Proverbs 2:15
who are crooked in their ways, and wayward in their paths,
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
Whose ways are crooked, and they froward in their paths:
In Context
14who rejoice to do evil, and delight in the perverseness of evil,
16to deliver thee from the interloping woman, even from the stranger who flatters with her words,
Cross References
Deuteronomy 32:5They have dealt corruptly with him. [They are] not his sons, [it is] their blemish, a perverse and crooked generation.
Proverbs 21:8The way of him who is laden with guilt is exceedingly crooked, but as for a pure man, his work is right.
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.
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 →