27He looketh upon men, and if any say, I have sinned, and perverted that which was right, and it profited me not;
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What fruit had ye then in those things whereof ye are now ashamed? for the end of those things is death.
And David said unto Nathan, I have sinned against the LORD. And Nathan said unto David, The LORD also hath put away thy sin; thou shalt not die.
The LORD looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, and seek God.
If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. …
For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 19-28)God has spoken once to sinners by their own consciences, to keep them from the paths of the destroyer, but they perceive it not; they are not aware that the checks their own hearts give them in a sinful way are from God, but they are imputed to melancholy or the preciseness of their education; and therefore God speaks twice; he speaks a second time, and tries another way to convince and reclaim si…
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