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Proverbs 6:17

King James Version (KJV)

“In our prayers we talk to God, in our Bible study God talks to us, and we had better let God do most of the talking.”
— D.L. Moody

Scripture focus

A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,

Proverbs 6:17 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Proverbs 6:17

Theological / Devotional

A proud look. Self-exaltation prevents a man from confessing his sin and humbling his soul before God. As long as it persists, salvation is impossible. The proud man is barred from the gates of life just as surely as if God hated him (see Job 21:22; Ps. 18:27).

A lying tongue. Our God is a God of truth. Lies cannot harm Him, for He knows all things; but lies can bring great mischief upon His children. The lies of Satan deceived a multitude of angels and robbed heaven of one third of its inhabitants. The same lies turned a happy world into a dreary battlefield upon which most men meet eternal defeat (Rev. 12:4, 7–9). God hates the lies that turn men and women from Him and bring them into the cruel bondage of Satan.

Innocent blood. Murderous hands, a heart overflowing with evil, and feet swift to do mischief are the more active forms of attack upon the innocent (see Gen. 6:5; Isa. 59:7).

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