Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Proverbs 21:29
29. hardeneth his face—is obstinate. directeth . . . way—considers it, and acts advisedly. read more
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Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown
Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Proverbs 21:30
30, 31. Men's best devices and reliances are vain compared with God's, or without His aid (Proverbs 19:21; Psalms 20:7; Psalms 33:17). read more
Thomas Constable
Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Proverbs 21:28
The contrast is between the person who listens to falsehood and repeats it, and the person who listens to the truth and repeats it. The first person has little concern for listening carefully, but the second person listens, learns, and applies. Heeding the truth makes all the difference."The key phrase is a man who hears: his first aim is to know and understand, not to grind some axe. . . . the man who listens (Isaiah 50:4) is the man worth listening to." [Note: Kidner, p. 146.] Ross believed... read more
Thomas Constable
Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Proverbs 21:29
A wicked man puts up a show of confidence, but it is a bluff. His bold face reflects a hard heart that holds the opinions and views of others in contempt. [Note: Plaut, p. 224.] The upright, on the other hand, does not need to pretend to be something he is not because he is walking on the right path. read more
John Dummelow
John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 21:1-31
1. The ’watercourses’ (RV) are the artificial irrigation channels of Egypt and Babylon (Isaiah 58:11). 4. There is no connexion between the two halves of the v. RM ’The tillage of the wicked is sin,’ i.e. the result of his labour is sin. 5. One who is in a hurry to be rich hastens to want. 6. By a very slight alteration of the Hebrew text we get the greatly improved rendering of RM, ’Is a vapour driven to and fro; they are snares of death.’9. A small room is often built on the flat roof of an... read more
Charles John Ellicott
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Proverbs 21:27
(27) How much more when he bringeth it with a wicked mind?—Plotting at the same time future wickedness, or thinking to make God, by the sacrifice, overlook his sin, and so become, as it were, his confederate. read more
Charles John Ellicott
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Proverbs 21:28
(28) But the man that heareth (carefully, and repeats accurately) speaketh constantly (his testimony will live).—Comp., “he being dead yet speaketh,” Hebrews 11:4. read more
Charles John Ellicott
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Proverbs 21:29
(29) A wicked man hardeneth his face.—Is insensible to rebuke, and will not confess himself in the wrong, but “the upright directeth his way,” as God would have him, or, as the margin implies, “looks well” to it, sees that it is in accordance with His commandments. read more
Charles John Ellicott
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Proverbs 21:30
(30) There is no wisdom . . . against the Lord—Comp. 1 Corinthians 3:19; Isaiah 54:17; Psalms 2:4. read more
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Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Proverbs 21:28
28. (Compare :-). that heareth—or heeds instruction, and so grows wise. speaketh constantly—or sincerely (compare Habakkuk 1:5), and hence is believed (Proverbs 12:19; James 1:19). read more