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155Salvation is far from the wicked: for they seek not thy statutes.

Psalms 119:155 —

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Cross-References

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  • Ephesians 2:17-18

    And came and preached peace to you which were afar off, and to them that were nigh. …

  • Job 5:4

    His children are far from safety, and they are crushed in the gate, neither is there any to deliver them.

  • Romans 3:11

    There is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God.

  • Proverbs 1:7

    The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.

  • Isaiah 46:12

    Hearken unto me, ye stouthearted, that are far from righteousness:

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 155)

Here is, 1. The description of wicked men. They do not only do God’s statutes, but they do not so much as seek them; they do not acquaint themselves with them, nor so much as desire to know their duty, nor in the least endeavour to do it. Those are wicked indeed who do not think the law of God worth enquiring after, but are altogether regardless of it, being resolved to live at large and to walk i…

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