Proverbs 2:13
Who forsake the paths of uprightness, To walk in the ways of darkness;
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
Who leave the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness;
In Context
12It will deliver thee from the way of the wicked, From the men who speak perverse things;
14Who rejoice in doing evil, And delight in the perverseness of the wicked;
Cross References
Job 24:13Others hate the light; They know not its ways, And abide not in its paths.
Psalms 36:3The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit; He neglecteth to be wise and to do good.
Proverbs 4:19The way of the wicked is as thick darkness; They know not at what they stumble.
Isaiah 59:8The way of peace they know not, Nor is there any justice in their steps; They have made for themselves crooked paths; Whoso goeth in them knoweth not peace.
Ezekiel 33:12Thou also, son of man, say to the sons of thy people, The righteousness of the righteous shall not deliver him in the day of his transgression; and through his wickedness shall not the wicked man fall in the day when he turneth from his wickedness; neither shall the righteous be able to live in the day when he sinneth.
Matthew 12:43But when the unclean spirit is gone out from a man, it goeth through dry places, seeking rest, and findeth it not.
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 →