English Art/Literary Religion About the book of Proverbs

Prov 23:17–18 "Saying Fourteen." Instead of envying those who disregard God’s way, one should make pleasing the Lord one’s top priority (v. 17), because such a path embodies the true hope that there is a future for the godly (cf. 24:14, 20; Ps. 37:9–11, 34, 37–38). Although Proverbs does not refer explicitly to the nature of this “future” (cf. Prov. 10:2; 11:4; 14:32), its encouragement to walk in the fear of the Lord presents the benefits of wisdom as ***fixing*** and guarding not only the present path but also the eternal destiny to which the path leads.