Proverbs 2:15
Whose ways are not straight, and whose footsteps are turned to evil:
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
Whose ways are crooked, and they froward in their paths:
In Context
14Who take pleasure in wrongdoing, and have joy in the evil designs of the sinner;
16To take you out of the power of the strange woman, who says smooth words with her tongue;
Cross References
Deuteronomy 32:5They have become false, they are not his children, the mark of sin is on them; they are an evil and hard-hearted generation.
Proverbs 21:8Twisted is the way of him who is full of crime; but as for him whose heart is clean, his work is upright.
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.
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 →