Proverbs 16:17 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Bible Comments

The high — way — Their common road, in which they walk, tho' through frailty or temptation they slip into the bypath of sin. From evil — From the evil of sin, and consequently from the evil of punishment. Keepeth — That takes heed to walk in that high — way.

Proverbs 16:17

17 The highway of the upright is to depart from evil: he that keepeth his way preserveth his soul.