18As a mad man who casteth firebrands, arrows, and death,
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A man that beareth false witness against his neighbour is a maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow.
Behold, all ye that kindle a fire, that compass yourselves about with sparks: walk in the light of your fire, and in the sparks that ye have kindled. This shall ye have of mine hand; ye shall lie down in sorrow.
The archers have sorely grieved him, and shot at him, and hated him:
Till a dart strike through his liver; as a bird hasteth to the snare, and knoweth not that it is for his life.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 18-19)See here, 1. How mischievous those are that make no scruple of deceiving their neighbours ; they are as madmen that cast firebrands, arrows, and death , so much hurt may they do by their deceits. They value themselves upon it as polite cunning men, but really they are as madmen . There is not a greater madness in the world than a wilful sin. It is not only the passionate furious man, but the malic…
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