him not, for the further he goes, the blinder he is. All sin hardens the heart, stupefies the conscience, and shuts out the light of truth. 4. Let no man think himself safe, because others, who lead a similar life, are not alarmed at their condition, v. 1. There is often a peculiar stillness just before the earthquake. Probably the sun rose as fair on the morning of the overthrow of the cities of the plain as it ever had done. The ungodly all around us may be making merry at threatened judgments.