New English Translation
Proverbs 2:12
12to deliver you from the way of the wicked, from those speaking perversity,
Proverbs 2:12 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)To deliver thee from the way of the evil man, from the man that speaketh froward things;
- New International Version (NIV)Wisdom will save you from the ways of wicked men, from men whose words are perverse,
- English Standard Version (ESV)delivering you from the way of evil, from men of perverted speech,
- New King James Version (NKJV)To deliver you from the way of evil, From the man who speaks perverse things,
Context of Proverbs 2:12
10For wisdom will enter your heart, and moral knowledge will be attractive to you. 11Discretion will protect you, understanding will guard you, to deliver you from the way of the wicked, from those speaking perversity, 13who leave the upright paths to walk on the dark ways, 14who delight in doing evil, they rejoice in perverse evil;
Read all of Proverbs 2Proverbs 2:12 word by word
לְ֭הַצִּ֣ילְךָ מִדֶּ֣רֶךְ רָ֑ע מֵ֝אִ֗ישׁ מְדַבֵּ֥ר תַּהְפֻּכֽוֹת׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Proverbs 2:12
- Proverbs 1:10My child, if sinners try to entice you, do not consent!
- Proverbs 4:14Do not enter the path of the wicked or walk in the way of those who are evil.
- Proverbs 9:6Abandon your foolish ways so that you may live, and proceed in the way of understanding.”
- Proverbs 13:20The one who associates with the wise grows wise, but a companion of fools suffers harm.
- Psalms 17:4As for the actions of people – just as you have commanded, I have not followed in the footsteps of violent men.
- Psalms 26:4I do not associate with deceitful men, or consort with those who are dishonest.
- Psalms 141:4Do not let me have evil desires, or participate in sinful activities with men who behave wickedly. I will not eat their delicacies.
- 2 Corinthians 6:17Therefore “come out from their midst, and be separate,” says the Lord, “and touch no unclean thing, and I will welcome you,
- Proverbs 3:32for one who goes astray is an abomination to the Lord, but he reveals his intimate counsel to the upright.
- Proverbs 8:13The fear of the Lord is to hate evil; I hate arrogant pride and the evil way and perverse utterances.
- Proverbs 16:28A perverse person spreads dissension, and a gossip separates the closest friends.
- Psalms 101:4I will have nothing to do with a perverse person; I will not permit evil.
- Isaiah 59:3For your hands are stained with blood and your fingers with sin; your lips speak lies, your tongue utters malicious words.
- Acts 20:30Even from among your own group men will arise, teaching perversions of the truth to draw the disciples away after them.
- 1 Corinthians 15:33Do not be deceived: “Bad company corrupts good morals.”
Commentaries on Proverbs 2:12
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 12The man that speaketh froward things - תהפכות tahpuchoth, things of subverston; from תפך taphach, to turn or change the course of a thing. Men who wish to subvert the state of things, whether civil or religious; who are seditious themselves, and wish to make others so. These speak much of liberty and oppression, deal greatly in broad assertions, and endeavor especially to corrupt the minds of youth.Read the comment
- 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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