Deuteronomy 32:5; Isaiah 30:8-13; Isaiah 59:8; Philippians 2:15; Psalms 125:5
The evil-doers here include not robbers and murderers only Proverbs 1:10-16 , but all who leave the straight path and the open day for crooked way...
Third Discourse. The wise man praises Wisdom, describing the blessings of obedience to her. The deeper religious element in wisdom appears, the fun...
DISCOURSE: 756 BENEFITS OF TRUE WISDOM Proverbs 2:10-22 . When wisdom entereth into thine heart, and knowledge is pleasant unto thy soul, discre...
Whose ways are crooked, and they froward in their paths:
Whose ways, &c.— Or, who are perverse in their ways, and froward in their paths.
Whose ways are crooked, and they froward in their paths: Whose ways are crooked, and (they) froward in their paths. Rather, as the noun is fe...
The Search for Wisdom 1-4. The condition which must be fulfilled. Spinoza said, 'The effort to understand is the first and sole basis of virtue.'
CHAPTER 3 WISDOM AS THE GUIDE OF CONDUCT "To deliver thee from the way of the evil man…To deliver thee from the strange woman."- Proverbs 2:12-1...
Wisdom Guards from Evil Proverbs 2:1-22 Several words are reiterated in this chapter, which will unlock its treasures. Understanding, Prover...
From here and through chapter 8 we have a series of parental counsels. These all begin with the address, "My son," and deal with the value of wisdom,...
Who leave the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness; Who rejoice to do evil, and delight in the frowardness of the wicked; Whose ways...
Whose ways [are] crooked ,.... Which swerve from and are not agreeably to the rule of the divine word, either the law of God or the Gospel of Christ...
Whose ways [are] crooked, and [they] froward in their paths: Ver. 15. Whose ways are crooked. ] How justly may God say to such, as the crab in the...
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...
The Benefits Conferred by Wisdom. 10 When wisdom entereth into thine...
Whose ways are crooked, or, who make their ways crooked , i.e. whose course of life swerves from the right and straight way of God's law.
Deliverance From Sinful Men ( Proverbs 2:12-15 ). The giving of wisdom, knowledge and understanding will deliver the young man from the way of evi...
CRITICAL NOTES.— Proverbs 2:12 . Deliver , “snatch,” as a brand out of the fire. Evil man , rather “an evil way.” Proverbs 2:13 . “Level” path...
Proverbs 2:1 . Hide my commandments with thee, as a treasure is secured in the cabinet, or as the copy of the law was put within the ark in the ho...
EXPOSITION Proverbs 2:1-20 3. Third admonitory discourse, pointing out the benefits which arise from a sincere, earnest, and persevering s...
Wisdom Preserves from Folly
whose ways are crooked, literally, "who with respect to their ways are crooked," and they froward , full of malice and deceit, in their paths;
Crooked — Who swerve from the straight way of God's law, and have windings and turnings, to escape conviction.
15 Whose ways are crooked, and they froward in their paths: