12But if they obey not, they shall perish by the sword, and they shall die without knowledge.
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Doth not their excellency which is in them go away? they die, even without wisdom.
Woe unto the wicked! it shall be ill with him: for the reward of his hands shall be given him.
But unto them that are contentious, and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, indignation and wrath, …
Then said Jesus again unto them, I go my way, and ye shall seek me, and shall die in your sins: whither I go, ye cannot come. …
But if ye refuse and rebel, ye shall be devoured with the sword: for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken it.
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 5-14)Elihu, being to speak on God’s behalf, and particularly to ascribe righteousness to his Maker, here shows that the disposals of divine Providence are all, not only according to the eternal counsels of his will, but according to the eternal rules of equity. God acts as a righteous governor, for, I. He does not think it below him to take notice of the meanest of his subjects, nor does poverty or obs…
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