Company
A 19th-century editor grouped these passages under ‘Company’. It’s a historical finding aid — one editor’s arrangement of the text, not Scripture’s own.
Topic from Nave's Topical Bible (Orville J. Nave, 1897) — public domain.
Showing 49–72 of 105 verses grouped under this topic.
Nave's Topical Bible
Topic from Nave's Topical Bible (Orville J. Nave, 1897) — public domain.
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Proverbs 9:6 OT
Leave your simple ways, and live. Walk in the way of understanding.”
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He who tills his land shall have plenty of bread, but he who chases fantasies is void of understanding.
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A righteous person is cautious in friendship, but the way of the wicked leads them astray.
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One who walks with wise men grows wise, but a companion of fools suffers harm.
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Stay away from a foolish man, for you won’t find knowledge on his lips.
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A man of violence entices his neighbor, and leads him in a way that is not good.
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Let a bear robbed of her cubs meet a man, rather than a fool in his folly.
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He who goes about as a tale-bearer reveals secrets; therefore don’t keep company with him who opens wide his lips.
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Thorns and snares are in the path of the wicked: whoever guards his soul stays from them.
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Drive out the mocker, and strife will go out; yes, quarrels and insults will stop.
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Don’t befriend a hot-tempered man, and don’t associate with one who harbors anger:
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lest you learn his ways, and ensnare your soul.
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Don’t eat the food of him who has a stingy eye, and don’t crave his delicacies:
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Don’t be among ones drinking too much wine, or those who gorge themselves on meat:
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Don’t be envious of evil men, neither desire to be with them;
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Whoever keeps the law is a wise son; but he who is a companion of gluttons shames his father.
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One who works his land will have an abundance of food; but one who chases fantasies will have his fill of poverty.
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When the wicked increase, sin increases; but the righteous will see their downfall.
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Whoever is an accomplice of a thief is an enemy of his own soul. He takes an oath, but dares not testify.
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Wisdom is better than weapons of war; but one sinner destroys much good.
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Isaiah 1:23 OT
Your princes are rebellious and companions of thieves. Everyone loves bribes and follows after rewards. They don’t defend the fatherless, neither does the cause of the widow come to them.
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Isaiah 6:5 OT
Then I said, “Woe is me! For I am undone, because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell among a people of unclean lips: for my eyes have seen the King, Yahweh of Armies!”
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Isaiah 8:11 OT
For Yahweh spoke this to me with a strong hand, and instructed me not to walk in the way of this people, saying,
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Isaiah 8:12 OT
“Don’t say, ‘A conspiracy!’ concerning all about which this people say, ‘A conspiracy!’ neither fear their threats, nor be terrorized.