Proverbs 2:20 (BSB)

So you will follow in the ways of the good, and keep to the paths of the righteous.

From Proverbs 2. Also in the ESV.

Commentary on Proverbs 2:20

  • 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 2:20: That thou mayest walk in the way of good men,.... Who are not so by nature, but made so by the grace of God; such as the saints, prophets, and patriarchs of old; and who walked in the way of righteousness, holiness, and truth; being directed therein by the Spirit and word of God: now the use and profit of wisdom's instructions, or of the...
  • Jamieson-Fausset-Brown (Reformed), Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible on Proverbs 2:20: That . . . way of good--that is, Such is the object of these warnings.
  • Keil & Delitzsch (Lutheran), Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament on Proverbs 2:20-22: Pro 2:20-22 With למען there commences a new section, coordinating itself with the להצּילך (“to deliver thee”) of Pro 2:12, Pro 2:16, unfolding that which wisdom accomplishes as a preserver and guide: 20 So that thou walkest in the good way, And keepest the right paths. 21 For the upright shall inhabit the land, And the innocent shall remain in it.