Proverbs 2:8 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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⁸He keepeth the paths of judgment, and preserveth the way of his saints.

Proverbs 2:8 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Psalms 23:3
He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake.
1 Samuel 2:9
He will keep the feet of his saints, and the wicked shall be silent in darkness; for by strength shall no man prevail.
John 10:28-29
And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand. …
Psalms 145:20
The LORD preserveth all them that love him: but all the wicked will he destroy.
Psalms 66:9
Which holdeth our soul in life, and suffereth not our feet to be moved.

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Commentary

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

(vv. 1-9)

Job had asked, long before this, Where shall wisdom be found? Whence cometh wisdom? (Job 28:12, 20) and he had given this general answer (Job 28:23), God knoweth the place of it; but Solomon here goes further, and tells us both where we may find it and how we may get it. We are here told, I. What means we must use that we may obtain wisdom. 1. We must closely attend to the word of God, for that is…

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

(vv. 8)

8. keepeth ... way--God defends the right way, and those in it. saints--objects of favor (compare Psa 4:3, &c.). He guides and guards them.