Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
are punished--that is, for their temerity; for the evil is not necessarily punitive, as the prudent might otherwise be its objects.
Other commentary entries containing this verse:
Proverbs 27:12-13
Hosea 13:13
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