Proverbs 2:20 {21}
Good News Translation
So you must follow the example of good people and live a righteous life.

New Revised Standard Version
Therefore walk in the way of the good, and keep to the paths of the just.

Contemporary English Version
Follow the example of good people and live an honest life.

New American Bible
Thus you may walk in the way of the good, and keep to the paths of the just.

Douay-Rheims Bible
For they that are upright, shall dwell in the earth; and the simple shall continue in it.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

For they that are upright, shall dwell in the earth; and the simple shall continue in it.

Proverbs 13:20 He that walketh with the wise, shall be wise: a friend of fools shall become like to them.

Psalm 119:63,115 I am a partaker with all them that fear thee, and that keep thy commandments. . . .

Songs 1:7,8 If thou know not thyself, O fairest among women, go forth, and follow after the steps of the flocks, and feed thy kids beside the tents of the shepherds. . . .

Jeremiah 6:16 Thus saith the Lord: Stand ye on the ways, and see, and ask for the old paths, which is the good way, and walk ye in it: and you shall find refreshment for your souls. And they said: We will not walk.

Hebrews 6:12 That you become not slothful, but followers of them who through faith and patience shall inherit the promises.

3 John 1:11 Dearly beloved, follow not that which is evil: but that which is good. He that doth good is of God: he that doth evil hath not seen God.

Context
The Benefits of Wisdom
19That thou mayst walk in a good way: and mayst keep the paths of the just. 20For they that are upright, shall dwell in the earth; and the simple shall continue in it.21But the wicked shall be destroyed from the earth: and they that do unjustly, shall be taken away from it.…
Cross References
Hebrews 6:12
That you become not slothful, but followers of them who through faith and patience shall inherit the promises.

Proverbs 4:18
The way of the wicked is darksome: they know not where they fall.

Proverbs 13:20
He that walketh with the wise, shall be wise: a friend of fools shall become like to them.

Proverbs 2:19
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