Proverbs 16:17
The highway of the upright is to depart from evil. He who keeps his way preserves his soul.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
The highway of the upright is to depart from evil: he that keepeth his way preserveth his soul.
In Context
18Pride [is] before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.
Cross References
Job 1:1There was a man in the land of Uz whose name was Job, and that man was perfect and upright, and one who feared God, and turned away from evil.
Proverbs 4:24Put away from thee a wayward mouth, and put perverse lips far from thee.
Proverbs 19:16He who keeps the commandment keeps his soul. He who is careless of his ways shall die.
Proverbs 22:5Thorns [and] snares are in the way of a perverse man. He who keeps his soul shall be far from them.
Matthew 24:13But he who endures to the end, this man will be saved.
Acts 24:16And in this I fashion myself, having a conscience always nonstumbling before God and men.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 16:17
Pride and Humility. 16 How much better is it to get wisdom than gold! and to get understanding rather to be chosen than silver! Solomon here not only asserts that it is better to get wisdom than gold ( ch. iii. 14 , viii. 19 ), but he speaks it with assurance, that it is much better, better beyond expression—with admiration ( How much better! ) as one amazed at the disproportion—with an appeal to men's consciences ("Judge in yourselves how much better it is" )—and with an addition to the same purport, that… Read the whole commentary →