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Proverbs 18:3
Proverbs 18:3
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I. MISANTHROPY. (Proverbs 18:1.) If this verse be more correctly rendered, this is the meaning yielded. From a diseased feeling the man turns aside to…Proverbs 18:1-24Proverbs 18:1-24 · The Pulpit CommentaryEXPOSITIONProverbs 18:3Proverbs 18:3 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleThis may include a double sense:--1. That wicked people are scornful
people, and put contempt upon others. When the wicked comes into any
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