Proverbs 2:20

Proverbs 2:20 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)That thou mayest walk in the way of good men, and keep the paths of the righteous.
• English Standard Version (ESV)So you will walk in the way of the good and keep to the paths of the righteous.
• New King James Version (NKJV)So you may walk in the way of goodness, And keep to the paths of righteousness.
• New Living Translation (NLT)So follow the steps of the good, and stay on the paths of the righteous.

Context of Proverbs 2:20

18Surely her house leads down to death and her paths to the spirits of the dead. 19None who go to her return or attain the paths of life. Thus you will walk in the ways of the good and keep to the paths of the righteous. 21For the upright will live in the land, and the blameless will remain in it; 22but the wicked will be cut off from the land, and the unfaithful will be torn from it.

Proverbs 2:20 word by word

לְמַ֗עַן תֵּ֭לֵךְ בְּדֶ֣רֶךְ טוֹבִ֑ים וְאָרְח֖וֹת צַדִּיקִ֣ים תִּשְׁמֹֽר׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• That thou mayest walkיָלַךְyâlak · to walkH3212
• in the wayדֶּ֫רֶךְderek · way: conductH1870
• of goodטוֹבţôb · pleasantH2896
• and keepשָׁמַרshâmar · to keep: obeyH8104
• the pathsאֹ֫רַח'ôrach · wayH734
• of the righteousצַדִּיקtsaddîyq · righteousH6662

Cross-references for Proverbs 2:20

• Proverbs 13:20Walk with the wise and become wise, for a companion of fools suffers harm.
• Psalms 119:63I am a friend to all who fear you, to all who follow your precepts.
• Jeremiah 6:16This is what the Lord says: “Stand at the crossroads and look; ask for the ancient paths, ask where the good way is, and walk in it, and you will find rest for your souls. But you said, ‘We will not walk in it.’
• Hebrews 6:12We do not want you to become lazy, but to imitate those who through faith and patience inherit what has been promised.
• 3 John 1:11Dear friend, do not imitate what is evil but what is good. Anyone who does what is good is from God. Anyone who does what is evil has not seen God.

Commentaries on Proverbs 2:20

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 20That thou mayest mark - Therefore thou shalt walk.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 20The previous picture of shame and sin is brought before the disciple as an incentive to a better course.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. 20-22Those who make wise choices will live in the land; those who do not will be evicted. God gave the land of Israel to his people, but they could only stay if they followed God's commands (Deuteronomy 28:9–11, 64–68). Because they broke his law, they were expelled in 586 BC (see 2 Kings 25:1–30; 2 Chronicles 36:15–21).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2020. That ... way of good--that is, Such is the object of these warnings.Read the comment

Topics related to Proverbs 2:20

• Chastity
• Righteousness
• Wisdom
• Young Men

In the dictionaries

• 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