Proverbs 2:20 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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²⁰That thou mayest walk in the way of good men, and keep the paths of the righteous.

Proverbs 2:20 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Hebrews 6:12
That ye be not slothful, but followers of them who through faith and patience inherit the promises.
3 John 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.
Proverbs 13:20
He that walketh with wise men shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed.
Psalms 119:115
Depart from me, ye evildoers: for I will keep the commandments of my God.
Jeremiah 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.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 10-22)

The scope of these verses is to show, 1. What great advantage true wisdom will be of to us; it will keep us from the paths of sin, which lead to ruin, and will therein do us a greater kindness than if it enriched us with all the wealth of the world. 2. What good use we should make of the wisdom God gives us; we must use it for our own guidance in the paths of virtue, and for the arming of us again…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 20)

20. That ... way of good--that is, Such is the object of these warnings.