Proverbs 19:23 (BSB)

The fear of the LORD leads to life, that one may rest content, without visitation from harm.

From Proverbs 19. Also in the ESV.

Commentary on Proverbs 19:23

• Matthew Henry (Presbyterian), Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary on Proverbs 19:23: See what those that get by it that live in the fear of God, and always make conscience of their duty to him. 1. Safety: They shall not be visited with evil; they may be visited with sickness or other afflictions, but there shall be no evil in them, nothing to hurt them, because nothing to separate them from the love of God, or hurt to the soul. 2.
• John Gill (Reformed Baptist), Exposition of the Old and New Testaments on Proverbs 19:23: The fear of the Lord tendeth to life,.... "Godliness", of which the fear of the Lord is a principal part, has "the promise of this life and that to come", Ti1 4:8, the fear of God is the beginning of a spiritual life; and it leads to eternal life, as Gersom observes, and is connected with it; and he that hath it shall abide satisfied...
• Jamieson-Fausset-Brown (Reformed), Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible on Proverbs 19:23: The fear . . . life--(Compare Pro 3:2). abide--or, "remain contented" (Ti1 4:8). not visited with evil-- (Pro 10:3; Psa 37:25), as a judgment, in which sense visit is often used (Psa 89:32; Jer 6:15).
• Keil & Delitzsch (Lutheran), Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament on Proverbs 19:23: Pro 19:23 23 The fear of Jahve tendeth to life; Satisfied, one spendeth the night, not visited by evil. The first line is a variation of Pro 14:27. How the fear of God thus reacheth to life, i.e., helps to a life that is enduring, free from care and happy, 23b says: the promises are fulfilled to the God-fearing, Deu 11:15 and Lev 26:6; he...