Proverbs 2:20

Proverbs chapter 2 · verse 20 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

World English Bible · 2000

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

King James Version · 1611

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

American Standard Version · 1901

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

v.19None that go unto her return again, Neither do they attain unto the paths of life:

v.20This passage

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

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

Psalms 119:63
I am a companion of all them that fear thee, And of them that observe thy precepts.
Psalms 119:115
Depart from me, ye evil-doers, That I may keep the commandments of my God.
Proverbs 13:20
Walk with wise men, and thou shalt be wise; But the companion of fools shall smart for it.
3 John 1:11
Beloved, imitate not that which is evil, but that which is good. He that doeth good is of God: he that doeth evil hath not seen God.
Song of Solomon 1:7
Tell me, O thou whom my soul loveth, Where thou feedest thy flock, Where thou makest it to rest at noon: For why should I be as one that is veiled Beside the flocks of thy companions?
Jeremiah 6:16
Thus saith Jehovah, 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.