Thursday, April 12, 2018

Proverbs on Keeping Out of Trouble

Proverbs on keeping out of trouble (or the evil way)
Proverbs 2:10-12
When wisdom enters your heart,
And knowledge is pleasant to your soul,
Discretion will preserve you;
Understanding will keep you,
To deliver you from the way of evil,
From the man who speaks perverse things
Proverbs 22:3
A prudent man foresees evil and hides himself,
But the simple pass on and are punished.
Proverbs 3:7
Do not be wise in your own eyes;
Fear the Lord and depart from evil.
Proverbs 4:14-15
Do not enter the path of the wicked,
And do not walk in the way of evil.
Avoid it, do not travel on it;
Turn away from it and pass on.
Proverbs 3:21-24
My son, let them not depart from your eyes—
Keep sound wisdom and discretion;
So they will be life to your soul
And grace to your neck.
Then you will walk safely in your way,
And your foot will not stumble.
When you lie down, you will not be afraid;
Yes, you will lie down and your sleep will be sweet.
Proverbs 8:13
The fear of the Lord is to hate evil;
Pride and arrogance and the evil way
And the perverse mouth I hate.
Proverbs 10:9
He who walks with integrity walks securely,
But he who perverts his ways will become known.
Proverbs 11:14
Where there is no counsel, the people fall;
But in the multitude of counselors there is safety.
Proverbs 27:17
As iron sharpens iron,
So a man sharpens the countenance of his friend.
Proverbs 12:26
The righteous should choose his friends carefully,
For the way of the wicked leads them astray.
Proverbs 14:2
He who walks in his uprightness fears the Lord,
But he who is perverse in his ways despises Him.
Proverbs 14:16
A wise man fears and departs from evil,
But a fool rages and is self-confident.
Proverbs 14:27
The fear of the Lord is a fountain of life,
To turn one away from the snares of death.
Proverbs 15:16
Better is a little with the fear of the Lord,
Than great treasure with trouble.
Proverbs 16:6
In mercy and truth Atonement is provided for iniquity;
And by the fear of the Lord one departs from evil.
Proverbs 16:17
The highway of the upright is to depart from evil;
He who keeps his way preserves his soul.
Proverbs 21:23
Whoever guards his mouth and tongue
Keeps his soul from troubles.

Proverbs on how people cause their own trouble:
Proverbs 5:22
His own iniquities entrap the wicked man,
and he is caught in the cords of his sin.
Proverbs 6:1-5
My son, if you become surety for your friend,
If you have shaken hands in pledge for a stranger,
You are snared by the words of your mouth;
You are taken by the words of your mouth.
So do this, my son, and deliver yourself;
For you have come into the hand of your friend:
Go and humble yourself;
Plead with your friend.
Give no sleep to your eyes,
Nor slumber to your eyelids.
Deliver yourself like a gazelle from the hand of the hunter,
And like a bird from the hand of the fowler.
Proverbs 11:5-6
The righteousness of the blameless will direct his way aright,
but the wicked will fall by his own wickedness.
The righteousness of the upright will deliver them,
but the unfaithful will be caught by their lust.
Proverbs 10:19
In the multitude of words sin is not lacking,
But he who restrains his lips is wise.
Proverbs 12:13
The wicked is ensnared by the transgression of his lips,
but the righteous will come through trouble.
Proverbs 18:6-8
A fool’s lips enter into contention,
And his mouth calls for blows.
A fool’s mouth is his destruction,
And his lips are the snare of his soul.
The words of a talebearer are like tasty trifles,
And they go down into the inmost body.
Proverbs 20:25
It is a snare for a man to devote rashly something as holy,
And afterward to reconsider his vows.
Proverbs 22:5, 24-25
Thorns and snares are in the way of the perverse;
he who guards his soul will be far from them.
Make no friendship with an angry man,
And with a furious man do not go,
Lest you learn his ways
And set a snare for your soul.
Proverbs 28:10
Whoever causes the upright to go astray in an evil way,
He himself will fall into his own pit;
But the blameless will inherit good.
Proverbs 29:5-6
A man who flatters his neighbor spreads a net for his feet.
By transgression an evil man is snared,
but the righteous sings and rejoices.
Proverbs 29:25
The fear of man brings a snare,
But whoever trusts in the Lord shall be safe.

Also see How to cleans one's way
Also see Fatherly Advice In Proverbs

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