19The way of the wicked is as darkness: they know not at what they stumble.
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Then Jesus said unto them, Yet a little while is the light with you. Walk while ye have the light, lest darkness come upon you: for he that walketh in darkness knoweth not whither he goeth.
Therefore is judgment far from us, neither doth justice overtake us: we wait for light, but behold obscurity; for brightness, but we walk in darkness. …
Wherefore their way shall be unto them as slippery ways in the darkness: they shall be driven on, and fall therein: for I will bring evil upon them, even the year of their visitation, saith the LORD.
Yea, the light of the wicked shall be put out, and the spark of his fire shall not shine. …
He will keep the feet of his saints, and the wicked shall be silent in darkness; for by strength shall no man prevail.
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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