Proverbs 16:17 · KJV
“The highway of the upright {is} to depart from evil: he that keepeth his way preserveth his soul.”
— Proverbs 16:17
How much better {is it} to get wisdom than gold! and to get understanding rather to be chosen than silver!
Pride {goeth} before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall.
Proverbs 16 — Context
In the light of the king's countenance {is} life; and his favour {is} as a cloud of the latter rain.
16How much better {is it} to get wisdom than gold! and to get understanding rather to be chosen than silver!
17The highway of the upright {is} to depart from evil: he that keepeth his way preserveth his soul.
18Pride {goeth} before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall.
19Better {it is to be} of an humble spirit with the lowly, than to divide the spoil with the proud.
Cross References
Isaiah 35:8
And an highway shall be there, and a way, and it shall be called The way of holiness; the unclean shall not pass over it; but it {shall be} for those: the wayfaring men, though fools, shall not err {therein}. {but...: or, for he shall be with them}
Proverbs 10:9
He that walketh uprightly walketh surely: but he that perverteth his ways shall be known.
Proverbs 19:16
He that keepeth the commandment keepeth his own soul; {but} he that despiseth his ways shall die.
Revelation 3:10
Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, I also will keep thee from the hour of temptation, which shall come upon all the world, to try them that dwell upon the earth.
Proverbs 4:24-27
Put away from thee a froward mouth, and perverse lips put far from thee. {a froward...: Heb. frowardness of mouth and perverseness of lips}
Jude 1:21
Keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life.
Titus 2:10-14
Not purloining, but shewing all good fidelity; that they may adorn the doctrine of God our Saviour in all things.
Matthew 24:13
But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.