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Proverbs 4:14 - 4:19

14
Do not enter the path of wicked men
And do not step into the way of evil men.
15
Avoid it, do not pass by it;
Stray from it and pass on.
16
For they do not sleep unless they do evil;
And they are robbed of sleep unless they make someone stumble.
17
For they eat the bread of wickedness
And drink the wine of violence.
18
But the path of the righteous is like the light of dawn,
That shines brighter and brighter until the fullness of day.
19
The way of the wicked is like thick darkness;
They do not know over what they stumble.

Proverbs 13:20

20
He who walks with the wise will be wise,
But the friend of fools will suffer harm.

Proverbs 14:7

7
Leave the presence of a fool,
As you have not known lips of knowledge there.

Proverbs 16:19

19
It is better to be humble in spirit with the lowly
Than to divide the spoil with the proud.

Proverbs 20:19

19
He who goes about as a slanderer reveals secrets,
Therefore do not associate with one of loose lips.

Proverbs 22:5

5
Thorns and snares are in the way of the crooked;
He who keeps his soul will be far from them.

Proverbs 22:24 - 22:25


24
Do not befriend a man of anger;
And do not come along with a man of great wrath,
25
Lest you learn his ways
And take on a snare against your soul.

Proverbs 23:6 - 23:8


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.

Proverbs 23:20 - 23:21

20
Do not be with heavy drinkers of wine,
Or with gluttonous eaters of meat;
21
For the heavy drinker and the glutton will come to poverty,
And drowsiness will clothe them with rags.

Proverbs 24:1 - 24:2

My Son, Fear Yahweh

Do not be jealous of evil men,
And do not desire to be with them;
2
For their heart meditates on destruction,
And their lips talk of mischief.

Proverbs 24:21 - 24:22


21
My son, fear Yahweh and the king;
Do not associate with those who change,
22
For suddenly their disaster will rise,
And who knows the upheaval that comes from both of them?