Proverbs 2:15

15 whose paths are crooked, and their courses winding;

Proverbs 2:15 Meaning and Commentary

Proverbs 2:15

Whose ways [are] crooked
Which swerve from and are not agreeably to the rule of the divine word, either the law of God or the Gospel of Christ; sin is an aberration, a straying from the rule of God's word, a transgression of his law; and a walk in it is unbecoming the Gospel of Christ; it has many serpentine windings and turnings in it; full of distortions and excursions, and many retrograde actions; see ( Psalms 125:5 ) ( Isaiah 59:8 ) ; and [they] froward in their paths;
declining here and there, sometimes going one way and sometimes another, but always following that which is evil, and resolute to continue therein.

Proverbs 2:15 In-Context

13 Alas who forsake right paths, to walk in ways of darkness;

14 who rejoice in evils, and delight in wicked perverseness;

15 whose paths are crooked, and their courses winding;

16 to remove thee far from the straight way, and to estrange thee from a righteous purpose. son, let not evil counsel overtake thee,

17 who has forsaken the instruction of her youth, and forgotten the covenant of God.

Footnotes

• [a] Lit. wheel tracks. Compare Heb 12. 13.