs 16:27-30
World English Bible
27 A worthless man devises mischief.
His speech is like a scorching fire.
28 A perverse man stirs up strife.
A whisperer separates close friends.
29 A man of violence entices his neighbor,
and leads him in a way that is not good.
30 One who winks his eyes to plot perversities,
one who compresses his lips, is bent on evil.
Proverbs 16:27-30
New International Version
29 A violent person entices their neighbor
and leads them down a path that is not good.(E)
30 Whoever winks(F) with their eye is plotting perversity;
whoever purses their lips is bent on evil.
Proverbs 17:4
World English Bible
4 An evildoer heeds wicked lips.
A liar gives ear to a mischievous tongue.
Proverbs 17:4
New International Version
4 A wicked person listens to deceitful lips;
a liar pays attention to a destructive tongue.
Proverbs 17:9
World English Bible
9 He who covers an offense promotes love;
but he who repeats a matter separates best friends.
Proverbs 17:9
New International Version
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