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7The robbery of the wicked shall destroy them; because they refuse to do judgment.

Proverbs 21:7

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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  • He that followeth after righteousness and mercy findeth life, righteousness, and honour.

  • Let no man deceive you with vain words: for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the children of disobedience.

  • Then said he unto me, This is the curse that goeth forth over the face of the whole earth: for every one that stealeth shall be cut off as on this side according to it; and every one that sweareth shall be cut off as on that side according to it. …

  • And they lay wait for their own blood; they lurk privily for their own lives. …

  • Rob not the poor, because he is poor: neither oppress the afflicted in the gate: …

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 7)

See here, 1. The nature of injustice. Getting money by lying (Prov. 21:6) is no better than downright robbery. Cheating is stealing; you might as well pick a man’s pocket as impose upon him by a lie in making a bargain, which he had no fence against but by not believing you; and it will be no excuse from the guilt of robbery to say that he might choose whether he would believe you, for that is a d…

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