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Proverbs 2:20 KJV
Proverbs · chapter 2 · verse 20
That thou mayest walk in the way of good men, and keep the paths of the righteous.Proverbs 2:20 · King James Version
Proverbs 2:20 in context
18For her house inclineth unto death, and her paths unto the dead.
19None that go unto her return again, neither take they hold of the paths of life.
20That thou mayest walk in the way of good men, and keep the paths of the righteous.
21For the upright shall dwell in the land, and the perfect shall remain in it.
22But the wicked shall be cut off from the earth, and the transgressors shall be rooted out of it.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- pathsʼôracha well-trodden roadH734 →
- walkyâlakto walkH3212 →
- goodṭôwbgood in the widest senseH2896 →
- keepshâmarproperly, to hedge aboutH8104 →
- waydereka 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