Proverbs 2:15
who are crooked in their ways, 2 and wayward in their paths: 1
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In The King James Version
Whose ways are crooked, and they froward in their paths:
In Context
14who rejoice to do evil, 2 and delight in the perverseness of evil; 1
16To deliver you from the strange woman, 2 even from the foreigner who flatters with her words; 1
Cross References
Deuteronomy 32:5They have dealt corruptly with him. 2 They are not his children, because of their defect. 2 They are a perverse and crooked generation. + 32:5. Quoted in Phil 2:15 1
Proverbs 21:8The way of the guilty is devious, 2 but the conduct of the innocent is upright. 1
Isaiah 59:8They don’t know the way of peace; + 59:8. (7-8) Quoted in Rom 3:15-17 2 and there is no mishpat ·justice· in their ways. 1 They have made crooked paths for themselves; 2 whoever goes in them does not know peace. 1
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 →