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“How long will you who are simple love your simple ways? How long will mockers delight in mockery and fools hate knowledge?
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they will eat the fruit of their ways and be filled with the fruit of their schemes.
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For the waywardness of the simple will kill them, and the complacency of fools will destroy them;
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for he guards the course of the just and protects the way of his faithful ones.
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Wisdom will save you from the ways of wicked men, from men whose words are perverse,
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who have left the straight paths to walk in dark ways,
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whose paths are crooked and who are devious in their ways.
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Wisdom will save you also from the adulterous woman, from the wayward woman with her seductive words,
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Thus you will walk in the ways of the good and keep to the paths of the righteous.
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in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight.
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Her ways are pleasant ways, and all her paths are peace.
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Then you will go on your way in safety, and your foot will not stumble.
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Do not envy the violent or choose any of their ways.
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I instruct you in the way of wisdom and lead you along straight paths.
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Do not set foot on the path of the wicked or walk in the way of evildoers.
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Avoid it, do not travel on it; turn from it and go on your way.
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But the way of the wicked is like deep darkness; they do not know what makes them stumble.
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Give careful thought to the paths for your feet and be steadfast in all your ways.
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She gives no thought to the way of life; her paths wander aimlessly, but she does not know it.
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Why, my son, be intoxicated with another man’s wife? Why embrace the bosom of a wayward woman?
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For your ways are in full view of the Lord, and he examines all your paths.
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Go to the ant, you sluggard; consider its ways and be wise!
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For this command is a lamp, this teaching is a light, and correction and instruction are the way to life,
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keeping you from your neighbor’s wife, from the smooth talk of a wayward woman.
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They will keep you from the adulterous woman, from the wayward woman with her seductive words.
