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Proverbs 4:14

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¶ Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in the way of evil men.
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  1. Psalms 1:1Rank 1 from verse 14
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    1BLESSED is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.

  2. 1 Corinthians 15:33Rank 2 from verse 14
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    33Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners.

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    10¶ My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not.

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    15My son, walk not thou in the way with them; refrain thy foot from their path:

  5. Proverbs 13:20Rank 5 from verse 14
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    20He that walketh with wise men shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed.

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Proverbs 4:14

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enter

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To go or come in; to penetrate; to become an ingredient or constituent part; to enter the mind.

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in

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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.

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evil

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Sense 1: Moral wickedness, sin, wrong, or corruption. Sense 2: Harm, misery, calamity, adversity, or punishment.

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13Take fast hold of instruction; let her not go: keep her; for she is thy life.

14¶ Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in the way of evil men.

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15Avoid it, pass not by it, turn from it, and pass away.

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