Pro 1:10-14, 6:19, 7:5, 21-23, Jer 20:10, 28:16, Mat 12:24, 32-36 | ESV | STEP | My son , if sinners entice you, do not consent .

10 My son, if sinners ^aentice you,
do not consent.
11 If they say, “Come with us, ^blet us lie in wait for blood;
^clet us ambush the innocent without reason;
12 like Sheol let us ^dswallow them alive,
and whole, like ^ethose who go down to the pit;
13 we shall find all precious goods,
we shall fill our houses with plunder;
14 throw in your lot among us;
we will all have one purse”—

Proverbs 6:19

19 ^fa false witness who ^gbreathes out lies,
and one who ^hsows discord among brothers.

Proverbs 7:5

5 to keep you from ⁱthe forbidden ^{▼▼Hebrew strange} woman,
from ^kthe adulteress ^{▼▼Hebrew the foreign woman} with her smooth words.

Proverbs 7:21-23

21 With much seductive speech she persuades him;
with ^mher smooth talk she compels him.
22 All at once he follows her,
as an ox goes to the slaughter,
or as a stag is caught fast ^{▼▼Probable reading (compare Septuagint, Vulgate, Syriac); Hebrew as an anklet for the discipline of a fool}
23 till an arrow pierces its liver;
as ^oa bird rushes into a snare;
he does not know that it will cost him his life.

Jeremiah 20:10

10 ^pFor I hear many whispering.
^qTerror is on every side!
“Denounce him! ^rLet us denounce him!”
say all my ^sclose friends,
^twatching for ^umy fall.
“Perhaps he will be deceived;
then ^vwe can overcome him
and take our revenge on him.”

Jeremiah 28:16

16 Therefore thus says the Lord: ‘Behold, I will remove you from the face of the earth. This year you shall die, ^wbecause you have uttered rebellion against the Lord.’”

Matthew 12:24

24 But when the Pharisees heard it, they said, ^x“It is only by Beelzebul, the prince of demons, that this man casts out demons.”

Matthew 12:32-36

32 And whoever speaks a word ^yagainst the Son of Man ^zwill be forgiven, but ^aawhoever speaks against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven, either in ^abthis age or in the age to come.

A Tree Is Known by Its Fruit

33 ^ac“Either make the tree good and its fruit good, or make the tree bad and its fruit bad, ^adfor the tree is known by its fruit. 34 ^aeYou brood of vipers! How can you speak good, ^afwhen you are evil? ^agFor out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks. 35 ^ahThe good person out of his good treasure brings forth good, and the evil person out of his evil treasure brings forth evil. 36 I tell you, ^aion the day of judgment ^ajpeople will give account for ^akevery careless word they speak,