Thorns and snares are in the way of the crooked; whoever guards his soul will keep far from them.
The way of a sluggard is like a hedge of thorns, but the path of the upright is a level highway.
We know that everyone who has been born of God does not keep on sinning, but he who was born of God protects him, and the evil one does not touch him.
The highway of the upright turns aside from evil; whoever guards his way preserves his life.
But you, beloved, building yourselves up in your most holy faith and praying in the Holy Spirit, keep yourselves in the love of God, waiting for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ that leads to eternal life.
Whoever keeps the commandment keeps his life; he who despises his ways will die.
Good sense wins favor, but the way of the treacherous is their ruin.
For he is cast into a net by his own feet, and he walks on its mesh.
Whoever guards his mouth preserves his life; he who opens wide his lips comes to ruin.
He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will abide in the shadow of the Almighty.
with the purified you show yourself pure; and with the crooked you make yourself seem tortuous. For you save a humble people, but the haughty eyes you bring down.
Let him rain coals on the wicked; fire and sulfur and a scorching wind shall be the portion of their cup.
know for certain that the Lord your God will no longer drive out these nations before you, but they shall be a snare and a trap for you, a whip on your sides and thorns in your eyes, until you perish from off this good ground that the Lord your God has given you.
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