The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 3:34
Surely he scorneth the scorners; literally, if with regard to the scorners he scorneth ( im lalletsim hu yalits ); i.e. he repays scorn with scorn; or, as Rabbi Salomon, "He renders to them so that they fall in their own derision ( reddit ipsis ut in sua derisione corruant ) . " He renders their schemes abortive. He resists them. The scorners ( letsim ) are those who treat with scoffing regard the precepts and truths of God; the arrogant, proud, insolent, here placed in... read more
The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 3:33-35
The height of well-being and the depth of ill-being The issues of righteousness and unrighteousness are here very broadly stated. These verses indicate to us the long and large results of wisdom on the one hand and of folly on the other. I. THOSE WHOM GOD FAVOURS AND THAT WHICH HE APPORTIONS THEM . There are three epithets by which they are here characterized; they are called "the just," "the lowly," and "the wise." In those whom God loves and means to bless there... read more