Proverbs 8:36
But he that sinneth against me wrongeth his own soul: all they that hate me love death.
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Gill's Exposition
But he that sinneth against me,.... Or misses the mark, as the word (b) signifies; and which is observed by Aben Ezra; see Jdg 20:16. Christ is the mark and scope of the counsels of God; of the…
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…
Academic commentary, 1882–1921
Cambridge Bible
sinnethagainst] Or, "misseth," R.V. marg. The Heb. word here used means primarily to miss the mark (as, for example, a slinger, Jdg 20:16). Then it is used commonly for missing the mark, or erring…
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