24Whoso is partner with a thief hateth his own soul: he heareth cursing, and bewrayeth it not.
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And if a soul sin, and hear the voice of swearing, and is a witness, whether he hath seen or known of it; if he do not utter it, then he shall bear his iniquity.
But he that sinneth against me wrongeth his own soul: all they that hate me love death.
If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause: …
Thy princes are rebellious, and companions of thieves: every one loveth gifts, and followeth after rewards: they judge not the fatherless, neither doth the cause of the widow come unto them.
When thou sawest a thief, then thou consentedst with him, and hast been partaker with adulterers. …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 24)See here what sin and ruin those involve themselves in who are drawn away by the enticement of sinners. 1. They incur a great deal of guilt: He does so that goes partner with such as rob and defraud, and casts in his lot among them , Prov. 1:11 The receiver is as bad as the thief; and, being drawn in to join with him in the commission of the sin, he cannot escape joining with him in the concealmen…
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