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Those who are diligent, take the way to live comfortably.
(Compare Pr 10:4; 20:4). vain persons--idle, useless drones, implying that they are also wicked (Pr 12:11; Ps 26:4).
A foolish man is soon angry, and is hasty in expressing it; he is ever in trouble and running into mischief. It is kindness to ourselves to make light of injuries and affronts, instead of making...
If men are sincerely righteous, the righteous God has engaged that no evil shall happen to them. But they that delight in mischief shall have enough of it.
no evil--(as in Ps 91:10), under God's...
Those who will not take pains in an honest calling, living by tricks and dishonesty, are paltry and beggarly.
slothful--(Compare Margin), so called because he fails to meet his promises. under...
He that has knowledge, is to use it aright, for the good of others.
useth...aright--commends knowledge by its proper use. poureth out--utters abundantly (Pr 12:23), and so disgusts others.
Pride is the ruin of multitudes. But those who are in affliction God will support.
The most desolate who have God's aid have more permanent good than the self-reliant sinner (Pr 2:22; 12:7). ...
To render evil for good is devilish. He that does so, brings a curse upon his family.
(Compare Ps 7:4; 35:12). evil--injury to another (Pr 13:21).
Those make nothing to purpose, of learning or religion, whose only design is to have something to make a show with.
that his heart...itself--that is, takes pleasure in revealing his folly (Pr 12...
The precept to love even our enemies is an Old Testament commandment. Our Saviour has shown his own great example in loving us when we were enemies.
(Compare Mt 5:44; Ro 12:20). As metals are...
Transgressions always end in vexations. Righteous men walk at liberty, and walk in safety.
In--or, "By" the transgression--he is brought into difficulty (Pr 12:13), but the righteous go on...
He is a fool who tells every thing he knows, and can keep no counsel.
(Compare Pr 12:16; 16:32). mind--or, "spirit," for anger or any ill passion which the righteous restrain.sound wisdom--literally, "substance," opposed to what is fictitious. According to the context, this may be assistance, as here corresponding with buckler--or safety, or wisdom, which procures it...
He that makes it his business to do good, shall have a reward, as sure to him as eternal truth can make it.
a deceitful work--or, "wages," which fail to satisfy, or flee away (Pr 10:2; 23:5). ...
Thoughts are not free; they are under the Divine knowledge, therefore under the Divine command. It is a man's shame to act with deceit, with trick and design.
thoughts--or, "purposes." are right...
A godly man would not put even an animal to needless pain. But the wicked often speak of others as well used, when they would not endure like treatment for a single day.
regardeth--literally,...
Care, fear, and sorrow, upon the spirits, deprive men of vigour in what is to be done, or courage in what is to be borne. A good word from God, applied by faith, makes the heart glad.
a good...
The doom of a false witness is certain.
(Compare Pr 19:5). that heareth--or heeds instruction, and so grows wise. speaketh constantly--or sincerely (compare Hab 1:5), and hence is believed (Pr ...Open...cause--Plead for those who cannot plead for themselves, as the orphan, stranger, &c. (compare Ps 72:12; Isa 1:17). appointed to destruction--who are otherwise ruined by their oppressors...
Ignorance, pride, and self-flattery render us partial judges respecting our own conduct.
clean--or, "faultless." weigheth--or, "tries," "judges," implying that they are faulty (Pr21:2; 24:12).
A sluggish, slothful disposition makes men poor; it brings them to want. And this applies both to the present life and that which is to come.
a deep sleep--a state of utter indifference. idle...
Those are the worst of sinners, who are glad of an opportunity to sin.
ungodly witness--(Compare Margin), one false by bad principles (compare Pr 6:12). scorneth judgment--sets at naught the...pity--a proverb. Charity is the love which judges indulgently of our fellow men: it is put on a par with truth in Pr 3:3, for they together form the essence of moral perfection [Umbreit]. It is the...
ways--(Ps 1:1). acknowledge--by seeking His wise aid (Pr 16:3; Ps 37:5; Jer 9:23, 24). direct--literally, "make plain" (compare Heb 12:13).
The wicked would be glad to have this earth their home for ever, but it cannot be so. They must die and leave all their idols behind.
(Compare Pr 12:3; Ps 37:9-11; 102:28). earth--or, "land of...
Wicked people speak mischief to their neighbours. A man may sometimes do a good work with one good word.
The words--or, "expressed designs" of the wicked are for evil purposes. the mouth--or,...
It is men's wisdom to mind their business, and follow an honest calling. But it is folly to neglect business; and the grace of God teaches men to disdain nothing but sin.
The idler's fate is the...
Whisperings and evil surmises, like a sword, separate those that have been dear to each other. The tongue of the wise is health, making all whole.
speaketh--literally, "speaketh hastily," or...