The Right Way and the Wrong Way

The Biblical book of Proverbs clearly talks about the reality of good and evil. For each person, Proverbs says they can walk on the right path or the wrong path. The right path is one where the person walks with God following His Son Jesus (2 Tim. 1:13-14). It’s very clear about the destination of each path. The right path results in a spiritually rich and full, peaceful and vibrant, knowledgeable and honourable life (Prov. 3:1-8; 3:13-18; 7:1-5; 8:32-36; 9:10-12) that the New Testament assures us goes on forever (John 3:16). The wrong path ends in death (Prov. 14:12; 16:25). Proverbs 1-9 is rich in detail about what each path looks like. It’s worth a read.

Bruce K. Waltke, an American Reformed Evangelical professor of Old Testament and Hebrew, has written high-quality commentaries on Proverbs. We list them below (the links take you to WorldCat, a website that shows libraries storing them):

• Proverbs: A Shorter Commentary (Bruce K. Waltke, Ivan D. V. De Silva)
• The Book Of Proverbs: Chapters 1-15 (Bruce K. Waltke) (part of the New International Commentary on the Old Testament (NICOT))
• The Book of Proverbs: Chapters 15-31 (Bruce K. Waltke) (New International Commentary on the Old Testament (NICOT))