Proverbs 2:8
Old Testament • 6 words with Strong's data
"He keepeth the paths of judgment, and preserveth the way of his saints."
Word-by-Word Analysis
שָׁמַר
shâmar
properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.
אֹרַח
ʼôrach
a well-trodden road (literally or figuratively); also a caravan
מִשְׁפָּט
mishpâṭ
properly, a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree (human or (participant's) divine law, ind...
שָׁמַר
shâmar
properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.
דֶּרֶךְ
derek
a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb
חָסִיד
châçîyd
properly, kind, i.e. (religiously) pious (a saint)
Key Terms in This Verse
שָׁמַר shâmar
properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.
Study H8104 →אֹרַח ʼôrach
a well-trodden road (literally or figuratively); also a caravan
Study H734 →שָׁמַר shâmar
properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.
Study H8104 →מִשְׁפָּט mishpâṭ
properly, a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree (human or (participant's) divine law, individual or collective), including the act, the pla...
Study H4941 →דֶּרֶךְ derek
a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb
Study H1870 →Cross References
He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name’s sake.
He will keep the feet of his saints, and the wicked shall be silent in darkness; for by strength shall no man prevail.
The LORD preserveth all them that love him: but all the wicked will he destroy.
Which holdeth our soul in life, and suffereth not our feet to be moved.
Now unto him that is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy,
For the LORD loveth judgment, and forsaketh not his saints; they are preserved for ever: but the seed of the wicked shall be cut off.
For the LORD knoweth the way of the righteous: but the way of the ungodly shall perish.
I lead in the way of righteousness, in the midst of the paths of judgment:
Yea, he loved the people; all his saints are in thy hand: and they sat down at thy feet; every one shall receive of thy words.
Who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.
The law of his God is in his heart; none of his steps shall slide.
No lion shall be there, nor any ravenous beast shall go up thereon, it shall not be found there; but the redeemed shall walk there:
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