Proverbs 2:20
If you are wise, you should behave like good men behave. You should ◄stay on the paths that righteous people walk on/do what godly people do► [MET],
Translation for Translators
In The King James Version
That thou mayest walk in the way of good men, and keep the paths of the righteous.
In Context
Cross References
Psalms 119:63I am a friend of all those who revere you, those who obey ◄your principles of behavior/what you have declared that we should do►.
Proverbs 4:11I am teaching you the way to live wisely; I am showing you how to act justly toward others.
Proverbs 13:20Those who habitually associate with wise people become wise; those who ◄are close friends of/associate with► foolish people will ◄regret it/be ruined►.
Jeremiah 6:16This is also what Yahweh said to the Israeli people: “Stand at the crossroads and look at the people who pass by. Ask them what was the good behavior that their ancestors had long ago. And when they tell you, behave that way. If you do that, you will find rest for your souls.” But you replied, ‘We do not want to do that!’
3 John 1:11Dear friend, do not imitate a bad example like that. Instead, keep imitating good examples. Remember that people who do good deeds ◄ truly belong to God/are spiritual children of God►, but those who do what is evil do not ◄know/have fellowship with► 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 →