The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 21:27
(See homily on Proverbs 15:8 .)—C. read more
箴言 21:27-30 Rcuvts
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 21:27-31
The just judgments of the Eternal I. ON RELIGIOUS ACTS . ( Proverbs 21:27 ; Proverbs 15:8 .) The hypocrisy of devotion, the play acting of religion, is as hideous a sight as true worship is beautiful. All the conditions of genuine worship are wanting in the bad man; there is no heart, no way of access, no faith (Bridges). We have scriptural examples in Balaam ( Numbers 23:1-30 ), Saul ( 1 Samuel 13:1-23 ), Absalom ( 2 Samuel 15:1-37 ), Jezebel, the Pharisees. Compare... read more
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 21:28
(For the first hemistich, see Proverbs 6:19 ; Proverbs 19:5 , Proverbs 19:9 .) Shall perish. His testimony is worthless, and both he and it come to nothing. The man that heareth speaketh constantly; Vulgate, vir obediens ; Septuagint, ἀνὴρ ὑπήκοος φυλασσόμενος λαλήσει , "An obedient man will speak guardedly." "The man that heareth" is one who is attentive, who listens before he speaks, and reports only what he has heard. Such a one will speak "for continuance," so that... read more
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 21:29
A wicked man hardeneth his face; is shameless (as Proverbs 7:13 ), and is insensible to rebuke or any soft feeling. This obduracy he shows with his countenance. Septuagint, "An ungodly man shamelessly withstands with his face." But as for the upright, he directeth his way. He gives it the right direction ( 2 Chronicles 27:6 ). This is the reading of the Khetib, יָכִין but, though generally adopted by the versions, it does not make a suitable antithesis to the rash stubbornness of... read more
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 21:29-31
(with Proverbs 21:22 ) The achievements and limitations of wisdom There is great virtue in wisdom; Solomon never wearies of praising it. Here he adds another commendation, but he calls attention to a boundary beyond which it may not pass . I. THE ACHIEVEMENTS OF WISDOM . "A wise man scaleth the city of the mighty," etc. ( Proverbs 21:22 ). How often have men stood behind their strong ramparts—not of stone or rock only—and looked down with complacent contempt upon the... read more
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 21:30
There is no wisdom, nor understanding, nor counsel against the Lord; i.e. in opposition to him, which can be compared with his, or which can avail against him (comp. Job 5:13 ; Psalms 33:10 , Psalms 33:11 ; Isaiah 29:14 ; 1 Corinthians 1:20 ; 1 Corinthians 3:19 ). Septuagint, "There is no wisdom, there is no courage ( ἀνδρεία ), there is no counsel, in respect of the ungodly;" πρὸς τὸν ἀσεβῆ , neged Jahve, being taken as "that which is against Jahve," equivalent to... read more
Joseph Benson
Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Proverbs 21:27
Proverbs 21:27. The sacrifice of the wicked All the most glorious and costly services which they offer to God; is abomination God rejects and abhors them, because they are offered by such men, and in such a manner, as God justly abhors; how much more when Hebrew, א Š כי , because, or, even because, as all the ancient translators render it; he bringeth it with a wicked mind With a hypocritical and impenitent heart, or from a bad motive; not in obedience to God’s command, and with a... read more
Joseph Benson
Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Proverbs 21:28
Proverbs 21:28 . A false witness Hebrew, עד כזבים , A witness of lies; one who is forward to swear or speak false things, or such things as he hath neither heard nor seen, but devised in his own heart; shall perish Shall be severely punished, either by God or men, and shall be confounded and silenced, because none will for the future regard or credit his testimony. But the man that heareth Before he speaks, and witnesseth nothing but what he has heard or seen, and knows to be true; ... read more
Joseph Benson
Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Proverbs 21:29
Proverbs 21:29. A wicked man hardeneth his face Continues in his evil practices with obstinacy and impudence, in spite of all the commands of God, or counsels of men; but the upright directeth his way Ordereth his steps aright; and, if at any time he errs from the right path, he does not add rebellion to his sin, nor persist in his error, but considers his ways, and turns his feet to God’s testimonies. read more
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The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 21:27
The first hemistich occurs in Proverbs 15:8 (where see note). How much more, when he bringeth it with a wicked mind! rather, for evil, equivalent to "in order to atone for wickedness." The sacrifice of the sinner is abominable, as offered formally without repentance and faith; much more abominable, when he brings his offering to win, as it were, God's connivance in the sin which he commits and has no intention of renouncing,—brings it as a kited of bribe and recompense to compensate or... read more