Proverbs 2:12

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

My son, if sinners entice you,

Do not consent.

Do not enter the path of the wicked

And do not proceed in the way of evil men.

“Forsake your folly and live,
And proceed in the way of understanding.”

He who walks with wise men will be wise,

But the companion of fools will suffer harm.

As for the deeds of men, by the word of Your lips
I have kept from the paths of the violent.

I do not sit with deceitful men,
Nor will I go with

pretenders.

Do not incline my heart to any evil thing,

To practice deeds of wickedness
With men who do iniquity;
And do not let me eat of their delicacies.

“Therefore, come out from their midst and be separate,” says the Lord.
“And do not touch what is unclean;
And I will welcome you.

For the devious are an abomination to the Lord;
But He is intimate with the upright.

“The fear of the Lord is to hate evil;

Pride and arrogance and the evil way

And the perverted mouth, I hate.

A perverse man spreads strife,
And a slanderer separates intimate friends.

A perverse heart shall depart from me;
I will know no evil.

For your hands are defiled with blood
And your fingers with iniquity;
Your lips have spoken falsehood,
Your tongue mutters wickedness.

and from among your own selves men will arise, speaking perverse things, to draw away the disciples after them.

Do not be deceived: “Bad company corrupts good morals.”

Who goes in company with the workers of iniquity,
And walks with wicked men?

Do not enter the path of the wicked

And do not proceed in the way of evil men.

A man of violence entices his neighbor
And leads him in a way that is not good.