He that hath a froward heart findeth no good: and he that hath a perverse tongue falleth into mischief.
Ver. 20. He that hath a froward heart findeth no good.] Who this is that hath a froward heart and a perverse tongue, Solomon shows, Pro 11:20 viz., the hypocrite, the "double minded man," Jam 1:8 that hath "a heart and a heart," Psalms 12:2 , mart. one for God, and another for him that would have it, as that desperate Neapolitan boasted of himself. And as he hath two hearts, so two tongues too, 1Ti 3:8 wherewith he can both "bless and curse," talk religiously or profanely, according to the company, Jam 3:10-11 speak Hebrew and Ashdod, the language of Canaan and the language of hell, like those in an island beyond Arabia, of whom Diodorus Siculus a saith, that they have cloven tongues, so that therewith they can alter their speech at their pleasure, and perfectly speak to two persons, and to two purposes, at once. Now how can these monsters of men expect either to find good, or not to fall into mischief? How can they escape the damnation of hell, whereof hypocrites are the chief inhabitants, yea, the freeholders, as it were? for other sinners shall have "their part" μερος , Mat 24:51 with the devil and hypocrites.
a Antiq., lib. iii.