Proverbs 16:17
A highway of the upright [is] to turn from evil, || Whoever is preserving his soul is watching his way.
Literal Standard 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 before stumbling—a haughty spirit.
Cross References
Job 1:1There has been a man in the land of Uz—his name Job—and that man has been perfect and upright—both fearing God, and turning aside from evil.
Proverbs 4:24Turn aside a contrary mouth from you, || And put perverse lips far from you,
Proverbs 19:16Whoever is keeping the command is keeping his soul, || Whoever is despising His ways dies.
Proverbs 22:5Thorns [and] snares [are] in the way of the perverse, || Whoever is keeping his soul is far from them.
Matthew 24:13but he who endured to the end, he will be saved;
Acts 24:16and in this I exercise myself, to always have a conscience void of offense toward 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 →