Who is someone who desires life, And loves many days, that he may see good?

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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century

What man is he that desireth life? – who desires to live long. All people naturally love life, and all naturally desire to live long; and …

Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century
Anglican
19th Century

Desireth life. —Better, the man delighting in life. These gnomic sayings are echoes from the book of Proverbs. (…

Charles Spurgeon

Charles Spurgeon

CharlesSpurgeon

19th Century
Baptist
19th Century

Come, ye children, hearken unto me; I will teach you the fear of the LORD. What man is he that desireth life, and loveth many days, that he may…

John Calvin

John Calvin

JohnCalvin

16th Century
Protestant
16th Century

Who is the man who desireth life? The prophet does not inquire if there is any man so disposed, as if all men voluntarily brought upon the…

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

What man [is he that] desireth life ?
&c.] Every man desires life, even a natural life; it is more desirable than al…

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

Let young people set out in life by learning the fear of the Lord, if they desire true comfort here and eternal happiness hereafter. Those will be …

Thomas Aquinas

Thomas Aquinas

ThomasAquinas

13th Century
Catholic
13th Century

1. The title is a psalm of David, when he changed his countenance before Abimelech, who dismi ed him, and he went his way.

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