Proverbs 13:19

A Wise Son Lives Righteously

¹⁸ Poverty and contempt, are for him that neglecteth correction, but, he that regardeth reproof, shall be honoured. ¹⁹ A desire fulfilled, is sweet to the soul, but it is, an abomination to the lawless, to depart from evil. ²⁰ He that walketh with the wise, becometh wise, but, the friend of dullards, becometh foolish.

Depart from Evil

Proverbs 13:12

Hope deferred, sickeneth the heart, - but, a tree of life, is desire fulfilled.

1 Kings 1:48

Moreover also, thus and thus, hath said the king, - Blessed be Yahweh, God of Israel, who hath given, to-day, one to sit upon my throne, mine own eyes also beholding it.

Job 28:28

And said to the son of earth, Lo! the reverence of the Lord, that, is wisdom, and, to avoid evil, is understanding.

Psalm 21:1-2

O Yahweh, in thy strength, will the king rejoice, and, in thy salvation, how greatly will he exult!

Psalm 34:14

Depart from wickedness and do good, Aim at well-being, and pursue it.

Psalm 37:27

Turn from evil, and do good, and so settle down, unto times age-abiding.

Proverbs 3:7

Do not become wise in thine own eyes, revere Yahweh, and avoid evil:

Proverbs 16:6

By lovingkindness and fidelity, shall iniquity be covered, and, in the revering of Yahweh, is a turning away from wrong.

Proverbs 16:17

The highway of the upright, is to avoid evil, He preserveth his soul, who guardeth his way.

Proverbs 29:27

An abomination to the righteous, is the man of perversity, and, an abomination to the lawless, is a man of straightforward way.

Song of Songs 3:4

Scarcely had I passed from them, when I found the beloved of my soul, - I caught him, and would not let him go, until that I had brought him into the house of my mother, and into the chamber of her that conceived me.

2 Timothy 2:19

Howbeit, the firm foundation of God, standeth, having this seal - The Lord hath acknowledged them who are his, and, Let every one that nameth the name of the Lord stand aloof from unrighteousness.

2 Timothy 4:7-8

The noble contest, have I contested, the race, have I finished, the faith, have I kept:

Revelation 7:14-17

And I at once said to him - My lord! thou, knowest! And he said unto me - These, are they who come out of the great tribulation, and they washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb;