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Tyndale Open Study Notes on Proverbs 2:12

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Tyndale Open Study Notes
Tyndale House Publishers · Modern study notes
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2:12-15 Wisdom discerns when words are twisted to represent what is wrong as being right. The right way leads to life, the wrong way to death (1:10-19; 2:18-19; 5:5-6; 9:1-6, 13-18). • dark paths: In the New Testament, darkness represents the realm of evil, while light represents the realm of God’s goodness (Matt 4:16; 5:14-16; John 1:14; Rom 2:19).
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