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Proverbs 2:13

Who leave the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness;

KJV

qui relinquunt iter rectum, et ambulant per vias tenebrosas ;

Vulgate

ὦ οἱ ἐγκαταλείποντες ὁδοὺς εὐθείας τοῦ πορεύεσθαι ἐν ὁδοῖς σκότους,

LXX

Who forsake the paths of uprightness, To walk in the ways of darkness;

ASV

הַ֭/עֹ֣זְבִים אָרְח֣וֹת יֹ֑שֶׁר לָ֝/לֶ֗כֶת בְּ/דַרְכֵי חֹֽשֶׁךְ

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

6 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֹ֣רַח
'rch
noun · 60×
דֶּ֣רֶךְ
drk
noun · 709×
חֹ֔שֶׁךְ
chshk
noun · 80×
יֹֽשֶׁר
yshr
noun · 14×
יֵּ֥לֶךְ
ylk
verb · 1038×
נִי
ny
verb · 212×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1John 1:6 — If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not the truth:
  • 1John 2:19 — They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would no doubt have continued with us: but they went out, that they might be made manifest that they were not all of us
  • 2Pet 2:20 — For if after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again entangled therein, and overcome, the latter end is worse with them
  • John 3:19 — And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.
  • Prov 4:19 — The way of the wicked is as darkness: they know not at what they stumble.
  • Prov 4:19 — The way of the wicked is as darkness: they know not at what they stumble.
  • Prov 21:16 — The man that wandereth out of the way of understanding shall remain in the congregation of the dead.
  • Ps 82:5 — They know not, neither will they understand; they walk on in darkness: all the foundations of the earth are out of course.
  • Ps 119:10 — With my whole heart have I sought thee: O let me not wander from thy commandments.