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Pro_11:5 The righteousness of the perfect shall direct his way: but the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness.
Ver. 5. The righteousness of the perfect.] This is the same in effect with Pro_11:3. Nunquam satis dicitur, quod nunquam satis discitur. {a}
But the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness.] Or, In his own wickedness. He shall fall out of one wickedness unto another, while he "draws iniquity with cords of vanity, and sin as it were with a cart rope." {Isa_5:18} Thus Babylon’s sins are said to "reach unto heaven"; {Rev_18:5} quasi concatenatus funis. Therefore "she is fallen, she is fallen," certo, brevi, penitus, nondum tamen. Flagitium et flagellum, ut acus et filum. Sin and punishment are inseparable companions.
{a} Seneca.