Proverbs 1:10

Easy To Read Version

My son, some people love to do bad things—and those people will try to make you do bad things too. Don’t listen to them!

Cross References

Genesis 37:20

We should kill him now while we can. We can throw his body into one of the empty wells. We can tell our father that a wild animal killed him. Then we will show him that his dreams are useless.”

Psalm 1:1

A person will be truly happy if he\par doesn’t follow the advice of bad people\par and doesn’t live like sinners\par and doesn’t feel at home with people\par who don’t respect God. {\cf2\super [1]} \par

Psalm 50:18

You see a thief,\par and you run to join him.\par You jump into bed with people\par doing the sin of adultery.\par

Proverbs 13:20

Be friends with people who are wise, and you will become wise. But if you choose fools to be your friends, then you will have trouble.

Proverbs 16:29

A troublemaker causes a lot of trouble for his friends. He will lead them in a way that is not good.

Proverbs 20:19

A person who tells gossip about other people can’t be trusted. So don’t be friends with a person who talks too much.

Proverbs 24:2

In their hearts they plan to do evil. All they talk about is making trouble.

Isaiah 33:15

Good, honest people that refuse to hurt others for money—\{they will live through that fire\}. Those people refuse to take bribes. They refuse to listen to plans to murder other people. They refuse to look at plans for doing bad things.

Romans 16:18

People like that are not serving our Lord Christ. They are only doing things to please themselves. They use fancy talk and say nice things to fool the people that don’t know about evil.

Ephesians 5:11

Don’t do the things that people in darkness do. Doing those things brings nothing good. But \{do the good things to\} show that those things in darkness are wrong.

Deuteronomy 13:8

You must not agree with that person. Don’t listen to him. Don’t feel sorry for him. Don’t let him go free. And don’t protect him.