Proverbs 2:15
Who are crooked in their ways, and perverse in their paths;
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
Whose ways are crooked, and they froward in their paths:
In Context
14Who rejoice to do evil, and delight in the frowardness of evil;
16To deliver thee from the strange woman, even from the alien woman that maketh smooth her words;
Cross References
Deuteronomy 32:5Is corruption His? No; His children's is the blemish; a generation crooked and perverse.
Proverbs 21:8The way of man is froward and strange; but as for the pure, his work is right.
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.
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 →