Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Proverbs 24:17
Rejoice not when thine enemy falleth, and let not thine heart be glad when he stumbleth:Falleth — Into mischief. read more
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John Wesley
John Wesley
Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Proverbs 24:18
Lest the LORD see it, and it displease him, and he turn away his wrath from him.From him — Understand, upon thee, which is implied in the Hebrew phrase. read more
Daniel Whedon
Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 24:1-2
1, 2. Be not thou envious תקנא , ( tekanne,) jealous, angry, or excited. The radical idea is heat. See Proverbs 24:19; also Proverbs 28:5; Proverbs 23:17; Proverbs 23:3; Proverbs 23:6; Psalms 37:1; Psalms 73:3. On Proverbs 24:2 comp. Psalms 10:7. The good things of this life health, wealth, station, honours, etc., are desirable. Wicked men often enjoy them, and good men often lack them. This has always been a source of perplexity and temptation to the righteous. Why should the... read more
Daniel Whedon
Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 24:3
3. A house A family, an estate, is built up by wisdom and established by understanding, rather than by the fraudulent acts of designing men. Right means may do it more slowly, perhaps, than wrong ones, but more surely and lastingly. Comp. Proverbs 14:1; Proverbs 3:19. read more
Daniel Whedon
Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 24:4
4. By knowledge By skill, intelligence in business, accompanied by a cultivated taste, which is tacitly included in the other term, a house is filled and a family supplied, not only with the necessaries, but with the conveniences, comforts, and ornaments, of domestic life. Comp. Proverbs 3:10; Proverbs 8:21. read more
Daniel Whedon
Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 24:5
5. A wise man is strong Powerful “Knowledge is power.” If physical strength is defective, it supplies the defects; and whatever be the strength, skill and dexterity will greatly add thereto. Machines, which are the product of knowledge, have greatly increased the power of man. Wisdom gives influence. Increaseth strength Makes firm, confirms. Comp. Proverbs 2:14; Job 19:19; Ecclesiastes 9:14; Ecclesiastes 9:16. read more
Daniel Whedon
Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 24:6
6. By wise counsel… war This is a combination of two halves of proverbs which are recorded in Proverbs 11:14, and Proverbs 20:18. Compare also Proverbs 15:22. It may be considered an illustration of the preceding maxim. It is only by wise counsels, ordinarily, that wars can be successful. Skilful strategy often accomplishes more than physical force. It may be intended, also, as a precept for rulers. Stuart renders: “For with skilful management must thou make war for thyself, and there is... read more
Daniel Whedon
Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 24:7
7. Wisdom is too high for a fool Is inaccessible to him; he cannot reach unto it. Openeth not his mouth in the gate Is not capable of pleading a cause in court, or of addressing a public assembly; is not intrusted with responsibility either as a judge or counseller. The “gates” of cities were the places of concourse and of the courts of justice. Compare Proverbs 22:22. read more
Daniel Whedon
Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 24:8
8. He that deviseth to do evil A master of mischief. “Mischief and wrong are his ownership and property.” Wordsworth. “Inventors of evil things.” Romans 1:30. The inventor or discoverer of a good thing is a benefactor of the race; but he who spends his time in inventing that which will injure his fellow man is the greatest of curses a fiend incarnate. The same is true of those who follow, though they may not invent, a business or calling which is destructive to the health, life, and... read more
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Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Proverbs 24:16
For a just man falleth seven times, and riseth up again: but the wicked shall fall into mischief.Falleth — Into calamities, of which he evidently speaks both in the foregoing verse, and in the following branch of this verse.Fall — Frequently into irrecoverable destruction. read more