12The wicked desireth the net of evil men: but the root of the righteous yieldeth fruit.
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Blessed is the man that trusteth in the LORD, and whose hope the LORD is. …
I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing.
They on the rock are they, which, when they hear, receive the word with joy; and these have no root, which for a while believe, and in time of temptation fall away. …
And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.
Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird. …
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 12)See here, 1. What is the care and aim of a wicked man; he would do mischief: He desires the net of evil men . “Oh that I were but as cunning as such a man, to make a hand of those I deal with, that I had but his art of over-reaching, that I could but take my revenge on one I have spite to as effectually as he can!” He desires the strong-hold, or fortress , of evil men (so some read it), to act sec…
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