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Proverbs 2:15

What does Proverbs 2:15 mean?

A plain-English look at Proverbs 2:15 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

Who are crooked in their ways, And wayward in their paths:

KJV

King James Version · 1611

Whose ways are crooked, and they froward in their paths:

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

Who are crooked in their ways, And wayward in their paths:

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

Whose ways are not straight, and whose footsteps are turned to evil:

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

Whose paths <FI>are<Fi> crooked, Yea, they are perverted in their ways.

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

Whose ways are perverse, and their steps infamous.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

whose paths are crooked, and who are perverted in their course:

Context

v.14Who rejoice to do evil, And delight in the perverseness of evil;

v.15This passage

v.16To deliver thee from the strange woman, Even from the foreigner that flattereth with her words;

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Philippians 2:15

    that ye may become blameless and harmless, children of God without blemish in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom ye are seen as lights in the world,

  • Deuteronomy 32:5

    They have dealt corruptly with him, they are not his children, it is their blemish; They area perverse and crooked generation.

  • Isaiah 30:8

    Now go, write it before them on a tablet, and inscribe it in a book, that it may be for the time to come for ever and ever.

  • Psalms 125:5

    But as for such as turn aside unto their crooked ways, Jehovah will lead them forth with the workers of iniquity. Peace be upon Israel.

  • Isaiah 59:8

    The way of peace they know not; and there is no justice in their goings: they have made them crooked paths; whosoever goeth therein doth not know peace.

  • Proverbs 21:8

    The way of him that is laden with guilt is exceeding crooked; But as for the pure, his work is right.

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