Proverbs 16:17
The mesilat yesharim (highway of the upright) 1 is to depart from rah; 1 he that guards his derech is shomer over his nefesh (soul). 1
Orthodox Jewish Bible
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
18Ga'on (pride) goeth before shever (destruction), 1 and a ruach of haughtiness before a fall. 1
Cross References
Job 1:1There was an ish in Eretz Utz, shmo Iyov; and that ish was blameless and yashar, and yire Elohim, and shunned evil.
Proverbs 4:24Put away from thee a deceitful peh (mouth), 1 and perverse sfatayim (lips) put far from thee. 1
Proverbs 19:16He that is shomer over the mitzvah is shomer over his own nefesh, 1 but he that is reckless in his drakhim shall die. 1
Proverbs 22:5Thorns and pachim (snares) are in the derech of the crooked; 1 he that is shomer over his nefesh shall be far from them. 1
Matthew 24:13But the one having endured to HaKetz (the End), this one will receive Yeshu'at Eloheinu.
Acts 24:16In view of this, I always do my best to keep a matzpun naki (clear conscience) before Hashem and before anashim.
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 →