15He that walketh righteously, and speaketh uprightly; he that despiseth the gain of oppressions, that shaketh his hands from holding of bribes, that stoppeth his ears from hearing of blood, and shutteth his eyes from seeing evil;
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity; and quicken thou me in thy way.
Little children, let no man deceive you: he that doeth righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous.
And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them. …
For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men, …
Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful. …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 13-24)Here is a preface that commands attention; and it is fit that all should attend, both near and afar off, to what God says and does (Isa. 33:13): Hear, you that are afar off , whether in place or time. Let distant regions and future ages hear what God has done. They do so; they will do so from the scripture, with as much assurance as those that were near, the neighbouring nations and those that liv…
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