Proverbs 16:17
The highway of the upright is to depart from evil. 2 He who keeps his way preserves his soul. 1
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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 goes before destruction, 2 and a haughty spirit before a fall. 1
Cross References
Proverbs 4:24Put away from yourself a perverse mouth. 2 Put corrupt lips far from you. 1
Proverbs 19:16He who keeps a mitzvah ·instruction· keeps his soul, 2 but he who is contemptuous in his ways shall die. 1
Proverbs 22:5Thorns and snares are in the path of the wicked: 2 whoever guards his soul stays from them. 1
Matthew 24:13But he who endures to the end, the same will be saved.
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 →