Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version who have left the straight paths to walk in dark ways, New Living Translation These men turn from the right way to walk down dark paths. English Standard Version who forsake the paths of uprightness to walk in the ways of darkness, Berean Standard Bible from those who leave the straight paths to walk in the ways of darkness, King James Bible Who leave the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness; New King James Version From those who leave the paths of uprightness To walk in the ways of darkness; New American Standard Bible From those who leave the paths of uprightness To walk in the ways of darkness; NASB 1995 From those who leave the paths of uprightness To walk in the ways of darkness; NASB 1977 From those who leave the paths of uprightness, To walk in the ways of darkness; Legacy Standard Bible From those who forsake the paths of uprightness To walk in the ways of darkness; Amplified Bible From those who leave the paths of uprightness To walk in the ways of darkness; Christian Standard Bible from those who abandon the right paths to walk in ways of darkness, Holman Christian Standard Bible from those who abandon the right paths to walk in ways of darkness, American Standard Version Who forsake the paths of uprightness, To walk in the ways of darkness; Aramaic Bible in Plain English Who leave the upright way and they walk in the way of darkness. Brenton Septuagint Translation Alas for those who forsake right paths, to walk in ways of darkness; Contemporary English Version who turned from doing good to live in the darkness. Douay-Rheims Bible Who leave the right way, and walk by dark ways: English Revised Version Who forsake the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness; GOD'S WORD® Translation from those who abandon the paths of righteousness to walk the ways of darkness, Good News Translation those who have abandoned a righteous life to live in the darkness of sin, International Standard Version and from those who abandon the right path to travel along the ways of darkness; JPS Tanakh 1917 Who leave the paths of uprightness, To walk in the ways of darkness; Literal Standard Version Who are forsaking paths of uprightness, | To walk in ways of darkness, Majority Standard Bible from those who leave the straight paths to walk in the ways of darkness, New American Bible From those who have left the straight paths to walk in the ways of darkness, NET Bible who leave the upright paths to walk on the dark ways, New Revised Standard Version who forsake the paths of uprightness to walk in the ways of darkness, New Heart English Bible who forsake the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness; Webster's Bible Translation Who leave the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness; World English Bible who forsake the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness, Young's Literal Translation Who are forsaking paths of uprightness, To walk in ways of darkness, Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context The Benefits of Wisdom…12to deliver you from the way of evil, from the man who speaks perversity, 13from those who leave the straight paths to walk in the ways of darkness, 14from those who enjoy doing evil and rejoice in the twistedness of evil,… Cross References John 3:19 And this is the verdict: The Light has come into the world, but men loved the darkness rather than the Light because their deeds were evil. John 3:20 Everyone who does evil hates the Light, and does not come into the Light for fear that his deeds will be exposed. Psalm 82:5 They do not know or understand; they wander in the darkness; all the foundations of the earth are shaken. Proverbs 4:19 But the way of the wicked is like the darkest gloom; they do not know what makes them stumble. Proverbs 21:16 The man who strays from the path of understanding will rest in the assembly of the dead. Treasury of Scripture Who leave the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness; leave Proverbs 21:16 The man that wandereth out of the way of understanding shall remain in the congregation of the dead. Psalm 14:3 They are all gone aside, they are all together become filthy: there is none that doeth good, no, not one. Ezekiel 18:26 When a righteous man turneth away from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, and dieth in them; for his iniquity that he hath done shall he die. walk Proverbs 4:19 The way of the wicked is as darkness: they know not at what they stumble. Job 24:13-16 They are of those that rebel against the light; they know not the ways thereof, nor abide in the paths thereof… John 3:19,20 And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil… Jump to Previous Dark Darkness Forsake Forsaking Leave Paths Righteousness Roads Straight Uprightness Walk Way WaysJump to Next Dark Darkness Forsake Forsaking Leave Paths Righteousness Roads Straight Uprightness Walk Way WaysProverbs 2 1. wisdom promises godliness to her children10. and safety from evil company 20. and direction in good ways Verse 13. - Who leave the paths of uprightness. Between vers. 13 and 15 the teacher proceeds to give a more detailed description of those who speak perversely. Who leave (הַעֹזְבִים haoz'vim); literally, forsaking, but the present participle has the force of the preterite, as appears from the context. The men alluded to have already forsaken or deserted the paths of uprightness (see previous note on the word "man." The paths of uprightness (אָרְחות יֹשֶׁר ar'khoth yosher); the same as the "right paths" of ch. 4:11. The strict meaning of the Hebrew word translated "uprightness" is "straightness," and hence it stands opposed to "perverseness" in the previous verse. Uprightness is integrity, rectitude, honest dealing. The LXX. translators represent the forsaking of the paths of uprightness as a consequence resulting from walking in the ways of darkness, "O ye who have left the right ways by departing [τοῦ πορεύεσβαι, equivalent to abeundo] into the ways of darkness." Again, the ways of darkness (דַרְכֵי חשֶׁך, dar'chey kkoshek) are opposed to the "paths of uprightness" which rejoice in the light. Darkness includes the two ideas of (1) ignorance and error (Isaiah 9:2; Ephesians 5:8), and (2) evil deeds. To walk in the ways of darkness, then, is to persist in a course of wilful ignorance, to reject deliberately the light of knowledge, and to work wickedness, by performing "the works of darkness (τὰ ἔργα τοῦ σκύτους)," which St. Paul exhorted the Church at Rome to east away (Romans 13:12), and by having fellowship with "the unfruitful works of darkness (τὰ ἔργα τὰ ἀκάρπα τοῦ σκότους)," against which the same apostle warned the Ephesians (Ephesians 5:11). They are ways of darkness, because they endeavour to hide themselves from God (Isaiah 29:15) and from man (Job 24:15; Job 38:13, 15). In their tendency and end they lead to the blackness of darkness forever. In Scripture darkness is associated with evil, just as light is with uprightness (see John 3:19, 20). The same association of ideas is discoverable in the dualism of the Persian system, as formulated by Zoroaster - Ormuzd, the good principle, presides over the kingdom of light, while Ahriman, the principle of evil, is the ruler of the kingdom of darkness. Hebrew from those who leaveהַ֭עֹ֣זְבִים (ha·‘ō·zə·ḇîm) Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural Strong's 5800: To loosen, relinquish, permit the straight יֹ֑שֶׁר (yō·šer) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 3476: Straightness, uprightness paths אָרְח֣וֹת (’ā·rə·ḥō·wṯ) Noun - common plural construct Strong's 734: A well-trodden road, a caravan to walk לָ֝לֶ֗כֶת (lā·le·ḵeṯ) Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct Strong's 1980: To go, come, walk in the ways בְּדַרְכֵי־ (bə·ḏar·ḵê-) Preposition-b | Noun - common plural construct Strong's 1870: A road, a course of life, mode of action of darkness, חֹֽשֶׁךְ׃ (ḥō·šeḵ) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 2822: The dark, darkness, misery, destruction, death, ignorance, sorrow, wickedness Links Proverbs 2:13 NIVProverbs 2:13 NLT Proverbs 2:13 ESV Proverbs 2:13 NASB Proverbs 2:13 KJV Proverbs 2:13 BibleApps.com Proverbs 2:13 Biblia Paralela Proverbs 2:13 Chinese Bible Proverbs 2:13 French Bible Proverbs 2:13 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Proverbs 2:13 Who forsake the paths of uprightness (Prov. 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