Proverbs 2:20
That thou mayest walk in the way of good men, and keep the paths of the righteous.
KJV
Ut ambules in via bona, et calles justorum custodias :
Vulgate
εἰ γὰρ ἐπορεύοντο τρίβους ἀγαθάς, εὕροσαν ἂν τρίβους δικαιοσύνης λείους.
LXX
That thou mayest walk in the way of good men, And keep the paths of the righteous.
ASV
לְמַ֗עַן תֵּ֭לֵךְ בְּ/דֶ֣רֶךְ טוֹבִ֑ים וְ/אָרְח֖וֹת צַדִּיקִ֣ים תִּשְׁמֹֽר
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
אֹ֣רַח
'rch
noun · 60×
דֶּ֣רֶךְ
drk
noun · 709×
ט֣וֹב
tvb
verb · 562×
יֵּ֥לֶךְ
ylk
verb · 1038×
לְמַ֣עַן
lm'n
preposition · 268×
צַדִּ֑יק
tsdyq
adjective · 199×
שֹׁמְרֵ֥י
shmry
verb · 467×
Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- 3John 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.
- Heb 6:12 — That ye be not slothful, but followers of them who through faith and patience inherit the promises.
- Jer 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.
- Prov 13:20 — He that walketh with wise men shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed.
- Ps 112:5 — A good man sheweth favour, and lendeth: he will guide his affairs with discretion.
- Ps 119:63 — I am a companion of all them that fear thee, and of them that keep thy precepts.
- Ps 119:115 — Depart from me, ye evildoers: for I will keep the commandments of my God.
- Rom 4:12 — And the father of circumcision to them who are not of the circumcision only, but who also walk in the steps of that faith of our father Abraham, which he had being yet uncircumcised.