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Verse 1. Goodness. Entertain just sentiments of the Deity, and avoid all duplicity. This truth is placed in the strongest light in the five first chapters, or preface.
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Verse 3. Unwise. He shews that their wisdom is all folly, and that they cannot withstand his power. Calmet.—There are mortal sins of thought. Worthington.
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Verse 4. Subject. Or “enslaved to sin.” Bible.—Soul and body are intimately connected, so that the actions of one defile the other, and banish wisdom.
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Verse 5. Discipline. The instructive light of the Holy Ghost.—Understanding. Those who deny God or Providence, ( Calmet.) and lead a wicked life, are abandoned. Bible.—Not abide. Ελεγχθσεται: “He shall be connected or manifested,” shewing that he will not acquit the guilty, verse 6. Menochius.—When Solomon fell, his wisdom ceased. Iniquity soon betrays itself. Calmet.
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Verse 7. That. Saint Augustine reads hic, “this who,” more correctly than hoc, as it refers to the spirit, ( Calmet.) which having made and filled all things, must be perfectly acquainted with every action. Bible.
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Verse 10. Jealousy. God is strong and jealous. Exodus 20. Calmet.—He examines the smallest deviation from the paths of rectitude. Bible.
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Verse 12. Seek not with such eagerness (zelare) your own ruin, ( Calmet.) by an evil life, ( Worthington.) or rather thrown not the blame on death, as if you were necessitated to sin. God created man to be immortal.
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Verse 14. Health. Good. Genesis 1:31. Calmet.—Poison, or medicine, ( Worthington.) medicamentum. Worthington.—Poison and wild beasts become noxious to man only after sin. It is this which infects the veins. All may derive an antidote from Jesus Christ.
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Verse 16. It. Septuagint αυτον.—Death. The wicked strive Menochius. to draw upon themselves the second death ( Calmet.) as they will not repent. Worthington. Isaiah 28:15. Bible.
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Greek in goodness.
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Some authorities read the spirit of wisdom is loving to man.
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Or, reviler
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Greek the inhabited earth.
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Or, a royal house
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Or, were consumed with love of him