Proverbs 2:13 (BSB)

from those who leave the straight paths to walk in the ways of darkness,

From Proverbs 2. Also in the ESV.

Commentary on Proverbs 2:13

• Matthew Henry (Presbyterian), Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary on Proverbs 2:10-22: The scope of these verses is to show, 1. What great advantage true wisdom will be of to us; it will keep us from the paths of sin, which lead to ruin, and will therein do us a greater kindness than if it enriched us with all the wealth of the world. 2.
• John Gill (Reformed Baptist), Exposition of the Old and New Testaments on Proverbs 2:13: Who leave the paths of uprightness,.... Or "righteousness", or the "right and plain ways" (u); which the light of nature and the law of God, and especially the Gospel of Christ, direct to; and in which they have been trained up, having had a religious education; for it supposes them to have been externally in these ways, since they are said to leave them; for...
• Jamieson-Fausset-Brown (Reformed), Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible on Proverbs 2:13: paths of uprightness--or, "plainness." walk--habitually act;
• Geneva Bible Notes (Reformed), Geneva Bible Study Notes on Proverbs 2:13: Who leave the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness; (g) That is, the word of God, which is the only light, to follow their own fantasies which are darkness.