proverbs-29

The Biblical Illustrator - Proverbs 29:1

Proverbs 29:1He that, being often reproved, hardeneth his neck.The doom of the incorrigible sinnerThis proverb may be accommodated to all the affairs of life. In whatever course a man blunders on, headstrong and regardless of advice and admonition, it will ruin him at last, as far as the matter is capable of working his ruin. But here principal reference is to religion. Often reproved--this is undoubtedly our character. Reproved by men from all quarters. The Word of God has reproved us. God has... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Proverbs 29:2

Proverbs 29:2When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice. The happiness of the peopleMan is, for the most part, equally unhappy when subjected, without redress, to the passions of another, or left, without control, to the dominion of his own. Government is necessary to the safety of particular men and the happiness of society. The people cannot rejoice except the righteous are in authority.I. The duty of those in authority to promote the happiness of the people. No man is born... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Proverbs 29:5

Proverbs 29:5A man that flattereth his neighbour spreadeth a net for his feet.Flattery.I. What flattery is. The nature and property of it is to put on all forms and shapes, according to the exigence of the occasion. He that would paint flattery must draw a picture of all colours, and frame a universal face, indifferent to any particular aspect whatever. It shows itself--1. In concealing or dissembling of the defects and vices of any person. It will pretend not to see faults, and if it does, it... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Proverbs 29:8

Proverbs 29:8Scornful men bring a city into a snare.The snares of the metropolisAs residents in London we ask, Is there as much wickedness here as in other great cities? Are there snares and temptations of a peculiar character, and highly dangerous to the rising youth of the age?1. One of the snares is the spirit of the world--the spirit of competition and a low tone of moral feeling.2. Irreligious habits.3. Irreligious associates; such as the young man who is not conscientious in the discharge... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Proverbs 29:15

Proverbs 29:15The rod and reproof give wisdom: but a child left to himself bringeth his mother to shame.A neglected education, the parent’s dishonourI. Look at the child left to himself. That is, without reproof, and that grave advice which gives wisdom. The original term is applied to the unbridled impetuosity of an animal. The child, if not held in by the bit and bridle of a religious education--if left to the impetuosity of his own passions--will be ruined. Appeal to the nature of things.... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Proverbs 29:18

Proverbs 29:18Where there is no vision, the people perish.The improvement of the ministry of the WordWhat makes a people very unhappy with respect to the concerns of their souls? The want of vision puts a people in very unhappy circumstances. By vision is understood prophecy. By prophecy is meant the preaching, expounding, and applying the Word of God. Doctrine: Though the want of the ministry of the Word makes a people very unhappy, yet it is not the having of it, but the right improving of it... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Proverbs 29:20

Proverbs 29:20Seest thou a man that is hasty in his words? Impetuosity of temperThe Adige at Verona appears to be a river quite broad and deep enough for navigation, but its current is so rapid as to make it quite unserviceable. Many men are so rash and impetuous, and at the same time so suddenly angry and excited, that their otherwise most valuable abilities are rendered useless for any good purpose. (C. H. Spurgeon.) read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Proverbs 29:23

Proverbs 29:23A man’s pride shall bring him low. On pridePride, though it implies an assumption of superiority, has a manifest tendency to degradation.1. A man’s pride will bring him low because it subjects him to the imputation of folly. There is no condition of life that can warrant the indulgence of this sinful and corrupt passion. The maxims of human policy teach us that in proportion to the trust must be the responsibility. The uncertainty and imperfection of every blessing which this... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Proverbs 29:25

Proverbs 29:25The fear of man bringeth a snare.The mischiefs of slavish complaisance and cowardiceEvery passion of the soul may be of use to us, but is capable also, by being perverted, of causing much vexation and misery to ourselves and injury to our fellow-creatures. Year, while it proceeds from right principles, and is proportioned to the weight and moment of the evils about which it is conversant, must serve the most beneficial purposes, as it warns us where our greatest danger lies, and... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Proverbs 29:1

Pro 29:1 He, that being often reproved hardeneth [his] neck, shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy. Ver. 1. He that being often reproved hardeneth his neck. ] As an untamed heifer, that "pulleth away the shoulder," Zec 7:11 and detracteth the yoke; or as the creature called monoceros, the unicorn, interimi potest, capi non potest, a may be slain but not taken; so those that refuse to be reformed, b hate to be healed, will not bend, shall surely and severely be broken, ... read more

The Biblical Illustrator - Proverbs 29:1

The Biblical Illustrator - Proverbs 29:2

The Biblical Illustrator - Proverbs 29:5

The Biblical Illustrator - Proverbs 29:8

The Biblical Illustrator - Proverbs 29:15

The Biblical Illustrator - Proverbs 29:18

The Biblical Illustrator - Proverbs 29:20

The Biblical Illustrator - Proverbs 29:23

The Biblical Illustrator - Proverbs 29:25

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Proverbs 29:1

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