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16These six things doth the LORD hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him:

Proverbs 6:16

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Commentary

Matthew Henry

(vv. 12-19)

Solomon here gives us, I. The characters of one that is mischievous to man and dangerous to be dealt with. If the slothful are to be condemned, that do nothing, much more those that do ill, and contrive to do all the ill they can. It is a naughty person that is here spoken of, Heb. A man of Belial ; I think it should have been so translated, because it is a term often used in scripture, and this i...

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