With their words ungodly people destroy their neighbors. But those who do what is right escape because of their knowledge.

不虔敬的人用口败坏邻舍；义人却因知识得救。

不虔敬的人用口败坏邻舍；义人却因知识得救。

不虔敬的人用口败坏邻舍；义人却因知识得救。

不敬虔的张口败坏邻舍，义人却因知识获得拯救。

不敬虔的人用口败坏邻舍，义人却因知识免受其害。

伪善者用口毁掉邻人，义人却因知识得救。

不虔敬的人用口敗壞鄰舍；義人卻因知識得救。

不虔敬的人用口敗壞鄰舍；義人卻因知識得救。

不虔敬的人用口敗壞鄰舍；義人卻因知識得救。

不敬虔的張口敗壞鄰舍，義人卻因知識獲得拯救。

不敬虔的人用口敗壞鄰舍，義人卻因知識免受其害。

不拜上帝的人用口舌毁了鄰舍；義人卻因知識而得救拔。

偽善者用口毀掉鄰人，義人卻因知識得救。

不虔者以口舌害鄰里、惟義人因知識得救援、

偽善以口才、訕謗鄰里、義者具明哲、自救其身。

邪惡者以口陷人、因善人之智慧、乃得拯救、

With their mouths the godless destroy their neighbors, but through knowledge the righteous escape.

With his mouth the godless man would destroy his neighbor, but by knowledge the righteous are delivered.

With their words, the godless destroy their friends, but knowledge will rescue the righteous.

With his mouth the ungodly destroys his neighbor, but through knowledge the righteous are rescued.

With his mouth the godless person destroys his neighbor, But through knowledge the righteous will be rescued.

The hypocrite with his mouth destroys his neighbor, But through knowledge the righteous will be delivered.

With his mouth the godless man destroyeth his neighbor; But through knowledge shall the righteous be delivered.

With his mouth the ungodly destroys his neighbor, but through knowledge the righteous are rescued.

An hypocrite with[ his] mouth destroyeth his neighbour: but through knowledge shall the just be delivered.

With his speech the godless person destroys his neighbor, but by knowledge the righteous will be delivered.

With his mouth the godless man destroys his neighbor, but the righteous will be delivered through knowledge.

If an enemy were making fun of me, I could stand it. If he were getting ready to oppose me, I could hide.

Your heart will become wise. Your mind will delight in knowledge.Good sense will keep you safe. Understanding will guard you.Wisdom will save you from the ways of evil men. It will save you from men who twist their words.Men like that have left the straight paths to walk in dark ways.They take delight in doing what is wrong. They take joy in twisting everything around.Their paths are crooked. Their ways are not straight.Wisdom will save you from a woman who commits adultery. It will save you from a sinful woman and her tempting words.

The old prophet answered,“ I’m also a prophet, just like you. An angel gave me a message from the Lord. The message said,‘ Bring the man of God back with you to your house. Then he can eat bread and drink water with you.’ ” But the old prophet was telling him a lie.The man of God returned with him. He ate and drank in his house.They were sitting at the table. The Lord gave a message to the old prophet who had brought the man of God back.He cried out to the man who had come from Judah. He told him,“ The Lord says,‘ You have not done what I told you to do. You have not obeyed the command I gave you. I am the Lord your God.You came back here and ate bread and drank water. You did it in the place where I told you not to. So your body will not be buried in your family tomb.’ ”

The Lord said,‘ Who will get Ahab to attack Ramoth Gilead? I want him to die there.’“ One angel suggested one thing. Another suggested something else.Finally, a spirit came forward and stood in front of the Lord. The spirit said,‘ I’ll get Ahab to do it.’“‘ How?’ the Lord asked.“ The spirit said,‘ I’ll go out and put lies in the mouths of all his prophets.’“‘ You will have success in getting Ahab to attack Ramoth Gilead,’ said the Lord.‘ Go and do it.’“ So the Lord has put lies in the mouths of all your prophets. He has said that great harm will come to you.”

So the king of Israel brought about 400 prophets together. He asked them,“ Should I go to war against Ramoth Gilead? Or should I stay here?”“ Go,” they answered.“ The Lord will hand it over to you.”

People like that are false apostles. They are workers who tell lies. They only pretend to be apostles of Christ.That comes as no surprise. Even Satan himself pretends to be an angel of light.So it doesn’t surprise us that Satan’s servants also pretend to be serving God. They will finally get exactly what they deserve.

My companion attacks his friends. He breaks his promise.His talk is as smooth as butter. But he has war in his heart. His words flow like olive oil. But they are like swords ready for battle.

Then the man of sin will appear. The Lord Jesus will overthrow him with the breath of his mouth. The glorious brightness of Jesus’ coming will destroy the man of sin.The coming of the man of sin will fit how Satan works. The man of sin will show his power through all kinds of signs and wonders. These signs and wonders will lead people astray.So people who are dying will be fooled by this evil. These people are dying because they refuse to love the truth. The truth would save them.

Even men from your own people will rise up and twist the truth. They want to get the believers to follow them.

But you have received the Holy Spirit from God. He continues to live in you. So you don’t need anyone to teach you. God’s Spirit teaches you about everything. What he says is true. He doesn’t lie. Remain joined to Christ, just as you have been taught by the Spirit.

The Holy Spirit clearly says that in the last days some people will leave the faith. They will follow spirits that will fool them. They will believe things that demons will teach them.Teachings like those come from liars who pretend to be what they are not. Their sense of what is right and wrong has been destroyed. It’s as though it has been burned with a hot iron.They do not allow people to get married. They order them not to eat certain foods. But God created those foods. So people who believe and know the truth should receive them and give thanks for them.

That will continue until we all become one in the faith. We will also become one in the knowledge of God’s Son. Then we will be grown up in the faith. We will receive everything that Christ has for us.We will no longer be babies in the faith. We won’t be like ships tossed around by the waves. We won’t be blown here and there by every new teaching. We won’t be blown around by cleverness and tricks. Certain people use them to hide their evil plans.

“ Watch out for false prophets. They come to you pretending to be sheep. But on the inside they are hungry wolves.

Paul writes the same way in all his letters. He speaks about what I have just told you. His letters include some things that are hard to understand. People who don’t know better and aren’t firm in the faith twist what he says. They twist the other Scriptures too. So they will be destroyed.Dear friends, you have already been warned about this. So be on your guard. Then you won’t be led astray by people who don’t obey the law. Instead, you will remain safe.Grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Glory belongs to him both now and forever. Amen.

The same thing happens to everyone who forgets God. The hope of ungodly people dies out.

“ You will see‘ the hated thing that destroys.’( Daniel 9:27; 11:31; 12:11) It will stand where it does not belong. The reader should understand this. Then those who are in Judea should escape to the mountains.

Your father’s command is like a lamp. Your mother’s teaching is like a light. And whatever instructs and corrects you leads to life.It keeps you from your neighbor’s wife. It keeps you from the smooth talk of a woman who commits adultery.

He keeps those who are ungodly from ruling. He keeps them from laying traps for others.

But suppose people have something that might be used to help their parents. You allow them to say it is instead‘ a gift set apart for God.’So they do not need to honor their father or mother with their gift. You make the word of God useless in order to follow your own teachings.You pretenders! Isaiah was right when he prophesied about you. He said,“‘ These people honor me by what they say. But their hearts are far away from me.Their worship doesn’t mean anything to me. They teach nothing but human rules.’ ”( Isaiah 29:13)Jesus called the crowd to him. He said,“ Listen and understand.What goes into someone’s mouth does not make them‘ unclean.’ It’s what comes out of their mouth that makes them‘ unclean.’ ”Then the disciples came to him. They asked,“ Do you know that the Pharisees were angry when they heard this?”Jesus replied,“ They are plants that my Father in heaven has not planted. They will be pulled up by the roots.Leave the Pharisees. They are blind guides. If one blind person leads another blind person, both of them will fall into a pit.”

But there were also false prophets among the people. In the same way there will be false teachers among you. In secret they will bring in teachings that will destroy you. They will even turn against the Lord and Master who died to pay for their sins. So they will quickly destroy themselves.Many people will follow their lead. These people will do the same evil things the false teachers do. They will cause people to think badly about the way of truth.These teachers are never satisfied. They want to get something out of you. So they make up stories to take advantage of you. They have been under a sentence of death for a long time. The God who will destroy them has not been sleeping.

Get wisdom, and get understanding. Don’t forget my words or turn away from them.Stay close to wisdom, and she will keep you safe. Love her, and she will watch over you.

I’m not writing to you because you don’t know the truth. I’m writing because you do know it. I’m writing to you because no lie comes from the truth.

False messiahs and false prophets will appear. They will do signs and miracles. They will try to fool God’s chosen people if possible.Keep watch! I have told you everything ahead of time.