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He will die for lack of instruction. In the greatness of his folly, he will go astray.
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Death by Rejecting Discipline
Commentators explain that the death described is not accidental but a direct result of rejecting 'instruction.' This means refusing discipline, correction, and self-control. As scholars like Gill and Ellicott note, the person dies precisely because they would not listen to wisdom, making their destruction a just consequence of their own choices.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
The end of the sensual life: to die without instruction, life ended, but the discipline of life fruitless; to go astray, as if dr…
19th Century
Anglican
His own iniquities ...—The final scene in the life of the profligate is here described. He has sinned so long that he is “tied and…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
He shall die without instruction Into the evil of sin, and the danger he is in, and so without repentance for it; for ins…
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