9An hypocrite with his mouth destroyeth his neighbour: but through knowledge shall the just be delivered.
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When wisdom entereth into thine heart, and knowledge is pleasant unto thy soul; …
Get wisdom, get understanding: forget it not; neither decline from the words of my mouth. …
But the anointing which ye have received of him abideth in you, and ye need not that any man teach you: but as the same anointing teacheth you of all things, and is truth, and is no lie, and even as it hath taught you, ye shall abide in him.
So are the paths of all that forget God; and the hypocrite's hope shall perish:
For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ. …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 9)Here is, 1. Hypocrisy designing ill. It is not only the murderer with his sword, but the hypocrite with his mouth , that destroys his neighbour , decoying him into sin, or into mischief, by the specious pretences of kindness and good-will. Death and life are in the power of the tongue , but no tongue more fatal than the flattering tongue. 2. Honesty defeating the design and escaping the snare: Thr…
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