Proverbs 2:12 - Easy To Read Version Wisdom and understanding will stop you from living the wrong way like evil people. Those people are evil even in the things they say. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 To deliver thee from the way of the evil man, From the man that speaketh froward things; Amplified Bible - Classic Edition 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) To deliver thee from the way of evil, From the men that speak perverse things; Common English Bible Wisdom will rescue you from the evil path, from people who twist their words. Catholic Public Domain Version so that you may be rescued from the evil way, and from the man who speaks perversities, Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version That thou mayst be delivered from the evil way, and from the man that speaketh perverse things: |
Don’t let me want to do bad things.\par Stop me from joining bad people\par when they do wrong.\par Don’t let me share the things\par those bad people enjoy doing.\par
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.
Wine will cause you to see strange things. Your mind will be confused.
Cut the wool from your lambs and make your clothes. Sell some of your goats and buy some land.
Why? Because the Lord hates evil people and he supports good, honest people.
If a person respects the Lord,\par then that person will hate evil.\par I (Wisdom) hate pride\par and people who think they are better\par than other people.\par I hate evil ways, and a lying mouth.\par
Leave your old, foolish ways, and you will have life. Follow the way of understanding.”
Also, men from your own group will become bad leaders. They will begin to teach things that are wrong. They will lead some followers \{of Jesus\} away from the truth.
“So come away from those people\par and separate yourselves from them,\par says the Lord.\par Touch nothing that is not clean,\par and I will accept you.”\par \i (Isaiah 52:11)\i0 \par