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The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them, But the unfaithful will be trapped by evil desires.
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Sin's Self-Destructive Trap
Commentators agree that sin is its own punishment. The treacherous are not just punished for their sin, but by it. Scholars explain that the term for 'iniquity' can be translated as 'passionate desire,' suggesting that a person's own uncontrolled cravings become the very trap that ensnares and ruins them.
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19th Century
Anglican
In their own naughtiness. —Rather, passionate desire, as in Proverbs 10:3. Their own strong passions are their ruin.
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them From death, as in (Proverbs 11:4) ; and from falling…
Presbyterian
The ways of wickedness are dangerous. And sin will be its own punishment.
