Proverbs 3:17 Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace. As man is endowed with reason and a sense of moral obligation, he is capable of being affected by rational motives, and therefore religion is congenial to his nature. That true religion produces perfect happiness may be proved — 1. From the eternal distinction which subsists between virtue and vice. In man there is a moral sense which approves or disapproves antecedently to the operation of reason. 2. From the internal and exquisite satisfaction which obedience to religious precepts affords, and the excruciating misery which a violation of them always produces in the human breast. 3. The observation in the text is displayed with the greatest force at the hour of death. Religion, immortal, is the never-failing friend of man. 4. The paths of wisdom lead to happiness, while a vicious course of life terminates in infamy and ruin. (A. Stirling, LL.D.) Parallel Verses KJV: Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace.WEB: Her ways are ways of pleasantness. All her paths are peace. |
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