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Evil shall kill the wicked. Those who hate the righteous shall be condemned.
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Sin's Inevitable Consequence
Multiple commentators, including Spurgeon, Calvin, and Barnes, emphasize that evil is self-destructive. The wicked's ruin is not an arbitrary divine act but the natural and direct result of their own sin. Their malice, as Calvin notes, falls back on their own heads. In the words of Spurgeon, 'Their own evil shall be their destruction... Sin itself shall slaughter them.'
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Evil shall slay the wicked – That is, his own wicked conduct will be the cause of his destruction. His ruin is not arbitrary, or me…
19th Century
Anglican
Desolate. —Better (as in margin), shall be found guilty, or condemned.
Baptist
He keepeth all his bones: not one of them is broken. Evil shall slay the wicked:
Their own evil shall be their destruction. They ne…
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16th Century
Protestant
But malice shall slay the wicked. The Hebrew word רעה, raäh, which I have translated malice, some would rather render
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Evil shall slay the wicked Meaning either the evil they designed against the righteous shall return and fall upon th…
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 …
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13th Century
Catholic
1. The title is a psalm of David, when he changed his countenance before Abimelech, who dismissed him, and he went his way.<…
