Proverbs 2:12

In 11 translations

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;

LSV

To deliver you from an evil way, || From any speaking contrary things,

YLT

To deliver thee from an evil way, From any speaking froward things,

DBY

To deliver thee from the way of evil, from the man that speaketh froward things;

DRC

That thou mayst be delivered from the evil way, and from the man that speaketh perverse things:

GNV

And deliuer thee from the euill way, and from the man that speaketh froward things,

JPS

To deliver thee from the way of evil, from the men that speak froward things;

LXXE

to deliver thee from the evil way, and from the man that speaks nothing faithfully.

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Original-language editions

WLC

לְ֭הַצִּ֣ילְךָ מִדֶּ֣רֶךְ רָ֑ע מֵ֝אִ֗ישׁ מְדַבֵּ֥ר תַּהְפֻּכֽוֹת׃

LXX-Br

Ἵνα ῥύσηταί σε ἀπὸ ὁδοῦ κακῆς, καὶ ἀπὸ ἀνδρὸς λαλοῦντος μηδὲν πιστόν.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).

Cross-references most cited first

• 1 Corinthians 15:33Do not be deceived: “Bad company corrupts good character.”
• Proverbs 8:13To fear the LORD is to hate evil; I hate arrogant pride, evil conduct, and perverse speech.
• Proverbs 13:20He who walks with the wise will become wise, but the companion of fools will be destroyed.
• 2 Corinthians 6:17“Therefore come out from among them and be separate, says the Lord. Touch no unclean thing, and I will receive you.”
• Isaiah 59:3–5For your hands are stained with blood, and your fingers with iniquity; your lips have spoken lies, and your tongue mutters injustice. No one calls for justice; no one pleads his case honestly. They rely on empty pleas;…
• Proverbs 16:28–30A perverse man spreads dissension, and a gossip divides close friends. A violent man entices his neighbor and leads him down a path that is not good. He who winks his eye devises perversity; he who purses his lips is…
• Proverbs 4:14–17Do not set foot on the path of the wicked or walk in the way of evildoers. Avoid it; do not travel on it. Turn from it and pass on by. For they cannot sleep unless they do evil; they are deprived of slumber until they…
• Proverbs 9:6Leave your folly behind, and you will live; walk in the way of understanding.”
• Proverbs 1:10–19My son, if sinners entice you, do not yield to them. If they say, “Come along, let us lie in wait for blood, let us ambush the innocent without cause, let us swallow them alive like Sheol, and whole like those…
• Psalms 141:4Do not let my heart be drawn to any evil thing or take part in works of wickedness with men who do iniquity; let me not feast on their delicacies.
• Psalms 17:4–5As for the deeds of men— by the word of Your lips I have avoided the ways of the violent. My steps have held to Your paths; my feet have not slipped.
• Proverbs 3:32for the LORD detests the perverse, but He is a friend to the upright.
• Acts 20:30Even from your own number, men will rise up and distort the truth to draw away disciples after them.
• Psalms 26:4–5I do not sit with deceitful men, nor keep company with hypocrites. I hate the mob of evildoers, and refuse to sit with the wicked.
• Psalms 101:4A perverse heart shall depart from me; I will know nothing of evil.

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