Proverbs 2:12-22 Parallel Bible Translations

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12	To deliver thee from the way of evil, from the men that speak froward things;	delivering you from the way of evil, from men of perverted speech,	Wisdom will save you from the ways of wicked men, from men whose words are perverse,
13	Who forsake the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness;	who forsake the paths of uprightness to walk in the ways of darkness,	who have left the straight paths to walk in dark ways,
14	Who rejoice to do evil, and delight in the frowardness of evil;	who rejoice in doing evil and delight in the perverseness of evil,	who delight in doing wrong and rejoice in the perverseness of evil,
15	Who are crooked in their ways, and perverse in their paths:	men whose paths are crooked, and who are devious in their ways.	whose paths are crooked and who are devious in their ways.
16	To deliver thee from the strange woman, even from the stranger which flattereth with her words;	So you will be delivered from the forbidden woman, from the adulteress with her smooth words,	Wisdom will save you also from the adulterous woman, from the wayward woman with her seductive words,
17	Which forsaketh the friend of her youth, and forgetteth the covenant of her God:	who forsakes the companion of her youth and forgets the covenant of her God;	who has left the partner of her youth and ignored the covenant she made before God.
18	For her house inclineth unto death, and her paths unto the dead:	for her house sinks down to death, and her paths to the departed;	Surely her house leads down to death and her paths to the spirits of the dead.
19	None that go unto her return again, neither do they attain unto the paths of life:	none who go to her come back, nor do they regain the paths of life.	None who go to her return or attain the paths of life.
20	That thou mayest walk in the way of good men, and keep the paths of the righteous.	So you will walk in the way of the good and keep to the paths of the righteous.	Thus you will walk in the ways of the good and keep to the paths of the righteous.
21	For the upright shall dwell in the land, and the perfect shall remain in it.	For the upright will inhabit the land, and those with integrity will remain in it,	For the upright will live in the land, and the blameless will remain in it;
22	But the wicked shall be cut off from the land, and they that deal treacherously shall be rooted out of it.	but the wicked will be cut off from the land, and the treacherous will be rooted out of it.	but the wicked will be cut off from the land, and the unfaithful will be torn from it.
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