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Proverbs 2

Prov. 2:13 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Who leave
`azab (Hebrew #5800)
to loosen, i.e. relinquish, permit, etc.
KJV usage: commit self, fail, forsake, fortify, help, leave (destitute, off), refuse, X surely.
Pronounce: aw-zab'
Origin: a primitive root
the paths
'orach (Hebrew #734)
a well-trodden road (literally or figuratively); also a caravan
KJV usage: manner, path, race, rank, traveller, troop, (by-, high-)way.
Pronounce: o'-rakh
Origin: from 732
of uprightness
yosher (Hebrew #3476)
the right
KJV usage: equity, meet, right, upright(-ness).
Pronounce: yo'-sher
Origin: from 3474
, to walk
yalak (Hebrew #3212)
to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)
KJV usage: X again, away, bear, bring, carry (away), come (away), depart, flow, + follow(-ing), get (away, hence, him), (cause to, made) go (away, -ing, -ne, one's way, out), grow, lead (forth), let down, march, prosper, + pursue, cause to run, spread, take away ((-journey)), vanish, (cause to) walk(-ing), wax, X be weak.
Pronounce: yaw-lak'
Origin: a primitive root (compare 1980)
w in the ways
derek (Hebrew #1870)
a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb
KJV usage: along, away, because of, + by, conversation, custom, (east-)ward, journey, manner, passenger, through, toward, (high-) (path-)way(-side), whither(-soever).
Pronounce: deh'-rek
Origin: from 1869
of darkness
choshek (Hebrew #2822)
the dark; hence (literally) darkness; figuratively, misery, destruction, death, ignorance, sorrow, wickedness
KJV usage: dark(-ness), night, obscurity.
Pronounce: kho-shek'
Origin: from 2821
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John 12:35• 35Then Jesus said unto them, Yet a little while is the light with you. Walk while ye have the light, lest darkness come upon you: for he that walketh in darkness knoweth not whither he goeth. (John 12:35)

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Cross References

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Prov. 21:16• 16The man that wandereth out of the way of understanding shall remain in the congregation of the dead. (Prov. 21:16)
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Psa. 14:3• 3They are all gone aside, they are all together become filthy: there is none that doeth good, no, not one. (Psa. 14:3)
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Psa. 36:3• 3The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit: he hath left off to be wise, and to do good. (Psa. 36:3)
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Ezek. 18:26• 26When a righteous man turneth away from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, and dieth in them; for his iniquity that he hath done shall he die. (Ezek. 18:26)
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Ezek. 33:12‑13• 12Therefore, thou son of man, say unto the children of thy people, The righteousness of the righteous shall not deliver him in the day of his transgression: as for the wickedness of the wicked, he shall not fall thereby in the day that he turneth from his wickedness; neither shall the righteous be able to live for his righteousness in the day that he sinneth.
 13When I shall say to the righteous, that he shall surely live; if he trust to his own righteousness, and commit iniquity, all his righteousnesses shall not be remembered; but for his iniquity that he hath committed, he shall die for it. (Ezek. 33:12‑13)
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Zeph. 1:6• 6And them that are turned back from the Lord; and those that have not sought the Lord, nor inquired for him. (Zeph. 1:6)
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Matt. 12:43‑45• 43When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh through dry places, seeking rest, and findeth none.
 44Then he saith, I will return into my house from whence I came out; and when he is come, he findeth it empty, swept, and garnished.
 45Then goeth he, and taketh with himself seven other spirits more wicked than himself, and they enter in and dwell there: and the last state of that man is worse than the first. Even so shall it be also unto this wicked generation. (Matt. 12:43‑45)
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2 Tim. 4:10• 10For Demas hath forsaken me, having loved this present world, and is departed unto Thessalonica; Crescens to Galatia, Titus unto Dalmatia. (2 Tim. 4:10)
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Heb. 6:4‑6• 4For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Ghost,
 5And have tasted the good word of God, and the powers of the world to come,
 6If they shall fall away, to renew them again unto repentance; seeing they crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh, and put him to an open shame. (Heb. 6:4‑6)
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2 Peter 2:20‑22• 20For if after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again entangled therein, and overcome, the latter end is worse with them than the beginning.
 21For it had been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than, after they have known it, to turn from the holy commandment delivered unto them.
 22But it is happened unto them according to the true proverb, The dog is turned to his own vomit again; and the sow that was washed to her wallowing in the mire. (2 Peter 2:20‑22)
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1 John 2:19• 19They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would no doubt have continued with us: but they went out, that they might be made manifest that they were not all of us. (1 John 2:19)
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Prov. 4:19• 19The way of the wicked is as darkness: they know not at what they stumble. (Prov. 4:19)
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Job 24:13‑16• 13They are of those that rebel against the light; they know not the ways thereof, nor abide in the paths thereof.
 14The murderer rising with the light killeth the poor and needy, and in the night is as a thief.
 15The eye also of the adulterer waiteth for the twilight, saying, No eye shall see me: and disguiseth his face.
 16In the dark they dig through houses, which they had marked for themselves in the daytime: they know not the light. (Job 24:13‑16)
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John 3:19‑20• 19And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.
 20For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved. (John 3:19‑20)
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John 12:35• 35Then Jesus said unto them, Yet a little while is the light with you. Walk while ye have the light, lest darkness come upon you: for he that walketh in darkness knoweth not whither he goeth. (John 12:35)
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Rom. 1:21• 21Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened. (Rom. 1:21)
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1 Thess. 5:5‑7• 5Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness.
 6Therefore let us not sleep, as do others; but let us watch and be sober.
 7For they that sleep sleep in the night; and they that be drunken are drunken in the night. (1 Thess. 5:5‑7)
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John 1:6• 6There was a man sent from God, whose name was John. (John 1:6)
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John 2:9‑11• 9When the ruler of the feast had tasted the water that was made wine, and knew not whence it was: (but the servants which drew the water knew;) the governor of the feast called the bridegroom,
 10And saith unto him, Every man at the beginning doth set forth good wine; and when men have well drunk, then that which is worse: but thou hast kept the good wine until now.
 11This beginning of miracles did Jesus in Cana of Galilee, and manifested forth his glory; and his disciples believed on him. (John 2:9‑11)

J. N. Darby Translation

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

JND Translation Notes

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From jashar. see ch. 3.32.