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7He that worketh deceit shall not dwell within my house: he that telleth lies shall not tarry in my sight.
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But a certain man named Ananias, with Sapphira his wife, sold a possession, …
When one told me, saying, Behold, Saul is dead, thinking to have brought good tidings, I took hold of him, and slew him in Ziklag, who thought that I would have given him a reward for his tidings: …
If a ruler hearken to lies, all his servants are wicked.
Thy tongue deviseth mischiefs; like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.
Men and brethren, this scripture must needs have been fulfilled, which the Holy Ghost by the mouth of David spake before concerning Judas, which was guide to them that took Jesus. …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-8)David here cuts out to himself and others a pattern both of a good magistrate and a good master of a family; and, if these were careful to discharge the duty of their place, it would contribute very much to a universal reformation. Observe, I. The chosen subject of the psalm (Ps. 101:1): I will sing of mercy and judgment , that is, 1. Of God’s mercy and judgment, and then it looks back upon the di…
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