Proverbs 11:6
11:6 The righteousness of the upright will deliver them,
but the faithless will be captured by their own desires.
Proverbs 17:4
17:4 One who acts wickedly pays attention to evil counsel;
a liar listens to a malicious tongue.
Proverbs 17:1
17:1 Better is a dry crust of bread where there is quietness
than a house full of feasting with strife.
Proverbs 17:28
17:28 Even a fool who remains silent is considered wise,
and the one who holds his tongue is deemed discerning.
Jeremiah 24:2
24:2 One basket had very good-looking figs in it. They looked like those that had ripened early.
The other basket had very bad-looking figs in it, so bad they could not be eaten.
Jeremiah 24:8-10
24:8 “I, the Lord, also solemnly assert: ‘King Zedekiah of Judah, his officials, and the people who remain in Jerusalem or who have gone to live in Egypt are like those bad figs. I consider them to be just like those bad figs that are so bad they cannot be eaten.
24:9 I will bring such disaster on them that all the kingdoms of the earth will be horrified. I will make them an object of reproach, a proverbial example of disaster. I will make them an object of ridicule, an example to be used in curses. That is how they will be remembered wherever I banish them.
24:10 I will bring war, starvation, and disease on them until they are completely destroyed from the land I gave them and their ancestors.’”
James 1:21
1:21 So put away all filth and evil excess and humbly
welcome the message implanted within you, which is able to save your souls.