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Proverbs 2:13 KJV
Proverbs · chapter 2 · verse 13
Who leave the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness;Proverbs 2:13 · King James Version
Proverbs 2:13 in context
11Discretion shall preserve thee, understanding shall keep thee:
12To deliver thee from the way of the evil man, from the man that speaketh froward things;
13Who leave the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness;
14Who rejoice to do evil, and delight in the frowardness of the wicked;
15Whose ways are crooked, and they froward in their paths:
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- uprightnessyôsherthe rightH3476 →
- leaveʻâzabto loosenH5800 →
- pathsʼôracha well-trodden roadH734 →
- walkyâlakto walkH3212 →
- waysdereka roadH1870 →
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The scope of these verses is to show, 1. What great advantage true wisdom will be of to us; it will keep us from the paths of sin, which lead to ruin, and will therein do us a greater kindness than if it enriched us with all the wealth of the world. 2. What good use we should make of the wisdom God gives us;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 10-22