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For the backsliding of the simple will kill them. The careless ease of fools will destroy them.
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A Fatal Rejection
Commentators explain that the "backsliding" or "turning away" of the simple is not a passive mistake but an active rejection. When Wisdom calls them to "turn" (v. 23), they instead turn away from her, from God, and from the Gospel. This deliberate aversion to God's call is what ultimately leads to their destruction.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Turning - Wisdom had called the simple to “turn,” and they had turned, but it was “away” from her. For “prosperity” read carelessness. Not o…
19th Century
Anglican
The turning away of the simple ...—that is, from God ().
Prosperity of fools—that is, the security, apathy …
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
For the turning away of the simple shall slay them Or be the cause of their being slain; even their turning away fro…
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