Proverbs 2:15
whose paths are crooked and whose ways are devious.
Berean Standard Bible
In The King James Version
Whose ways are crooked, and they froward in their paths:
In Context
14from those who enjoy doing evil and rejoice in the twistedness of evil,
16It will rescue you from the forbidden woman, from the stranger with seductive words
Cross References
Deuteronomy 32:5His people have acted corruptly toward Him; the spot on them is not that of His children, but of a perverse and crooked generation.
Proverbs 21:8The way of a guilty man is crooked, but the conduct of the innocent is upright.
Isaiah 59:8The way of peace they have not known, and there is no justice in their tracks. They have turned them into crooked paths; no one who treads on them will know 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 →