Proverbs 2:15
Whose ways are perverse, and their steps infamous.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
Whose ways are crooked, and they froward in their paths:
In Context
14Who are glad when they have done evil, and rejoice in most wicked things:
16That thou mayst be delivered from the strange women, and from the stranger, who softeneth her words:
Cross References
Deuteronomy 32:5They have sinned against him, and are nose of his children in their filth: they are a wicked and perverse generation.
Proverbs 21:8The perverse way of a man is strange: but as for him that is pure, his work is right.
Isaiah 59:8They have not known the way of peace, and there is no judgment in their steps: their paths are become crooked to them, every one that treadeth in them, knoweth no 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 →