Proverbs 2:11-22
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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
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31 Do not envy(A) the violent
or choose any of their ways.
Proverbs 6:12-15
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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
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Footnotes
- Proverbs 10:6 Or righteous, / but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence
Proverbs 10:11-13
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Proverbs 10:18
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18 Whoever conceals hatred with lying lips(A)
and spreads slander is a fool.
Proverbs 11:13
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Proverbs 12:15-18
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17 An honest witness tells the truth,
but a false witness tells lies.(F)
Proverbs 13:16
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Footnotes
- Proverbs 13:16 Or prudent protect themselves through
Proverbs 16:27-30
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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
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4 A wicked person listens to deceitful lips;
a liar pays attention to a destructive tongue.
Proverbs 17:9
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Proverbs 17:11
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11 Evildoers foster rebellion against God;
the messenger of death will be sent against them.
Proverbs 17:19-20
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19 Whoever loves a quarrel loves sin;
whoever builds a high gate invites destruction.
20 One whose heart is corrupt does not prosper;
one whose tongue is perverse falls into trouble.
Proverbs 17:24
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24 A discerning person keeps wisdom in view,
but a fool’s eyes(A) wander to the ends of the earth.
Proverbs 18:1-2
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18 An unfriendly person pursues selfish ends
and against all sound judgment starts quarrels.
2 Fools find no pleasure in understanding
but delight in airing their own opinions.(A)
Proverbs 20:14
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14 “It’s no good, it’s no good!” says the buyer—
then goes off and boasts about the purchase.
Proverbs 21:29
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29 The wicked put up a bold front,
but the upright give thought to their ways.(A)
Proverbs 22:10
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10 Drive out the mocker, and out goes strife;
quarrels and insults are ended.(A)
Proverbs 22:8
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Proverbs 22:26
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Saying 4
26 Do not be one who shakes hands in pledge(A)
or puts up security for debts;
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