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How formidable kings are to those who provoke them! how much more foolish then is it to provoke the King of kings!
(Compare Pr 19:12). Men who resist authority injure themselves (Ro13:2).
Unbridled passions spoil the comfort of all relations.
(Compare Pr 21:9). wilderness--pasture, though uninhabitable ground (Ps 65:12).kiss his lips--love and obey, do homage (Ps 2:12; So 8:1). right answer--literally, "plain words" (compare Pr 8:9), opposed to deceptive, or obscure.
A wicked ruler, whatever we may call him, this scripture calls a roaring lion, and a ranging bear.
The rapacity and cruelty of such beasts well represent some wicked men (compare Ps 7:2; 17:12)....The wicked is snared, &c.--The sentiment expanded. While the wicked, such as liars, flatterers, &c., fall by their own words, the righteous are unhurt. Their good conduct makes friends, and God...
dinner--or, "allowance" (2Ki 25:30)-- of herbs--and that the plainest. and hatred--(compare Pr 10:12, 18).
ungodly man--(Compare Pr 6:12). diggeth up evil--labors for it. in his lips...fire--His words are calumniating (Jas 3:6).
Wait on the Lord, attend his pleasure, and he will protect thee.
(Compare Ps 27:14; Ro 12:17-19).
The rich will look to themselves, but the poor and needy the prince must defend and plead for.
(Compare Pr 20:28; 25:5). Such is the character of the King of kings (Ps 72:4, 12).
God's blessing is often continued to the families of godly men, while the wicked are overthrown.
Such conduct brings a proper return, by the destruction of the wicked and well-being of the...
If truth be spoken, it will hold good; whoever may be disobliged, still it will keep its ground.
Words of truth are consistent, and stand all tests, while lies are soon discovered and exposed.
Make conscience of truth, not only in words, but in actions.
deal truly--or, "faithfully," that is, according to promises (compare Joh 3:21).redeemer--or avenger (Le 25:25, 26; Nu 35:12), hence advocate (Job19:25). plead...thee--(Compare Job 31:21; Ps 35:1; 68:5).
Only those who humble themselves shall be exalted and established.
(Compare Pr 16:18; 18:12). honour...spirit--or, "such shall lay hold on honor" (Pr 11:16).bringeth forth--literally, "germinates" as a plant. froward--(Compare Pr 2:12, 14). cut off--as an unproductive plant.
The slothful desire the gains the diligent get, but hate the pains the diligent take; therefore they have nothing. This is especially true as to the soul.
(Compare Pr 12:11, 27).
God tries the heart by affliction. He thus has often shown the sin remaining in the heart of the believer.
God only knows, as He tries (Ps 12:6; 66:10) the heart.
When a man is self-conceited, rash, and given to wrangling, there is more hope of the ignorant and profligate.
(Compare Pr 21:5). hasty in...words?--implying self-conceit (Pr 26:12).As the mouth by tasting meats selects what pleases it, so the ear tries the words of others and retains what is convincing. Each chooses according to his taste. The connection with Job 12:12 is in...
A fool, in the sense of Scripture, means a wicked man, one who acts contrary to the wisdom that is from above. His rule is, to do what is right in his own eyes.
The way...eyes--The fool is...
Deceit and falsehood bring terrors and perplexities. But those who consult the peace and happiness of others have joy in their own minds.
that imagine--or, "plan" (Pr 3:29). They design a...
When power is put into the hands of the wicked, wise men decline public business. If the reader will go diligently over this and the other chapters, in many places where at first he may suppose...
brutish--stupid, a strong term to denote his lowly self-estimation; or he may speak of such as his natural condition, as contrasted with God's all-seeing comprehensive knowledge and almighty power....
He that robs and oppresses the poor, does so at his peril. And if men will not appear for them, God will.
Here follow ten precepts of two verses each. Though men fail to defend the poor, God...
Let not the righteous have their faith and hope shocked by the increase of sin and sinners, but let them wait with patience.
(Compare Pr 29:2, 12; Ps 12:1-8). shall see...fall--and triumph in it...
By our words we must be justified or condemned, Mt 12:37.
shall eat--that is, obtain (Pr 12:14). transgressors--as in Pr 2:22. violence--or, "mischief" to themselves.proverb--The infidel scoff, that the threatened judgment was so long in coming, it would not come at all, had by frequent repetition come to be a "proverb" with them. This skeptical habit...
Be not--or, "You shall not be." sudden fear--what causes it (Pr 1:27), any unlooked-for evil (Ps 46:3;91:12; 1Pe 3:14). desolation--(Pr 1:27).
Those who have grace, will delight in the instructions given them. Those that stifle their convictions, are like brutes.
loveth knowledge--as the fruit of instruction or training (Pr 1:2). ...