Proverbs 2:19
None who go to her return or negotiate the paths of life.
Berean Standard Bible
In The King James Version
None that go unto her return again, neither take they hold of the paths of life.
In Context
18For her house sinks down to death, and her tracks to the departed spirits.
20So you will follow in the ways of the good, and keep to the paths of the righteous.
Cross References
Proverbs 4:18The path of the righteous is like the first gleam of dawn, shining brighter and brighter until midday.
Proverbs 6:32He who commits adultery lacks judgment; whoever does so destroys himself.
Jeremiah 13:23Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? Neither are you able to do good— you who are accustomed to doing evil.
Matthew 19:24Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of 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 →