Arms and swords are in the way of the perverse: but he that keepeth his own soul, departeth far from them.

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Proverbs 13:15 Good instruction shall give grace: in the way of scorners is a deep pit.

Proverbs 15:19 The way of the slothful is as a hedge of thorns: the way of the just is without offence.

Joshua 23:13 Know ye for a certainty that the Lord your God will not destroy them before your face, but they shall be a pit and a snare in your way, and a stumbling-block at your side, and stakes in your eyes, till he take you away and destroy you from off this excellent land, which he hath given you.

Job 18:8 For he hath thrust his feet into a net, and walketh in its meshes.

Psalm 11:6 The Lord trieth the just and the wicked: but he that loveth iniquity, hateth his own soul.

Psalm 18:26,27 And with the elect thou wilt be elect: and with the perverse thou wilt be perverted. . . .

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Proverbs 13:3 He that keepeth his mouth keepeth his soul: but he that hath no guard on his speech shall meet with evils.

Proverbs 16:17 The path of the just departeth from evils: he that keepeth his soul keepeth his way.

Proverbs 19:16 He that keepeth the commandment, keepeth his own soul: but he that neglecteth his own way, shall die.

Psalm 91:1 The praise of a canticle for David. He that dwelleth in the aid of the most High, shall abide under the protection of the God of Jacob.

1 John 5:18 We know that whosoever is born of God sinneth not: but the generation of God preserveth him and the wicked one toucheth him not.

Jude 1:20,21 But you, my beloved, building yourselves upon your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Ghost, . . .