TOPICAL PROVERBS
by Grant Hodges
Wisdom for the Children of the King
COMPANIONS
| NIV | |
| 1:10 - My son, if sinners entice you, do not give in to them. | |
| 1:11 - If they say, "Come along with us; let's lie in wait for someone's blood, let's waylay some harmless soul; | |
| 1:12 - let's swallow them alive, like the grave, and whole, like those who go down to the pit; | |
| 1:13 - we will get all sorts of valuable things and fill our houses with plunder; | |
| 1:14 - throw in your lot with us, and we will share a common purse." | |
| 1:15 - my son, do not go along with them, do not set foot on their paths, | |
| 1:16 - for their feet rush into sin, they are swift to shed blood. | |
| 2:10 - For wisdom will enter your heart, and knowledge will be pleasant to your soul; | |
| 2:11 - Discretion will protect you, and understanding will guard you, | |
| 2:12 - Wisdom will save you from the ways of wicked men, from men whose words are perverse; | |
| 2:13 - who leave the straight paths to walk in dark ways; | |
| 2:14 - who delight in doing wrong and rejoice in the perverseness of evil; | |
| 2:15 - whose paths are crooked and who are devious in their ways. | |
| 2:16 - It will save you also from the adulteress, from the wayward wife with her seductive words; | |
| 2:17 - who has left the partner of her youth and ignored the covenant she made before God. | |
| 9:6 - Leave your simple ways and you will live; walk in the way of understanding. | |
| 9:12 - If you are wise, your wisdom will reward you; if you are a mocker, you alone will suffer." | |
| 13:20 - He who walks with the wise grows wise, but a companion of fools suffers harm. | |
| 14:7 - Stay away from a foolish man, for you will not find knowledge on his lips. | |
| 19:27 - Stop listening to instruction, my son, and you will stray from the words of knowledge. | |
| 24:1 - Do not envy wicked men, do not desire their company; | |
| 24:2 - for their hearts plot violence, and their lips talk about making trouble. | |
| 24:21 - Fear the Lord and the king, my son, and do not join with the rebellious, | |
| 24:22 - for those two will send sudden destruction upon them, and who knows what calamities they can bring? | |
| 29:24 - The accomplice of a thief is his own enemy; he is put under oath and dare not testify. | |
| NASB | |
| 1:10 - My son, if sinners entice you, Do not consent. | |
| 1:11 - If they say, "Come with us, Let us lie in wait for blood, Let us ambush the innocent without cause; | |
| 1:12 - Let us swallow them alive like Sheol, Even whole, as those who go down to the pit; | |
| 1:13 - We will find all kinds of precious wealth, We will fill our houses with spoil; | |
| 1:14 - Throw in your lot with us, We shall all have one purse," | |
| 1:15 - My son, do not walk in the way with them. Keep your feet from their path, | |
| 1:16 - For their feet run to evil and they hasten to shed blood. | |
| 2:10 - For wisdom will enter your heart and knowledge will be pleasant to your soul; | |
| 2:11 - Discretion will guard you, Understanding will watch over you, | |
| 2:12 - To deliver you from the way of evil, From the man who speaks perverse things; | |
| 2:13 - From those who leave the paths of uprightness to walk in the ways of darkness; | |
| 2:14 - Who delight in doing evil and rejoice in the perversity of evil; | |
| 2:15 - Whose paths are crooked, and who are devious in their ways; | |
| 2:16 - To deliver you from the strange woman, from the adulteress who flatters with her words; | |
| 2:17 - That leaves the companion of her youth and forgets the covenant of her God; | |
| 9:6 - "Forsake your folly and live,and proceed in the way of understanding." | |
| 9:12 - If you are wise, you are wise for yourself, and if you scoff, you alone will bear it. | |
| 13:20 - He who walks with wise men will be wise, but the companion of fools will suffer harm. | |
| 14:7 - Leave the presence of a fool, or you will not discern words of knowledge. | |
| 19:27 - Cease listening, my son, to discipline, and you will stray from the words of knowledge. | |
| 24:1 - Do not be envious of evil men, nor desire to be with them; | |
| 24:2 - For their minds devise violence, and their lips talk of trouble. | |
| 24:21 - My son, fear the LORD and the king; Do not associate with those who are given to change, | |
| 24:22 - For their calamity will rise suddenly, and who knows the ruin that comes from both of them? | |
| 29:24 - He who is a partner with a thief hates his own life; He hears the oath but tells nothing. | |
| KJV | |
| 1:10 - My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not. | |
| 1:11 - If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause: | |
| 1:12 - Let us swallow them up alive as the grave; and whole, as those that go down into the pit: | |
| 1:13 - We shall find all precious substance, we shall fill our houses with spoil: | |
| 1:14 - Cast in thy lot among us; let us all have one purse: | |
| 1:15 - My son, walk not thou in the way with them; refrain thy foot from their path: | |
| 1:16 - For their feet run to evil, and make haste to shed blood. | |
| 2:10 - When wisdom entereth into thine heart, and knowledge is pleasant unto thy soul; | |
| 2:11 - Discretion shall preserve thee, understanding shall keep thee: | |
| 2:12 - To deliver thee from the way of the evil man, from the man that speaketh froward things; | |
| 2:13 - Who leave the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness; | |
| 2:14 - Who rejoice to do evil, and delight in the frowardness of the wicked; | |
| 2:15 - Whose ways are crooked, and they froward in their paths: | |
| 2:16 - To deliver thee from the strange woman, even from the stranger which flattereth with her words; | |
| 2:17 - Which forsaketh the guide of her youth, and forgetteth the covenant of her | |
| 9:6 - Forsake the foolish, and live; and go in the way of understanding. | |
| 9:12 - If thou be wise, thou shalt be wise for thyself: but if thou scornest, thou alone shalt bear it. | |
| 13:20 - He that walketh with wise men shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed. | |
| 14:7 - Go from the presence of a foolish man, when thou perceivest not in him the lips of knowledge. | |
| 19:27 - Cease, my son, to hear the instruction that causeth to err from the words of knowledge. | |
| 24:1 - Be not thou envious against evil men, neither desire to be with them. | |
| 24:2 - For their heart studieth destruction, and their lips talk of mischief. | |
| 24:21 - My son, fear thou the LORD and the king: and meddle not with them that are | |
| 24:22 - For their calamity shall rise suddenly; and who knoweth the ruin of them both? | |
| 29:24 - Whoso is partner with a thief hateth his own soul: he heareth cursing, and bewrayeth it not. | |
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