12Wisdom will save you from the ways of wicked men, from men whose words are perverse,


In Context

9 Then you will understand what is right and just and fair-every good path.

10 For wisdom will enter your heart, and knowledge will be pleasant to your soul.

11 Discretion will protect you, and understanding will guard you.

12 Wisdom will save you from the ways of wicked men, from men whose words are perverse,

13 who leave the straight paths to walk in dark ways,

14 who delight in doing wrong and rejoice in the perverseness of evil,

Proverbs 2:12 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:12To deliver thee from the way of the evil [man,] from the man that speaketh froward things;

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

2:12That thou mayst be delivered from the evil way, and from the man that speaketh perverse things:

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

2:12To deliver thee from the way of evil, From the men that speak perverse things;

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:12To deliver thee from the way of evil, from the man that speaketh froward things;

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

2:12To deliver thee from the way of evil, from the men that speak froward things;

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:12To deliver thee from the way of the evil man, from the man that speaketh froward things;

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:12to deliver you from the way of evil, from the men who speak perverse things;

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

2:12To deliver thee from an evil way, From any speaking froward things,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:12To deliver you from the way of the evil man, from the man that speaks fraudulent things;