23He shall die without instruction; and in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray.
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But if they obey not, they shall perish by the sword, and they shall die without knowledge.
Doth not their excellency which is in them go away? they die, even without wisdom.
Which have forsaken the right way, and are gone astray, following the way of Balaam the son of Bosor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness; …
The wicked is driven away in his wickedness: but the righteous hath hope in his death.
The lips of the righteous feed many: but fools die for want of wisdom.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 15-23)Solomon, having shown the great evil that there is in adultery and fornication, and all such lewd and filthy courses, here prescribes remedies against them. I. Enjoy with satisfaction the comforts of lawful marriage, which was ordained for the prevention of uncleanness, and therefore ought to be made use of in time, lest it should not prove effectual for the cure of that which it might have preven…
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