Pro 1:31, 8:36, Jer 2:19, Rom 1:27 | JFB | e4.org | 31. fruit . . . way —result of conduct ( ). be filled

‏ Proverbs 1:31

31. fruit . . . way—result of conduct (Isa 3:10; Eze 11:21; Ro 6:21; Ga 6:7, 8).

be filled—even to repletion (Ps 123:4).

‏ Proverbs 8:36

36. sinneth . . . me—or better, "missing me," as opposed to "finding" [Pr 8:35].

love death—act as if they did (compare Pr 17:9).

‏ Jeremiah 2:19

19. correct . . . reprove—rather, in the severer sense, "chastise . . . punish" [MAURER].

backslidings—"apostasies"; plural, to express the number and variety of their defections. The very confederacies they entered into were the occasion of their overthrow (Pr 1:31; Isa 3:9; Ho 5:5).

know . . . see—imperative for futures: Thou shalt know and see to thy cost.

my fear—rather, "the fear of Me."

‏ Romans 1:27

27. and receiving in themselves that recompense of their error which was meet—alluding to the many physical and moral ways in which, under the righteous government of God, vice was made self-avenging.