proverbs-21:15-17,-proverbs-21:20-niv

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Proverbs 21:15

Note, 1. It is a pleasure and satisfaction to good men both to see justice administered by the government they live under, right taking place and iniquity suppressed, and also to practise it themselves, according as their sphere is. They no only do justice, but do it with pleasure, not only for fear of shame, but for love of virtue. 2. It is a terror to wicked men to see the laws put in execution against vice and profaneness. It is destruction to them; as it is also a vexation to them to be... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Proverbs 21:16

Here is, 1. The sinner upon his ramble: He wanders out of the way of understanding, and when once he has left that good way he wanders endlessly. The way of religion is the way of understanding; those that are not truly pious are not truly intelligent; those that wander out of this way break the hedge which God has set, and follow the conduct of the world and the flesh; and they go astray like lost sheep. 2. The sinner at his rest, or rather his ruin: He shall remain (quiescet?he shall rest,... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Proverbs 21:17

Here is an argument against a voluptuous luxurious life, taken from the ruin it brings upon men's temporal interests. Here is 1. The description of an epicure: He loves pleasure. God allows us to use the delights of sense soberly and temperately, wine to make glad the heart and put vigour into the spirits, and oil to make the face to shine and beautify the countenance; but he that loves these, that sets his heart upon them, covets them earnestly, is solicitous to have all the delights of sense... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Proverbs 21:15

It is joy to the, last to do judgment ,.... It is with pleasure he does it; he delights in the law of God, after the inward man, and finds much peace of mind and joy in the Holy Ghost in keeping it, and observing its commands, which are holy, just, and good; yea, it gives him pleasure to see justice done by others; both by private persons in their dealings with one another; and especially by judges putting the laws in execution, as their office requires; whereby much good comes to a nation... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Proverbs 21:16

The man that wandereth out of the way of understanding ,.... The way of getting understanding, the good ways and word of God; that wanders from the house of God, the assembly of the saints, where the Gospel is preached, and the ordinances are administered; that, instead of attending on them, where he might gain the understanding of divine and spiritual things, wanders about in the fields, gets into bad company, walks with them in their ways, and turns to his own, as a sheep that goes astray:... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Proverbs 21:17

He that loveth pleasure shall be a poor man ,.... Or "sport" F3 שמחה "laetitiam", Pagninus, Montanus, Junius & Tremellius, Piscator, Mercerus, Cocceius, Schultens. and pastime, music and dancing, cards and dice, hunting and hawking, and other sensual gratifications; a man that indulges himself in these things, and spends his time and his money in such a way, is very likely to be a poor man, and generally is so in the issue; he that loveth wine and oil shall not be rich ;... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 21:16

The man once enlightened, that wandereth out of the way of understanding, in which he had walked, shall remain - have a permanent residence - in the congregation of the dead; רפאים rephaim , the lost; either separate spirits in general, or rather the assembly of separate spirits, which had fallen from primitive rectitude; and shall not be restored to the Divine favor; particularly those sinners who were destroyed by the deluge. This passage intimates that those called rephaim are in a... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 21:17

He that loveth pleasure - That follows gaming, fowling, hunting, coursing, etc., when he should be attending to the culture of the fields, shall be a poor man; and, I may safely add, shall be so deservedly poor, as to have none to pity him. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 21:14-17

Lights and shades of the earthly scene I. THE POWER OF GIFTS . ( Proverbs 21:14 .) They are neither good nor evil in themselves, but may be employed for good or evil ends. Let us make a good use of this text. We learn that gifts should be quiet, unobtrusive, unobserved ; and the same is true of all acts of kindness which are real gilts from the heart. They should neither irritate pride nor depress independence. By such little attentions and marks at love, how much evil may... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 21:15

It is joy to the just to do judgment. The righteous feel real pleasure in doing what is right; they have the answer of a good conscience, and the feeling that they are, as far as they can, making God's will their will, and this brings deep comfort and stable joy (see some contrary experiences, Proverbs 21:10 and Proverbs 10:23 ; Proverbs 15:21 ). But destruction shall be to the workers of iniquity. The Authorized Version, by inserting "shall be," and making this clause a separate... read more

Proverbs-21:15-17,-proverbs-21:20-niv

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Proverbs 21:15

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Proverbs 21:16

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Proverbs 21:17

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Proverbs 21:15

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Proverbs 21:16

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Proverbs 21:17

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 21:16

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 21:17

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 21:14-17

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 21:15

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