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For they eat the bread of wickedness, And drink the wine of violence.
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Living on Ill-Gotten Gains
Commentators agree that this verse describes how the wicked sustain their lives. Their "bread" and "wine" are the literal profits and resources acquired through unjust deeds and violence. This highlights a lifestyle that is physically funded by evil.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
The counsel which has come to him, in substance, from his father. Compare it with 2 Samuel 23:2 and following; [Reference 1 Chronicles …
19th Century
Anglican
The bread of wickedness.— that is, acquired by wickedness, as (Proverbs 10:2) treasures of wickedness.
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
For they eat the bread of wickedness Either that is gotten by wicked and unlawful means, or wickedness itself is bread un…
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