Barnes' Notes on Proverbs 31:26

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Albert Barnes (1798–1870) · 19th-century historical commentary
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Law of kindness - The words which come from the lips of the true wife are as a law giving guidance and instruction to those that hear them; but the law is not proclaimed in its sterner aspects, but as one in which “mercy tempers justice,” and love, the fulfilling of the law, is seen to be the source from which it springs. return to 'Top of Page'

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