Proverbs 2:8
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“to guard the paths of justice and protect the way of His saints.”
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BSBPD
“to guard the paths of justice and protect the way of His saints.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)KJVPD
“He keepeth the paths of judgment, and preserveth the way of his saints.”
King James Version · Public DomainASVPD
“That he may guard the paths of justice, And preserve the way of his saints.”
American Standard Version · Public DomainYLTPD
“To keep the paths of judgment, And the way of His saints He preserveth.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainCross references
Other passages that echo Proverbs 2:8 — 19 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 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—
- Deuteronomy 33:26“There is none like the God of Jeshurun, who rides the heavens to your aid, and the clouds in His majesty.
- 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.
- Psalms 1:6For the LORD guards the path of the righteous, but the way of the wicked will perish.
- Psalms 23:3He restores my soul; He guides me in the paths of righteousness for the sake of His name.
- Psalms 37:23The steps of a man are ordered by the LORD who takes delight in his journey.
- 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.
- Psalms 37:31The law of his God is in his heart; his steps do not falter.
- Psalms 66:9He preserves our lives and keeps our feet from slipping.
- Psalms 121:5The LORD is your keeper; the LORD is the shade on your right hand.
- Psalms 145:20The LORD preserves all who love Him, but all the wicked He will destroy.
- Proverbs 3:21My son, do not lose sight of this: Preserve sound judgment and discernment.
- Proverbs 8:20I walk in the way of righteousness, along the paths of justice,
- 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.
- Isaiah 49:9to say to the prisoners, ‘Come out,’ and to those in darkness, ‘Show yourselves.’ They will feed along the pathways, and find pasture on every barren hill.
- Jeremiah 32:40I 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.
- John 10:28I give them eternal life, and they will never perish. No one can snatch them out of My hand.
- 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.
- 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—
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