Proverbs 2:8
He keepeth the paths of judgment, and preserveth the way of his saints.
Proverbs 2:8 in other translations
| BSB | to guard the paths of justice and protect the way of His saints. |
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| WEB | that he may guard the paths of justice, and preserve the way of his saints. |
| ASV | That he may guard the paths of justice, And preserve the way of his saints. |
| YLT | To keep the paths of judgment, And the way of His saints He preserveth. |
| DARBY | guarding the paths of just judgment and keeping the way of hisgodly ones. |
| BBE | He keeps watch on the ways which are right, and takes care of those who have the fear of him. |
| Webster | He keepeth the paths of judgment, and preserveth the way of his saints. |
What does Proverbs 2:8 mean?
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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Proverbs 2:1-9
Those who earnestly seek heavenly wisdom, will never complain that they have lost their labour; and the freeness of the gift does not do away the necessity of our diligence, Joh 6:27 Let them seek, and they shall find it; let them ask, and it shall be given them. Observe who are thus favoured. They are the righteous, on whom the image of God is renewed, which consists in righteousness. If we depend upon God, and…
Proverbs 2:8 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Proverbs 2:8
- Psalms 23:3
He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name’s sake.
- 1 Samuel 2:9
He will keep the feet of his saints, and the wicked shall be silent in darkness; for by strength shall no man prevail.
- John 10:28-29
And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand. My Father, which gave them me, is greater than all; and no man is able to pluck them out of my Father’s hand.
- Psalms 145:20
The Lord preserveth all them that love him: but all the wicked will he destroy.
- Psalms 66:9
Which holdeth our soul in life, and suffereth not our feet to be moved.
- Psalms 37:23-24
The steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord: and he delighteth in his way. Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down: for the Lord upholdeth him with his hand.
- Psalms 37:28
For the Lord loveth judgment, and forsaketh not his saints; they are preserved for ever: but the seed of the wicked shall be cut off.
- Jude 1:24
Now unto him that is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy,
- Deuteronomy 33:3
Yea, he loved the people; all his saints are in thy hand: and they sat down at thy feet; every one shall receive of thy words.
- Psalms 1:6
For the Lord knoweth the way of the righteous: but the way of the ungodly shall perish.
- 1 Peter 1:5
Who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.
- Proverbs 8:20
I lead in the way of righteousness, in the midst of the paths of judgment:
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Context
- Proverbs 2:7
He layeth up sound wisdom for the righteous: he is a buckler to them that walk uprightly.
- Proverbs 2:8
He keepeth the paths of judgment, and preserveth the way of his saints.
- Proverbs 2:9
Then shalt thou understand righteousness, and judgment, and equity; yea, every good path.
Proverbs 2:8 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Es el que guarda las veredas del juicio, y preserva el camino de sus santos. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | protégeant les sentiers de juste jugement et gardant la voie de ses saints. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | indem er die Pfade des Rechts behütet und den Weg seiner Frommen bewahrt. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | servans semitas justitiæ, et vias sanctorum custodiens. |