Proverbs 2:20
That you go in the way of the good, || And keep the paths of the righteous.
Literal Standard Version
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 going in to her return, || Nor do they reach the paths of life.
21For the upright inhabit the earth, || And the perfect are left in it,
Cross References
Psalms 119:63I [am] a companion to all who fear You, || And to those keeping Your precepts.
Proverbs 4:11I have directed you in a way of wisdom, || I have caused you to tread in paths of uprightness.
Proverbs 13:20Whoever is walking with wise men is wise, || And a companion of fools suffers evil.
Jeremiah 6:16Thus said YHWH: “Stand by the ways and see, and ask for paths of old, || Where [is] this—the good way? And go in it, || And find rest for yourselves. And they say, We do not go.
3 John 1:11Beloved, do not be following that which is evil, but that which is good; he who is doing good, he is of God, [but] he who is doing 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 →