Proverbs 22:9-29 BSB

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Proverbs 22:1-29

Proverbs 22:1 . A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches. When a man lives revered for his piety, it is better than to be feared for his power. Proverbs 22:2 . The rich and the poor meet together, in the common dust: and the small and great stand at the judgment-seat of God. Therefore the rich should consider the poor as brethren, and the poor should not be insolent to their benefactors. Proverbs 22:3 . A prudent man foreseeth the evil coming, be it famine, war or... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Proverbs 22:9

Proverbs 22:9He that hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed.The bountiful eyeThe passage before us speaks of bounty in man, and blessedness from God. What is a bountiful eye, and what is the blessing belonging to him who possesses it? The eye is a wonderful part of the curiously wrought human frame. But the term is used in Scripture in a moral point of view, and describes a peculiar state of the mind. Thus we read of the blinded eye, the enlightened eye, the single eye, the evil eye, all of... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Proverbs 22:10

Proverbs 22:10Cast out the scorner, and contention shall go out; yea, strife and reproach shall cease.The scornerThe scorner is a character which Solomon has frequently called our attention to in preceding chapters. Few characters in society are more despicable in spirit or pernicious in influence.I. As A social disturber. “Cast out the scorner, and contention shall cease.”1. He is a disturber in the family.2. He is a disturber in the Church.3. He is a disturber in the nation.II. As a social... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Proverbs 22:11

Proverbs 22:11He that loveth pureness of heart, for the grace of his lips the king shall be his friend.PurityWhat is purity--this bright and blessed strength of human life? The foundation of all purity must rest upon the body. Without bodily purity no other form of purity is possible. On this must rise the structure of mental and spiritual purity. Our thoughts and words must be not less pure than our actions. Action is ripened thought, and thought is germinating action. “No man suddenly falls.”... read more

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The Biblical Illustrator - Proverbs 22:13

Proverbs 22:13The slothful man saith, There is a lion without. One lion; two lions; no lion at allThis slothful man seems to cherish that one dread of his about the lions as if it were his favourite aversion and he felt it to be too much trouble to invent another excuse. Perhaps he hugs it to his soul all the more because it is home-born fear, conjured up by his own imagination. At any rate, it serves him as a passable excuse for laziness, and that is what he wants. When a man is slothful as a... read more

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The Biblical Illustrator - Proverbs 22:15

Proverbs 22:15Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; but the rod of cor-rection shall drive it far from him.Foolishness and the remedyI. The evil deplored.1. Of what does this foolishness consist? Wrong wishes, purposes, thoughts, pride, sin, levity, etc.2. Where does this foolishness lurk? In the heart. Deep in the nature, among the affections. Hidden, secret, for some time unknown. In the heart of a “child,” even of a little child.3. How this foolishness is held in the heart--“bound.”... read more

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The Biblical Illustrator - Proverbs 22:16

Proverbs 22:16He that oppresseth the poor to increase his riches . . . shall surely come to want. AvariceI. Oppression. “He that oppresseth the poor to increase his riches “(R.V., “gain”). Everywhere do we see avarice working out its designs, and building up its fortunes by oppressing the poor. The poor have necessarily to cross the seas, to delve in mines, to toil in fields, to work in manufactories, to slave in shops and counting-houses. But avarice cares nothing for the health, the liberty,... read more

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The Biblical Illustrator - Proverbs 22:17-21

Proverbs 22:17-21Bow down thine ear, and hear the words of the wise.Spiritual veritiesI. The experimental knowledge of them is a transcendent blessing. They are “excellent things” in themselves--things that reveal a spiritual universe, a glorious Redeemer, and an ever-blessed God. But the verses teach that a knowledge of them is a transcendent blessing. They teach--1. That such a knowledge affords pleasure. It is a “pleasant thing.” What said Paul? “I count all things but loss for the... read more

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The Biblical Illustrator - Proverbs 22:21

Proverbs 22:21That I might make thee know the certainty of the words of truth.CertaintiesThis is an age of inquiry. The ideas of the ancient world are the ideas of the childhood of the race. The Bible is a human book, which we reverence and love as a sacred treasure on account of the Divine spirit which pervades it. Do not place the Bible on the altar of superstition and imagine it to be God. Seek God in it, but with this caution--that all of it is not the actual Word of God. Why should any man... read more

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The Biblical Illustrator - Proverbs 22:28

Proverbs 22:28Remove not the ancient landmarks. The old landmarksThe wisdom of the Mosaic code is nowhere more manifest than in its provisions touching the tenure of land. Every man in Israel was a landowner, and he must remain so. It was customary to mark the boundaries of estates by corner-stones. To remove these landmarks, if an envious neighbour were so disposed, was an easy matter. But it was prohibited under a severe penalty. We deal with the spiritual inheritance handed down by our... read more

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Proverbs 22:1-29

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The Biblical Illustrator - Proverbs 22:17-21

The Biblical Illustrator - Proverbs 22:21

The Biblical Illustrator - Proverbs 22:28

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