King James Version
Proverbs 2:20 in the King James Version says “That thou mayest walk in the way of good men, and keep the paths of the righteous.” — study this verse from Proverbs chapter 2 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“That thou mayest walk in the way of good men, and keep the paths of the righteous.”
Proverbs 2:20 · KJV
For her house inclineth unto death, and her paths unto the dead.
None that go unto her return again, neither take they hold of the paths of life.
That thou mayest walk in the way of good men, and keep the paths of the righteous.
For the upright shall dwell in the land, and the perfect shall remain in it.
But the wicked shall be cut off from the earth, and the transgressors shall be rooted out of it. rooted: or, plucked up
KJV Study — Public Domain
properly, heed, i.e., purpose; used only adverbially, on account of (as a motive or an aim), teleologically, in order that
“in the way”
H1870a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb
“of good”
H2896good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine and the feminine, the singular and the plural (good, a good
“men and keep”
H8104properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e., guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc
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