Proverbs 2:8

In 11 translations

BSB

to guard the paths of justice and protect the way of His saints.

KJV

He keepeth the paths of judgment, and preserveth the way of his saints.

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.

LSV

To keep the paths of judgment, || And He preserves the way of His saints.

YLT

To keep the paths of judgment, And the way of His saints He preserveth.

DBY

guarding the paths of just judgment and keeping the way of his godly ones.Elohim

DRC

Keeping the paths of justice, and guarding the ways of saints.

GNV

That they may keepe the wayes of iudgement: and he preserueth the way of his Saintes)

JPS

That He may guard the paths of justice, and preserve the way of His godly ones.

LXXE

that he may guard the righteous ways: and he will preserve the way of them that fear him.

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Original-language editions

WLC

לִ֭נְצֹר אָרְח֣וֹת מִשְׁפָּ֑ט וְדֶ֖רֶךְ חסידו יִשְׁמֹֽר׃Read aloud as (qere): חֲסִידָ֣יו

LXX-Br

τοῦ φυλάξαι ὁδοὺς δικαιωμάτων, καὶ ὁδὸν εὐλαβουμένων αὐτὸν διαφυλάξει.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

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Cross-references most cited first

• Psalms 23:3He restores my soul; He guides me in the paths of righteousness for the sake of His name.
• 1 Samuel 2:9He guards the steps of His faithful ones, but the wicked perish in darkness; for by his own strength shall no man prevail.
• John 10:28–29I give them eternal life, and they will never perish. No one can snatch them out of My hand. My Father who has given them to Me is greater than all. No one can snatch them out of My Father’s hand.
• Psalms 145:20The LORD preserves all who love Him, but all the wicked He will destroy.
• Psalms 66:9He preserves our lives and keeps our feet from slipping.
• Psalms 37:23–24The steps of a man are ordered by the LORD who takes delight in his journey. Though he falls, he will not be overwhelmed, for the LORD is holding his hand.
• Jude 1:24Now to Him who is able to keep you from stumbling and to present you unblemished in His glorious presence, with great joy—
• Psalms 37:28For the LORD loves justice and will not forsake His saints. They are preserved forever, but the offspring of the wicked will be cut off.
• Proverbs 8:20I walk in the way of righteousness, along the paths of justice,
• 1 Peter 1:5who through faith are shielded by God’s power for the salvation that is ready to be revealed in the last time.
• Deuteronomy 33:3Surely You love the people; all the holy ones are in Your hand, and they sit down at Your feet; each receives Your words—
• Psalms 1:6For the LORD guards the path of the righteous, but the way of the wicked will perish.
• Jeremiah 32:40–41I will make an everlasting covenant with them: I will never turn away from doing good to them, and I will put My fear in their hearts, so that they will never turn away from Me. Yes, I will rejoice in doing them good,…
• Isaiah 35:9No lion will be there, and no vicious beast will go up on it. Such will not be found there, but the redeemed will walk upon it.
• Psalms 37:31The law of his God is in his heart; his steps do not falter.
• Deuteronomy 33:26–29“There is none like the God of Jeshurun, who rides the heavens to your aid, and the clouds in His majesty. The eternal God is your dwelling place, and underneath are the everlasting arms. He drives out the enemy before…

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