A righteous man is cautious in friendship, but the ways of the wicked lead them astray.
Cross References
Proverbs 12:25Anxiety weighs down the heart of a man, but a good word cheers it up.
Proverbs 12:27A lazy man does not roast his game, but a diligent man prizes his possession.
Proverbs 16:29A violent man entices his neighbor and leads him down a path that is not good.
Treasury of Scripture
The righteous is more excellent than his neighbor: but the way of the wicked seduces them.
righteous
Proverbs 12:13
The wicked is snared by the transgression of his lips: but the just shall come out of trouble.
Proverbs 17:27
He that hath knowledge spareth his words: and a man of understanding is of an excellent spirit.
Psalm 16:3
But to the saints that are in the earth, and to the excellent, in whom is all my delight.
excellent or abundant
Psalm 18:12,13
At the brightness that was before him his thick clouds passed, hail stones and coals of fire…
James 1:13,14
Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God: for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man: …
2 Peter 2:18-22
For when they speak great swelling words of vanity, they allure through the lusts of the flesh, through much wantonness, those that were clean escaped from them who live in error…
