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 thee, consent thou not.

Enter not into the path of the wicked, and walk not in the way of evil men.

Forsake ye simpleness, and live, and walk in the way of understanding.

Walk with wise men, and thou shall be wise. But the companion of fools shall smart for it.

As for the works of men, by the word of thy lips I have kept from the ways of a violent man.

I have not sat with men of falsehood, nor will I go in with dissemblers.

Incline not my heart to any evil thing, to practice deeds of wickedness with men who work iniquity. And let me not eat of their dainties.

Therefore, Come ye out from among them, and be ye separated, says Lord, And touch no unclean thing, and I will receive you

For the perverse man is an abomination to LORD, but his friendship is with the upright.

The fear of LORD is to hate evil. Pride, and arrogance, and the evil way, and the perverse mouth, do I hate.

A perverse man scatters abroad strife, and a whisperer separates chief friends.

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

For your hands are defiled with blood, and your fingers with iniquity. Your lips have spoken lies. Your tongue mutters wickedness.

And from you yourselves men will rise up, speaking distorted things, to draw away the disciples after them.

Be not led astray. Evil associations corrupt good habits.

saying, I have not sinned, nor committed unrighteousness, nor had fellowship with workers of iniquity to go with the profane.

Enter not into the path of the wicked, and walk not in the way of evil men.

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