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In Old Testament thought, moral and physical evil are not reduced to a single principle.
The wicked man often works with great diligence and shrewdness—he is no idle profligate, but a calculating schemer.
First, it suggests the true measure of workers in the Church's progress.
This admonition addressed the spiritual lethargy of post-exilic Judah and remains urgently applicable to baptized Christians today.
This intervention—born of her troubling dream—stands as a threefold testimony: the testimony of women to Christ, the testimony of dreams to Christ, and the testimony of suffering to Christ.
The previous verse (Proverbs 16:14) describes a king's anger as *messengers of death* — swift, certain, and irreversible.
The principle rests on two foundations: love to Christ involving obedience to His word, and living not unto ourselves but unto God and for others' welfare.
God's method of punishment is not arbitrary cruelty but divine permission—He lets us punish ourselves.
Wickedness and peace are mutually destructive terms—not because God arbitrarily withholds peace, but because wickedness itself is incompatible with it.
God does not pronounce judgment until men have first abused His benevolence and provoked His intervention.
The Almighty does not merely tolerate the godly; He loves them as His dearest friends, entrusting them with His very secrets.
Achan's sin was not mere theft; it was *maʿal* (breach of trust), that treacherous departure from God described throughout the Pentateuch.
but Israel doth not know." The prophet addressed a people surrounded by idolatrous nations, prone to regarding Jehovah as merely one god among many, or worse, as a provincial deity rather than the God of all the earth.
Exell's Victorian commentary unpacks reproof as an obligation rooted in love for our neighbours.
Though biblical records highlight only the most striking features, Joshua's campaign likely spanned six years—not the instantaneous victory Jehovah could have granted.
Exell observes that God deliberately extended this campaign for Israel's spiritual formation.
Yet the narrative turns without hesitation from that lonely sepulcher to the bustling camp and a new leader.
Exell's Victorian commentary identifies seven principles embedded in this moment.
The last king of David's line was captured on the very ground where Israel first entered its inheritance—at Jericho, where unarmed men trusting in Elohim watched the walls collapse.
The crowds, seeing their bellies filled, wanted to make Him king—a prophet useful for material provision.
The Spirit speaking to the Church reveals three foundational truths: First, certain great moral elements alone determine the character of individuals or communities.
This proverb exposes the merchant who deprecates goods to negotiate a lower price, then brags of his shrewd bargain once the transaction concludes.
First, he is blessed domestically—in wife and children—a sight so rare and beautiful that the Psalmist calls all to witness it.
Righteousness most effectually answers the end and design of government itself.