Proverbs 2:12
“To deliver thee from the way of the evil man, from the man that speaketh froward things;”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
To deliver thee from the way of the evil man,.... Who is so by nature and practice, who is hardened in sin and abandoned…
Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870Proverbs 2:12-15
The evil-doers here include not robbers and murderers only Pro 1:10-16, but all who leave the straight path and the open…
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Proverbs 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…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921
the evilman] Or, evil, R.V. text (marg. as A.V.); ἀπὸ ὁδοῦ κακῆς, LXX.; a via mala, Vulg.
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