Proverbs 4:15 (NKJV) — 15 Avoid it, do not travel on it; Turn away from it and pass on.

Stay as far away from evil as possible. Not only are wise persons not to walk on the path of the wicked, they are to avoid it altogether One of Eve’s first mistakes was getting close enough to the forbidden tree to carry on a conversation with the serpent.

Proverbs 14:7 (NKJV) — 7 Go from the presence of a foolish man, When you do not perceive in him the lips of knowledge.

Ephesians 4:27 (NKJV) — 27 nor give place to the devil.

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