Holy Scripture
Proverbs 2:20
A church father on this verse
“Scripture itself plainly testifies to this very thing, saying: "For if they would walk in right paths, they would certainly have found the paths of righteousness smooth." It is plain, I say, that it is we, who make rough with the nasty and hard stones of our desires the right and smooth paths of the Lord; who most foo…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
20For had they gone in good paths, They would have found the paths of righteousness easy.
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18For she has fixed her house near death, And guided her wheels near Hades with the giants.
19None that go by her shall return, Neither shall they take hold of right paths, For they are not apprehended of the years of life.
— Proverbs 2:20 —
21For the upright shall dwell in the earth, And the holy shall be left behind in it.
22The paths of the ungodly shall perish out of the earth, And transgressors shall be driven away from it.