Proverbs 2:8 {9}
Good News Translation
He protects those who treat others fairly, and guards those who are devoted to him.

New Revised Standard Version
guarding the paths of justice and preserving the way of his faithful ones.

Contemporary English Version
God sees that justice is done, and he watches over everyone who is faithful to him.

New American Bible
Guarding the paths of justice, protecting the way of his faithful ones,

Douay-Rheims Bible
Then shalt thou understand justice, and judgment, and equity, and every good path.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Then shalt thou understand justice, and judgment, and equity, and every good path.

keepeth

Proverbs 8:20 That I may enrich them that love me, and may fill their treasures.

Psalm 1:6 For the Lord knoweth the way of the just: and the way of the wicked shall perish.

Psalm 23:3 He hath converted my soul. He hath led me on the paths of justice, for his own name's sake.

Psalm 121:5-8 The Lord is thy keeper, the Lord is thy protection upon thy right hand. . . .

Isaiah 35:9 No lion shall be there, nor shall any mischievous beast go up by it, nor be found there: but they shall walk there that shall be delivered.

Isaiah 49:9,10 That thou mightest say to them that are bound: Come forth: and to them that are in darkness: Shew yourselves. They shall feed in the ways, and their pastures shall be in every plain. . . .

John 10:28,29 And I give them life everlasting: and they shall not perish for ever. And no man shall pluck them out of my hand. . . .

and

Proverbs 3:21-24 And there shall be life to thy soul, and grace to thy mouth. . . .

Deuteronomy 33:3,26-29 He hath loved the people, all the saints are in his hand: and they that approach to his feet, shall receive of his doctrine. . . .

1 Samuel 2:9 He will keep the feet of his saints, and the wicked shall be silent in darkness; because no man shall prevail by his own strength.

Psalm 37:23,24,28,31 With the Lord shall the steps of a man be directed, and he shall like well his way. . . .

Psalm 66:9 Who hath set my soul to live: and hath not suffered my feet to be moved:

Psalm 145:20 The Lord keepeth all them that love him; but all the wicked he will destroy.

Jeremiah 32:40,41 And I will make an everlasting covenant with them, and will not cease to do them good: and I will give my fear in their heart, that they may not revolt from me. . . .

1 Peter 1:5 Who, by the power of God, are kept by faith unto salvation, ready to be revealed in the last time.

Jude 1:24 Now to him who is able to preserve you without sin and to present you spotless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy, in the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ:

Context
The Benefits of Wisdom
7Keeping the paths of justice, and guarding the ways of saints. 8Then shalt thou understand justice, and judgment, and equity, and every good path.9If wisdom shall enter into thy heart, and knowledge please thy soul:…
Cross References
1 Samuel 2:9
He will keep the feet of his saints, and the wicked shall be silent in darkness; because no man shall prevail by his own strength.

Psalm 66:9
Who hath set my soul to live: and hath not suffered my feet to be moved:

Psalm 97:10
You that love the Lord, hate evil: the Lord preserveth the souls of his saints, he will deliver them out of the hand of the sinner.

Proverbs 2:7
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