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A Poetic Climax
Commentators explain that the phrase 'six things... yea, seven' is a common Hebrew literary device. This numerical proverb creates a climax, drawing special attention to the final item on the list as particularly detestable. This poetic structure was used to make the teaching more memorable and impactful.
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Albert Barnes
On Proverbs 6:16–19
18th Century
Theologian
A new section, but not a new subject. The closing words, "he that soweth discord" (Proverbs 6:19, compare Proverbs 6:14), lead…
Charles Ellicott
On Proverbs 6:16
19th Century
Bishop
These six things does the Lord hate...— Rather, six are the things which He hates. It is a sort of climax:—He ha…
John Gill
On Proverbs 6:16
17th Century
Pastor
These six [things] does the Lord hate
That is, the six following, which are all to be found in a man of Belial, a wi…
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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…