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Proverbs 2:11-13
New American Bible (Revised Edition)

11 Discretion will watch over you,
    understanding will guard you;
12 [a]Saving you from the way of the wicked,
    from those whose speech is perverse.
13 From those who have left the straight paths
    to walk in the ways of darkness,

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Footnotes

  1. 2:12–15 As in 1:8–19, there is an obstacle to the quest for wisdom—deceitful and violent men. Cf. also 4:10–19. They offer a way of life that is opposed to the way of wisdom.
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