17But if thine heart turn away, so that thou wilt not hear, but shalt be drawn away, and worship other gods, and serve them;
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Take heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief, in departing from the living God.
For the turning away of the simple shall slay them, and the prosperity of fools shall destroy them.
And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables.
See that ye refuse not him that speaketh. For if they escaped not who refused him that spake on earth, much more shall not we escape, if we turn away from him that speaketh from heaven:
Lest there should be among you man, or woman, or family, or tribe, whose heart turneth away this day from the LORD our God, to go and serve the gods of these nations; lest there should be among you a root that beareth gall and wormwood; …
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 15-20)Moses here concludes with a very bright light, and a very strong fire, that, if possible, what he had been preaching of might find entrance into the understanding and affections of this unthinking people. What could be said more moving, and more likely to make deep and lasting impressions? The manner of his treating with them is so rational, so prudent, so affectionate, and every way so apt to gai…
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