Proverbs 2:13
who forsake the paths of uprightness to walk in the ways of darkness,
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
Who leave the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness;
In Context
12to deliver thee from the way of evil, from the men who speak perverse things,
14who rejoice to do evil, and delight in the perverseness of evil,
Cross References
Job 24:13These are of those who rebel against the light. They do not know the ways of it, nor abide in the paths of it.
Psalms 36:3The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit. He has ceased to be wise [and] to do good.
Proverbs 4:19The way of the wicked is as darkness. They know not at what they stumble.
Isaiah 59:8They do not know the way of peace, and there is no justice in their goings. They have made them crooked paths. Whoever goes in it does not know peace.
Ezekiel 33:12And thou, son of man, say to the sons of thy people, The righteousness of the righteous man shall not deliver him in the day of his transgression. And as for the wickedness of the wicked man, he shall not fall by it in the day that
Matthew 12:43But when the unclean spirit goes forth out of the man, it passes through waterless places, seeking rest, and finds it not.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 2:11-22
The Benefits Conferred by Wisdom. 10 When wisdom entereth into thine heart, and knowledge is pleasant unto thy soul; 11 Discretion shall preserve thee, understanding shall keep thee: 12 To deliver thee from the way of the evil man, from the man that speaketh froward things; 13 Who leave the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness; 14 Who rejoice to do evil, and delight in the frowardness of the wicked; 15 Whose ways are crooked, and they froward in their paths: 16 To deliver thee from the strange… Read the whole commentary →