Proverbs 16:17
Old Testament • 8 words with Strong's data
"The highway of the upright is to depart from evil: he that keepeth his way preserveth his soul."
Word-by-Word Analysis
מְסִלָּה
mᵉçillâh
a thoroughfare (as turnpiked), literally or figuratively; specifically a viaduct, a staircase
יָשָׁר
yâshâr
straight (literally or figuratively)
סוּר
çûwr
to turn off (literal or figurative)
רַע
raʻ
bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)
שָׁמַר
shâmar
properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.
דֶּרֶךְ
derek
a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb
שָׁמַר
shâmar
properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.
נֶפֶשׁ
nephesh
properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or menta...
Key Terms in This Verse
שָׁמַר shâmar
properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.
Study H8104 →מְסִלָּה mᵉçillâh
a thoroughfare (as turnpiked), literally or figuratively; specifically a viaduct, a staircase
Study H4546 →שָׁמַר shâmar
properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.
Study H8104 →נֶפֶשׁ nephesh
properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
Study H5315 →דֶּרֶךְ derek
a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb
Study H1870 →Cross References
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 ther...
He that walketh uprightly walketh surely: but he that perverteth his ways shall be known.
He that keepeth the commandment keepeth his own soul; but he that despiseth his ways shall die.
Keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life.
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.
And herein do I exercise myself, to have always a conscience void of offence toward God, and toward men.
But we are not of them who draw back unto perdition; but of them that believe to the saving of the soul.
But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.
But in every nation he that feareth him, and worketh righteousness, is accepted with him.
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,
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