Proverbs 19:16 (BSB)

He who keeps a commandment preserves his soul, but he who is careless in his ways will die.

From Proverbs 19. Also in the ESV.

Commentary on Proverbs 19:16

• Matthew Henry (Presbyterian), Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary on Proverbs 19:16: Here is, 1. The happiness of those that walk circumspectly. Those that make conscience of keeping the commandment in every thing, that live by rule, as becomes servants and patients, keep their own souls; they secure their present peace and future bliss, and provide every way well for themselves. If we keep God's word, God's word will keep us from every thing really hurtful. 2.
• John Gill (Reformed Baptist), Exposition of the Old and New Testaments on Proverbs 19:16: He that keepeth the commandment,.... Either of parents, as children ought to do; or of masters, as servants should; or of kings and princes, as is the duty of subjects in all things lawful: or rather of God; every command of his, whether of a moral or positive nature, which, though they cannot be perfectly kept, yet should as much as in man lies, in...
• Jamieson-Fausset-Brown (Reformed), Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible on Proverbs 19:16: (Compare Pro 10:17; Pro 13:13). despiseth . . . ways--opposed to keeping or observing, neglects (Pro 16:17) (as unworthy of regard) his moral conduct.
• Keil & Delitzsch (Lutheran), Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament on Proverbs 19:16: Pro 19:16 16 He that keepeth the commandment keepeth his soul; He that taketh no heed to his ways dies. As at Pro 6:23, cf. Ecc 8:5, מצוה is here the commandment of God, and thus obligatory, which directs man in every case to do that which is right, and warns him against that which is wrong. And בּוזה דּרכיו (according to the Masora with Tsere, as in Codd.