Proverbs 2:15

Proverbs 2:15 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Whose ways are crooked, and they froward in their paths:
• New International Version (NIV)whose paths are crooked and who are devious in their ways.
• English Standard Version (ESV)men whose paths are crooked, and who are devious in their ways.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Whose ways are crooked, And who are devious in their paths;

Context of Proverbs 2:15

13[from those] who leave the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness; 14who rejoice to do evil, [and] delight in the frowardness of evil; whose paths are crooked, and who are perverted in their course: 16To deliver thee from the strange woman, from the stranger who flattereth with her words; 17who forsaketh the guide of her youth, and forgetteth the covenant of her God;

Proverbs 2:15 word by word

אֲשֶׁ֣ר אָרְחֹתֵיהֶ֣ם עִקְּשִׁ֑ים וּ֝נְלוֹזִ֗ים בְּמַעְגְּלוֹתָֽם׃Read the interlinear

• pathsאֹ֫רַח'ôrach · wayH734

Cross-references for Proverbs 2:15

• Deuteronomy 32:5They have dealt corruptly with him; Not his children's is their spot: — A crooked and perverted generation!
• Psalms 125:5But as for such as turn aside unto their crooked ways, Jehovah will lead them forth with the workers of iniquity. Peace be upon Israel!
• Isaiah 30:8Now go, write it before them on a tablet, and record it in a book, that it may be for the time to come, as a witness for ever,
• Isaiah 59:8the way of peace they know not, and there is no judgment in their goings; they have made their paths crooked: whoso goeth therein knoweth not peace.
• Philippians 2:15that ye may be harmless and simple, irreproachable children of God in the midst of a crooked and perverted generation; among whom ye appear as lights in [the] world,

Commentaries on Proverbs 2:15

• 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

Topics related to Proverbs 2:15

• Falsehood
• Righteousness
• Wicked (People)
• Wisdom
• Young Men

In the dictionaries

• Crooked
• Hezekiah (2)
• Path; Pathway
• Proverbs, the Book of

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