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Who are crooked in their ways, And wayward in their paths:
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The Nature of Crooked Ways
Commentators explain that the "crooked ways" are paths that deliberately swerve from the rule of God's word. Scholar John Gill describes this as an "aberration" or a transgression of God's law, full of "serpentine windings and turnings." Albert Barnes expands this beyond just violent criminals to include all who leave the straight path for "deeds of darkness."
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18th Century
Presbyterian
The evil-doers here include not robbers and murderers only (Proverbs 1:10–16), but all who leave the straight path and the open day for…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Whose ways [are] crooked Which swerve from and are not agreeable to the rule of the divine word, either the law of G…
If we are truly wise, we will be careful to avoid all evil company and evil practices. When wisdom governs us, then it not only fills the head but …
