Proverbs 2:13
from those who leave the straight path to walk in dark ways,
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
Who leave the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness;
In Context
12so that you may be rescued from the evil way, and from the man who speaks perversities,
14who rejoice when they have done evil, and who exult in the most wicked things.
Cross References
Job 24:13They have been rebellious against the light; they have not known his ways, nor have they returned by his paths.
Psalms 36:3Hope in the Lord and do good, and dwell in the land, and so you shall be pastured with its riches.
Proverbs 4:19The way of the impious is darkened. They do not know where they may fall.
Isaiah 59:8They have not known the way of peace, and there is no judgment in their steps. Their paths have become crooked for them. Anyone who treads in them knows no peace.
Ezekiel 33:12And as for you then, son of man, say to the sons of your people: The justice of the just man will not deliver him, on whatever day he will have sinned. And the impiety of the impious man will not harm him, on whatever day he will have been converted from his impiety. And the just man will not be able to live by his justice, on whatever day he will have sinned.
Matthew 12:43Now when an unclean spirit departs from a man, he walks through dry places, seeking rest, and he does not find it.
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 →