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Proverbs 17:11 KJV
Proverbs · chapter 17 · verse 11
An evil man seeketh only rebellion: therefore a cruel messenger shall be sent against him.Proverbs 17:11 · King James Version
Proverbs 17:11 in context
9He that covereth a transgression seeketh love; but he that repeateth a matter separateth very friends.
10A reproof entereth more into a wise man than an hundred stripes into a fool.
11An evil man seeketh only rebellion: therefore a cruel messenger shall be sent against him.
12Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man, rather than a fool in his folly.
13Whoso rewardeth evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- rebellionmᵉrîybitternessH4805 →
- messengermălʼâka messengerH4397 →
- seekethbâqashto search outH1245 →
- cruelʼakzârîyterribleH394 →
- evilraʻbad or evilH7451 →
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Here is the sin and punishment of an evil man. 1. His sin. He is an evil man indeed that seeks all occasions to rebel against God, and the government God has set over him, and to contradict and quarrel with those about him. Quaerit jurgia - He picks quarrels; so some.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary