Proverbs 3:17
The ways thereof be fair ways, and all the paths thereof be peaceable. (Its way be fair ways, and all its paths be peaceful.)
Wycliffe Modern Spelling
In The King James Version
Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace.
In Context
18It is a tree of life to them that take (hold of) it; and he that holdeth (onto) it, is blessed.
Cross References
Psalms 25:10All the ways of the Lord be mercy and truth; to men seeking his testament, and his witnessings. (All the ways of the Lord be loving and faithful; for those who keep his covenant, and his teaching, or his commands.)
Psalms 63:3For thy mercy is better than lives (or For thy love is better than living or is better than life itself); my lips shall praise thee.
Psalms 119:14I delighted in the way of thy witnessings; (as much) as in all riches. (I delighted in the way of thy teachings, or thy commands; as much as in great riches.)
Psalms 119:103Thy speeches be full sweet to my cheeks; above honey to my mouth. (Thy words be exceedingly sweet to my taste; yea, sweeter in my mouth than honey.)
Psalms 119:174Lord, I coveted thine health; and thy law is my thinking. (Lord, I desire thy salvation, or thy deliverance; and thy Law is my delight.)
Proverbs 16:7When the ways of (a) man please the Lord, he shall convert, yea, his enemies to peace.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 3:14-21
The Excellency of Wisdom; Happiness of Those Who Find Wisdom. 13 Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth understanding. 14 For the merchandise of it is better than the merchandise of silver, and the gain thereof than fine gold. 15 She is more precious than rubies: and all the things thou canst desire are not to be compared unto her. 16 Length of days is in her right hand; and in her left hand riches and honour. 17 Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace. 18 She is a… Read the whole commentary →