Proverbs 2:20
So you will follow in the ways of the good, and keep to the paths of the righteous.
Berean Standard Bible
In The King James Version
That thou mayest walk in the way of good men, and keep the paths of the righteous.
In Context
19None who go to her return or negotiate the paths of life.
21For the upright will inhabit the land, and the blameless will remain in it;
Cross References
Psalms 119:63I am a friend to all who fear You, and to those who keep Your precepts.
Proverbs 4:11I will guide you in the way of wisdom; I will lead you on straight paths.
Proverbs 13:20He who walks with the wise will become wise, but the companion of fools will be destroyed.
Jeremiah 6:16This is what the LORD says: “Stand at the crossroads and look. Ask for the ancient paths: ‘Where is the good way?’ Then walk in it, and you will find rest for your souls. But they said, ‘We will not walk in it!’
3 John 1:11Beloved, do not imitate what is evil, but what is good. The one who does good is of God; the one who does evil has not seen 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 →