Proverbs 16:17

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

The highway of the upright is to depart from evil: he that keepeth his way preserveth his soul.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

מְסִלַּ֣ת יְ֭שָׁרִים ס֣וּר מֵרָ֑ע שֹׁמֵ֥ר נַ֝פְשׁ֗וֹ נֹצֵ֥ר דַּרְכּֽוֹ׃

Transliteration

mᵉsillat yᵉšārîm sûr from-rāʿ šōmēr napšô nōṣēr darkô

Grammar Details

• *mᵉsillat*: noun, feminine, singular construct - highway of
• *yᵉšārîm*: adjective, masculine, plural - upright ones
• *sûr*: verb, Qal infinitive construct - to turn aside/depart
• *min*: preposition - from
• *rāʿ*: noun, masculine, singular - evil/wickedness
• *šōmēr*: verb, Qal participle, masculine singular - keeper/guardian of
• *napšô*: noun, feminine, singular with 3rd masculine singular suffix - his soul/life
• *nōṣēr*: verb, Qal participle, masculine singular - keeper/preserver of
• *darkô*: noun, feminine, singular with 3rd masculine singular suffix - his way

Word Meanings

• *mᵉsillat yᵉšārîm*: highway of upright ones/path of the righteous
• *sûr mērāʿ*: turning from evil/departing from wickedness
• *šōmēr napšô*: keeper of his soul/guardian of his life

Referenced Verses

• Isa 35:8 : 8 And an highway shall be there, and a way, and it shall be called The way of holiness; the unclean shall not pass over it; but it shall be for those: the wayfaring men, though fools, shall not err therein.
• Rev 3:10 : 10 Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, I also will keep thee from the hour of temptation, which shall come upon all the world, to try them that dwell upon the earth.
• Prov 4:24-27 : 24 Put away from thee a froward mouth, and perverse lips put far from thee. 25 Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eyelids look straight before thee. 26 Ponder the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be established. 27 Turn not to the right hand nor to the left: remove thy foot from evil.
• Prov 10:9 : 9 He that walketh uprightly walketh surely: but he that perverteth his ways shall be known.
• Prov 19:16 : 16 He that keepeth the commandment keepeth his own soul; but he that despiseth his ways shall die.
• Matt 24:13 : 13 But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.
• Acts 10:35 : 35 But in every nation he that feareth him, and worketh righteousness, is accepted with him.
• Acts 24:16 : 16 And herein do I exercise myself, to have always a conscience void of offence toward God, and toward men.
• Titus 2:10-14 : 10 Not purloining, but shewing all good fidelity; that they may adorn the doctrine of God our Saviour in all things. 11 For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men, 12 Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world; 13 Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ; 14 Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.
• Heb 10:39 : 39 But we are not of them who draw back unto perdition; but of them that believe to the saving of the soul.
• Jude 1:21 : 21 Keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life.
• Jude 1:24 : 24 Now unto him that is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy,