Proverbs 2:13
who forsake the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness,
World Messianic Bible
In The King James Version
Who leave the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness;
In Context
12to deliver you from the way of evil, from the men who speak perverse things,
14who rejoice to do evil, and delight in the perverseness of evil,
Cross References
Job 24:13“These are of those who rebel against the light. They don’t know its ways, nor stay in its paths.
Psalms 36:3The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit. He has ceased to be wise and to do good.
Proverbs 4:19The way of the wicked is like darkness. They don’t know what they stumble over.
Isaiah 59:8They don’t know the way of peace; and there is no justice in their ways. They have made crooked paths for themselves; whoever goes in them doesn’t know peace.
Ezekiel 33:12“You, son of man, tell the children of your people, ‘The righteousness of the righteous will not deliver him in the day of his disobedience. And as for the wickedness of the wicked, he will not fall by it in the day that he turns from his wickedness; neither will he who is righteous be able to live by it in the day that he sins.
Matthew 12:43“When an unclean spirit has gone out of a man, he passes through waterless places seeking rest, and doesn’t find it.
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 →