Proverbs 2:12
To deliver thee from the way of the evil man, from the man that speaketh froward things;
To deliuer thee from the way of the euill man, from the man that speaketh froward things.
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- 1 Corinthians 15:33Rank 1 from verse 12
- Proverbs 13:20Rank 2 from verse 12
- Proverbs 8:13Rank 3 from verse 12
- 2 Corinthians 6:17Rank 4 from verse 12
- Isaiah 59:3–5Rank 5 from verse 12
3For your hands are defiled with blood, and your fingers with iniquity; your lips have spoken lies, your tongue hath muttered perverseness.
4None calleth for justice, nor any pleadeth for truth: they trust in vanity, and speak lies; they conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity.
5They hatch cockatrice’ eggs, and weave the spider’s web: he that eateth of their eggs dieth, and that which is crushed breaketh out into a viper.
3*For your hands are defiled with blood, and your fingers with iniquitie, your lippes haue spoken lies, your tongue hath muttered peruersnesse.
4*None calleth for iustice, nor any pleadeth for trueth: they trust in vanity and speake lies; they conceiue mischiefe, and bring forth iniquitie.
5‖‖They hatch cockatrice egges, and weaue the spiders web: he that eateth of their egges dieth, and that which is crushed breaketh out into a viper.
- Acts 20:30Rank 6 from verse 12
- Proverbs 1:10–19Rank 7 from verse 12
10¶ My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not.
11If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause:
12Let us swallow them up alive as the grave; and whole, as those that go down into the pit:
13We shall find all precious substance, we shall fill our houses with spoil:
14Cast in thy lot among us; let us all have one purse:
15My son, walk not thou in the way with them; refrain thy foot from their path:
16For their feet run to evil, and make haste to shed blood.
17Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird.
18And they lay wait for their own blood; they lurk privily for their own lives.
19So are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; which taketh away the life of the owners thereof.
10¶ My sonne, if sinners entise thee, consent thou not.
11If they say, Come with vs, let vs lay wait for blood, let vs lurke priuily for the innocent without cause:
12Let vs swallow them vp aliue, as the graue, and whole, as those that goe downe into the pit:
13Wee shall finde all precious substance, wee shall fill our houses with spoile:
14Cast in thy lot among vs, let vs all haue one purse:
15My sonne, walke not thou in the way with them; refraine thy foot from their path:
16*For their feete runne to euil, and make haste to shed blood.
17Surely in vaine the net is spread †in the sight of any bird.
18And they lay wait for their owne blood, they lurke priuily for their owne liues.
19So are the waies of euery one that is greedie of gaine: which taketh away the life of the owners thereof.
- Proverbs 16:28–30Rank 8 from verse 12
28A froward man soweth strife: and a whisperer separateth chief friends.
29A violent man enticeth his neighbour, and leadeth him into the way that is not good.
30He shutteth his eyes to devise froward things: moving his lips he bringeth evil to pass.
28*†A froward man soweth strife; & a whisperer separateth chiefe friends.
29A violent man enticeth his neighbour, and leadeth him into the way that is not good.
30He shutteth his eyes to deuise froward things: moouing his lips he bringeth euill to passe.
- Proverbs 3:32Rank 9 from verse 12
- Proverbs 4:14–17Rank 10 from verse 12
14¶ Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in the way of evil men.
15Avoid it, pass not by it, turn from it, and pass away.
16For they sleep not, except they have done mischief; and their sleep is taken away, unless they cause some to fall.
17For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence.
14¶ *Enter not into the path of the wicked, and goe not in the way of euill men.
15Auoid it, passe not by it, turne from it, and passe away.
16For they sleepe not except they haue done mischiefe: and their sleepe is taken away vnlesse they cause some to fall.
17For they eate the bread of wickednesse, and drinke the wine of violence.
- Proverbs 9:6Rank 11 from verse 12
- Psalms 141:4Rank 12 from verse 12
- Psalms 17:4–5Rank 13 from verse 12
4Concerning the works of men, by the word of thy lips I have kept me from the paths of the destroyer.
5Hold up my goings in thy paths, that my footsteps slip not.
4Concerning the workes of men, by the word of thy lips, I haue kept me from the paths of the destroyer.
5†Hold vp my goings in thy paths, that my footsteps slip not.
- Psalms 26:4–5Rank 14 from verse 12
4I have not sat with vain persons, neither will I go in with dissemblers.
5I have hated the congregation of evil doers; and will not sit with the wicked.
4*I haue not sate with vaine persons, neither will I goe in with dissemblers.
5I haue hated the congregation of euill doers: and will not sit with the wicked.
- Psalms 101:4Rank 15 from verse 12
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Proverbs 2:12
Sense 1: To rescue, save, free, or bring safely out of danger or bondage. Sense 2: To hand over, give up, or place into another's power or possession. Sense 3: To bring forth, convey, declare, or commit something to another. Sense 4: To give birth or be delivered of a child.
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Sense 1: Moral wickedness, sin, wrong, or corruption. Sense 2: Harm, misery, calamity, adversity, or punishment.
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1. A human being or person. 2. Mankind collectively. 3. A male person.
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Speaks; expresses or communicates words or meaning.
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1. Perverse or turned aside from what is right. 2. Contrary or opposed in conduct or response.
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11Discretion shall preserve thee, understanding shall keep thee:
11Discretion shall preserue thee, vnderstanding shall keepe thee:
12To deliver thee from the way of the evil man, from the man that speaketh froward things;
12To deliuer thee from the way of the euill man, from the man that speaketh froward things.
Selected passage13Who leave the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness;
13Who leaue the pathes of vprightnesse, to walke in the wayes of darkenesse: