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