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19As righteousness tendeth to life: so he that pursueth evil pursueth it to his own death.
Proverbs 11:19 —
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Matthew Henry
(vv. 19)It is here shown that righteousness, not only by the divine judgment, will end in life, and wickedness in death, but that righteousness, in its own nature, has a direct tendency to life and wickedness to death. 1. True holiness is true happiness; it is a preparative for it, a pledge and earnest of it. Righteousness inclines, disposes, and leads, the soul to life . 2. In like manner, those that ind...
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