Proverbs 2:13
[From those] who leave the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness;
Leeser Tanakh
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 the bad, from the man that speaketh perverse things;
14Who rejoice to do evil, who are delighted in the perverseness of the bad;
Cross References
Job 24:13Yon men are of those that rebel against the light: they know not its ways, nor abide in its paths.
Psalms 36:3(36:4) The words of his mouth are wickedness and deceit: he hath left off to be wise, to do good.
Proverbs 4:19The way of the wicked is like darkness: they know not against what they stumble.
Isaiah 59:8The way of peace they know not; and there is no justice on their tracks: their paths they have made unto themselves crooked; whosoever walketh therein knoweth not peace.
Ezekiel 33:12But thou, son of man, say unto the children of thy people, The righteousness of the righteous shall not deliver him on the day of his transgression; and as for the wickedness of the wicked, he shall not stumble through it on the day that he returneth from his wickedness; nor shall the righteous be able to live through the other on 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 →