36But he that sinneth against me wrongeth his own soul: all they that hate me love death.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
He that refuseth instruction despiseth his own soul: but he that heareth reproof getteth understanding.
Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.
He that hateth me hateth my Father also. …
If any man love not the Lord Jesus Christ, let him be Anathema Maranatha.
The fear of a king is as the roaring of a lion: whoso provoketh him to anger sinneth against his own soul.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 32-36)We have here the application of Wisdom’s discourse; the design and tendency of it is to bring us all into an entire subjection to the laws of religion, to make us wise and good, not to fill our heads with speculations, or our tongues with disputes, but to rectify what is amiss in our hearts and lives. In order to this, here is, I. An exhortation to hear and obey the voice of Wisdom, to attend and…
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