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worketh, &c. Pharaoh (Exo_1:20. Act_7:19). Caiaphas(Joh_11:49, Joh_11:50). Compare Act_8:1, Act_8:4.
deceitful = lie. Hebrew. sheker. The verb, adjective, and noun are the renderings of eight words in Proverbs: (1) sheker = a lie (Pro_11:18; Pro_20:17; Pro_31:30); (2) ramah = cheating (Pro_12:5, Pro_12:17, Pro_12:20; Pro_14:8, Pro_14:25; Pro_26:19, Pro_26:24); (3) shagah = wander, go astray (Pro_20:1); (4) kazab = fraud (Pro_23:3); (5) pathah = delude (Pro_24:28); (6) nashah (Pro_26:26); (7) 'athar. See note on Pro_27:6; (8) tok. See note on Pro_29:13.
to him . . . a sure reward. Illustrations: Noah (Gen_6:22; Gen_6:7. Heb_11:7); Abraham (Heb_6:15); Joseph (Gen 37-41. Compare Psa_37:4-6); Simeon (Luk_2:25-32. Lam_3:25, Lam_3:26); Paul (2Co_1:12. 2Ti_4:7, 2Ti_4:8).