The highway of the upright is to depart from evil: He that keepeth his way preserveth his soul.
appear as religious as any ; but no sooner he makes discovery of any hazard it may put him to, but he tacks about, and shapes another course, making no bones of juggling with God and man ; he counts that his right road, which leads to his temporal safety; but quite contrary the upright, Prov. xvi.
Commenting on Ephesians 6:10-20
Note, 1. It is the way of the upright to avoid sin, and every thing that looks like it and leads towards it; and this is a highway marked out by authority, tracked by many that have gone before us, and in which we meet with many that keep company with us; it is easy to find and safe to be travelled in, like a highway, Isa 35:8.
Pro 16:17 17 The path of the righteous is the avoiding of evil, And he preserveth his soul who giveth heed to his way. The meaning of מסלּה, occurring only here in the Proverbs, is to be learned from Pro 15:19.