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Hard - The primary meaning of the original word is permanence (Micah 6:2). This may be applied as here to the hard dry rock, to …
Charles Ellicott
CharlesEllicott
19th Century
Anglican
19th Century
Good understanding gives favour.— Compare the union of “wisdom” and “favour with God and man” (Luke 2:52).
John Gill
JohnGill
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century
Good understanding gives favour
A good understanding in things natural and civil gives favour among men; and so a go…
Matthew Henry
MatthewHenry
17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century
The way of sinners is hard on others, and hard on the sinner himself. The service of sin is slavery; the road to hell is strewn with the thorns and…
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Albert Barnes
AlbertBarnes