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Sudden and Final Judgment
Commentators unanimously emphasize that the downfall of the malicious person will be both sudden and final. They use the powerful image of a potter's vessel being shattered beyond repair. This isn't a temporary setback; it's a complete and permanent ruin from which there is no recovery or 'remedy.'
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Albert Barnes
On Proverbs 6:15
18th Century
Theologian
The duper and the dupe shall share the same calamity.
Charles Ellicott
On Proverbs 6:15
19th Century
Bishop
Suddenly he shall be broken—Shattered as a potter’s vessel (Isaiah 30:14), without hope of recovery. This character of…
John Gill
On Proverbs 6:15
17th Century
Pastor
Therefore shall his calamity come suddenly
Unthought of and unexpected: he that devises mischief to others secretly …
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Matthew Henry
On Proverbs 6:12–19
17th Century
Minister
If the slothful are to be condemned, who do nothing, how much more those who do all the evil they can. Observe how such a man is described. He says…