Proverbs 2:13
Who leave the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness;
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
Who leave the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness;
In Context
12To deliver thee from the way of evil, from the men that speak froward things;
14Who rejoice to do evil, and delight in the frowardness of evil;
Cross References
Job 24:13These are of them that rebel against the light; they know not the ways thereof, nor abide in the paths thereof.
Psalms 36:3(36-4) The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit; he hath left off to be wise, to do good.
Proverbs 4:19The way of the wicked is as darkness; they know not at what they stumble.
Isaiah 59:8The way of peace they know not, and there is no right in their goings; they have made them crooked paths, whosoever goeth therein doth not know peace.
Ezekiel 33:12And thou, son of man, say unto the children of thy people: The righteousness of the righteous shall not deliver him in the day of his transgression; and as for the wickedness of the wicked, he shall not stumble thereby in the day that he turneth from his wickedness; neither shall he that is righteous be able to live thereby in the day that he sinneth.
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 →