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Proverbs 19:9
Proverbs 19:9
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I. THE WORTH OF INTELLIGENCE.
1. It is self-conservative (Proverbs 19:8). We all love our own soul or life in any healthy state of body and mind. We all want to live as long as possible. It is…Proverbs 19:9Proverbs 19:9 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleHere is, 1. A repetition of what was said before (v. 5), for we have
need to be again and again warned of the danger of the sin of lying and
false-witness-bearing, since nothing is of more fatal consequence. 2.…Proverbs 19:9Proverbs 19:9 · The Pulpit CommentaryA repetition of Proverbs 19:5, except that shall perish is substituted for "shall not escape." Septuagint, "And whosoever shall kindle mischief shall perish by it." The Greek translators have rendered the special…