Proverbs 28:15-23

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 28:17-22

Judgments on transgressors I. THE VIOLENT MAN . ( Proverbs 28:17 .) His doom, here as elsewhere, is viewed as sudden; he hastes to Hades—lives not out half his days. The truth is general, reflecting the intuition of the moral order. And in accordance with that order it is that pity will be turned away from him that shows no pity. This is no argument for capital punishment, but it is an argument for such a treatment of criminals as will best deter from crime. II. THE ... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 28:18

Whoso walketh uprightly shall be saved. "Uprightly" ( tamim ); innocently, blamelessly ( Psalms 15:2 ). Vulgate, simpliciter ; Septuagint, δικαίως ; Aquila, Symmachus, τέλειος . "He is helped ( βεβοήθηται )," Septuagint. Things shall prosper with him; God will work with him, and save him in dangers temporal and spiritual. But he that is perverse in his ways shall fall at once. "He that is perverse of two ways," or "in a double way," as Proverbs 28:6 . The man who is... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 28:18

(See homily on Proverbs 11:30 —C. read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 28:19

A variation of Proverbs 12:11 . Shall have poverty enough. The new clause marks the antithesis more clearly than that above. read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 28:19

(See homily on Proverbs 27:23 .)—C. read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 28:20

A faithful man shall abound with blessings . "Faithful," as in Proverbs 20:6 , one on whom one can depend, honest and upright. Septuagint, ἀξιόπιστος . The blessings signified are such as come from God and man. Men will utter his name with praise and benediction (comp. Job 29:8 , etc.), and God will show his approval by sending material prosperity. He that maketh haste to be rich shall not be innocent (comp. Proverbs 20:22 , and note there; Proverbs 13:11 ; Proverbs 20:21 ;... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 28:20

A faithful man. I. HIS CHARACTER . Nothing can be more grand than fidelity. When found in a man it is an image of the eternal constancy of God; it is like that Divine righteousness which the psalmist compared to the "everlasting hills"—so firm, so enduring, so changeless. It would be well if this grand Old Testament grace were more prized and cultivated in the Christian Church. Let us consider it in some of its manifold aspects. What is the character of the faithful man? 1 . He... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 28:20-22

(and Proverbs 28:8 ) Wealth or faithfulness? a sermon to young men What shall the young man set before him as his goal when he stands face to face with active life? Shall he make up his mind to be rich, or shall he resolve that, whatever his circumstances may be, he will be counted among those who are faithful to their trust? Shall he fix his mind upon and find his heritage in a large estate or in an honourable and a useful life? Let such an inquirer consider— I. THE GRAVE ... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 28:21

The first hemistich occurs a little fuller in Proverbs 24:23 , referring there, as here, to the administration of justice. For for a piece of bread that man will transgress. Thus translated, this clause confirms the former, and says that a judge given to favouritism will swerve from right under the smallest temptation. But to bribe a judge with a morsel of bread seems an unlikely idea; and the gnome is of general application, "And for a morsel of bread a man [not 'that man'] will... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 28:22

He that hasteth to be rich bath an evil eye (see Proverbs 28:20 ); better, the man of evil eye hasteth after riches . The man of evil eye ( Proverbs 23:6 ) is the envious and covetous man; such a one tries to improve his position and raise himself speedily to the height of him whom he envies, and is quite unscrupulous as to the means which he uses to effect his purpose, and keeps all that he gains selfishly to himself. And yet he is really blind to his own best interests (comp ... read more

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