Proverbs 2:20

That thou mayest walk in the way of good men,.... Who are not so by nature, but made so by the grace of God; such as the saints, prophets, and patriarchs of old; and who walked in the way of…

The previous picture of shame and sin is brought before the disciple as an incentive to a better course.

The scope of these verses is to show, 1. What great advantage true wisdom will be of to us; it will keep us from the paths of sin, which lead to ruin, and will therein do us a greater kindness than if…

that thou mayest&c. The construction is still dependent on Pro 2:10-11. The punctuation should be throughout as in R.V., with no full stops as in A.V.