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Selected Verse: Proverbs 19:19 - King James

Verse	Translation	Text
Pr 19:19	King James	A man of great wrath shall suffer punishment: for if thou deliver him, yet thou must do it again.

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
Repeated efforts of kindness are lost on ill-natured persons.

A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]

Repeated efforts of kindness are lost on ill-natured persons.

Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]
The sense of the last words seems to be that the connection between wrath and punishment is so invariable, that all efforts to save the passionate man from the disastrous consequences which he brings on his own head are made in vain.

Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]

The sense of the last words seems to be that the connection between wrath and punishment is so invariable, that all efforts to save the passionate man from the disastrous consequences which he brings on his own head are made in vain.

Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65]
Great wrath - Of strong passions. Deliver - If thou forbear to punish him. Do it - Thou must deliver him again and again.

Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65]

Great wrath - Of strong passions. Deliver - If thou forbear to punish him. Do it - Thou must deliver him again and again.

Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826
A man of great wrath - He who is of an irritable, fiery disposition, will necessarily get himself into many broils; and he that is surety for him once is likely to be called on again and again for the same friendly office.

Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826

A man of great wrath - He who is of an irritable, fiery disposition, will necessarily get himself into many broils; and he that is surety for him once is likely to be called on again and again for the same friendly office.

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