Proverbs 2:13
From them who forsake the paths of rectitude, to walk in the ways of darkness;
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
Who leave the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness;
In Context
12To rescue thee from the way of the wrongful, from the man that speaketh perverse things;
14Who rejoice to do wrong, exult in the perversities of the wrongful;
Cross References
Job 24:13They, have become rebels against the light,—they are not acquainted with the ways thereof, neither abide they in the paths thereof.
Psalms 36:3The words of his mouth, are iniquity and deceit, he hath left off to show discretion by doing well:
Proverbs 4:19The way of the lawless, is like darkness, they know not, at what they stumble.
Isaiah 59:8the way of well-being, have they not known, And there is no justice in their tracks,—Their paths, have they made crooked for themselves, None who treadeth therein knoweth well—being.
Ezekiel 33:12Thou, therefore, Son of man Say unto the sons of thy people— The righteousness of the righteous man, shall not deliver him in the day of his transgression, And as for the lawlessness of the lawless man, He shall not stumble thereby, in the day of his return from his lawlessness,- Nor shall the righteous man be able to live thereby, in the day of his sin.
Matthew 12:43But, when the impure spirit goeth out of the man, it passeth through waterless places, seeking rest,—and findeth it not.
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 →