Proverbs 2:20
So that you may go in the way of good men, and keep in the footsteps of the upright.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
That thou mayest walk in the way of good men, and keep the paths of the righteous.
In Context
19Those who go to her do not come back again; their feet do not keep in the ways of life:
21For the upright will be living in the land, and the good will have it for their heritage.
Cross References
Psalms 119:63I keep company with all your worshippers, and those who have your orders in their memory.
Proverbs 4:11I have given you teaching in the way of wisdom, guiding your steps in the straight way.
Proverbs 13:20Go with wise men and be wise: but he who keeps company with the foolish will be broken.
Jeremiah 6:16This is what the Lord has said: Take your place looking out on the ways; make search for the old roads, saying, Where is the good way? and go in it that you may have rest for your souls. But they said, We will not go in it.
3 John 1:11My loved one, do not be copying what is evil, but what is good. He who does good is of God: he who does evil has not seen God.
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 →