15Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death.
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Behold, he travaileth with iniquity, and hath conceived mischief, and brought forth falsehood.
They conceive mischief, and bring forth vanity, and their belly prepareth deceit.
Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned: …
But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.
None calleth for justice, nor any pleadeth for truth: they trust in vanity, and speak lies; they conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 13-18)I. We are here taught that God is not the author of any man’s sin. Whoever they are who raise persecutions against men, and whatever injustice and sin they may be guilty of in proceeding against them, God is not to be charged with it. And, whatever sins good men may themselves be provoked to by their exercises and afflictions, God is not the cause of them. It seems to be here supposed that some pr…
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