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Proverbs 29:10

Proverbs 29:10
The bloodthirsty hate the upright: but the just seek his soul.

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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771

The bloodthirsty hate the upright,.... Cain did Abel; and as the wicked world hate all good men, and persecute them,…

Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Seek his soul - i. e., “Care for, watch over, his life” (compare Psa 142:4).

Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Note, 1. Bad men hate their best friends: The blood-thirsty, all the seed of the old serpent, who was a murderer from…

Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921

seek i.e. care for, as R.V. marg. Comp. Psa 142:4 [Hebrews 5], where however the Hebrew word, seek, is not the same as…