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Proverbs 2:11 - 2:22
11
Discretion will keep you,
Discernment will guard you,
12 To deliver you from the way of evil,
From the man who speaks perverse things;
13 From those who forsake the paths of uprightness
To walk in the ways of darkness;
14 Who are glad to do evil
And they rejoice in the perversity of evil;
15 Whose paths are crooked,
And who are devious in their tracks;
16 To deliver you from the strange woman,
From the foreign woman who flatters with her words;
17 Who forsakes the close companion of her youth
And forgets the covenant of her God;
18 For her house sinks down to death
And her tracks descend to the dead;
19 All who go to her will not return,
And they will not reach the paths of life.
20 So that you will walk in the way of good men
And keep to the paths of the righteous.
21 For the upright will dwell in the land
And the blameless will remain in it;
22 But the wicked will be cut off from the land
And the treacherous will be torn away from it.
Proverbs 3:31 - 3:32
31
Do not envy a man of violence
And do not choose any of his ways.
32 For the devious one is an abomination to Yahweh;
But His secret council is with the upright.
Proverbs 6:12 - 6:15
12
A vile person, a wicked man,
Is the one who walks with a perverse mouth,
13 Who winks with his eyes, who signals with his feet,
Who points with his fingers;
14 Who with perversity in his heart continually devises evil,
Who spreads contentions.
15 Therefore his disaster will come suddenly;
Instantly he will be broken and there will be no healing.
Proverbs 10:6
6
Blessings are on the head of the righteous,
But the mouth of the wicked covers up violence.
Proverbs 10:11 - 10:13
11
The mouth of the righteous is a fountain of life,
But the mouth of the wicked covers up violence.
12 Hatred stirs up strife,
But love covers all transgressions.
13 On the lips of the one who has understanding, wisdom is found,
But a rod is for the back of him who lacks a heart of wisdom.
Proverbs 10:18
18
He who covers up hatred has lying lips,
And he who spreads a bad report is a fool.
Proverbs 11:13
13
He who goes about as a slanderer reveals secrets,
But he who is faithful in spirit conceals a matter.
Proverbs 12:15 - 12:18
15
The way of an ignorant fool is right in his own eyes,
But a wise man is he who listens to counsel.
16 An ignorant fool’s anger is known at once,
But a prudent man conceals disgrace.
17 He who breathes out truth declares what is right,
But a false witness, deceit.
18 There is one who speaks rashly like the thrusts of a sword,
But the tongue of the wise brings healing.
Proverbs 13:16
16
Every prudent man acts with knowledge,
But a fool spreads out folly.
Proverbs 16:27 - 16:30
27
A vile man digs up evil,
And the words on his lips are like scorching fire.
28 A perverse man spreads strife,
And a whisperer separates close companions.
29 A man of violence entices his neighbor
And leads him in a way that is not good.
30 He who winks his eyes does so to devise perverse things;
He who compresses his lips brings evil to pass.
Proverbs 17:4
4
An evildoer gives heed to lips of wickedness;
A liar gives ear to a destructive tongue.
Proverbs 17:9
9
He who covers a transgression seeks love,
But he who repeats a matter separates close companions.
Proverbs 17:11
11
A rebellious man seeks only evil,
So a cruel messenger will be sent against him.
Proverbs 17:19 - 17:20
19
He who loves transgression loves quarreling;
He who makes his doorway high seeks destruction.
20 He who has a crooked heart finds no good,
And he who is perverted in his tongue falls into evil.
Proverbs 17:24
24
Wisdom is in the presence of the one who understands,
But the eyes of a fool are on the ends of the earth.
Proverbs 18:1 - 18:2
He who separates himself seeks his own desire,
He breaks out in dispute against all sound wisdom.
2 A fool does not delight in discernment,
But only in revealing his own heart.
Proverbs 20:14
14
“Bad, bad,” says the buyer,
But when he goes his way, then he boasts.
Proverbs 21:29
29
A wicked man displays a brazen face,
But as for the upright, he establishes his way.
Proverbs 22:10
10
Drive out the scoffer, and strife will go out,
Even contention and disgrace will cease.
Proverbs 22:8
8
He who sows unrighteousness will reap iniquity,
And the rod of his fury will end.
Proverbs 22:26
26
Do not be among those who strike hands in pledge,
Among those who become guarantors for debts.
Proverbs 23:1 - 23:3
The Fear of Yahweh
When you sit down to dine with a ruler,
Understand well what is before you,
2 So you should put a knife to your throat
If you are a man of appetite.
3 Do not desire his delicacies,
For it is bread of falsehood.
Proverbs 23:6 - 23:9
6
Do not eat the bread of a selfish man,
And do not desire his delicacies;
7 For as he calculates in his soul, so he is.
“Eat and drink!” he says to you,
But his heart is not with you.
8 You will vomit up the morsel you have eaten,
And you will corrupt your pleasant words.
9
Do not speak in the hearing of a fool,
For he will despise the insight of your speech.
Proverbs 26:6
6
He cuts off his own feet and drinks violence
Who sends words by the hand of a fool.
Proverbs 26:10
10
Like an archer who wounds everyone,
So is he who hires a fool or who hires those who pass by.
Proverbs 26:24 - 26:28
24
He who hates disguises it with his lips,
But he sets up deceit within himself.
25 When he makes his voice gracious, do not believe him,
For there are seven abominations in his heart.
26 Though his hatred covers itself with guile,
His evil will be revealed in the assembly.
27 He who digs a pit will fall into it,
And he who rolls a stone, it will turn back on him.
28 A lying tongue hates those it crushes,
And a flattering mouth works ruin.
Proverbs 27:6
6
Faithful are the wounds of a friend,
But deceitful are the kisses of an enemy.
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