Parallel Verses

NET Bible

I will have nothing to do with a perverse person; I will not permit evil.

New American Standard Bible

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

King James Version

A froward heart shall depart from me: I will not know a wicked person.

Holman Bible

A devious heart will be far from me;
I will not be involved with evil.

International Standard Version

I will not allow anyone with a perverted mind in my presence; I will not be involved with anything evil.

A Conservative Version

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

American Standard Version

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

Amplified


A perverse heart shall depart from me;
I will not tolerate evil.

Darby Translation

A perverse heart shall depart from me; I will not know evil.

Julia Smith Translation

A heart of oppression shall depart from me: I shall not know evil.

King James 2000

A perverse heart shall depart from me: I will not know a wicked person.

Lexham Expanded Bible

A perverse heart will depart from me; I will not know evil.

Modern King James verseion

A perverse heart will depart from me; I will not know the wicked.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

A froward heart shall depart from me; I will not know a wicked person.

New Heart English Bible

A perverse heart will be far from me. I will have nothing to do with evil.

The Emphasized Bible

A perverse heart, shall depart from me, A maker of mischief, will I not acknowledge;

Webster

A froward heart shall depart from me: I will not know a wicked person.

World English Bible

A perverse heart will be far from me. I will have nothing to do with evil.

Youngs Literal Translation

A perverse heart turneth aside from me, Wickedness I know not.

References

Context Readings

A Vow Of Integrity

3 I will not even consider doing what is dishonest. I hate doing evil; I will have no part of it. 4 I will have nothing to do with a perverse person; I will not permit evil. 5 I will destroy anyone who slanders his neighbor in secret. I will not tolerate anyone who has a cocky demeanor and an arrogant attitude.

Cross References

Proverbs 11:20

The Lord abhors those who are perverse in heart, but those who are blameless in their ways are his delight.

Psalm 6:8

Turn back from me, all you who behave wickedly, for the Lord has heard the sound of my weeping!

Psalm 119:115

Turn away from me, you evil men, so that I can observe the commands of my God.

Proverbs 2:12-15

to deliver you from the way of the wicked, from those speaking perversity,

Proverbs 3:32

for one who goes astray is an abomination to the Lord, but he reveals his intimate counsel to the upright.

Proverbs 8:13

The fear of the Lord is to hate evil; I hate arrogant pride and the evil way and perverse utterances.

Proverbs 9:6

Abandon your foolish ways so that you may live, and proceed in the way of understanding."

Proverbs 22:24

Do not make friends with an angry person, and do not associate with a wrathful person,

Matthew 7:23

Then I will declare to them, 'I never knew you. Go away from me, you lawbreakers!'

2 Corinthians 6:14-16

Do not become partners with those who do not believe, for what partnership is there between righteousness and lawlessness, or what fellowship does light have with darkness?

2 Corinthians 11:33

but I was let down in a rope-basket through a window in the city wall, and escaped his hands.

2 Timothy 2:19

However, God's solid foundation remains standing, bearing this seal: "The Lord knows those who are his," and "Everyone who confesses the name of the Lord must turn away from evil."

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