Proverbs 2:13
Who leaving the orkhot yosher (paths of uprightness), 1 walk in the drakhei choshech (ways of darkness); 1
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
Who leave the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness;
In Context
12To save thee from the derech rah, 1 from the ish medaber tahpukhot (man speaking perverse things); 1
14Who rejoice to do rah, 1 and delight in the tahpukhot (perverse things) of rah (evil); 1
Cross References
Job 24:13They are of those that are moredei ohr (rebelling ones against the light); 1 they know not the ways thereof, 1 nor abide in the paths thereof. 1
Psalms 36:3For he flattereth himself in his own eyes, 1 until his avon (iniquity) be found to be hateful. 1
Proverbs 4:19The derech resha'im is as deep darkness; 1 they know not at what they stumble. 1
Isaiah 59:8Of the Derech Shalom they have no da'as; 1 and there is no mishpat (justice) in their circuits; 1 they have made themselves crooked roads; 1 whosoever walketh thereon shall not know shalom. 1
Ezekiel 33:12Therefore, thou Ben Adam, say unto the Bnei Amecha, The tzidkat hatzaddik (righteousness of a righteous man) shall not save him in his Yom Peysha (Day of Rebellion, Day of his Transgession); as for the rishat harashah, he shall not fall thereby in his Yom Shuv (Day of Turning, Repentance) from his resha; neither shall the tzaddik be able to live his tzedakah in his Yom Chattot (day when he commits sin).
Matthew 12:43Now when the ruach hatameh (unclean spirit) goes out from the man, it goes through dry places seeking a manoach (resting place) and it does not find one.
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 →