Proverbs 9:6

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Proverbs 9:4–8 · Berean Standard Bible

4 “Whoever is simple, let him turn in here!” she says to him who lacks judgment.

5 “Come, eat my bread and drink the wine I have mixed.

6 Leave your folly behind, and you will live; walk in the way of understanding.”

7 He who corrects a mocker brings shame on himself; he who rebukes a wicked man taints himself.

8 Do not rebuke a mocker, or he will hate you; rebuke a wise man, and he will love you.

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Proverbs 13:20

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Psalms 26:4

I do not sit with deceitful men, nor keep company with hypocrites.

Psalms 26:5

I hate the mob of evildoers, and refuse to sit with the wicked.

Psalms 26:6

I wash my hands in innocence that I may go about Your altar, O LORD,

Psalms 45:10

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Psalms 119:115

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Acts 2:40

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2 Corinthians 6:17

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Revelation 18:4

Then I heard another voice from heaven say: “Come out of her, My people, so that you will not share in her sins or contract any of her plagues.

Proverbs 4:11

I will guide you in the way of wisdom; I will lead you on straight paths.

Proverbs 10:17

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Matthew 7:13

Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and many enter through it.

Matthew 7:14

But small is the gate and narrow the way that leads to life, and only a few find it.

Luke 13:24

“Make every effort to enter through the narrow door. For many, I tell you, will try to enter and will not be able.