John Gill's Bible Commentary Ver. 3. The integrity of the upright shall guide them , etc.] The Spirit of God is the best guide of an upright man; he leads into all truth, and unto the land of uprightness, and continues to be a guide, even unto death; and it is right to walk after him, and not after the flesh: and besides him, the upright man has the word of God as a lamp to his feet, and a light to his paths, which he does well to take heed to; and next to that is the sincerity and uprightness of his heart, which will not suffer him, knowingly and willingly, to go aside into crooked paths, or to do amiss: integrity of heart and innocency of hand go together; such are the followers of the Lamb, as described, ( Revelation 14:4,5); (see Psalm 25:21); but the perverseness of transgressors shall destroy them ; the perverse ways, words, and actions of such as transgress the law of God, deal treacherously with God and men, as the word signifies, shall be their ruin: the perverse doctrines and worship of the man of sin, and his followers, shall bring destruction upon them, ( 2 Thessalonians 2:4,8,12). The word for “perverseness” is only used here and in ( Proverbs 15:4); and there plainly signifies the perverseness of the tongue or speech, and so may have respect to corrupt doctrine.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 3 - An honest man's principles are fixed, therefore his way is plain.
Original Hebrew תמת8538 ישׁרים3477 תנחם5148 וסלף5558 בוגדים898 ושׁדם׃7703
