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Righteousness guards the way of integrity, But wickedness overthrows the sinner.
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Integrity as a Guardrail
Commentators like Matthew Henry emphasize that a sincere, honest desire to do what is right acts as a powerful protection. This internal commitment to integrity guards a person from making 'fatal mistakes' more effectively than trying to navigate life with clever but morally ambiguous arguments.
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19th Century
Anglican
Righteousness keepeth him that is upright in the way.— See above on Proverbs 11:5.
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Righteousness keeps [him that is] upright in the way Men of uprightness and integrity, whose hearts are sincere in t…
Presbyterian
An honest desire to do right, preserves a man from fatal mistakes, better than a thousand fine-drawn distinctions.
