Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Thus you will walk in the ways of the good and keep to the paths of the righteous. New Living Translation So follow the steps of the good, and stay on the paths of the righteous. English Standard Version So you will walk in the way of the good and keep to the paths of the righteous. Berean Standard Bible So you will follow in the ways of the good, and keep to the paths of the righteous. King James Bible That thou mayest walk in the way of good men, and keep the paths of the righteous. New King James Version So you may walk in the way of goodness, And keep to the paths of righteousness. New American Standard Bible So you will walk in the way of good people And keep to the paths of the righteous. NASB 1995 So you will walk in the way of good men And keep to the paths of the righteous. NASB 1977 So you will walk in the way of good men, And keep to the paths of the righteous. Legacy Standard Bible So that you will walk in the way of good men And keep to the paths of the righteous. Amplified Bible So you will walk in the way of good men [that is, those of personal integrity, moral courage and honorable character], And keep to the paths of the righteous. Christian Standard Bible So follow the way of the good, and keep to the paths of the righteous. Holman Christian Standard Bible So follow the way of good people, and keep to the paths of the righteous. American Standard Version That thou mayest walk in the way of good men, And keep the paths of the righteous. Aramaic Bible in Plain English Walk therefore in the way of the good and keep the way of the righteous ones Brenton Septuagint Translation For had they gone in good paths, they would have found the paths of righteousness easy. Contemporary English Version Follow the example of good people and live an honest life. Douay-Rheims Bible That thou mayst walk in a good way: and mayst keep the paths of the just. English Revised Version That thou mayest walk in the way of good men, and keep the paths of the righteous. GOD'S WORD® Translation So walk in the way of good people and stay on the paths of righteous people. Good News Translation So you must follow the example of good people and live a righteous life. International Standard Version This is how you will walk in the way of good men and will keep to the paths of the righteous. JPS Tanakh 1917 That thou mayest walk in the way of good men, And keep the paths of the righteous. Literal Standard Version That you go in the way of the good, | And keep the paths of the righteous. Majority Standard Bible So you will follow in the ways of the good, and keep to the paths of the righteous. New American Bible Thus you may walk in the way of the good, and keep to the paths of the just. NET Bible So you will walk in the way of good people, and will keep on the paths of the righteous. New Revised Standard Version Therefore walk in the way of the good, and keep to the paths of the just. New Heart English Bible that you may walk in the way of good men, and keep the paths of the righteous. Webster's Bible Translation That thou mayest walk in the way of good men, and keep the paths of the righteous. World English Bible Therefore walk in the way of good men, and keep the paths of the righteous. Young's Literal Translation That thou dost go in the way of the good, And the paths of the righteous dost keep. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context The Benefits of Wisdom…19None who go to her return or negotiate the paths of life. 20So you will follow in the ways of the good, and keep to the paths of the righteous. 21For the upright will inhabit the land, and the blameless will remain in it;… Cross References Hebrews 6:12 Then you will not be sluggish, but will imitate those who through faith and patience inherit what has been promised. Proverbs 4:18 The path of the righteous is like the first gleam of dawn, shining brighter and brighter until midday. Proverbs 13:20 He who walks with the wise will become wise, but the companion of fools will be destroyed. Treasury of Scripture That you may walk in the way of good men, and keep the paths of the righteous. Proverbs 13:20 He that walketh with wise men shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed. Psalm 119:63,115 I am a companion of all them that fear thee, and of them that keep thy precepts… Song of Solomon 1:7,8 Tell me, O thou whom my soul loveth, where thou feedest, where thou makest thy flock to rest at noon: for why should I be as one that turneth aside by the flocks of thy companions? … Jump to Previous Footsteps Good Mayest Paths Righteous Upright Walk Way WaysJump to Next Footsteps Good Mayest Paths Righteous Upright Walk Way WaysProverbs 2 1. wisdom promises godliness to her children10. and safety from evil company 20. and direction in good ways Verses 20-22. - Conclusion of the discourse in which are antithetically stated the respective destinies of the good and the bad, the upright and the wicked. Verse 20. - That (Hebrew, לְמַעַן l'maan); in order that (Vulgate, ut), carries us back properly to ver. 11. The protecting power of wisdom is developed in a positive direction. Negatively, it delivers from the evil man and from the strange woman, but it does more - "it shall keep thee in order that thou mayest walk in a good way," etc. The Hebrew לְמַעַן (l'maan) is coordinate with "to deliver thee," but it serves to bring the discourse to a conclusion. Umbreit renders it "therefore," thus making what follows an inference from the preceding discourse. So the Syriac, ambula igitur, "therefore walk." In the way of good men (בְּדֶרֶך טובִים, b'derek tovim); i.e. in the way of the good, in an ethical sense, i.e. the upright, as in Isaiah 5:20. The Vulgate renders, in via bona, "in the good way." "The way of good men" is the way of God's commandments, the way of obedience. Keep. The Hebrew verb שָׁמַר (shamar) is here used in the sense of "to observe," "to attend to," but in a different sense from Psalm 17:4, "I have observed the ways of the violent man," i.e. that I might avoid them. To keep the paths of the righteous is to carefully attend to the life of obedience which they follow. The LXX. closely connects this verse with the preceding, and renders, "For if they had walked in good ways, they would have found the paths of righteousness light." Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Soלְמַ֗עַן (lə·ma·‘an) Conjunction Strong's 4616: Purpose -- intent you will follow תֵּ֭לֵךְ (tê·lêḵ) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular Strong's 1980: To go, come, walk in the ways בְּדֶ֣רֶךְ (bə·ḏe·reḵ) Preposition-b | Noun - common singular construct Strong's 1870: A road, a course of life, mode of action of good men, טוֹבִ֑ים (ṭō·w·ḇîm) Adjective - masculine plural Strong's 2896: Pleasant, agreeable, good and keep to תִּשְׁמֹֽר׃ (tiš·mōr) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular Strong's 8104: To hedge about, guard, to protect, attend to the paths וְאָרְח֖וֹת (wə·’ā·rə·ḥō·wṯ) Conjunctive waw | Noun - common plural construct Strong's 734: A well-trodden road, a caravan of the righteous. צַדִּיקִ֣ים (ṣad·dî·qîm) Adjective - masculine plural Strong's 6662: Just, righteous Links Proverbs 2:20 NIVProverbs 2:20 NLT Proverbs 2:20 ESV Proverbs 2:20 NASB Proverbs 2:20 KJV Proverbs 2:20 BibleApps.com Proverbs 2:20 Biblia Paralela Proverbs 2:20 Chinese Bible Proverbs 2:20 French Bible Proverbs 2:20 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Proverbs 2:20 That you may walk in the way (Prov. 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