Proverbs 2:12 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

¹² To deliver thee from the way of evil, From the men that speak 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 company doth corrupt good manners.

Proverbs 13:20

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

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 ye out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, And touch no unclean thing; And I will receive you,

Acts 20:30

and from among your own selves shall men arise, speaking perverse things, to draw away the disciples after them.

Proverbs 9:6

Leave off, ye simple ones, and live; And walk in the way of understanding.

Proverbs 3:32

For the perverse is an abomination to the LORD: But his secret is with the upright.

Psalm 141:4

Incline not my heart to any evil thing, To be occupied in deeds of wickedness 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 know no evil thing.

Proverbs 6:12

A worthless person, a man of iniquity; He 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 things, And thine heart shall utter froward things.

Proverbs 28:26

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