ESV Reformation Study Bible – Pr 4:14
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Pr 4:14

4:14 path of the wicked. Wisdom typically contrasts opposing ways and ideas (especially in the concise proverbs of chs. 10–22). This teaching device accentuates the path of wisdom by opposing various aspects of it to the path of folly and evil. Here vv. 11–13 contrast with vv. 14–17, and v. 18 with v. 19.