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Proverbs 2:12-14
New Catholic Bible
Proverbs 2:12-14
New Catholic Bible
12 Thus, you will be preserved from the ways of evil
and from those whose speech is perverse,[a]
13 who stray far from the straight paths[b]
to walk along roads of darkness,
14 who take pleasure in doing evil
and delight in leading perverse lives,
Footnotes
- Proverbs 2:12 Speech is perverse: deceitful speech is also mentioned in Prov 6:12; 8:13; 10:31-32; 17:20; 19:1, 28; see also Eph 4:29; Jas 3:6.
- Proverbs 2:13 Straight paths: see Prov 3:6; 9:15-16. Roads of darkness: humans love darkness rather than light (see Jn 3:19-21; see also Job 24:15-16; Isa 29:15; Rom 13:12).
