Proverbs 2:13

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

11You will know the right thing to do, and that will keep you safe. 12You will not join with wicked people. You will keep away from those who speak false things. Those people no longer follow honest ways. They live in dark places. 14They enjoy doing wicked and evil things. 15They only do wrong things. They are always deceiving others.

Proverbs 2:13 word by word

הַ֭עֹ֣זְבִים אָרְח֣וֹת יֹ֑שֶׁר לָ֝לֶ֗כֶת בְּדַרְכֵי־חֹֽשֶׁךְ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Who leaveעָזַב‛âzab · to leave: forsakeH5800
• the pathsאֹ֫רַח'ôrach · wayH734
• of uprightnessיֹ֫שֶׁרyôsher · uprightnessH3476
• to walkיָלַךְyâlak · to walkH3212
• in the waysדֶּ֫רֶךְderek · way: conductH1870
• of darknessחֹ֫שֶׁךְchôshek · darknessH2822

Cross-references for Proverbs 2:13

• Proverbs 21:16If someone decides to turn away from wisdom, he will soon be in his grave.
• Psalms 14:3But everyone has turned away from God. They have all become evil. Not even one person does things that are right!
• Ezekiel 18:26If a righteous person stops doing good things and he does bad things instead, he will die. Yes, he will die because of the wrong things that he has done.
• Ezekiel 33:12Son of man, you must say to your people, “If a righteous person refuses to obey me, I will punish him. The good things that he has done will not save him. And if a wicked person stops doing bad things, he will no longer be guilty. Righteous people will not continue to live if they start to do bad things.”
• Zephaniah 1:6‘I will remove those who have turned away from the Lord. I will also remove those who decide things without the Lord.
• Matthew 12:43Jesus then said, ‘When a bad spirit leaves a person, it travels through dry places. It looks for a new place to live. But maybe it does not find anywhere.
• 2 Timothy 4:10Demas has left me and he has gone to Thessalonica city. He wanted to enjoy the things of this world too much. Crescens has gone to Galatia region. Titus has gone to Dalmatia region.
• Hebrews 6:4That is important, because we must not turn away from Christ, after we have first believed in him. Some people have come into God's light. They have understood God's message. They have started to enjoy the true life that God has given them. They have received the Holy Spirit, like other believers.
• 2 Peter 2:20People like that learned about our Lord Jesus Christ, who saves us. As a result, they had stopped doing the bad things that belong to this world. They had become free from the power of those things. But now they have started to do those bad things again. Those things have power over them and they cannot stop doing them. So now, these false teachers are worse than they were at the beginning, before they believed in the Lord Jesus.
• 1 John 2:19These people used to be in our group of believers. But they left us. They never really belonged to our group. If they had been true believers, they would have remained with us. When they left us, it showed clearly that none of them really belonged to us.
• Proverbs 4:19But the life of wicked people is like a very dark road. They cannot even see what causes them to fall.
• Job 24:13Some people refuse to live in the light. They do not understand it. They do not go along the good way that it shows to them.
• John 3:19God's Son has brought light into the world. But some people did not love the light. They loved the dark instead. That was because they were doing evil things. That is why God has decided to punish those people.
• John 12:35Jesus answered, ‘The light will be with you for only a short time longer. So continue to walk while you still have the light. Do that, so that the dark will not come over you. Anyone who walks in the dark does not know where they are going.
• Romans 1:21Those people really knew about God. But they did not respect him as a great God, and they did not thank him. They did not even think clearly any more. Their minds became confused and they did not understand God's message.
• 1 Thessalonians 5:5All of you are people who belong to the light and to the day. We who are believers do not belong to the night or to the dark.

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

Topics related to Proverbs 2:13

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

In the dictionaries

• Dark; Darkness
• 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