Shall direct his way. — Or, make smooth, as Proverbs 3:6. The just man by his exact performance of all duty both towards God and man receives more and more light, and therefore continually sees more clearly how to avoid the difficulties that beset his path. The wicked darkens his conscience more and more by the commission of evil, till he stumbles as in the night (John 11:9), and at last falls, and rises not again.
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Proverbs 11:5
5 The righteousness of the perfect shall directb his way: but the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness.