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The violence of the wicked will drive them away, Because they refuse to do what is right.
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Injustice is Self-Destructive
Commentators unanimously explain that the wicked are not destroyed by an external force, but by their own actions. Their "violence" and "robbery," as Albert Barnes puts it, are what "carries them away." Matthew Henry summarizes this principle by stating, "Injustice will return upon the sinner."
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Robbery - Probably the “violence” which the wicked practice.
Shall destroy them - More literally, carries them away.
19th Century
Anglican
The robbery of the wicked. —Or, their violence. See above on Proverbs 1:19. (Compare to Psalms 9:15.)
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
The robbery of the wicked shall destroy them Or cut them, so Ben Melech: dissect or "saw" F19 them; cut t…
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Injustice will return upon the sinner, and will destroy him here and forever.
