Proverbs 16:17NET Bible
The highway of the upright is to turn away from evil; the one who guards his way safeguards his life.
Related Verses
Genesis 2:9
The LORD God made all kinds of trees grow from the soil, every tree that was pleasing to look at and good for food. (Now the tree of life and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil were in the middle of the orchard.)
Genesis 2:17
but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for when you eat from it you will surely die."
Genesis 3:5
for God knows that when you eat from it your eyes will open and you will be like divine beings who know good and evil."
Genesis 3:19
By the sweat of your brow you will eat food until you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken; for you are dust, and to dust you will return."
Genesis 3:22
And the LORD God said, "Now that the man has become like one of us, knowing good and evil, he must not be allowed to stretch out his hand and take also from the tree of life and eat, and live forever."