Proverbs 2:8
Keeping the paths of justice, and guarding the ways of saints.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
He keepeth the paths of judgment, and preserveth the way of his saints.
In Context
7He will keep the salvation of the righteous, and protect them that walk in simplicity.
9Then shalt thou understand justice, and judgment, and equity, and every good path.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 33:26There is no other God like the God of the rightest: he that is mounted upon the heaven is thy helper. By his magnificence the clouds run hither and thither.
Psalms 1:6For the Lord knoweth the way of the just: and the way of the wicked shall perish.
Psalms 37:23With the Lord shall the steps of a man be directed, and he shall like well his way.
Psalms 37:31The law of his God is in his heart, and his steps shall not be supplanted.
Psalms 121:5Woe is me, that my sojourning is prolonged! I have dwelt with the inhabitants of cedar:
Proverbs 3:21My son, let not these things depart from thy eyes: keep the law and counsel:
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 2:2-10
The Search after Wisdom Encouraged. 1 My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee; 2 So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, and apply thine heart to understanding; 3 Yea, if thou criest after knowledge, and liftest up thy voice for understanding; 4 If thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as for hid treasures; 5 Then shalt thou understand the fear of the Lord , and find the knowledge of God. 6 For the Lord giveth wisdom: out of his mouth cometh knowledge and… Read the whole commentary →