Christian Standard Bible
Proverbs 2:13
13from those who abandon the right paths to walk in ways of darkness,
Proverbs 2:13 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Who leave the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness;
- New International Version (NIV)who have left the straight paths to walk in dark ways,
- English Standard Version (ESV)who forsake the paths of uprightness to walk in the ways of darkness,
- New King James Version (NKJV)From those who leave the paths of uprightness To walk in the ways of darkness;
Context of Proverbs 2:13
11Discretion will watch over you, and understanding will guard you. 12It will rescue you from the way of evil — from anyone who says perverse things, from those who abandon the right paths to walk in ways of darkness, 14from those who enjoy doing evil and celebrate perversion, 15whose paths are crooked, and whose ways are devious.
Read all of Proverbs 2Proverbs 2:13 word by word
הַ֭עֹ֣זְבִים אָרְח֣וֹת יֹ֑שֶׁר לָ֝לֶ֗כֶת בְּדַרְכֵי־חֹֽשֶׁךְ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Proverbs 2:13
- Proverbs 21:16The person who strays from the way of prudence will come to rest in the assembly of the departed spirits.
- Psalms 14:3All have turned away; all alike have become corrupt. There is no one who does good, not even one.
- Ezekiel 18:26When a righteous person turns from his righteousness and acts unjustly, he will die for this. He will die because of the injustice he has committed.
- Ezekiel 33:12“Now, son of man, say to your people, ‘The righteousness of the righteous person will not save him on the day of his transgression; neither will the wickedness of the wicked person cause him to stumble on the day he turns from his wickedness. The righteous person won’t be able to survive by his righteousness on the day he sins.
- Zephaniah 1:6and those who turn back from following the Lord, who do not seek the Lord or inquire of him.
- Matthew 12:43“When an unclean spirit comes out of a person, it roams through waterless places looking for rest but doesn’t find any.
- 2 Timothy 4:10because Demas has deserted me, since he loved this present world, and has gone to Thessalonica. Crescens has gone to Galatia, Titus to Dalmatia.
- Hebrews 6:4For it is impossible to renew to repentance those who were once enlightened, who tasted the heavenly gift, who shared in the Holy Spirit,
- 2 Peter 2:20For if, having escaped the world’s impurity through the knowledge of the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they are again entangled in these things and defeated, the last state is worse for them than the first.
- 1 John 2:19They went out from us, but they did not belong to us; for if they had belonged to us, they would have remained with us. However, they went out so that it might be made clear that none of them belongs to us.
- Proverbs 4:19But the way of the wicked is like the darkest gloom; they don’t know what makes them stumble.
- Job 24:13The wicked are those who rebel against the light. They do not recognize its ways or stay on its paths.
- John 3:19This is the judgment: The light has come into the world, and people loved darkness rather than the light because their deeds were evil.
- John 12:35Jesus answered, “The light will be with you only a little longer. Walk while you have the light so that darkness doesn’t overtake you. The one who walks in darkness doesn’t know where he’s going.
- Romans 1:21For though they knew God, they did not glorify him as God or show gratitude. Instead, their thinking became worthless, and their senseless hearts were darkened.
- 1 Thessalonians 5:5For you are all children of light and children of the day. We do not belong to the night or the darkness.
Commentaries on Proverbs 2:13
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 12-15Verses 12-15 The evil-doers here include not robbers and murderers only Proverbs 1:10-16, but all who leave the straight path and the open day for crooked ways, perverse counsels, deeds of darkness. “To delight etc.” Proverbs 2:14 is the lowest depth of all.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 10-22Verses 10-22 If we are truly wise, we shall be careful to avoid all evil company and evil practices. When wisdom has dominion over us, then it not only fills the head, but enters into the heart, and will preserve, both against corruptions within and temptations without. The ways of sin are ways of darkness, uncomfortable and unsafe: what fools are those who leave the plain, pleasant, lightsome paths of uprightness, to walk in such ways! They take pleasure…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 12-15Wisdom knows when people alter words to make wrong things seem right. The right path leads to life, while the wrong path leads to death (Proverbs 1:10–19; 2:18–19; 5:5–6; 9:1–6, 13–18). ways of darkness: In the New Testament, darkness represents evil, while light represents God's goodness (Matthew 4:16; 5:14–16; John 1:14; Romans 2:19).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 12-1512-15. To deliver--as from great danger (Pr 6:5). way ... man--(Psa 1:1). froward things--perversity (Pr 6:14; 23:23), what is opposed to truth.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Proverbs 2
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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