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Proverbs 14:2

King James Version (KJV)

“In our prayers we talk to God, in our Bible study God talks to us, and we had better let God do most of the talking.”
— D.L. Moody

Scripture focus

He that walketh in his uprightness feareth the LORD: but [he that is] perverse in his ways despiseth him.

Proverbs 14:2 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Proverbs 14:2

Theological / Devotional

Feareth the Lord. That is, gives reverence to Him. The fear of the good man is vastly different from the dismay and terror that seize the sinner in those moments when he sees clearly the direction he is going and the fate that awaits him.

Despiseth him. How strange, yet true, that puny man, a mere particle of dust in the scale of the universe, should dare to look down upon the Creator and Upholder of the mighty spheres and their circling planets, or to take His holy name in vain.

By SdaBc