Proverbs 2:12 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Bible Comments

To deliver thee from the way of the evil man, from the man that speaketh froward things; The man that speaketh froward things - תהפכות tahpuchoth, things of subverston; from תפך taphach, to turn or change the course of a thing. Men who wish to subvert the state of things, whether civil or religious; who are seditious themselves, and wish to make others so. These speak much of liberty and oppression, deal greatly in broad assertions, and endeavor especially to corrupt the minds of youth.

Proverbs 2:12

12 To deliver thee from the way of the evil man, from the man that speaketh froward things;