Nevertheless if thou warn the righteous [man], that the righteous sin not, and he doth not sin, he shall surely live, because he is warned; also thou hast delivered thy soul.
Ver. 21. Nevertheless if thou warn the righteous.] As the best may need to be warned, and must take it for a mercy.
“ Acer et ad palmae per se cursurus honores,
Si tamen horteris, fortius ibit equus. ” - Ovid.