Proverbs 2:20
18 For her house sinks down to death, and her tracks to the departed spirits.
19 None who go to her return or negotiate the paths of life.
So you will follow in the ways of the good, and keep to the paths of the righteous.
21 For the upright will inhabit the land, and the blameless will remain in it;
22 but the wicked will be cut off from the land, and the unfaithful will be uprooted.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- So you will follow in the ways of the good, and keep to the paths of the righteous.
- KJV
- That thou mayest walk in the way of good men, and keep the paths of the righteous.
- WEB
- Therefore walk in the way of good men, and keep the paths of the righteous.
- ASV
- That thou mayest walk in the way of good men, And keep the paths of the righteous.
- DARBY
- that thou mayest walk in the way of the good, and keep the paths of the righteous.
- BLB
- So you must walk in the way of the good ones, and guard the paths of the righteous ones.
- ÅB
- Visdommen skal hjelpe deg til å vandre på de godes vei og holde deg på de rettferdiges stier;
- OTB
- Så du vil vandre på de gode menneskers veier og holde deg til de rettferdiges stier.
- B1930
- Visdommen skal hjelpe dig til å vandre på de godes vei og holde dig på de rettferdiges stier;
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Hebrews 6:12
Then you will not be sluggish, but will imitate those who through faith and patience inherit what has been promised.
Read in context3 John 1:11
Beloved, do not imitate what is evil, but what is good. The one who does good is of God; the one who does evil has not seen God.
Read in contextPsalms 119:115
Depart from me, you evildoers, that I may obey the commandments of my God.
Read in contextPsalms 119:63
I am a friend to all who fear You, and to those who keep Your precepts.
Read in contextProverbs 13:20
He who walks with the wise will become wise, but the companion of fools will be destroyed.
Read in contextJeremiah 6:16
This is what the LORD says: “Stand at the crossroads and look. Ask for the ancient paths: ‘Where is the good way?’ Then walk in it, and you will find rest for your souls. But they said, ‘We will not walk in it!’
Read in contextSong of Solomon 1:7–8
Tell me, O one I love, where do you pasture your sheep? Where do you rest them at midday? Why should I be like a veiled woman beside the flocks of your companions?
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