John Trapp on Proverbs 14:2

Verſ. 2. Hee that walketh in his uprightneſs, feareth the Lord] Hee is in the fear of the Lord all day long, Prov. 23.17. hee walketh in the fear of the Lord, and in the comforts of the Holy Ghoſt, Act. 11.31. The fear of the Lord is upon him, ſo that hee takes heed and does it, 2 Chron. 19.7. for hee knows it ſhall bee well with them that fear God, that fear before him, Eccleſ. 8.12. Gods Covenant was with Levi of life and peace, for the fear wherewith hee feared God, and was afraid before his Name. Hence the Law of truth was in his mouth, and iniquity was not found in his lips: hee walked with God in peace and equity, and did turn many from iniquity, Mal. 2.5, 6. Hee that truly fears God, is like into Cato, of whom it is ſaid, that hee was Homo virtuti ſimillimus, and that hee never did well, that hee might appear to do ſo, ſed quia aliter facere non potuit, but becauſe hee could not do otherwiſe.

But hee that is perverſe in his waies, despiſeth him] Sets him aſide, departs from his fear, dares to do that before him, that hee would bee loth to do before a grave perſon. Thus David deſpiſed God, when hee defiled his neighbours wife, 2 Sam. 12.9. Not but that even then hee had God for his chief end, but hee erred in the way, thinking hee might fulfil his luſt, and keep his God too (hee would not forgo God upon any terms) as Solomon thought to retain his wiſdome, and yet to purſue his pleaſures. Hence his partial and temporary Apoſtacy (as the word here rendred perverſe importeth) his warping and writhing from the way of righteouſneſs (as the Septnagint here interpret it) which was interpretative, [non-Latin text not transcribed] [illegible: 1 letter]ortuoſe incedens a deſpiſing of God, a ſaying, Hee ſeeth it not.