Proverbs 2:12 - King James Version with Apocrypha - American Edition

¹² to deliver thee from the way of the evil man, from the man that speaketh froward things;

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹² To deliver thee from the way of the evil man, From the man that speaketh froward things;

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹² To deliver you from the way of evil and the evil men, from men who speak perverse things and are liars,

American Standard Version (1901)

¹² To deliver thee from the way of evil, From the men that speak perverse things;

Common English Bible

¹² Wisdom will rescue you from the evil path, from people who twist their words.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹² so that you may be rescued from the evil way, and from the man who speaks perversities,

Proverbs 2:12 Cross References

1 Corinthians 15:33

Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners.

Proverbs 13:20

He that walketh with wise men shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed.

Proverbs 8:13

The fear of the Lord is to hate evil: pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, and the froward mouth, do I hate.

2 Corinthians 6:17

Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you,

Acts 20:30

Also of your own selves shall men arise, speaking perverse things, to draw away disciples after them.

Proverbs 9:6

Forsake the foolish, and live; and go in the way of understanding.

Proverbs 3:32

For the froward is abomination to the Lord: but his secret is with the righteous.

Psalm 141:4

Incline not my heart to any evil thing, to practise wicked works with men that work iniquity: and let me not eat of their dainties.

Psalm 101:4

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

Proverbs 6:12

A naughty person, a wicked man, walketh with a froward mouth.

Proverbs 10:32

The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable: but the mouth of the wicked speaketh frowardness.

Proverbs 23:33

Thine eyes shall behold strange women, and thine heart shall utter perverse things.

Proverbs 28:26

He that trusteth in his own heart is a fool: but whoso walketh wisely, he shall be delivered.