6Righteousness keepeth him that is upright in the way: but wickedness overthroweth the sinner.
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The integrity of the upright shall guide them: but the perverseness of transgressors shall destroy them.
The righteousness of the perfect shall direct his way: but the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness. …
Let integrity and uprightness preserve me; for I wait on thee.
The righteous man wisely considereth the house of the wicked: but God overthroweth the wicked for their wickedness.
A Psalm of David. Judge me, O LORD; for I have walked in mine integrity: I have trusted also in the LORD; therefore I shall not slide.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 6)See here, 1. Saints secured from ruin. Those that are upright in their way , that mean honestly in all their actions, adhere conscientiously to the sacred and eternal rules of equity, and deal sincerely both with God and man, their integrity will keep them from the temptations of Satan, which shall not prevail over them, the reproaches and injuries of evil men, which shall not fasten upon them, to…
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