Proverbs 2:10-15 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

When wisdom entereth into thy heart When thou dost truly love it, and hide its precepts in thy heart; Discretion shall preserve thee From wicked courses, and the mischiefs which attend upon them; from the way of the evil man From following his counsel or example; the man that speaketh froward things With a design to corrupt thy mind, and entice thee to evil principles or practices. Who leave the paths of righteousness The way of God's precepts; to walk in the ways of darkness Of sin, which is often called darkness, because it proceeds from ignorance and error, hates the light of knowledge and truth, and leads to the eternal darkness of misery and despair. Who rejoice to do evil Seeking and embracing occasions of sin, with diligence and greediness, and pleasing themselves both in the practice and remembrance of it: and delight in the frowardness of the wicked Not only in their own sins, but in the sins of other wicked men, which shows a great malignity of mind and love to sin, Romans 1:32: whose ways are crooked Hebrew, who in, or with respect to, their ways, are perverse; acting contrary to the straight rules of piety and virtue.