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Proverbs 2:12
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10 When wisdom enters your heart,
And knowledge is pleasant to your soul,
11 Discretion will preserve you;
aUnderstanding will keep you, 
12 To deliver you from the way of evil,
From the man who speaks perverse things,
13 From those who leave the paths of uprightness
To awalk in the ways of darkness; 
14 aWho rejoice in doing evil,
And delight in the perversity of the wicked; 
15 aWhose ways are crooked,
And who are devious in their paths; 
16 To deliver you from athe immoral woman,
bFrom the seductress who flatters with her words, 
17 Who forsakes the companion of her youth,
And forgets the covenant of her God.
18 For aher house leads down to death,
And her paths to the dead; 
19 None who go to her return,
Nor do they1 regain the paths of life— 
20 So you may walk in the way of goodness,
And keep to the paths of righteousness.
21 For the upright will dwell in the aland,
And the blameless will remain in it; 
Verse Comparison: Proverbs 2:12

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

Amplified® Bible
To deliver you from the way of evil {and} the evil men, from men who speak perverse things {and} are liars,

Contemporary English Version
Wisdom will protect you from evil schemes and from those liars

Darby English Version
To deliver thee from the way of evil, from the man that speaketh froward things;

Good News Bible
and prevent you from doing the wrong thing. They will keep you away from people who stir up trouble by what they say---

King James Version
To deliver thee from the way of the evil man, from the man that speaketh froward things;

New American Standard Bible
To deliver you from the way of evil, From the man who speaks perverse things;

New International Version
Wisdom will save you from the ways of wicked men,
from men whose words are perverse,

New King James Version
To deliver you from the way of evil,
From the man who speaks perverse things,

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
To deliver you from the way of evil, From the man who speaks perverse things;

Revised Standard Version
delivering you from the way of evil, from men of perverted speech,

Young's Literal Translation
To deliver thee from an evil way, From any speaking froward things,

New English Translation
to deliver1 you from the way of the wicked,2 from those3 speaking perversity,4


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