Proverbs 28:14 (BSB)

Blessed is the man who is always reverent, but he who hardens his heart falls into trouble.

From Proverbs 28. Also in the ESV.

Commentary on Proverbs 28:14

• Matthew Henry (Presbyterian), Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary on Proverbs 28:14: Here is, 1. The benefit of a holy caution. It sounds strangely, but it is very true: Happy is the man that feareth always. Most people think that those are happy who never fear; but there is a fear which is so far from having torment in it that it has in it the greatest satisfaction.
• John Gill (Reformed Baptist), Exposition of the Old and New Testaments on Proverbs 28:14: Happy is the man that feareth alway,.... Not men, but the Lord; there is a fear and reverence due to men, according to the stations in which they are; but a slavish fear of man, and which deters from the worship of God and obedience to him, is criminal, and brings a snare; and a man, under the influence of it, cannot be happy: nor...
• Jamieson-Fausset-Brown (Reformed), Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible on Proverbs 28:14: feareth--that is, God, and so repents. hardeneth his heart--makes himself insensible to sin, and so will not repent (Pro 14:16; Pro 29:1).
• Geneva Bible Notes (Reformed), Geneva Bible Study Notes on Proverbs 28:14: Happy [is] the man that feareth always: but he that hardeneth his heart shall fall into mischief. (g) Which stands in awe of God, and is afraid to offend him.