Proverbs 2:13

The Benefits Of Wisdom

¹² to deliver thee from the evil way, from the man that speaks perversion, ¹³ From those who leave the paths of uprightness
To walk in the ways of darkness;
¹⁴ who rejoice to do evil and delight in wicked perversion,

Walk in the Ways of

Way of Righteousness

Proverbs 4:19

The way of the wicked is as darkness; they do not know in what they stumble.

John 3:19-20

And this is the condemnation, that the light is come into the world, and men loved darkness more than the light because their deeds were evil.

Proverbs 21:16

The man that wanders out of the way of wisdom shall end up in the congregation of the dead.

Job 24:13-16

They are among those that rebel against the light; they have never known its ways nor abided in its paths.

Psalm 14:3

They are all gone aside, they are all together become filthy: there is no one that does good, no, not one.

Psalm 36:3

The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit; he has left off to be wise and to do good.

Psalm 82:5

They do not know, neither do they understand; they walk in darkness; they move all the foundations of the earth.

Ezekiel 18:26

When a righteous man leaves his righteousness, and commits iniquity, he shall die in it; for his iniquity that he has done he shall die.

Ezekiel 33:12-13

And thou, son of man, say unto the sons of thy people, The righteousness of the righteous shall not deliver him the day that he rebels; and the wickedness of the wicked shall not impede him in the day that he turns from his wickedness; and the righteous shall not be able to live by his righteousness in the day that he sins.

Zephaniah 1:6

and those that have turned back from following the LORD and those that did not seek the LORD, nor enquired about him.

Matthew 12:43-45

When the unclean spirit is gone out of the man, it walks through dry places, seeking rest, and finds none.

John 1:6

There was a man sent from God, whose name was John.

John 2:9-11

When the butler had tasted the water that was made wine and knew not where it was from (but the servants who drew the water knew), the butler called the bridegroom

John 12:35

Then Jesus said unto them, Yet a little while is the Light with you. Walk while ye have the light, lest darkness come upon you; for he that walks in darkness does not know where he goes.

Romans 1:21

because having known God, they did not glorify him as God, neither were thankful, but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened.

1 Thessalonians 5:5-7

Ye are all the sons of light, and the sons of the day; we are not of the night, nor of darkness.

2 Timothy 4:10

for Demas has forsaken me, having loved this present world and is departed unto Thessalonica; Crescens to Galatia, Titus unto Dalmatia.

Hebrews 6:4-6

For it is impossible that those who once received the light and tasted of that heavenly gift and were made partakers of the Holy Spirit

2 Peter 2:20-22

Certainly, if having separated themselves from the contaminations of the world, by the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they again entangle themselves therein and are overcome, their latter end is made worse for them than the beginnings.

1 John 2:19

They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would no doubt have continued with us; but this happened that it might be made manifest that they were not all of us.