Proverbs 2:19

None that go by her shall return, neither shall they take hold of right paths, for they are not apprehended of the + 2:19 Singular variation from Heb. years of life.

LXX2012 (US English)

In The King James Version

None that go unto her return again, neither take they hold of the paths of life.

In Context

18For she has fixed her house near death, and guided her wheels near Hades with the + 2:18 See Heb. giants.

20For had they gone in good paths, they would have found the paths of righteousness + 2:20 Gr. smooth. easy.

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Cross References

Proverbs 4:18But the ways of the righteous shine like light; they go on and shine, until the day + 4:18 Gr. order itself aright. be fully come.

Proverbs 6:32But the adulterer through lack of sense procures destruction to his soul.

Jeremiah 13:23If the Ethiopian shall change his skin, or the leopardess her spots, then shall you⌃ be able to do good, having learned evil.

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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