箴言 20:6-11 RCUVTS

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 20:7

The just man walketh in his integrity. It is better to connect the two clauses together, and not to take the first as a separate sentence, thus: "He who as a just man walketh in his integrity"—Blessed are his children after him (comp. Proverbs 14:26 ). So the Septuagint and Vulgate. The man of pure life, who religiously performs his duty towards God and man, shall bring a blessing on his children who follow his good example, both during his life and after his death. The temporal promise is... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 20:8

A royal and right noble maxim. A king that sitteth in the throne of judgment scattereth away all evil with his eyes. The king, sitting on the tribunal and executing his judiciary office, sees through all devices and pretences which cloak evil, and scatters them to the winds, as the chaff flies before the winnowing fan. Nothing unrighteous can abide in his presence (comp. Proverbs 20:26 ; Proverbs 16:10 , etc.). See here an adumbration of the characteristic of the Messiah, the great King... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 20:9

Who can say, I have made my heart clean, I am pure from my sin? The question implies the answer, "No one." This is expressed in Job 14:4 , "Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? not one." At the dedication of the temple, Solomon enunciates this fact of man's corruption, "There is no man that sinneth not" ( 1 Kings 8:46 ). The prophet testifies, "The heart is deceitful above all things, and it is desperately sick: who can know it?" ( Jeremiah 17:9 ). And St. John warns, "If we... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 20:9

Universal sinfulness We must distinguish between the idea of universal sinfulness and that of total depravity. We may hold that there is some gleam of goodness in a human heart without maintaining its immaculate purity. It is possible to believe that there are great varieties of character, many different degrees of sin, and yet to see that the highest saint has his faults. I. NO ONE CAN CLEAR HIMSELF FROM THE CHARGE OF SINFULNESS . Who can say, "I have made my heart... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 20:9

Purity of heart A subject that stretches back and looks onward as far as the limits of human history. But Jesus Christ has introduced into the world a power for purity which is peculiar to his gospel. I. THE UTTER UGLINESS OF IMPURITY . To the eye of holy men there is an unspeakable offensiveness in any form of impurity—selfishness, worldliness, covetousness, sensuality, whatever it may be. And how much more hideous and intolerable must it be in the eyes of the Holy One... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 20:10

Divers weights, and divers measures; literally, stone and stone, ephah and ephah. The stones were used for weighing: dishonest traders kept them of different weights, and also measures of different capacities, substituting one for the other in order to defraud unwary customers. The Septuagint makes this plain by rendering, "A weight great and small, and measures double" (see on Proverbs 11:1 and Proverbs 16:11 ; and comp. Proverbs 16:23 ). The ephah was a dry measure, being... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 20:10

(See homily on Proverbs 16:11 .)—C. read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 20:11

Even a child is known ( maketh himself known ) by his doings . (For "even" ( gam ) , see on Proverbs 17:26 .) A child is open, simple, and straightforward in his actions; he has not the reserves and concealments which men practise, so you see by his conduct what his real character and disposition are. Ewald takes מעלליו in the sense of "play," "games;" but it seems never to have this meaning, and there is no need to change the usual signification. The habits of a life are... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 20:11

A child and his doings I. A PICTURE OF CHILDHOOD . First, let this picture be regarded on its own account, Childhood is worthy of study. 1 . A child has his character. Very early in life varieties of disposition may be seen in the several members of a young family. One is hot-tempered, another patient; one demonstrative, another reserved; one energetic, another inactive. Moral distinctions are painfully and glaringly apparent. As childhood advances these varieties of... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 20:11

Childhood: a transparency, a prophecy, a study It is not apparent why Solomon says, "Even a child is known." It is a familiar fact, at which we may glance, and which seems to be the main thought of the text. I. THE TRANSPARENCY OF CHILDHOOD . Some men are full of guile and of hypocrisy; they have acquired the power of concealing their real thought and feeling beneath their exterior, and you are never quite sure what they mean. You dare not trust them; for their words, or their... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 20:7

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 20:8

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 20:9

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 20:9

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 20:9

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 20:10

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 20:10

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 20:11

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 20:11

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 20:11

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