Proverbs 16:29
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“A violent man entices his neighbor and leads him down a path that is not good.”
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“A violent man entices his neighbor and leads him down a path that is not good.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“A violent man enticeth his neighbour, and leadeth him into the way that is not good.”
King James Version · Public Domain“A man of violence enticeth his neighbor, And leadeth him in a way that is not good.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“A violent man enticeth his neighbour, And hath causeth him to go in a way not good.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Proverbs 16:29 — 10 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 1 Samuel 19:11Then Saul sent messengers to David’s house to watch him and kill him in the morning. But David’s wife Michal warned him, “If you do not run for your life tonight, tomorrow you will be dead!”
- 1 Samuel 19:17And Saul said to Michal, “Why did you deceive me like this? You sent my enemy away and he has escaped!” Michal replied, “He said to me, ‘Help me get away, or I will kill you!’”
- 1 Samuel 22:7Then Saul said to his servants, “Listen, men of Benjamin! Is the son of Jesse giving all of you fields and vineyards and making you commanders of thousands or hundreds?
- 1 Samuel 23:19Then the Ziphites came up to Saul at Gibeah and said, “Is not David hiding among us in the strongholds at Horesh, on the hill of Hachilah south of Jeshimon?
- Nehemiah 6:13He had been hired to intimidate me so that I would sin by doing as he suggested, so they could give me a bad name in order to discredit me.
- Proverbs 1:10My son, if sinners entice you, do not yield to them.
- Proverbs 2:12to deliver you from the way of evil, from the man who speaks perversity,
- Proverbs 3:31Do not envy a violent man or choose any of his ways;
- Proverbs 12:26A righteous man is cautious in friendship, but the ways of the wicked lead them astray.
- 2 Peter 3:17Therefore, beloved, since you already know these things, be on your guard so that you will not be carried away by the error of the lawless and fall from your secure standing.
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