Homilist Proverbs 13:6 Righteousness keeps him that is upright in the way: but wickedness overthrows the sinner. I. WHAT IS MEANT BY THE TEEM "SINNER"? Bold, brazen sinners. 1. The profligate. 2. The sceptical. 3. The deliberately worldly-minded. II. WHAT IS MEANT BY THESE SINNERS BEING OVERTHROWN? Wickedness works its own punishment. 1. It overthrows the sinner's health. 2. It overthrows his character. 3. It overthrows his life.The sinner here is a wreck, floating about like a derelict log. His happiness is wrecked. His future prospects are destroyed. (Homilist.) Parallel Verses KJV: Righteousness keepeth him that is upright in the way: but wickedness overthroweth the sinner.WEB: Righteousness guards the way of integrity, but wickedness overthrows the sinner. |
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