28Because he considereth, and turneth away from all his transgressions that he hath committed, he shall surely live, he shall not die.
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O that they were wise, that they understood this, that they would consider their latter end!
And when he came to himself, he said, How many hired servants of my father's have bread enough and to spare, and I perish with hunger! …
Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry: …
For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all. …
Therefore, thou son of man, prepare thee stuff for removing, and remove by day in their sight; and thou shalt remove from thy place to another place in their sight: it may be they will consider, though they be a rebellious house.
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 21-29)We have here another rule of judgment which God will go by in dealing with us, by which is further demonstrated the equity of his government. The former showed that God will reward or punish according to the change made in the family or succession, for the better or for the worse; here he shows that he will reward or punish according to the change made in the person himself, whether for the better…
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