Proverbs 2:8
to guard the paths of justice and protect the way of His saints.
BSB
ASV
That he may guard the paths of justice, And preserve the way of his saints.
KJV
He keepeth the paths of judgment, and preserveth the way of his saints.
saints - The devout and God-fearing. Compare Psa 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).
Path of judgment - Righteous paths, judgment being here put for righteousness.
Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.
The walk8
Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.
Through
Psalms 23:3He restores my soul; He guides me in the paths of righteousness for the sake of His name.
leads to
I will lead the blind by a way they did not know; I will guide them on unfamiliar paths. I will turn darkness into light before them and rough places into level ground. These…
For You are my rock and my fortress; lead me and guide me for the sake of Your name.
The Law of the LORD is perfect, reviving the soul; the testimony of the LORD is trustworthy, making wise the simple.
Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me.
Let me hear Your loving devotion in the morning, for I have put my trust in You. Teach me the way I should walk, for to You I lift up my soul.
Through
Psalms 145:20The LORD preserves all who love Him, but all the wicked He will destroy.
leads to
but showing loving devotion to a thousand generations of those who love Me and keep My commandments.
Hate evil, O you who love the LORD! He preserves the souls of His saints; He delivers them from the hand of the wicked.
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
Through
1 Samuel 2:9He guards the steps of His faithful ones, but the wicked perish in darkness; for by his own strength shall no man prevail.
leads to
He will not allow your foot to slip; your Protector will not slumber.
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.