OLD TESTAMENT

Proverbs 19:16

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He who keeps the commandment keeps his soul, but he who is contemptuous in his ways shall die.

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Verse 16. Neglecteth. Hebrew “contemneth.” In the law of Moses, many transgressions are punished with death, but here that of the soul is meant. Calmet.

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