Proverbs 13:15
Wise behaviour gets approval, but the way of the false is their destruction.
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Proverbs 13:15
Wise behaviour gets approval, but the way of the false is their destruction.
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Genesis 23:10
Now Ephron was seated among the children of Heth: and Ephron the Hittite gave Abraham his answer in the hearing of the children of Heth, and of all those who came into his town, saying,
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Genesis 23:11
No, my lord, I will give you the field with the hollow in the rock; before all the children of my people will I give it to you for a resting-place for your dead.
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Genesis 39:2
And the Lord was with Joseph, and he did well; and he was living in the house of his master the Egyptian.
Genesis 41:38
Then Pharaoh said to his servants, Where may we get such a man as this, a man in whom is the spirit of God?
Genesis 41:39
And Pharaoh said to Joseph, Seeing that God has made all this clear to you, there is no other man of such wisdom and good sense as you:
Genesis 41:40
You, then, are to be over my house, and all my people will be ruled by your word: only as king will I be greater than you.
Genesis 49:24
But their bows were broken by a strong one, and the cords of their arms were cut by the Strength of Jacob, by the name of the Stone of Israel:
Joshua 6:27
So the Lord was with Joshua; and news of him went through all the land.
1 Samuel 2:26
And the young Samuel, becoming older, had the approval of the Lord and of men.
Proverbs 17:2
A servant who does wisely will have rule over a son causing shame, and will have his part in the heritage among brothers.
Daniel 1:9
And God put into the heart of the captain of the unsexed servants kind feelings and pity for Daniel.
Daniel 1:19
And the king had talk with them; and among them all there was no one like Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah; so they were given places before the king.
Daniel 1:20
And in any business needing wisdom and good sense, about which the king put questions to them, he saw that they were ten times better than all the wonder-workers and users of secret arts in all his kingdom.
Daniel 6:3
Then this Daniel did his work better than the chief rulers and the captains, because there was a special spirit in him; and it was the king's purpose to put him over all the kingdom.
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Exodus 14:27
And when Moses' hand was stretched out over the sea, at dawn the sea came flowing back, meeting the Egyptians in their flight, and the Lord sent destruction on the Egyptians in the middle of the sea.
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Leviticus 17:7
And let them make no more offerings to evil spirits, after which they have gone, turning away from the Lord. Let this be a law to them for ever, through all their generations.
Isaiah 34:14
And the beasts of the waste places will come together with the jackals, and the evil spirits will be crying to one another, even the night-spirit will come and make her resting-place there.
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Deuteronomy 28:9
The Lord will keep you as a people holy to himself, as he has said to you in his oath, if you keep the orders of the Lord your God and go on walking in his ways.
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Deuteronomy 28:10
And all the peoples of the earth will see that the name of the Lord is on you, and they will go in fear of you.
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1 Samuel 18:15
And when Saul saw how wisely he did, he was in fear of him.
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1 Samuel 18:16
But David was loved by all Israel and Judah, for he went out and came in before them.
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1 Samuel 22:1
So David went away from there and took cover in a strong place at Adullam; and his brothers and all his father's people, hearing of it, went down to him there.
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2 Chronicles 30:6
So runners went with letters from the king and his chiefs through all Israel and Judah, by the order of the king, saying, O children of Israel, come back again to the Lord, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, so that he may come again to that small band of you which has been kept safe out of the hands of the kings of Assyria.
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Job 17:4
You have kept their hearts from wisdom: for this cause you will not give them honour.
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Ezra 8:18
And by the help of our God they got for us Ish-sechel, one of the sons of Mahli, the son of Levi, the son of Israel; and Sherebiah with his sons and brothers, eighteen;
Job 20:22
Even when his wealth is great, he is full of care, for the hand of everyone who is in trouble is turned against him.
Job 28:28
And he said to man, Truly the fear of the Lord is wisdom, and to keep from evil is the way to knowledge.
Psalms 1:1
Happy is the man who does not go in the company of sinners, or take his place in the way of evil-doers, or in the seat of those who do not give honour to the Lord.
Psalms 36:4
He gives thought to evil on his bed; he takes a way which is not good; he is not a hater of evil.
Proverbs 3:17
Her ways are ways of delight, and all her goings are peace.
Proverbs 12:2
A good man has grace in the eyes of the Lord; but the man of evil designs gets punishment from him.
Proverbs 14:9
In the tents of those hating authority there is error, but in the house of the upright man there is grace.
Ecclesiastes 2:26
To the man with whom he is pleased, God gives wisdom and knowledge and joy; but to the sinner he gives the work of getting goods together and storing up wealth, to give to him in whom God has pleasure. This again is to no purpose and desire for wind.
Jeremiah 2:19
The evil you yourselves have done will be your punishment, your errors will be your judge: be certain then, and see that it is an evil and a bitter thing to give up the Lord your God, and no longer to be moved by fear of me, says the Lord, the Lord of armies.
Romans 8:28
And we are conscious that all things are working together for good to those who have love for God, and have been marked out by his purpose.
1 Corinthians 3:22
Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas, or the world, or life, or death, or things present, or things to come; all are yours;
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Psalms 1:6
Because the Lord sees the way of the upright, but the end of the sinner is destruction.
Psalms 23:2
He makes a resting-place for me in the green fields: he is my guide by the quiet waters.
Psalms 146:9
The Lord takes care of those who are in a strange land; he gives help to the widow and to the child who has no father; but he sends destruction on the way of sinners.
Proverbs 2:12
Giving you salvation from the evil man, from those whose words are false;
Proverbs 3:14
For trading in it is better than trading in silver, and its profit greater than bright gold.
Proverbs 4:9
She will put a crown of grace on your head, giving you a head-dress of glory.
Jeremiah 2:13
For my people have done two evils; they have given up me, the fountain of living waters, and have made for themselves water-holes, cut out from the rock, broken water-holes, of no use for storing water.
Matthew 7:14
For narrow is the door and hard the road to life, and only a small number make discovery of it.
1 John 5:3
For loving God is keeping his laws: and his laws are not hard.
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Psalms 60:3
You have made the people see hard times; you have given us the wine of shaking for our drink.
Isaiah 21:2
A vision of fear comes before my eyes; the worker of deceit goes on in his false way, and the waster goes on making waste. Up! Elam; to the attack! Media; I have put an end to her sorrow.
Zechariah 2:8
For this is what the Lord of armies has said: In the way of glory he has sent me to the nations which have taken your goods: for anyone touching you is touching what is most dear to him.
Zechariah 12:2
See, I will make Jerusalem a cup of shaking fear to all the peoples round about, when Jerusalem is shut in.
Acts 26:14
And when we had all gone down on the earth, a voice came to me, saying in the Hebrew language, Saul, Saul, why are you attacking me so cruelly? It is hard for you to go against the impulse which is driving you.
1 Corinthians 10:22
Or may we be the cause of envy to the Lord? are we stronger than he?
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Psalms 74:17
By you all the limits of the earth were fixed; you have made summer and winter.
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Psalms 95:9
When your fathers put me to the test and saw my power and my work.
Psalms 95:10
For forty years I was angry with this generation, and said, They are a people whose hearts are turned away from me, for they have no knowledge of my ways;
Psalms 95:11
And I made an oath in my wrath, that they might not come into my place of rest.
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Proverbs 1:2
To have knowledge of wise teaching; to be clear about the words of reason:
Proverbs 10:7
The memory of the upright is a blessing, but the name of the evil-doer will be turned to dust.
Proverbs 10:14
Knowledge is stored up by the wise, but the mouth of the foolish man is a destruction which is near.
Proverbs 10:22
The blessing of the Lord gives wealth: hard work makes it no greater.
Proverbs 10:25
When the storm-wind is past, the sinner is seen no longer, but the upright man is safe for ever.
Proverbs 11:2
When pride comes, there comes shame, but wisdom is with the quiet in spirit.
Proverbs 11:3
The righteousness of the upright will be their guide, but the twisted ways of the false will be their destruction.
Proverbs 11:30
The fruit of righteousness is a tree of life, but violent behaviour takes away souls.
Proverbs 13:18
Need and shame will be the fate of him who is uncontrolled by training; but he who takes note of teaching will be honoured.
Proverbs 13:24
He who keeps back his rod is unkind to his son: the loving father gives punishment with care.
Proverbs 14:10
No one has knowledge of a man's grief but himself; and a strange person has no part in his joy.
Proverbs 14:27
The fear of the Lord is a fountain of life, by which one may be turned from the nets of death.
Proverbs 14:32
The sinner is overturned in his evil-doing, but the upright man has hope in his righteousness.
Proverbs 14:34
By righteousness a nation is lifted up, but sin is a cause of shame to the peoples.
Proverbs 15:3
The eyes of the Lord are in every place, keeping watch on the evil and the good.
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Proverbs 10:9
He whose ways are upright will go safely, but he whose ways are twisted will be made low.
Proverbs 11:1
Scales of deceit are hated by the Lord, but a true weight is his delight.
Proverbs 11:13
He who goes about talking of others makes secrets public, but the true-hearted man keeps things covered.
Proverbs 11:24
A man may give freely, and still his wealth will be increased; and another may keep back more than is right, but only comes to be in need.
Proverbs 11:25
He who gives blessing will be made fat, but the curser will himself be cursed.
Proverbs 11:26
He who keeps back grain will be cursed by the people; but a blessing will be on the head of him who lets them have it for a price.
Proverbs 13:7
A man may be acting as if he had wealth, but have nothing; another may seem poor, but have great wealth.
Proverbs 14:25
A true witness is the saviour of lives; but he who says false things is a cause of deceit.
Proverbs 15:1
By a soft answer wrath is turned away, but a bitter word is a cause of angry feelings.
Proverbs 15:8
The offering of the evil-doer is disgusting to the Lord, but the prayer of the upright man is his delight.
Proverbs 22:1
A good name is more to be desired than great wealth, and to be respected is better than silver and gold.
Ecclesiastes 10:12
The words of a wise man's mouth are sweet to all, but the lips of a foolish man are his destruction.
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Proverbs 31:10
Who may make discovery of a woman of virtue? For her price is much higher than jewels.
Daniel 1:8
And Daniel had come to the decision that he would not make himself unclean with the king's food or wine; so he made a request to the captain of the unsexed servants that he might not make himself unclean.
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Isaiah 57:20
But the evil-doers are like the troubled sea, for which there is no rest, and its waters send up earth and waste.
Isaiah 57:21
There is no peace, says my God, for the evil-doers.
Jeremiah 31:30
But everyone will be put to death for the evil which he himself has done: whoever has taken bitter grapes will himself have his teeth put on edge.
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Jeremiah 49:19
See, he will come up like a lion from the thick growth of Jordan against the resting-place of Teman: but I will suddenly make him go in flight from her; and I will put over her the man of my selection: for who is like me? and who will put forward his cause against me? and what keeper of sheep will be able to keep his place before me?
Hosea 5:11
Ephraim is troubled; he is crushed by his judges, because he took pleasure in walking after deceit.
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Joshua 23:13
Then you may be certain that the Lord your God will not go on driving these nations out from before you; but they will become a danger and a cause of sin to you, a whip for your sides and thorns in your eyes, till you are cut off from this good land which the Lord your God has given you.
Job 18:8
His feet take him into the net, and he goes walking into the cords.
Psalms 11:6
On the evil-doer he will send down fire and flames, and a burning wind; with these will their cup be full.
Psalms 18:26
He who is holy will see that you are holy; but to the man whose way is not straight you will be a hard judge.
Psalms 18:27
For you are the saviour of those who are in trouble; but eyes full of pride will be made low.
Proverbs 2:22
But sinners will be cut off from the land, and those whose acts are false will be uprooted.
Proverbs 6:15
For this cause his downfall will be sudden; quickly he will be broken, and there will be no help for him.
Proverbs 15:10
There is bitter punishment for him who is turned from the way; and death will be the fate of the hater of teaching.
Proverbs 15:19
Thorns are round the way of the hater of work; but the road of the hard worker becomes a highway.
Proverbs 22:5
Thorns and nets are in the way of the twisted: he who keeps watch over his soul will be far from them.
Proverbs 29:1
A man hating sharp words and making his heart hard, will suddenly be broken and will not be made well again.
Hosea 2:6
For this cause I will put thorns in her road, building up a wall round her so that she may not go on her way.
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Hosea 10:7
As for Samaria, her king is cut off, like mist on the water.
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Amos 5:24
But let the right go rolling on like waters, and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream.
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Matthew 13:5
And some of the seed went among the stones, where it had not much earth, and straight away it came up because the earth was not deep:
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Luke 23:47
And when the captain saw what was done, he gave praise to God, saying, Without doubt this was an upright man.
Acts 27:43
But the captain, desiring to keep Paul safe, kept them from their purpose, and gave orders that those who had knowledge of swimming were to go off the ship and get first to land:
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Proverbs 13:5
The upright man is a hater of false words: the evil-doer gets a bad name and is put to shame.
Proverbs 14:35
The king has pleasure in a servant who does wisely, but his wrath is against him who is a cause of shame.
Proverbs 16:20
He who gives attention to the law of right will get good; and whoever puts his faith in the Lord is happy.
Proverbs 19:8
He who gets wisdom has love for his soul: he who keeps good sense will get what is truly good.
Proverbs 24:3
The building of a house is by wisdom, and by reason it is made strong:
Proverbs 24:4
And by knowledge its rooms are full of all dear and pleasing things.
Proverbs 24:5
A wise man is strong; and a man of knowledge makes strength greater.
Proverbs 29:25
The fear of man is a cause of danger: but whoever puts his faith in the Lord will have a safe place on high.
Daniel 1:21
And Daniel went on till the first year of King Cyrus.
Matthew 10:16
See, I send you out as sheep among wolves. Be then as wise as snakes, and as gentle as doves.
Acts 7:10
And made him free from all his troubles, and gave him wisdom and the approval of Pharaoh, king of Egypt, who made him ruler over Egypt and all his house.
1 Corinthians 14:25
The secrets of his heart are made clear; and he will go down on his face and give worship to God, saying that God is truly among you.
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Acts 28:2
And the simple people living there were uncommonly kind to us, for they made a fire for us, and took us in, because it was raining and cold.
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Romans 6:17
But praise be to God that though you were the servants of sin, you have now given yourselves freely to that form of teaching under which you were placed;
Romans 7:21
So I see a law that, though I have a mind to do good, evil is present in me.
Romans 8:2
For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has made me free from the law of sin and death.
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Luke 4:18
The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because I am marked out by him to give good news to the poor; he has sent me to make well those who are broken-hearted; to say that the prisoners will be let go, and the blind will see, and to make the wounded free from their chains,
John 8:36
If then the son makes you free, you will be truly free.
Romans 6:16
Are you not conscious that you are the servants of him to whom you give yourselves to do his desire? if to sin, the end being death, or if to do the desire of God, the end being righteousness.
Romans 6:21
What fruit had you at that time in the things which are now a shame to you? for the end of such things is death.
Romans 8:6
For the mind of the flesh is death, but the mind of the Spirit is life and peace:
Ephesians 2:1
And to you did he give life, when you were dead through your wrongdoing and sins,
Ephesians 2:2
In which you were living in the past, after the ways of this present world, doing the pleasure of the lord of the power of the air, the spirit who is now working in those who go against the purpose of God;
2 Timothy 2:26
And so they may get themselves free from the net of the Evil One, being made the prisoners of the Lord's servant, for the purpose of God.
2 Timothy 3:13
Evil and false men will become worse and worse, using deceit and themselves overcome by deceit.
Titus 3:3
For in the past we were foolish, hard in heart, turned from the true way, servants of evil desires and pleasures, living in bad feeling and envy, hated and hating one another.
2 Peter 2:19
Saying that they will be free, while they themselves are the servants of destruction; because whatever gets the better of a man makes a servant of him.
1 John 5:20
And we are certain that the Son of God has come, and has given us a clear vision, so that we may see him who is true, and we are in him who is true, in his Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.
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2 Timothy 3:3
Without natural love, bitter haters, saying evil of others, violent and uncontrolled, hating all good,
2 Timothy 3:4
False to their friends, acting without thought, lifted up in mind, loving pleasure more than God;
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