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16A wise man feareth, and departeth from evil: but the fool rageth, and is confident.
Proverbs 14:16 —
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Matthew Henry
(vv. 16)Note, 1. Holy fear is an excellent guard upon every holy thing, and against every thing that is unholy. It is wisdom to depart from evil , from the evil of sin, and thereby from all other evil; and therefore it is wisdom to fear, that is, to be jealous over ourselves with a godly jealousy, to keep up a dread of God’s wrath, to be afraid of coming near the borders of sin or dallying with the beginn...
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