Proverbs 2:20 - Revised Standard Version CI

²⁰ So you will walk in the way of good men and keep to the paths of the righteous.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁰ That thou mayest walk in the way of good men, And keep the paths of the righteous.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁰ So may you walk in the way of good men, and keep to the paths of the [consistently] righteous (the upright, in right standing with God).

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁰ That thou mayest walk in the way of good men, And keep the paths of the righteous.

Common English Bible

²⁰ So you should stay on the path of good people, guarding the road of the righteous.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁰ So may you walk in the good way, and keep to the difficult paths of the just.

Proverbs 2:20 Cross References

Psalm 119:115

Depart from me, you evildoers, that I may keep the commandments of my God.

Psalm 119:63

I am a companion of all who fear thee, of those who keep thy precepts.

Proverbs 13:20

He who walks with wise men becomes wise, but the companion of fools will suffer harm.

Proverbs 4:11

I have taught you the way of wisdom; I have led you in the paths of uprightness.

Proverbs 4:18

But the path of the righteous is like the light of dawn, which shines brighter and brighter until full day.

Proverbs 8:20

I walk in the way of righteousness, in the paths of justice,

Jeremiah 6:16

Thus says the Lord: “Stand by the roads, and look, and ask for the ancient paths, where the good way is; and walk in it, and find rest for your souls. But they said, ‘We will not walk in it.’

Hebrews 6:12

so that you may not be sluggish, but imitators of those who through faith and patience inherit the promises.

3 John 1:11

Beloved, do not imitate evil but imitate good. He who does good is of God; he who does evil has not seen God.