Geneva Study Bible - Proverbs 29:6
29:6 In the transgression of an evil man [there is] a {b} snare: but the righteous doth sing and rejoice.(b) He is always ready to fall into the snare that he lays for others. read more
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John Calvin
John Calvin
Geneva Study Bible - Proverbs 29:9
29:9 [If] a wise man contendeth with {c} a foolish man, whether he rageth or laugheth, [there is] no rest.(c) He can hear no admonition no matter how it is spoken. read more
John Calvin
Geneva Study Bible - Proverbs 29:18
29:18 {d} Where [there is] no vision, the people perish: but he that keepeth the law, happy [is] he.(d) Where there are not faithful ministers of the word of God. read more
John Calvin
Geneva Study Bible - Proverbs 29:19
29:19 A {e} servant will not be corrected by words: for though he understandeth he will not answer.(e) He who is of a servile and rebellious nature. read more
John Calvin
Geneva Study Bible - Proverbs 29:25
29:25 The fear of man bringeth a {f} snare: but he who putteth his trust in the LORD shall be safe.(f) He who fears man more than God falls into a snare and is destroyed. read more
John Calvin
Geneva Study Bible - Proverbs 29:26
29:26 Many seek the ruler’s favour; but [every] man’s {g} judgment [cometh] from the LORD.(g) He does not need to flatter the ruler, for what God has appointed will come to him. read more
L.M. Grant
L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 29:1-27
This FIFTH SECTION now has similarities to the fourth, but carries us further, for if the fourth stresses mainly the testing of ways and walk. This dwells more upon results, that is the recompenses of a true Divine government. What is sown will also be reaped, and this is to be a most sobering consideration as regards our entire conduct. The first verse vividly declares this principle: "He that being often reproved hardeneth his neck, shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy." ... read more
James Gray
James Gray's Concise Bible Commentary - Proverbs 29:1-27
This division of the book is introduced in the first verse of chapter 25, as the “proverbs of Solomon, which the men of Hezekiah, king of Judah, copied out.” What these words mean it is difficult to say, except in the general sense that the teachers of Hezekiah’s period selected and gathered together wise sayings that had been written, or handed down orally in previous generations. They may have been those of Solomon only, and yet his name may be attached to them simply because they were now... read more
Joseph Parker
The People's Bible by Joseph Parker - Proverbs 29:1-27
A Stiffnecked People, Etc. Proverbs 29:0 Men hardened their necks against the yoke of God, which is described by Jesus Christ in Matthew 11:29 , Matthew 11:30 . Those who thus harden their necks shall be destroyed; that is to say, shall be shattered or dashed to pieces like a potter's vessel that cannot be put together again. This shattering shall be final "without remedy." Nothing more can be done for the man than has been done by the process of frequent and affectionate reproof. By "reproof"... read more
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Geneva Study Bible - Proverbs 29:5
29:5 A man that flattereth his neighbour {a} spreadeth a net for his feet.(a) He who gives ear to the flatterer is in danger as the bird is before the fowler. read more