Proverbs 10:9

Posted by on January 27, 2017 · Leave a Comment 

He that walketh uprightly walketh surely: but he that perverteth his ways shall be known.
– Proverbs 10:9

Walking is often put for the course of one’s life. Uprightly refers to walking or living with integrity, an innocence of wrong doing. One who walks thus with integrity does so surely. The word indicates confidence or trust in safety. The one who walks in wisdom uprightly does not fear the accusation that is false but the one that is true (1 Peter 4:15-16).

Solomon contrasts the one who perverteth his ways. This is opposite of walking in integrity. The word indicates something twisted, bent, or crooked. It speaks of walking deceptively and not with integrity. This person doesn’t walk surely but rather shall be known, or found out. They will fall (Proverbs 28:18).

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Proverbs 2:21

Posted by on June 30, 2016 · 1 Comment 

For the upright shall dwell in the land, and the perfect shall remain in it.
– Proverbs 2:21

Wisdom literature is the application of God’s law on a personal and individual level. Dwelling in the land and remaining in the land hearken back to the blessings for Israel (Deuteronomy 11:8). Passages such as Leviticus 26 enumerate blessings and cursings for Israel. If they walk in God’s way, they inherit the blessings. If they forsake God’s way, they inherit the curses. It is here more generally for the obtaining of the blessings through wisdom. Of course, wisdom begins with the fear of the Lord (Proverbs 1:7), includes repentance (Proverbs 1:23), and continues in God’s way (Proverbs 1:33). This verse gives consequence for walking in “the way of good men” and keeping “the paths of the righteous.”

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