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

11Discretion will watch over you —discernment will guard you— 12to deliver you from the way of evil, from those speaking perverse things, who leave the straight paths to walk in ways of darkness, 14who rejoice in doing wrong and delight in the perversity of evil, 15whose paths are crooked and are devious in their ways—

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 21:16Whoever strays from the path of wisdom ends up in the congregation of the dead.
• Psalms 14:3They all turned aside, became corrupt. There is no one who does good —not even one.
• Ezekiel 18:26When the righteous man turns away from his righteousness and commits iniquity, he will die for it; because of his iniquity that he did, he will die.
• Ezekiel 33:12“You, son of man, say to the children of your people: ‘The righteousness of the righteous person will not deliver him in the day of his transgression. Nor will the wickedness of the wicked person make him stumble in it on the day he turns away from his wickedness. Nor will the righteous person be able to live by it on the day he sins.
• Zephaniah 1:6those turning from following Adonai, not seeking Adonai or consulting Him.
• Matthew 12:43“Now when an unclean spirit goes out of a man, it passes through waterless places looking for rest and doesn’t find it.
• 2 Timothy 4:10for Demas, having loved this world, has deserted me and gone to Thessolonica; Crescens has gone to Galatia, and Titus to Dalmatia.
• Hebrews 6:4For it is impossible for those who once were enlightened—having tasted of the heavenly gift and become partakers of the Ruach ha-Kodesh,
• 2 Peter 2:20For if—after escaping the world’s pollutions through the knowledge of our Lord and Savior, Yeshua the Messiah—they again become entangled in these things and are overcome, the end for them has become worse than the beginning.
• 1 John 2:19They left us, but they didn’t really belong to us. If they had belonged to us, they would have remained with us. But they left us so it became clear that none of them belongs to us.
• Proverbs 4:19The way of the wicked is like darkness. They do not know what makes them stumble.
• Job 24:13These are those who rebel against the light, who do not recognize its ways or stay in its paths.
• John 3:19“Now this is the judgment, that the light has come into the world and men loved the darkness instead of the light, because their deeds were evil.
• John 12:35Therefore Yeshua said to them, “The light is with you for a little longer. Walk while you have the light, so that the darkness will not overtake you. The one who walks in darkness doesn’t know where he is going.
• Romans 1:21for even though they knew God, they did not glorify Him as God or give Him thanks. Instead, their thinking became futile, and their senseless hearts were made dark.
• 1 Thessalonians 5:5For you all are sons of light and sons of day. We are not of night or of 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

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