Proverbs 12:26 & 28, On Which Road Are You?
2. The Supreme Way is the Trusted Way. In the way of righteousness is life; and in the pathway thereof there is no death (v.28). There are three Hebrew words in this verse each meaning way or path. We could say, “In the way of righteousness is life, and the route of that road is not death!” It does not, like the path of the wicked, lead astray. Jesus said to his disciples in those dark hours before Calvary: If it were not so I would have told you. David Livingstone, in a time of severe testing, claimed that verse as a promise made by Jesus, and then added in his diary: “This is the word of a gentleman of the most strict and sacred honour; and that’s an end of it.” The Way of the righteous may be rough at times, but it is always the right way, the supreme way, the well-secured way for God’s pilgrims.