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Proverbs 2:8

He watches over the right way, and He keeps safe the way of those who belong to Him.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Personification;   Righteousness;   Wisdom;   Young Men;   Thompson Chain Reference - Preservation;   Promises, Divine;   Providence, Divine;   Sustaining Providence;   The Topic Concordance - Preservation;   Saints;   Understanding;   Wisdom;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Wisdom;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Marriage;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Solomon;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Path;   Proverbs, Book of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Old Testament (Ii. Christ as Student and Interpreter of).;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Proverbs book of;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Path;   Providence;  

Devotionals:

- Daily Light on the Daily Path - Devotion for March 6;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
so that he may guard the paths of justiceand protect the way of his faithful followers.
Hebrew Names Version
That he may guard the paths of justice, And preserve the way of his holy ones.
King James Version
He keepeth the paths of judgment, and preserveth the way of his saints.
English Standard Version
guarding the paths of justice and watching over the way of his saints.
New Century Version
He makes sure that justice is done, and he protects those who are loyal to him.
New English Translation
to guard the paths of the righteous and to protect the way of his pious ones.
Amplified Bible
He guards the paths of justice; And He preserves the way of His saints (believers).
New American Standard Bible
Guarding the paths of justice, And He watches over the way of His godly ones.
World English Bible
That he may guard the paths of justice, And preserve the way of his saints.
Geneva Bible (1587)
That they may keepe the wayes of iudgement: and he preserueth the way of his Saintes)
Legacy Standard Bible
To guard the paths of justice,And He keeps the way of His holy ones.
Berean Standard Bible
to guard the paths of justice and protect the way of His saints.
Contemporary English Version
God sees that justice is done, and he watches over everyone who is faithful to him.
Complete Jewish Bible
in order to guard the courses of justice and preserve the way of those faithful to him.
Darby Translation
guarding the paths of just judgment and keeping the way of his godly ones.
Easy-to-Read Version
He makes sure that people are treated fairly. He watches over his loyal followers.
George Lamsa Translation
He keeps the paths of justice, and preserves the ways of his saints.
Good News Translation
He protects those who treat others fairly, and guards those who are devoted to him.
Lexham English Bible
in order to guard paths of justice and keep the way of his faithful ones.
Literal Translation
to guard the paths of judgment, and He protects the way of His saints.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
he kepeth them in ye right path, and preserueth ye waye of his sayntes.
American Standard Version
That he may guard the paths of justice, And preserve the way of his saints.
Bible in Basic English
He keeps watch on the ways which are right, and takes care of those who have the fear of him.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
That He may guard the paths of justice, and preserve the way of His godly ones.
King James Version (1611)
He keepeth the pathes of iudgement, and preserueth the way of his Saints.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
That they may kepe the right path: and he preserueth the way of such as do serue him with godlinesse.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
that he may guard the righteous ways: and he will preserve the way of them that fear him.
English Revised Version
That he may guard the paths of judgment, and preserve the way of his saints.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And he schal kepe the pathis of riytfulnesse, and he schal kepe the weies of hooli men.
Update Bible Version
That he may guard the paths of justice, And preserve the way of his saints.
Webster's Bible Translation
He keepeth the paths of judgment, and preserveth the way of his saints.
New King James Version
He guards the paths of justice, And preserves the way of His saints.
New Living Translation
He guards the paths of the just and protects those who are faithful to him.
New Revised Standard
guarding the paths of justice and preserving the way of his faithful ones.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
To him that observeth the paths of justice, yea, the way of his men of lovingkindness, he doth guard.
Douay-Rheims Bible
Keeping the paths of justice, and guarding the ways of saints.
Revised Standard Version
guarding the paths of justice and preserving the way of his saints.
Young's Literal Translation
To keep the paths of judgment, And the way of His saints He preserveth.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Guarding the paths of justice, And He preserves the way of His godly ones.

Contextual Overview

1 My son, if you receive my sayings and store up my teachings within you, 2 make your ear open to wisdom. Turn your heart to understanding. 3 If you cry out to know right from wrong, and lift your voice for understanding; 4 if you look for her as silver, and look for her as hidden riches; 5 then you will understand the fear of the Lord, and find what is known of God. 6 For the Lord gives wisdom. Much learning and understanding come from His mouth. 7 He stores up perfect wisdom for those who are right with Him. He is a safe-covering to those who are right in their walk. 8 He watches over the right way, and He keeps safe the way of those who belong to Him. 9 Then you will understand what is right and good, and right from wrong, and you will know what you should do.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

keepeth: Proverbs 8:20, Psalms 1:6, Psalms 23:3, Psalms 121:5-8, Isaiah 35:9, Isaiah 49:9, Isaiah 49:10, John 10:28, John 10:29

and: Proverbs 3:21-24, Deuteronomy 33:3, Deuteronomy 33:26-29, 1 Samuel 2:9, Psalms 37:23, Psalms 37:24, Psalms 37:28, Psalms 37:31, Psalms 66:9, Psalms 145:20, Jeremiah 32:40, Jeremiah 32:41, 1 Peter 1:5, Jude 1:24

Reciprocal: Psalms 15:2 - He Psalms 16:1 - Preserve Psalms 50:5 - my saints Psalms 97:10 - preserveth Psalms 121:3 - will not Psalms 121:8 - thy going out Proverbs 3:23 - General Acts 9:32 - the saints 1 Corinthians 6:7 - there

Cross-References

Genesis 2:8
The Lord God planted a garden to the east in Eden. He put the man there whom He had made.
Genesis 2:9
And the Lord God made to grow out of the ground every tree that is pleasing to the eyes and good for food. And He made the tree of life grow in the center of the garden, and the tree of learning of good and bad.
Genesis 3:24
So He drove the man out. And He placed cherubim east of the garden of Eden with a sword of fire that turned every way. They kept watch over the path to the tree of life.
Genesis 4:16
Then Cain went away from the face of the Lord, and stayed in the land of Nod, east of Eden.
Genesis 13:10
Lot looked and saw that the Jordan valley was well watered everywhere like the garden of the Lord, like the land of Egypt as you go to Zoar. (This was before the Lord destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah.)
2 Kings 19:12
Did the gods of those nations which my fathers destroyed save them? Gozan, Haran, Rezeph, and the people of Eden who were in Telassar, were destroyed.
Isaiah 51:3
For the Lord will comfort Zion. He will comfort all her waste places. He will make her desert like Eden, like the garden of the Lord. Joy and happiness will be found in her. There will be much giving of thanks and much singing.
Ezekiel 27:23
Haran, Canneh, Eden, Sheba, Asshur, and Chilmad traded with you.
Ezekiel 28:13
You were in Eden, the garden of God. Every stone of great worth covered you: ruby, topaz, diamond, beryl, onyx, jasper, chrysolite, turquoise, and emerald. And you had beautiful objects of gold. They were made for you when you were made.
Ezekiel 31:16
I will make the nations shake in fear at the sound of its fall when I send it to the place of the dead with those who go down to the grave. Then all the well-watered trees of Eden, the best of Lebanon, will be comforted in the earth below.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

He keepeth the paths of judgment,.... That is, the Lord keeps them; he does that which is just and right himself, in the course of his providence, and in the methods of his grace; and as he guides the feet of his people in the ways of righteousness and holiness, he keeps them there from turning out of them. The words may be rendered, "to keep the paths of judgment" q; and so expresses the end, fruit, and effect of the Lord's being a buckler to them, as he is said to be in Proverbs 2:7: he is their shield and protection, so as either to keep them in the right ways in which they should go; or that they might studiously observe them, and keep walking therein, without stumbling in them, or declining from them;

and preserveth the way of his saints; to whom he has been kind and bountiful; or who have been merciful, liberal, and generous to others; who having partook of the grace of God themselves, are useful to men: the Targum calls them "righteous ones". These the Lord preserves by his power and grace, in the way in which he has led them, and which is his own way, safe to his kingdom and glory: for none of his saints, his holy and righteous ones, shall ever perish; the way in which he directs them, and in which he keeps them, leads to everlasting life; see 1 Samuel 2:9.

q לנצר "ad custodiendum", Pagninus, Montanus; "ad servandum", Baynus, Schultens.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

saints - The devout and God-fearing. Compare Psalms 85:8 etc. The occurrence of the word here, in a book that became more and more prominent as prophetic utterances ceased, probably helped to determine its application in the period of the Maccabean struggles to those who especially claimed for themselves the title of “devout” (Chasidim, the ̓Ασιδαῖοι Asidaioi of 1 Macc. 7:13).


 
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