Proverbs 2:20

18 For her house inclineth unto death, and her paths unto the dead.

19 None that go unto her return again, neither take they hold of the paths of life.

That thou mayest walk in the way of good men, and keep the paths of the righteous.

21 For the upright shall dwell in the land, and the perfect shall remain in it.

22 But the wicked shall be cut off from the earth, and the transgressors shall be rooted out of it.

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

    That ye be not slothful, but followers of them who through faith and patience inherit the promises.

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  • 3 John 1:11

    Beloved, follow not that which is evil, but that which is good. He that doeth good is of God: but he that doeth evil hath not seen God.

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  • Psalms 119:115

    Depart from me, ye evildoers: for I will keep the commandments of my God.

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  • Psalms 119:63

    I am a companion of all them that fear thee, and of them that keep thy precepts.

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  • Proverbs 13:20

    He that walketh with wise men shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed.

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  • Jeremiah 6:16

    Thus saith the LORD, Stand ye in the ways, and see, and ask for the old paths, where is the good way, and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls. But they said, We will not walk therein.

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  • Song of Solomon 1:7–8

    Tell me, O thou whom my soul loveth, where thou feedest, where thou makest thy flock to rest at noon: for why should I be as one that turneth aside by the flocks of thy companions?

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