Proverbs 2:13
Who give up the way of righteousness, to go by dark roads;
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
Who leave the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness;
In Context
12Giving you salvation from the evil man, from those whose words are false;
14Who take pleasure in wrongdoing, and have joy in the evil designs of the sinner;
Cross References
Job 24:13Then there are those who are haters of the light, who have no knowledge of its ways, and do not go in them.
Psalms 36:3\36:2\For he takes comfort in the thought that his sin will not be uncovered and hated.
Proverbs 4:19The way of sinners is dark; they see not the cause of their fall.
Isaiah 59:8They have no knowledge of the way of peace, and there is no sense of what is right in their behaviour: they have made for themselves ways which are not straight; whoever goes in them has no knowledge of peace.
Ezekiel 33:12And you, son of man, say to the children of your people, The righteousness of the upright man will not make him safe in the day when he does wrong; and the evil-doing of the evil man will not be the cause of his fall in the day when he is turned from his evil-doing; and the upright man will not have life because of his righteousness in the day when he does evil.
Matthew 12:43But the unclean spirit, when he is gone out of a man, goes through dry places looking for rest, and getting 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 →