16For they sleep not, except they have done mischief; and their sleep is taken away, unless they cause some to fall.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
He deviseth mischief upon his bed; he setteth himself in a way that is not good; he abhorreth not evil.
Woe to them that devise iniquity, and work evil upon their beds! when the morning is light, they practise it, because it is in the power of their hand.
But the wicked are like the troubled sea, when it cannot rest, whose waters cast up mire and dirt.
Having eyes full of adultery, and that cannot cease from sin; beguiling unstable souls: an heart they have exercised with covetous practices; cursed children:
For their feet run to evil, and make haste to shed blood.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 14-19)Some make David’s instructions to Solomon, which began Prov. 4:4; to continue to the end of the chapter; nay, some continue them to the end of the ninth chapter; but it is more probable that Solomon begins here again, if not sooner. In these verses, having exhorted us to walk in the paths of wisdom, he cautions us against the path of the wicked. 1. We must take heed of the ways of sin and avoid th…
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