New English Translation
Proverbs 2:13
13who leave the upright paths to walk on the dark ways,
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 protect you, understanding will guard you, 12to deliver you from the way of the wicked, from those speaking perversity, who leave the upright paths to walk on the dark ways, 14who delight in doing evil, they rejoice in perverse evil; 15whose paths are morally crooked, and who are devious in their ways;
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הַ֭עֹ֣זְבִים אָרְח֣וֹת יֹ֑שֶׁר לָ֝לֶ֗כֶת בְּדַרְכֵי־חֹֽשֶׁךְ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Proverbs 2:13
- Proverbs 21:16The one who wanders from the way of wisdom will end up in the company of the departed.
- Psalms 14:3Everyone rejects God; they are all morally corrupt. None of them does what is right, not even one!
- Ezekiel 18:26When a righteous person turns back from his righteousness and practices wrongdoing, he will die for it; because of the wrongdoing he has done, he will die.
- Ezekiel 33:12“And you, son of man, say to your people, ‘The righteousness of the righteous will not deliver him if he rebels. As for the wicked, his wickedness will not make him stumble if he turns from it. The righteous will not be able to live by his righteousness if he sins.’
- Zephaniah 1:6and those who turn their backs on the Lord and do not want the Lord’s help or guidance.”
- Matthew 12:43“When an unclean spirit goes out of a person, it passes through waterless places looking for rest but does not find it.
- 2 Timothy 4:10For Demas deserted me, since he loved the present age, and he went to Thessalonica. Crescens went to Galatia and Titus to Dalmatia.
- Hebrews 6:4For it is impossible in the case of those who have once been enlightened, tasted the heavenly gift, become partakers of the Holy Spirit,
- 2 Peter 2:20For if after they have escaped the filthy things of the world through the rich knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they again get entangled in them and succumb to them, their last state has become worse for them than their first.
- 1 John 2:19They went out from us, but they did not really belong to us, because if they had belonged to us, they would have remained with us. But they went out from us to demonstrate that all of them do not belong to us.
- Proverbs 4:19The way of the wicked is like gloomy darkness; they do not know what causes them to stumble.
- Job 24:13There are those who rebel against the light; they do not know its ways and they do not stay on its paths.
- John 3:19Now this is the basis for judging: that the light has come into the world and people loved the darkness rather than the light, because their deeds were evil.
- John 12:35Jesus replied, “The light is with you for a little while longer. Walk while you have the light, so that the darkness may not overtake you. The one who walks in the darkness does not know where he is going.
- Romans 1:21For although they knew God, they did not glorify him as God or give him thanks, but they became futile in their thoughts and their senseless hearts were darkened.
- 1 Thessalonians 5:5For you all are sons of the light and sons of the day. We are not of the night nor of 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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