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Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Proverbs 3:31-35

CRITICAL NOTES.—Proverbs 3:31. Envy thou not, &c., or “emulate not” (Vulg.) “Do not anxiously covet” (Stuart). Proverbs 3:32. Secret. His “secret compact,” “familiar intimacy.” Proverbs 3:34. “If,” or “Seeing that He scorneth the scorners,” &c. Proverbs 3:35. The promotion, &c., literally “shame lifts up,” i.e., in order to sweep away and destroy them; so Lange translates. Miller reads, “fools are each piling shame.” Stuart says on this verse, “Glory means here honour or an exalted... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Proverbs 3:1-35

Chapter 3Chapter 3 continues toMy son, forget not my law; but let your heart keep my commandments: For length of days, long life, peace, shall they add to thee ( Proverbs 3:1-2 ).Now these are the three. And we get now into some couplets here. He gives sort of a word, and then he tells you what the result of it will be. And to keep the commandment in your heart, it will grant to you the length of days, long life, peace will they add to thee. Now the next little statement:Let not mercy and truth... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Proverbs 3:1-35

Proverbs 3:2 . Length of days, and long life, and peace, shall they add to thee. The premature death denounced against the profligate, and the victims of the harlot, shall be far from thy dwelling. The truth of this promise, of frequent occurrence in the sacred writings, is demonstrated by the longevity of many scripture characters; and eternal life, by way of apposition, is understood. Proverbs 3:3 . Bind them about thy neck. As vain persons decorate their bodies with gems and... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Proverbs 3:1-35

Proverbs 3:1-35My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments.Useful precepts and inspiring motivesI. To remember and keep in our hearts the things written in this book (Proverbs 3:1-2). Interest dictates to us the propriety of keeping God’s commandments.II. To live in the exercise of mercy and truth (Proverbs 3:3), in every part of our intercourse with our fellow-creatures, however defective they may be in the practice of these virtues to us. As workers under the Spirit we... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Proverbs 3:28-35

Proverbs 3:28-35Say not unto thy neighbour, Go, and come again, and to-morrow I will give. NeighbourlinessI. What is due to others? (Proverbs 3:27). There is a sense in which debt should be avoided, and a sense in which all men must be always over head and ears in it (Romans 13:8). Love is a debt that can never be discharged. As followers of Christ we must love always and love all. Some men are neighbours because they reside in the same street, and all men are neighbours because they reside on... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Proverbs 3:31

Proverbs 3:31Envy thou not the oppressor.The oppressorHe is a common character. There is the political oppressor, the social oppressor, the ecclesiastical oppressor.I. His character is not to be envied.1. Because envy is in itself an evil.2. Because there is nothing in the oppressor to be desired.II. His conduct is not to be followed. Stand aloof (Psalms 37:1). (D. Thomas, D. D.)The oppressor not to be enviedWhether public or private, the man who “grinds the faces of the poor” by severity and... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Proverbs 3:31

Pro 3:31 Envy thou not the oppressor, and choose none of his ways. Ver. 31. Envy not the oppressor. ] That grows rich by unjust quarrels and vexatious lawsuits. It is not for nothing surely that our Saviour, Luk 12:15 after "who made me a judge?" adds, "Take heed and beware of covetousness." Implying that most men go to law with a covetous or a vindictive mind; whereas if they will needs wage law, they should do it as Charles the French King made war with our Henry VII, "more desiring peace,... read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Proverbs 3:31

Envy: Proverbs 23:17, Proverbs 24:1, Proverbs 24:19, Proverbs 24:20, Psalms 37:1, Psalms 37:7-1 Samuel :, Psalms 73:3, Galatians 5:21 the oppressor: Heb. a man of violence, Ecclesiastes 5:8 choose: Proverbs 1:15-Job :, Proverbs 2:12-Ezra :, Proverbs 12:12, Proverbs 22:22-Lamentations : Reciprocal: Psalms 73:6 - violence Proverbs 16:29 - General Ezekiel 18:7 - hath not 1 Peter 2:1 - envies read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Proverbs 3:31

Envy thou not the oppressor, and choose none of his ways.Envy not — For his impunity and success. read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 3:31

31. Envy thou not the oppressor Literally, the man of violence or wrong; who uses violent or wrong means to enrich himself: do not desire his unjust gains. Choose none of his ways Modes of making money. Zockler, “Imitate not.” Miller, “Do not become excited about.” read more

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