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Proverbs 2:12

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

KJV

ut eruaris a via mala, et ab homine qui perversa loquitur ;

Vulgate

ἵνα ῥύσηταί σε ἀπὸ ὁδοῦ κακῆς καὶ ἀπὸ ἀνδρὸς λαλοῦντος μηδὲν πιστόν.

LXX

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

ASV

לְ֭/הַצִּ֣ילְ/ךָ מִ/דֶּ֣רֶךְ רָ֑ע מֵ֝/אִ֗ישׁ מְדַבֵּ֥ר תַּהְפֻּכֽוֹת

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

6 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אִ֣ישׁ
'ysh
noun · 2171×
דֶּ֣רֶךְ
drk
noun · 709×
יְדַבֵּ֥ר
ydbr
verb · 1134×
נִי
ny
verb · 211×
רָ֑ע
r'
verb · 664×
תַּהְפֻּכֽוֹת
thpkvt
noun · 10×

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Cor 15:33 — Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners.
  • 2Cor 6:17 — Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you,
  • Isa 59:3 — For your hands are defiled with blood, and your fingers with iniquity; your lips have spoken lies, your tongue hath muttered perverseness.
  • Job 34:8 — Which goeth in company with the workers of iniquity, and walketh with wicked men.
  • Prov 3:31 — Envy thou not the oppressor, and choose none of his ways.
  • Prov 8:13 — The fear of the LORD is to hate evil: pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, and the froward mouth, do I hate.
  • Prov 10:32 — The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable: but the mouth of the wicked speaketh frowardness.
  • Prov 13:20 — He that walketh with wise men shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed.
  • Prov 13:20 — He that walketh with wise men shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed.
  • Prov 16:29 — A violent man enticeth his neighbour, and leadeth him into the way that is not good.
  • Ps 1:1 — Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.