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Be not: This verse is probably the language of an ungodly man; to which Solomon answers, as in the following verse, "Do not multiply wickedness; do not add direct opposition to godliness, to the rest of your crimes. Why should you provoke God to destroy you before your time?" Pro 25:16; Mat 6:1-7, Mat 9:14, Mat 15:2-9, Mat 23:5, Mat 23:23, Mat 23:24, Mat 23:29; Luk 18:12; Rom 10:2; Phi 3:6; Ti1 4:3 neither: Ecc 12:12; Gen 3:6; Job 11:12, Job 28:28; Pro 23:4; Rom 11:25, Rom 12:3; Co1 3:18, Co1 3:20; Col 2:18, Col 2:23; Jam 3:13-17 destroy thyself: Heb. be desolate, Mat 23:38; Rev 18:19 Ecclesiastes 7:17
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