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Don`t they go astray who plot evil? But love and faithfulness belong to those who plan good.
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The Error of Evil Planners
Commentators explain that to 'err' by devising evil is more than making a simple mistake. It means fundamentally wandering from the right way—the way of life and truth. John Gill notes that those who 'plough' evil, expecting a good harvest, are profoundly mistaken and have gone astray from God's path.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Err - In the sense of wandering from the right way, the way of life.
19th Century
Anglican
Do they not err that devise evil? — Compare Wisdom 5:6-7.
Mercy and truth.— God will be m…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Do they not err that devise evil ? &c.] Certainly they do; they go astray from the right way, from the word of truth…
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How wisely those consult their own interest who not only do good, but devise it!
