Proverbs 2:15

They follow crooked paths, 1 and using deception they hide their tracks. 1

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Whose ways are crooked, and they froward in their paths:

In Context

14They rejoice when they do evil 1 and delight in the perversities of evil. 1

16Wisdom and discretion will save you from an adulterous woman, 1 from an immoral woman and her flattering words. 1

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 32:5They have acted corruptly against him. 1 They are not his children. It is their disgrace. 1 They are a perverted and crooked generation. 1

Proverbs 21:8The way of a guilty person is crooked, 1 but the one who is pure does what is right. 1

Isaiah 59:8The way of peace they do not know, and there is no justice in their paths. 1 They have made crooked paths; whoever travels these paths 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 →

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