Proverbs 2:8 - The Scriptures 1998

⁸ To watch over the paths of right-ruling, And the way of His kind ones He guards.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁸ He keepeth the paths of judgment, And preserveth the way of his saints.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁸ That He may guard the paths of justice; yes, He preserves the way of His saints. [I Sam. 2:9; Ps. 66:8, 9.]

American Standard Version (1901)

⁸ That he may guard the paths of justice, And preserve the way of his saints.

Common English Bible

⁸ He protects the paths of justice and guards the way of those who are loyal to him.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁸ serving the paths of justice, and guarding the ways of sanctity.

Proverbs 2:8 Cross References

Psalm 1:6

For יהוה  knows the way of the righteous, But the way of the wrong comes to naught.

Psalm 145:20

יהוה  preserves all those loving Him, But all the wrong ones He destroys.

Psalm 23:3

He turns back my being; He leads me in paths of righteousness For His Name’s sake.

Psalm 37:28

For יהוה  loves right-ruling, And does not forsake His kind ones; They shall be guarded forever, But the seed of the wrongdoers is cut off.

Psalm 37:31

The Torah of his Elohim is in his heart; His steps do not slide.

Psalm 66:9

Who keeps us in life, And does not allow our feet to be moved.

Psalm 97:10

You who love יהוה, hate evil! He guards the lives of His kind ones, He delivers them out of the hand of the wrong.

Proverbs 8:20

“I walk in the way of righteousness, In the midst of the paths of right- ruling,

Isaiah 35:9

No lion is there, nor any ravenous beast go up on it, it is not found there. But the redeemed shall walk there.

Deuteronomy 33:3

Indeed, He loves the peoples, all His set-apart ones are in Your hand. And they, they sat down at Your feet, receiving Your Words.

1 Peter 1:5

who are protected by the power of Elohim through belief, for a deliverance ready to be revealed in the last time,

Jude 1:24

And to Him who is able to keep you from stumbling, and to present you blameless before the presence of His esteem with exceeding joy,

1 Samuel 2:9

“He guards the feet of His kind ones, but the wrong are silent in darkness, for man does not become mighty by power.