Proverbs 21:16
“The man that wandereth out of the way of understanding shall remain in the congregation of the dead.”
A gift in secret pacifieth anger: and a reward in the bosom strong wrath.
It is joy to the just to do judgment: but destruction shall be to the workers of iniquity.
The man that wandereth out of the way of understanding shall remain in the congregation of the dead.
He that loveth pleasure shall be a poor man: he that loveth wine and oil shall not be rich.
The wicked shall be a ransom for the righteous, and the transgressor for the upright.
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“But when the righteous turneth away from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, and doeth according to all the abominations that the wicked man doeth, shall he live? All his righteousness that he hath done shall not be mentioned: in his trespass that he hath trespassed, and in his sin that he hath sinned, in them shall he die.”
“With my whole heart have I sought thee: O let me not wander from thy commandments.”
“As a bird that wandereth from her nest, so is a man that wandereth from his place.”
“Now the just shall live by faith: but if any man draw back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him.”
“And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.”