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Proverbs 12

Prov. 12:26 KJV (With Strong’s)

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The righteous
tsaddiyq (Hebrew #6662)
just
KJV usage: just, lawful, righteous (man).
Pronounce: tsad-deek'
Origin: from 6663
is more μexcellent
tuwr (Hebrew #8446)
to meander (causatively, guide) about, especially for trade or reconnoitring
KJV usage: chap(-man), sent to descry, be excellent, merchant(-man), search (out), seek, (e-)spy (out).
Pronounce: toor
Origin: a primitive root
than his neighbor
rea` (Hebrew #7453)
from 7462; an associate (more or less close)
KJV usage: brother, companion, fellow, friend, husband, lover, neighbour, X (an-)other.
Pronounce: ray'-ah
Origin: or reya2 {ray'-ah}
: but the way
derek (Hebrew #1870)
a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb
KJV usage: along, away, because of, + by, conversation, custom, (east-)ward, journey, manner, passenger, through, toward, (high-) (path-)way(-side), whither(-soever).
Pronounce: deh'-rek
Origin: from 1869
of the wicked
rasha` (Hebrew #7563)
morally wrong; concretely, an (actively) bad person
KJV usage: + condemned, guilty, ungodly, wicked (man), that did wrong.
Pronounce: raw-shaw'
Origin: from 7561
seduceth
ta`ah (Hebrew #8582)
to vacillate, i.e. reel or stray (literally or figuratively); also causative of both
KJV usage: (cause to) go astray, deceive, dissemble, (cause to, make to) err, pant, seduce, (make to) stagger, (cause to) wander, be out of the way.
Pronounce: taw-aw'
Origin: a primitive root
w them.
μ
or, abundant.
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Prov. 12:13• 13In the transgression of the lips is an evil snare;{HR}But a righteous [man] shall come out of trouble. (Prov. 12:13)

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Prov. 12:13• 13In the transgression of the lips is an evil snare;{HR}But a righteous [man] shall come out of trouble. (Prov. 12:13)
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Prov. 17:27• 27He that hath knowledge spareth his words;{HR}A man of understanding [is] of a cool spirit. (Prov. 17:27)
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Psa. 16:3• 3Unto the saints which are upon the earth,{HR}[Even] them, and the excellent,{HR}All my delight [is] in them. (Psa. 16:3)
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Matt. 5:46‑48• 46For if ye should love those that love you, what reward have ye? Do not even the tax-gatherers the same?
 47And if ye should salute your brethren only, what beyond do ye? Do not even the Gentiles the same?
 48Ye therefore shall be perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect. (Matt. 5:46‑48)
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Luke 6:32‑36• 32and if ye love those that love you, what thank is it to you? for even sinners love those that love them.
 33{i}And if ye do good to those that do good to you, what thank is it to you? for even sinners do the same.{/i}
 34{i}And if ye lend to those from whom ye hope to receive, what thank is it to you? [for] even sinners lend to sinners that they may receive the like.{/i}
 35But love your enemies, and do good and lend, hoping for nothing in return; and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be sons of [the] Highest; for he is good to the unthankful and wicked.
 36Be ye therefore merciful, even as your Father also is merciful. (Luke 6:32‑36)
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1 Peter 2:18‑21• 18Household servants, be in subjection with all fear to your masters, not only to the good and gentle, but also to the crooked.
 19For this [is] grace if for conscience toward God one endureth griefs, suffering unjustly.
 20For what glory [is it] if when ye sin and are buffeted ye shall endure? but if when ye do well and suffer ye shall endure, this [is] grace with God.
 21For to this were ye called; because Christ also suffered for you, leaving you a model that ye should follow up his steps; (1 Peter 2:18‑21)
excellent.
or, abundant.
but.
Psa. 18:12‑13• 12From the brightness before him his thick clouds passed away:{HR}Hail, and coals of fire.
 13And Jehovah thundereth in the heavens,{HR}And the Most High giveth his voice;{HR}Hail and coals of fire. (Psa. 18:12‑13)
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James 1:13‑14• 13Let none when tempted say, I am tempted of God; for God cannot be tempted by evils, and himself tempteth none.
 14But each is tempted when by his own lust drawn away and enticed; (James 1:13‑14)
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2 Peter 2:18‑22• 18For uttering overswellings of vanity, they allure in lusts of the flesh, by dissolutenesses, those that are just escaping from them that walk in error,
 19promising them liberty while they themselves are slaves of corruption; for by whom a man is worsted, by him is he also held in bondage.
 20For if after having escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, but again entangled and worsted thereby, the last for them is become worse than the first.
 21For it were better for them not to have known well the way of righteousness than knowing well to have turned back from the holy commandment delivered to them.
 22[But] there hath happened to them the [saying] of the true proverb, A dog returned to his own vomit, and A sow washed into rolling in mire. (2 Peter 2:18‑22)
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1 John 2:26• 26These things I wrote to you concerning those that lead you astray. (1 John 2:26)
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Rev. 12:9• 9And the great dragon was cast {i}out{/i}, the ancient serpent, that is called {i}the{/i} Devil and Satan, that deceiveth the whole habitable {i}world{/i}: he was cast into the earth, and his angels were cast with him. (Rev. 12:9)
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Rev. 13:14• 14and he deceiveth those that dwell on the earth because of the signs which it was given him to do before the beast, saying to them that dwell on the earth, that they should make an image to the beast, who hath the wound of the sword and lived. (Rev. 13:14)
• The insubject, lawless man has not his brother’s good at heart, but rather his undoing; hence his words are seductive and ensnaring. Nathan is an illustration of the first; the wise woman of Tekoa, of the second (2 Sam. 12:1-14; 14:1-20). (“Proverbs Twelve” by H.A. Ironside)

J. N. Darby Translation

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The righteous guideth his neighbour; but the way of the wicked misleadeth them.

W. Kelly Translation

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The righteous guideth his neighbour;{HR}But the way of the wicked misleadeth them.