12 to deliver you from the way of evil, from the man who speaks perversity, 13 from those who leave the straight paths to walk in the ways of darkness, 14 from those who enjoy doing evil and rejoice in the twistedness of evil, 15 whose paths are crooked and whose ways are devious. 16 It will rescue you from the forbidden woman, from the stranger with seductive words 17 who abandons the partner of her youth and forgets the covenant of her God. 18 For her house sinks down to death, and her tracks to the departed spirits. 19 None who go to her return or negotiate the paths of life. 20 So you will follow in the ways of the good, and keep to the paths of the righteous.
Proverbs 2:12–20
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Proverbs 6:23–25
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Proverbs 7:4–6
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Proverbs 7:24–26
24 Now, my sons, listen to me, and attend to the words of my mouth. 25 Do not let your heart turn aside to her ways; do not stray into her paths. 26 For she has brought many down to death; her slain are many in number.
Job 34:7–9
7 What man is like Job, who drinks up derision like water? 8 He keeps company with evildoers and walks with wicked men. 9 For he has said, ‘It profits a man nothing that he should delight in God.’
Proverbs 1:14–16
14 Throw in your lot with us; let us all share one purse”— 15 my son, do not walk the road with them or set foot upon their path. 16 For their feet run to evil, and they are swift to shed blood.
Proverbs 4:13–15
13 Hold on to instruction; do not let go. Guard it, for it is your life. 14 Do not set foot on the path of the wicked or walk in the way of evildoers. 15 Avoid it; do not travel on it. Turn from it and pass on by.
Proverbs 5:7–9
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Psalms 119:117–119
117 Uphold me, and I will be saved, that I may always regard Your statutes. 118 You reject all who stray from Your statutes, for their deceitfulness is in vain. 119 All the wicked on earth You discard like dross; therefore I love Your testimonies.
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