Proverbs 2:12
10 For wisdom will enter your heart, and knowledge will delight your soul.
11 Discretion will watch over you, and understanding will guard you,
to deliver you from the way of evil, from the man who speaks perversity,
13 from those who leave the straight paths to walk in the ways of darkness,
14 from those who enjoy doing evil and rejoice in the twistedness of evil,
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- to deliver you from the way of evil, from the man who speaks perversity,
- KJV
- To deliver thee from the way of the evil man, from the man that speaketh froward things;
- WEB
- to deliver you from the way of evil, from the men who speak perverse things,
- ASV
- To deliver thee from the way of evil, From the men that speak perverse things;
- DARBY
- To deliver thee from the way of evil, from the man that speaketh froward things;
- BLB
- to snatch you from the way of evil, from the man speaking perversity—
- ÅB
- for å fri deg fra onde veier, fra menn som fører forvendt tale,
- OTB
- For å redde deg fra de onde menneskers veier, fra dem som taler forvrengte ting,
- B1930
- for å fri dig fra onde veier, fra menn som fører forvendt tale,
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
1 Corinthians 15:33
Do not be deceived: “Bad company corrupts good character.”
Read in contextProverbs 8:13
To fear the LORD is to hate evil; I hate arrogant pride, evil conduct, and perverse speech.
Read in contextProverbs 13:20
He who walks with the wise will become wise, but the companion of fools will be destroyed.
Read in context2 Corinthians 6:17
“Therefore come out from among them and be separate, says the Lord. Touch no unclean thing, and I will receive you.”
Read in contextIsaiah 59:3–5
For your hands are stained with blood, and your fingers with iniquity; your lips have spoken lies, and your tongue mutters injustice.
Read in contextProverbs 1:10–19
My son, if sinners entice you, do not yield to them.
Read in contextProverbs 16:28–30
A perverse man spreads dissension, and a gossip divides close friends.
Read in contextPsalms 26:4–5
I do not sit with deceitful men, nor keep company with hypocrites.
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