Proverbs 2:15
who are crooked in their ways,and wayward in their paths:
New Heart English Bible
In The King James Version
Whose ways are crooked, and they froward in their paths:
In Context
14who rejoice to do evil,and delight in the perverseness of evil;
16To deliver you from the strange woman,even from the foreigner who flatters with her words;
Cross References
Deuteronomy 32:5They have dealt corruptly with him. They are not his children, because of their defect.They are a perverse and crooked generation.
Proverbs 21:8The way of the guilty is devious,but the conduct of the innocent is upright.
Isaiah 59:8The way of peace they do not know; and there is no justice in their goings: they have made them crooked paths; whoever goes therein does not know peace.
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 →