Proverbs 14:2 (BSB)

He who walks in uprightness fears the LORD, but the one who is devious in his ways despises Him.

From Proverbs 14. Also in the ESV.

Commentary on Proverbs 14:2

• Matthew Henry (Presbyterian), Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary on Proverbs 14:2: Here are, 1. Grace and sin in their true colours. Grace reigning is a reverence of God, and gives honour to him who is infinitely great and high, and to whom all honour is due, than which what is more becoming or should be more pleasing to the rational creature? Sin reigning is no less than a contempt of God.
• John Gill (Reformed Baptist), Exposition of the Old and New Testaments on Proverbs 14:2: He that walketh in his uprightness feareth the Lord,.... It is plain that the fear of the Lord is upon the heart and before the eyes of such that walk according to the word of God, with a sincere desire to glorify him; for it is by the fear of the Lord that men depart from evil, and because of that they cannot do what...
• Jamieson-Fausset-Brown (Reformed), Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible on Proverbs 14:2: uprightness--is the fruit of fearing God, as falsehood and ill-nature (Pro 2:15; Pro 3:32) of despising Him and His law.
• Geneva Bible Notes (Reformed), Geneva Bible Study Notes on Proverbs 14:2: He that walketh in his uprightness feareth the LORD: but [he that is] perverse in his ways despiseth him. (b) That is, in uprightness of heart, and without hypocrisy.