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Proverbs 28:18

Proverbs 28:18
Whoso walketh uprightly shall be saved: but he that is perverse in his ways shall fall at once.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

Whoso walketh uprightly shall be saved, Or "be safe" (r) from those that seek his life, plot against him, shoot at him, as the wicked do at the upright in heart, but the Lord protects him; and it is…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

In his ways - Rather “in his double ways” (as in Pro 28:6). The evil of vacillation rather than that of craft, the want of the one guiding principle of right, is contrasted with the…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Note, 1. Those that are honest are always safe. He that acts with sincerity, that speaks as he thinks, has a single eye, in every thing, to the glory of God and the good of his brethren, that would…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

that is perverse inhis ways Or, walketh(understood from the first clause of the verse) perversely in two ways. "Heb. perverse of two ways." R.V. marg. See Pro 28:28, note.

at once Some commentators…