Proverbs 2:15

They live crooked lives doing deceitful things.

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In The King James Version

Whose ways are crooked, and they froward in their paths:

In Context

14They happily do wrong; they love how twisted evil is.

16Doing this will also save you from a woman who acts immorally, from a woman who like a prostitute tries to seduce you with flattering words.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 32:5His children have acted immorally towards him; so they are no longer his children because of their sinful stains. They are a perverse and corrupt people.

Proverbs 21:8Guilty people live crooked lives, but the innocent follow straight paths.

Isaiah 59:8They don't know how to live in peace; they're not straight and fair with others. Their way is totally crooked, and anyone who follows them won't experience any 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 →

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