Proverbs 4:26

Ponder the path of thy feet,.... Consider well what path it is, whether right or wrong; or weigh it in the balances of thought, as Aben Ezra; or rather in the balances of the word, and see whether it…

Speech turned from its true purpose, the wandering eye that leads on to evil, action hasty and inconsiderate, are the natural results where we do not “above all keeping keep our heart” Pro 4:23.

Solomon, having warned us not to do evil, here teaches us how to do well. It is not enough for us to shun the occasions of sin, but we must study the methods of duty.

I. We must have a continual…

ponder So R.V. marg., weigh carefully; but R.V. text has make level, &c., with which agrees LXX. ὀρθὰς τροχιὰς ποίει σοῖς ποσίν : "make straight paths for thy feet." So Heb 12:13. See Pro…