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Proverbs 2:15

Old Testament Wisdom/Poetry ASV (1901)

What does Proverbs 2:15 say?

The American Standard Version records this verse as: “Who are crooked in their ways, And wayward in their paths:” Read the surrounding verses and the named sources below before drawing broader conclusions.

The verse

Who are crooked in their ways, And wayward in their paths:
Proverbs 2:15 — American Standard Version

Context — Proverbs 2

American Standard Version (1901) — public domain. Click any verse for its study page.
12To deliver thee from the way of evil, From the men that speak perverse things;
13Who forsake the paths of uprightness, To walk in the ways of darkness;
14Who rejoice to do evil, And delight in the perverseness of evil;
15Who are crooked in their ways, And wayward in their paths:
16To deliver thee from the strange woman, Even from the foreigner that flattereth with her words;
17That forsaketh the friend of her youth, And forgetteth the covenant of her God:
18For her house inclineth unto death, And her paths unto the dead;
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What do historical commentaries say?

John Gill's Exposition
John Gill (1697–1771) · Exposition of the Old and New Testament · 18th-century historical commentary
“Whose ways [are] crooked, etc.] Which swerve from and are not agreeably to the rule of the divine word, either the law of God or the Gospel of Christ; sin is an aberration, a straying from the rule of God’s word, a transgression of his law; and a walk in it is unbecoming the Gospel of Christ; it has many serpentine windings and turnings in it; full of distortions and excursions, and many retrograde actions; (see <19C505>Psalm 125:5 <235908>Isaiah 59:8); and [they] froward in their paths; declining here and there, sometimes going one way and sometimes another, but always following that which is evil, and resolute to continue therein.”
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Jamieson, Fausset & Brown
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown · Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible · 19th-century historical commentary
“crooked--tortuous, unprincipled. froward--literally, (they) are going back, not only aside from right, but opposite to it.”
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Barnes' Notes
Albert Barnes (1798–1870) · Notes on the Whole Bible · 19th-century historical commentary
“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 ways, perverse counsels, deeds of darkness. “To delight etc.” Proverbs 2:14 is the lowest depth of all. return to 'Top of Page'”
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Wesley's Explanatory Notes
John Wesley (1703–1791) · Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament and Old Testament notes · 18th-century historical commentary
“Crooked - Who swerve from the straight way of God's law, and have windings and turnings, to escape conviction. Proverbs 2:16”
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Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge
R. A. Torrey and contributors · The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Cross-reference reference work
“Deu 32:5; Psa 125:5; Isa 30:8-13, Isa 59:8; Phi 2:15 Proverbs 2:16”
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