Proverbs 11:3 - Exposition

The integrity —the simple straightforwardness —of the upright shall guide them in the right way, and give them success in their undertakings with the blessing of God (comp. Proverbs 11:5 ). Septuagint, "the perfection of the straightforward" ( Proverbs 10:9 ). The perverseness ( seleph );; they not only bring punishment on themselves when their evil designs are discovered and frustrated, but they ruin their moral nature, lose all sense of truth and right, and are rejected of God. This clause and the following verse are omitted in the Vatican and some other manuscripts of the Septuagint.