The Pulpit Commentary on Proverbs 29:10

The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public domain

The bloodthirsty hate the upright; him that is perfect, Revised Version; ὅσιον, Septuagint. His life is a tacit reproach to men of blood, robbers, murderers, and such like sinners, as is finely expressed in the Book of Wisdom Proverbs 2:12, etc..

But the just seek his soul. The explanation of this hemistich is doubtful.

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