Invitation to Seek Wisdom.
WISDOM PRESERVES FROM FOLLY. — V. 20. That thou mayest walk in the way of good men, following their conduct, and keep the paths of the righteous, that being the object of this admonition. V. 21. For the upright shall dwell in the land, enjoying earthly prosperity, as the blessing of the Lord, and the perfect shall remain in it.
V. 22. But the wicked shall be cut off from the earth, utterly destroyed, and the transgressors shall be rooted out of it, this punishment being all the greater in the case of the Israelites because their land was the Land of Promise and a removal from it was equivalent to total rejection by the Lord.
But the same facts, in substance, apply to men at this time, and therefore the warning of wisdom should be heeded most carefully.