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Proverbs 2:12
12Wisdom will save you from the ways of wicked men, from men whose words are perverse,
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;
- 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,
- New Living Translation (NLT)Wisdom will save you from evil people, from those whose words are twisted.
Context of Proverbs 2:12
10For wisdom will enter your heart, and knowledge will be pleasant to your soul. 11Discretion will protect you, and understanding will guard you. Wisdom will save you from the ways of wicked men, from men whose words are perverse, 13who have left the straight paths to walk in dark ways, 14who delight in doing wrong and rejoice in the perverseness of 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 son, if sinful men entice you, do not give in to them.
- Proverbs 4:14Do not set foot on the path of the wicked or walk in the way of evildoers.
- Proverbs 9:6Leave your simple ways and you will live; walk in the way of insight.”
- Proverbs 13:20Walk with the wise and become wise, for a companion of fools suffers harm.
- Psalms 17:4Though people tried to bribe me, I have kept myself from the ways of the violent through what your lips have commanded.
- Psalms 26:4I do not sit with the deceitful, nor do I associate with hypocrites.
- Psalms 141:4Do not let my heart be drawn to what is evil so that I take part in wicked deeds along with those who are evildoers; do not let me eat their delicacies.
- 2 Corinthians 6:17Therefore, “Come out from them and be separate, says the Lord. Touch no unclean thing, and I will receive you.”
- Proverbs 3:32For the Lord detests the perverse but takes the upright into his confidence.
- Proverbs 8:13To fear the Lord is to hate evil; I hate pride and arrogance, evil behavior and perverse speech.
- Proverbs 16:28A perverse person stirs up conflict, and a gossip separates close friends.
- Psalms 101:4The perverse of heart shall be far from me; I will have nothing to do with what is evil.
- Isaiah 59:3For your hands are stained with blood, your fingers with guilt. Your lips have spoken falsely, and your tongue mutters wicked things.
- Acts 20:30Even from your own number men will arise and distort the truth in order to draw away disciples after them.
- 1 Corinthians 15:33Do not be misled: “Bad company corrupts good character.”
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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