Proverbs 21:21 (BSB)

He who pursues righteousness and loving devotion finds life, righteousness, and honor.

From Proverbs 21. Also in the ESV.

Commentary on Proverbs 21:21

• Matthew Henry (Presbyterian), Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary on Proverbs 21:21: See here, 1. What it is to make religion our business; it is to follow after righteousness and mercy, not to content ourselves with easy performances, but to do our duty with the utmost care and pains, as those that are pressing forward and in fear of coming short.
• John Gill (Reformed Baptist), Exposition of the Old and New Testaments on Proverbs 21:21: He that followeth after righteousness and mercy,.... Is eager, diligent, and fervent in his pursuit of these things: "after righteousness"; not a legal righteousness, such as the Jews followed after, but did not attain to; because they sought it not by faith, but as it were by the works of the law, Rom 9:31; by which there is no righteousness or justification before God; but...
• Jamieson-Fausset-Brown (Reformed), Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible on Proverbs 21:21: He who tries to act justly and kindly (Psa 34:14) will prosper and obtain justice and honor.
• Keil & Delitzsch (Lutheran), Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament on Proverbs 21:21: Pro 21:21 21 He that followeth after righteousness and kindness Will obtain life, righteousness, and honour. How we are to render צדקה וחסד is seen from the connection of Pro 21:3 and Hos 6:7 : tsedakah is conduct proceeding from the principle of self-denying and compassionate love, which is the essence of the law, Mic 6:8; and hesed is conduct proceeding from sympathy, which, placing...